Those wishing `` Hunger Games '' had more tragic dimension or made its audience more explicitly feel the sting of its carnage have a point . Gene Seymour : ` ` Hunger Games , '' ` ` John Carter '' wanted to make money , appeal to masses . But ` ` Hunger 's '' returns went through the roof , he writes , ` ` Carter 's '' went through the floor . Wildly expensive ` ` ' '' is old , he says , while ` ` Hunger Games '' is of the moment . Seymour says young audiences are aware of Hollywood 's hype manipulation .
Gene Seymour : ` ` Hunger Games , '' ` ` John Carter '' wanted to make money , appeal to masses . But ` ` Hunger 's '' returns went through the roof , he writes , ` ` Carter 's '' went through the floor . Wildly expensive ` ` ' '' is old , he says , while ` ` Hunger Games '' is of the moment . Seymour says young audiences are aware of Hollywood 's hype manipulation .