The Hunger Games (2012)

[Gorosaurus Rex]

I've honestly never heard much of Battle Royale either, and I doubt much of The Hunger Games's audience has heard of it either. I can let the author get away with this one.

As for the book/film, I read the book for the first time around Christmas last year after seemingly my entire group of friends and my mother read through them in like the course of a week. It was entertaining and decently written and for a young adult novel about teenagers murdering one another it actually was pretty good.

The film, like many who attempt to follow a book's plot rather closely, struggles with some of the minor details and exposition and because of that a few relationships feel more hollow than they should, however, they nail the dystopia aspect. The set design and costume design do a brilliant job at conveying the messed up world the series takes place in. I also thought the score and cinematography were pretty good too. Jennifer Lawrence pretty much kicked ass as well. I'd recommend it.

[bananaoil]

Uhm...no. No its not. Not at all. Two plots being the same is a lot different than accusing James Cameron of plagiarism by naming his planet "Pandora", like Borderlands did, or your other examples.

Have you actually compared the two source materials? They are REMARKABLY similar, to the point where Koushun Takami was advised to sue for plagiarism/royalties. He never did, but still. The similarities are excruciatingly obvious.

I'm exaggerating quite a bit. But these fan boy knee-jerk cries of plagiarism are a bit much. Thankfully, plot threads aren't the only elements of a story.

[Gawdziller]

She may have, may not have heard of Battle Royale. What counts in the end is storytelling.

I've just started reading the Hunger Games. So far the damn thing is a chore. Battle Royale, on the other hand, gripped me from its early pages on with its characters. But this...words cannot describe just how little I care.

[Hellspawn28]

The reviews for the movie have been saying that the movie is pretty good. I'm not sure if I should I see it or not since I never read the book and my inner film snob inside me is telling me that I'm better off sticking with The Running Man. It seem like Stephen King did everything better nearly 25 years ago.

[Proofpoochie]

Battle Royale> The Hunger Games. It's funny how the much better film got an official American release on Tuesday.

[HikizuruBeat]

I want to go see the hunger games out of curiosity. I enjoyed the Battle Royale movie even though the novel is better.
I still want to read the battle royale novel and maybe hunger games too.

[Gawdziller]

I want to go see the hunger games out of curiosity. I enjoyed the Battle Royale movie even though the novel is better.
I still want to read the battle royale novel and maybe hunger games too.

Seek out Battle Royale. It's quite possibly the fastest 600 pages I've ever read.

The Hunger Games though, ugh. I can't bring myself to continue.

[Godzilla 1995]

Saw the film last night. Twas excellent, but took until the games begun for the movie to finally live up to the hype. Still, definitely worth the money.

[Hellspawn28]

Battle Royale> The Hunger Games. It's funny how the much better film got an official American release on Tuesday.

What about The Running Man (1987)? It seems like The Hunger Games has a similar to plot to it? I'm sure The Hunger Games will be better then Gamer (Another movie from a couple years ago with a similar plot), but the movie still looks dull to me.

[Proofpoochie]

Battle Royale> The Hunger Games. It's funny how the much better film got an official American release on Tuesday.

What about The Running Man (1987)? It seems like The Hunger Games has a similar to plot to it? I'm sure The Hunger Games will be better then Gamer (Another movie from a couple years ago with a similar plot), but the movie still looks dull to me.

I was just saying Battle Royale is a superior film with a similar plot.

[Gawdziller]

Battle Royale> The Hunger Games. It's funny how the much better film got an official American release on Tuesday.

What about The Running Man (1987)? It seems like The Hunger Games has a similar to plot to it? I'm sure The Hunger Games will be better then Gamer (Another movie from a couple years ago with a similar plot), but the movie still looks dull to me.

Taking the books into consideration, the novel of the Running Man is too different to compare. The main character isn't competing in a gladiator type game, but is trying to stay on the run across the country for a certain amount of time (I want to say a month, but I haven't read it since High School). It's more like the Fugitive than anything else. I don't remember a lot of it, but it was interesting, if unspectacular.

As far as books go, Battle Royale wins.

On movies, haven't seen the Hunger Games and have very little desire to. Battle Royale made the mistake of condensing 600 pages and trying to keep pace with it. The Running Man created a new plot entirely. I like them both for different reasons, but the Running Man's cheese value always makes me grin, though as an adaptation, Battle Royale was more faithful to the source material.

[daftfalloutgoji]

I did not like the book and I will not see the movie. Stupid idiotic director is wasting our valuable time with its stupid movies.

[Gorosaurus Rex]

I did not like the book and I will not see the movie. Stupid idiotic director is wasting our valuable time with its stupid movies.

If you aren't going to see the movie, how exactly is it wasting your time?

[spinzilla]

I thought the movie was alright, not really my thing though. I found it slow at times and I did dose off at one point (but that may have been just as much my fault though, as I slept very little due to a presentation). Some of the art was really bad at times. I mean, it's really weird when Lenny Kravtiz is the most normal looking person in the city.

[Gojisan866]

Being a huge fan of the books, I was pretty excited to see this. I really didn't have much problem with it 'cept that the dogs at the end were really cheesy, the eyes looked really cartoony. I also thought it was too short. But what're you gonna do? Just gotta wait a few years 'til Catching Fire is released.

[Rody]

^ I believe it's slated to be released next year.

[omgitsgodzilla]

At least this one won't be another like Stormbreaker or Eragon where the first one sucks, tanks and the rest don't get released.

[Hellspawn28]

I just saw this with my family and it's a okay movie. I don't think it's a bad movie but I feel like it could have been better. The movie had no character development seeing that we hardly know any of these characters. I didn't feel for them at all, not even for the rich people in the movie since I was told that they look stupid because you are supposed to hate them. Also, does this movie take place in the future or another Planet because they explain how this whole thing started in the first place? The CG was not very good neither since those Dog's look awful and the CG shots of the city look very fake looking.

Overall I give the movie at least a 6.5/10, I did like the action scenes in the movie though.

[Mothra Freak]

I just saw this with my family and it's a okay movie. I don't think it's a bad movie but I feel like it could have been better. The movie had no character development seeing that we hardly know any of these characters. I didn't feel for them at all, not even for the rich people in the movie since I was told that they look stupid because you are supposed to hate them. Also, does this movie take place in the future or another Planet because they explain how this whole thing started in the first place? The CG was not very good neither since those Dog's look awful and the CG shots of the city look very fake looking.

Overall I give the movie at least a 6.5/10, I did like the action scenes in the movie though.

You probably would've liked it better if you'd read the book. The movie was overall a good adaptation, but they were forced to cut out some rather important plot details and character-defining moments because of time constraints.

It takes place in a future version of North America, after a series of natural disasters killed off much of humanity. The Capitol is located in the Rockies, and District 12 is in the Appalachians.

Speaking of which, I did enjoy the movie. I thought the actors did a good job with the material they were given, though, as I said, they could've been given more to work with. The movie could've used Katniss's narration, too. That would've helped a lot, in my opinion. Didn't care for the camerawork. Other than that, though, it was pretty good.

[Hellspawn28]

I never read the book, but I think a movie based on a book should enjoyable for both fans and non-fans. I feel like that's the whole point on doing a movie that is made for a wider audience. I remember I saw Lord of the Ring's before I read the book and at least I care for the characters and understand what was going on.