The Hunger Games provided some interesting parallels with our current society. Misdirecting the masses from the important issues is already in full force today. All one has to do is turn on the nightly news to witness this equivalent of junk food media. That being said, the movie was very entertaining. The cast was strong, the story compelling and the the visuals were stimulating enough to hold my ADD brain's focus. My two boys, ages 12 and 13, rated the Hunger Games a "9" on a scale of 1 to 10.