Why be Hungry? Hunger Games should not be played?

Disclaimer:  I have not read the books and do not want to see a movie with a trailer that echoes of Sophie's Choice, threat of death, and more death.   It is a mystery to this almost 50 year old mom why we (and our children...) want to read and watch such scary and violent material....The world is so incredibly challenged...every era has challenges.  With Iran and Israel, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and terrorists in Toulousse, the world is so much too much with us.  How can this kind of entertainment be healthy?  How can it help young people to prioritize, or sharpen their values, as the author was shown saying in a clip on the news tonight.  There has to be a greater emphasis on peace, love, and reconciliation.  Not a fantasy of children fighting for their lives.  These children will grow up with a sense that the world is not a good place, that it won't be a good place in the future, and so why not succumb to more penetrating and disturbing ways of entertaining themselves.  During the first Depression and WWII, entertainment was light, airy, and full of hope.  Spirits were lifted.  Some of the greatest songs were composed then.   Screen legends were made.  What would Fred Astaire or Rosemary Clooney say about Hunger Games?  In a world that is starving for so much sustenance:  love, charity, financial rescue, jobs, health, healthcare coverage, and peace in the world, let us feed our society with lifegiving nourishment, and not continue to starve the children.  Let us save them.