The question of the moment is whether you should let the kiddos view the movie or not. If you haven't read the Hunger Games novel, The premis of the post-apocoliptic fantasy story revolves around an annual live reality television event where teens kill eachother to win. It's brutal, naturally, as killing generally is.
With hot-spot topics of bullying and teen violence on the forefront of parental concerns, the question on some parent's minds is is the "teens killing teens" for sport concept something I want my child to experience in a visual way?
The movie has been given a PG-13 rating. Common Sense Media has given the Hunger Games a 4 rating (scale of 1-4, 5 being the highest) for violence and a 3 rating for Positive Messages.
There's certainly plenty of violence in cartoons, television programs, and popular movies. The difference in the Hunger Game movie that has communities buzzing is the age of the perpetrators.
As my sons are younger and have not read the book yet, I don't have this bridge, but having read the book, I think would be on the fence and potentially pre-screen the movie myself, if I were.
What are your thoughts?
The best way to find out would be to read the book with the knowledge that filmmakers will sensational the more active parts.
ReplyDeleteThis was the approach I used for the harry potter series and it surprised me that they brought parents and children closer in shared interests.
Great advice, Bill and very true. I'm a fan of the Harry Potter series thanks in great part to my daughter's interest.
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