Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Hunger Games vs Battle Royale

I have heard the debate about these films for awhile. How are they alike or different, which is the better movie/book etc. After watching them both back to back I started to think...

Which dystopia would it be worse to live in?

Battle Royale

Pros

  1. The students seem blissfully unaware of the battle ahead of them until they are already in it.
  2. Every student at least gets food, water, a map and a "weapon"
Cons

  1. The weapon you get could be a fan or a lid while someone else gets the crossbow or gun.
  2. The people you must kill or that must kill you are they same group that you have known for years
  3. The explosive collars
  4. The oddly upbeat training video
  5. Only having three days before everyone dies
Hunger Games

Pros

  1. Some time to prepare to fight to the death
  2. The small chance of getting sponsors to send stuff
  3. The prep time in the capitol full of decadence 
  4. If selected to play you only know one other person that you may have to fight
  5. The games seem to have an unlimited time frame which could be good or bad... 
Cons

  1. Knowing that the games will happen every year and the constant fear that you are someone you care about could be forced to go
  2. The whole population being force to watch and make it seem like wonderful entertainment
  3. If you don't get something from the cornucopia you're kind of screwed 
  4. Gamemakers trying to up the entertainment value
  5. Unlimited time frame...



The deciding factor for me is between Battle Royale's knowing everyone there and the Hunger Game's knowing that it will happen every year.  

My winner of the worse dystopia to live in is.........Hunger Games. Give me ignorant bliss over constant dread anyday.

~Eris

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