[Movie] Hunger Games the dumbed down rip-off

[Fu. Svedberg]

Am I the only one that is kind of upset that Hunger Games is a dumbed down, kiddyfied rip-off of Battle Royale?
I would go so far to say that Hunger Games has plagiarised a lot of things down to a level where it can not be "just coincidence".

What do you people think, am I being upset over nothing?

How many have even heard of Battle Royale (both the novel and the movie) before Hunger Games?


edited for spelling

 

[[-project.rattus-]]

While it's true that it borrows heavily, I think you can't fault the film for that, as it is, at least from what I know, based on a novel too. So that author should be criticized for plagiarising.

 

[Murphy]

I've seen the Battle Royale movie before I heard about The Hunger Games and at first I thought the latter was a remake of the former for the Twilight generation. Turns out that it has nothing directly to do with Battle Royale, but it's based on a shallow book for young adults instead, but all in all... seems my original impression was still about right.

I didn't like Battle Royale to begin with. I can't imagine liking The Hunger Games.

 

[Fu. Svedberg]

While it's true that it borrows heavily, I think you can't fault the film for that, as it is, at least from what I know, based on a novel too. So that author should be criticized for plagiarising.

I'm actually more upset about the novel being plagiarised than the movie, the movie is just a movie based on a book

 

[Krobar]

Setting: Cool

Plot: Seems goofy, trying to appeal too strongly to a certain kind of people.

 

[Crusher]

The author of the book claimed she never heard of Battle Royale.
I saw Battle Royale a long time ago, seemed like a typical japanese ultraviolence movie.

 

[SheepDip]

The Hunger Games is massively over-rated.

 

[Forssen]

The author of the book claimed she never heard of Battle Royale.
I saw Battle Royale a long time ago, seemed like a typical japanese ultraviolence movie.

Haven't read/seen Hunger Games but it's not like the premise is that original.

 

[REZ]

I think both of these are inspired by The Long Walk and The Running Man, both Stephen King novels.. and both a very good read (The Bachman Books).

 

[timur]

the idea of making kids kill each other was not invented by Battle Royale- such ideas go back a long while and have been used by a variety of sources, as it is pretty easy to stumble upon independently (not that far from just having people kill each other for sport, which itself is massively well known).

Other than the idea of having kids kill each other (in this case, in very different settings, scenarios, and the like), exactly what is being stolen here?

 

[Colt .45 killer]

saw pic of chick holding bow wrong, "yeah **** this"...


Still havent seen it

* Success kid.jpg *

 

[[Mad_Murdock]]

The Hunger Games is massively over-rated.

This^

I really don't know how much Battle Royale influenced hunger games but like timur said the idea has been around for a long time.

The premise is cool, and I would love to see what can be done with it, but I personally just don't like the books or the movies, I tried reading them but couldn't get into it. The narrative was too simple and the characters got on my nerves. The books are intended for a younger audience though so that's probably a large part of it.

 

[Le0]

Watched this movie last week and really enjoyed it. It's nothing like Battle Royal.
A lot less emphasis on the action and combats and more on the relations between the participants. I loved how the rich were portrayed.

I really suggest you give it a try

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

I think both of these are inspired by The Long Walk and The Running Man, both Stephen King novels.. and both a very good read (The Bachman Books).

I was telling a friend at work the same thing last week.

 

[Harb]

 

[Gudenrath]

Loved that game. Speedball I and II for the Amiga 500 was also great (especially for someone who already played Blood Bowl the boardgame).

 

[gautrek]

I think both of these are inspired by The Long Walk and The Running Man, both Stephen King novels.. and both a very good read (The Bachman Books).

And what a good film the running man would have made instead of that steaming pile of ****e that arnie was in.

 

[Harb]

Hello, this is Killian. Give me the Justice Department, Entertainment Division.

 

[Joseph-Porta]

Its a crap movie..

40% of the movie is dull introduction trying to get you to understand a totaliar society that could not possible work at all. (jus the idea that all your youth is training to become practically geurilla fighters) and 40% is just main char running around in generic forest(gods this part was boring).. 5% action.. 5% sobbing..

Its a dull overhyped movie almost as bad twilight.. Just made for the fangirls of the book..

 

[timur]

I thought it was that only the contestants are given training while in high-security captivity, and those that survive are very few and all under strict control by the government, often simply wasting away on government paychecks while suffering from mental illness and/or a paranoia of what the government might do.

Well, that is how it was explained in the books, which went into pretty great detail on how the whole system works. Conceptually, pretty good (not flawless, but certainly decent). Writing style wasn't much to my preference, but I wanted to see how it turned out, so I went through all three books. Overrated, yes, but the critics tend to be over-harsh and factually incorrect (there are problems with it, but not the fallacious ones that seem to be floating around quite a lot recently)