In a Capitol nation called Panem, there are twelve districts. Each year, the Capitol sends one boy and one girl from each district between the ages of 12 and 18 to fight in the Hunger Games, which, literally, is a death game. The last one alive is the winner.
While watching the movie, several ideas came up to mind. The concept that everyone in Panem could watch the Hunger Games is very much similar to George Orwell's prediction of the telescreen, and Big Brother in his dystopian novel 1984. Furthermore, the beginning of the movie kind of reminded me of Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery. It's real interesting... just pointing it out.
But overall, I think what Collins is trying to say in this movie is to warn us--meaning the world-- to not let things go too over the top and engineer such abhorred and violent games, events, and the like, for it would only cause a long-term commotion amongst the population.
I got the book a few days ago, but now that I've already watched it, reading it won't be as exciting :(
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