Adapted from the novel of the same name by female writer Suzanne Collins, which has sold more than 26 million copies in the North American market alone, The Hunger Games was originally scheduled to screen in theaters in Vietnam from March 30 (
`The Hunger Games` was `game over` when trying to hit theaters in Vietnam.
`The film’s content is about 24 young people representing 12 districts of a country shooting and killing each other to survive. Whoever lives wins. This game is broadcast live for the people of 12 districts to see how their children die.
The Hunger Games is set in the not-too-distant future when North America is threatened by drought, fire, and famine. The film hypothesizes that war will be replaced by a game of human hunting.
The movie has been creating a box office fever around the world for more than a week.
Released in the US and many international markets on March 23, The Hunger Games has created a global fever even greater than Twilight in 2008. After three days, the film reached a revenue of 155 million USD in North Korea alone.
The literary work of writer Suzanne Collins was published in September 2008 and is on the best-selling books list of The New York Times, USA Today and Publishers Weekly.
The novel The Hunger Games was translated into Vietnamese by Nha Nam Cultural Company and released under the name Hunger Games.
The novel `The Hunger Games` was published in Vietnam and read by many young readers.
As soon as the news broke that The Hunger Games was banned in Vietnam, many young people expressed disappointment.
Vu Duc Anh, 19 years old in Hanoi, who is a fan of the novel The Hunger Games, shared: `I’ve been waiting for this movie since last year and when I heard it was going to be shown in Vietnam, I was very excited. But now the movie can’t be shown.`
Besides the majority of audiences who opposed the decision of the Approval Council, there were also those who agreed.
Reaction of some netizens to the news that `The Hunger Games` was banned from being shown in Vietnam.
This is not the first time Vietnamese audiences have lost the opportunity to enjoy major cinema works that have global effects because of censorship.
Earlier this year, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo could not reach Vietnamese audiences because there were too many daring sex scenes that if cut, the meaning of the film’s content would be seriously affected, so the film’s
China is also a very strict market in film censorship.
After learning that The Hunger Games was banned, a small number of Vietnamese movie lovers planned to travel to neighboring countries such as Singapore and Thailand to enjoy this work.
The trend of traveling abroad combined with watching movies or music, although not yet popular in Vietnam, has begun to appear.
Nguyen Minh