The Hunger Games - Book Vs. Movie - Which Is Better?

[moonman239]

Which is better, the book or the movie?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Frankly, I hadn't heard of either until about a week ago. Now I hear about it all the time.

[Nightwalker83]

Frankly, I hadn't heard of either until about a week ago. Now I hear about it all the time.

Same here.

[KiwiDexter]

Same here.

+!

It's like Twilight all over again

[Niya]

Frankly, I hadn't heard of either until about a week ago. Now I hear about it all the time.

For me as well. Funnily enough I haven't even dedicated the 2 minutes it would take to find out what the hype is about through google....They made a big deal about Twilight as well and what utter **** that movie was, chances are HG is just a new fad like that.

[Niya]

For me as well. Funnily enough I haven't even dedicated the 2 minutes it would take to find out what the hype is about through google....They made a big deal about Twilight as well and what utter **** that movie was, chances are HG is just a new fad like that.

I recently watched it and I take this back. HG is nowhere near the atrocious pile of dog **** that Twilight was. It was actually pretty good.

[dilettante]

I heard it was a sort of sleazy teen-oriented ripoff of The Running Man, an old Ahhnold flick.

I stoped listening there because my friend went off on a rant about "(expletive) peter-pan 20-somethings" and the world "going to hell in an iPhone."

[Shaggy Hiker]

The Running Man was a sleazy, half-assed, take on a Steven King short story (written under a pseudonym).

[KiwiDexter]

The Running Man was a sleazy, half-assed, take on a Steven King short story (written under a pseudonym).

Richard Bachman(?), arguably a novella.

I thought the general concept was that HG ripped off the Japanese movie Battle Royal - might have the name slightly wrong there.

[InvisibleDuncan]

Richard Bachman(?), arguably a novella.

I thought the general concept was that HG ripped off the Japanese movie Battle Royal - might have the name slightly wrong there.

It was actually released as a novel in its own right. Far, far better than the film.

Incidentally, the first time I came across a mention of The Hunger Games was in a review that Stephen King wrote of the book. He thought it was superb and gave it a strong recommendation, so it doesn't seem as though he's too concerned about any similarities. He also referred to the similarities between THG and Koushun Takami's novel Battle Royale, but seemed to feel that they were superficial.

Anyway, I thought the film was really good, and my daughter is currently storming through the second novel, having read the first in only a couple of sittings.

[Shaggy Hiker]

It was actually released as a novel in its own right. Far, far better than the film.

Is there any book/film combo for which this is NOT true?

[InvisibleDuncan]

Is there any book/film combo for which this is NOT true?

First Blood. As shonky as the Stallone film is, David Morrell's book is worse.

[KiwiDexter]

Is there any book/film combo for which this is NOT true?

Can I throw Twilight into the ring, at least the movie was over in a couple of hours as opposed to the monumentally badly written novel.

[techgnome]

dangit... once again, there is another poll missing options.... I want my "Who Cares?" option... As president of Apathetics Anonymous, I demand that there be a.... oh, who cares... what ever.

-tg

BTW: the next meeting for AA is.... oh forget it.

[moonman239]

dangit... once again, there is another poll missing options.... I want my "Who Cares?" option... As president of Apathetics Anonymous, I demand that there be a.... oh, who cares... what ever.

-tg

BTW: the next meeting for AA is.... oh forget it.

So you don't care about anything at all. You never show any emotion.

[Hack]

dangit... once again, there is another poll missing options.... I want my "Who Cares?" option

Like with so many other topics posted in Chit Chat, my need would be a "What The Heck Are You Talking About?" option.

That should be included as an option in all chit chat polls.

I had to google "Hunger Games" just find out what you all are talking about.

I'd vote, but "Who Cares?" and/or "What The Heck Are You Talking About?" aren't options.

[techgnome]

only for those where the film came first and then someone wrote the book...

Traditionally the better one tends to be the one that came first.

-tg

[Shaggy Hiker]

And has been for five years now? Or did he start when he was 8? It does seem likely, though....