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tenderfoot

(8,982 posts)
7. I think it was.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 09:23 PM
Nov 2015

I cannot understand how anyone, young or old thinks 'The Hunger Games' is any good. Perhaps it is if English is your second language.

pnwmom

(110,216 posts)
9. If you're going to compare novels, you could say that Battle Royale is a "rip off"
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 10:20 PM
Nov 2015

of The Lord of the Flies.

Which I'm sure was a "rip-off" of something else. . . .

hunter

(40,476 posts)
10. My middle and high school experience was "Lord of the Flies."
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 11:03 PM
Nov 2015

So much I quit high school.

My favorite part of Hunger Games was watching Suzanne Collins develop as a writer.

uppityperson

(116,002 posts)
2. As a group, the books were good. Not a fan of how they changed the movies but that's typical
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 09:06 PM
Nov 2015

I don't usually like movies if I've read the book first.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
6. My grand new teenager (13 - Nov.19, 1025) walked with the BFF after school
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 09:21 PM
Nov 2015

on Friday to the mall to watch it and walked back home in the "dark". Yep, they enjoyed it.

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