Those who saw the Hunger Games movie without reading the book first did you like it

[darkchrono]

Isn't this movie just an american-ised version of Battle Royale? If so, then yes I enjoyed Battle Royale without reading the book first.

It's a possibility that that book had some inspiration on the author to think of this story. Though I think it is more probable that her main inspirations were from shows like Survivor, The gladiators from the Roman Empire, and how popular reality shows are these days.

[DMKA]

Isn't this movie just an american-ised version of Battle Royale?

Aside of the fact that it's about kids that are forced to fight each other to the death against their will, not really. I mean, yeah, that's the central plot device of both stories, but just about everything surrounding said plot device and the reasons behind it are completely different.

[darkchrono]

Isn't this movie just an american-ised version of Battle Royale?

Aside of the fact that it's about kids that are forced to fight each other to the death against their will, not really. I mean, yeah, that's the central plot device of both stories, but just about everything surrounding said plot device and the reasons behind it are completely different.

Yep and that is why I think it was a combination of a few things such as the show Survivor, the Gladiators in Rome, and the current popularity of reality television that played more of a role in creation of the idea.