Not appropriate for young adult, confusing, and offensive

Rating: 1/10 (4 April 2012)

I have not read the books but I saw the movie and it made me want to puke. How long will it be before someone gets a group of kids together and makes them fight to the death for real? We see kids killing kids every day and this is just promoting it. I watch Spartacus and I love it dearly which goes sort of along the same lines only you are with one opponent. But the deal is I don't have to watch a little girl get stabbed with a spear I see adults fighting adults. It is supposed to be a young adult movie series. I saw a teacher bring several kids to see this movie, and I do not believe it is appropriate for that age bracket at all. And then there is the fact that the movie is sloppily put together and doesn't tell you why the people rebelled and had to start the hunger games or what period it even comes from. Why in the beginning of the movie was Katniss a awesome hunter but when she was in the games did little to show that? Why did that guy get a bunch of kids together? I get why Peeta joined but seriously if you are all supposed to die to one person to survive what is the point? And then when they have Katniss in the tree they are going to wait her out and they can't shoot her with arrows etc that main leader of the group tells someone to start a fire to cook something to eat? DUH!!! You want her dead right? Did you ever think to burn down the tree? Also they are all supposed to be waiting her out so they all fall asleep and give her a perfect opportunity to kill them all in their sleep? That bee hive deal was pretty sweet though. Now to the movie and the book what happens if the participants in the game (like the big group that guy put together) just decided not to kill anyone? Would they be held there indefinitely or what? WHo is this president guy? What is he the president of? The united states? I don't know because the movie mentions once that he is the president but doesn't elaborate on it whatsoever. How it Katniss who is allegedly so smart fall for the simplistic trick that stated that two people of a district could win? That was pretty obvious that they weren't going to actually do that. How do these hologram dogs actually injure people? I thought this was a survival game for just the competitors so why add all those other things into it. I really don't understand how holograms could hurt you. Truly this movie is sadly put together and is missing some significant story information. It is not appropriate for kids 13-15 years of age. It is not for young adult children. I would never allow my daughter to watch it if she were that age. And if someone took her to see it anyway they would be answering to me. I would rather watch some poorly made comedy movie then watch this rag again.