Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Hunger Games




I went to see The Hunger Games yesterday and the film was great. The only complaint I have is that there was not a lot of fighting in it. That probably sounds ridiculous though since about half the film was fighting and trying to survive.

However, before watching the Hunger Games about a year or so ago I watch Battle Royale, which is a Japanese film about a class of 42 students fighting to the death and in that film they spent maybe 25 minutes explaining everything and getting the students ready to fight, the rest of the film (90 minutes) was the students fighting to be the last one standing.



So when you go from that to watching The Hunger Games where the training and introduction is longer (100 minutes or more) and the fighting does not last nearly as long (45 minutes or less) as Battle Royale, it's just different. I guess I expected less intro. and more violence. Overall, the Hunger Games was a good and interesting film however, in my opinion Battle Royale is better. I can't say that I would want to watch the Hunger Games again for a long time, where as I could watch Battle Royale one Friday and want to watch it the next week.
The Hunger Games was a family friendlier and toned down version of Battle Royale. I would definitely watch the Hunger Games again on a sick day or something. However, I wouldn't watch it on a Horror or Scary film night like I would Battle Royale. What do you think: The Hunger Games or Battle Royale?

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