| Tango01 | 20 Nov 2014 10:55 p.m. PST |
"The third installment in the "Hunger Games" movie franchise -- "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1" -- is opening Friday in U.S. movie theaters and other countries around the world. But fans of the dystopian young adult series in at least two big Asian markets won't be able to join in the party just yet. In China, the film's release has been delayed indefinitely, postponed perhaps till January 2015. The reasons for the move are unclear, though the Hollywood Reporter suspects that China's film authorities may be keen on "balancing domestic and foreign box totals before the end of the year," and that delaying the American blockbuster's release would give domestic movies "a clearer playing field." Others suggest that the film's overtly political narrative may have fallen afoul of Chinese censors. It's set in an invented world where a highly centralized, authoritarian state holds sway over deeply impoverished and oppressed hinterlands. The parallels with Beijing's rule over its far-flung provinces, while perhaps not totally obvious, can be glimpsed by viewers…"
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| napthyme | 20 Nov 2014 11:09 p.m. PST |
Simple they do not want the starving people getting any ideas about revolution. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 20 Nov 2014 11:59 p.m. PST |
Chinese and Thai citizens will be able to watch it on the internet, either subtitled or badly dubbed, within 48 hours. The balancing foreign and domestic box office receipts explanation is entirely plausible. |
| David Manley | 21 Nov 2014 3:27 a.m. PST |
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| Zargon | 21 Nov 2014 9:40 a.m. PST |
Coz they might get too hungry watching all that teen angst? |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 21 Nov 2014 11:53 a.m. PST |
The Chinese put a quota on the number of American movies allowed in China each year. Producers, actors and directors often go to China and kiss behinds like you wouldn't believe and kowtow to the booming Chinese film market. It's humiliating. |
| Mithmee | 21 Nov 2014 1:12 p.m. PST |
Well it does mean that if you want to watch something else at the movies this weekend would be a good time. Since everyone else will be watching this. |
 Parzival  | 21 Nov 2014 2:49 p.m. PST |
Producers, actors and directors often go to China and kiss behinds like you wouldn't believe and kowtow to the booming Chinese film market. It's humiliating. Agreed. We should extend our sympathies to the Chinese officials.
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 21 Nov 2014 3:05 p.m. PST |
We should extend our sympathies to the Chinese officials. Good one. Yet trash like the 'Transformers' franchise is more popular in China than even the US, which encourages Hollywood hacks like Michael Bay to crank out even more 'Transformers' movies because they make so much money in China. I must say in this instance the Chinese have very poor taste in entertainment, since 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' took up a slot in the quota a better movie could have filled. |
| John the OFM | 21 Nov 2014 6:00 p.m. PST |
Could it be simply because most of the reviews I have read comment on how boring it is? |
 Legion 4  | 23 Nov 2014 8:18 a.m. PST |
Well, it seems that there are a lot of hungry people in those lands … and they may not want to give anyone any ideas … |
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