Blogging Choice Assignment - 3/25/12

I have had several contacts with the media throughout this afternoon. I drove back to Fayetteville today because Spring Break is over and I saw many billboards and listened to the radio during the six hour trip. I saw many billboards that advertised movies, but The Hunger Games movie had the most billboard coverage by far. There were several that were very visible off the highway coming from Dallas. I also listened to some talk radio and heard that The Hunger Games movie has had one of the best opening weekends of all time. The host of the radio show said that the movie has grossed $155 million so far and has received great reviews from critics. This movie is generating a lot of media coverage because it is a popular book series which has been adapted into a film. I have observed the mass amount of media coverage and I think that the coverage obviously has a lot to do with the movie being so popular and profitable. I have not read the book but because of what I heard on the radio and the numerous billboards that I saw today, I have already planned to go see it tomorrow. It surprises me that so many people are going to see this dark themed movie but I hope that the hype surrounding the film is well deserved!