I love the Hunger Games, and I've heard some interesting things about Ender's Game (which I haven't seen, nor read). I'm mostly curious about general thoughts and preferences of everyone here--obviously the movies only, since this is under that thread.

(Note: that this is just based on the books and their qualities, not how much of an ass certain authors may have been.)

 

At the risk of not answering the question and being kind of a douche... I am perplexed. I have no idea why Hunger Games and Enders Game are being compared like this, other than that they both have "game" in the title. They're not similar in either tone or content.

I preferred The Hunger Games trilogy over the Ender's Game saga though (admittedly, I didn't read past Xenocide. Just gets eh), though I realize that won't be a popular opinion.

 

They're not being compared due to any particular similarity on the plot (or due to them having the word 'game' on the title), simply with the common themes that you see in the and in many movies: A dystopian future where children are not allowed to remain children and are flung into merciless and bloody battle for reasons that boggle the mind (entertainment/soldier), in which one special child who doesn't particularly want to lead is thrust into the role and evolves through it.
Why compare these two? Because they came out at relatively the same timeframe, with the spirit of the story drumming along the same lines, and I'm curious to hear thoughts on who did it better.

TL;DR: I like presenting scenarios and starting discussions.

 

I'm thinking of starting a poll too. It'll be called: "Apples or Oranges? "

 

Personally, I'd go for apples. Most of the time, they don't make such a mess, and there's only the core you need to get rid of, instead of every little bit of orange skin or the orange corpse remains stuck under your nails.

On the other hand I'd say that I liked Hunger Games movie more than Ender's Game one, because I haven't seen the Ender's film yet, and I have enjoyed the Ender's Game book a lot more than the still unread Hunger Games books.

But, I guess, if we're being technical, there should be a way to compare two diffrently handled universes, if by pointing out similarities and differences.

 

I loathed Enders Game, fanboy wet dream bullshit story.

 

Both are pretty meh, to be honest, but I probably disliked Ender's Game more. I've read the book (which isn't very good) so I saw the movie at what it really was: a cashgrab on an old title. Hunger Games is vastly overrated I feel. The basics of the plot aren't really that original, but the production quality of the movie was high enough to make you forgive that (I guess). I found the actual books to be a bit boring. So in a vacuum, I'd say I enjoyed Hunger Games more, but that's like saying I prefer vomit over diarrhea.

 

Haven't read the books (and I probably won't), but I've seen the movies. The new HG movie didn't do it for me. I didn't see those 'trained killers' in the Quarter Quell, I saw an old lady and killer monkeys. The first one was better, although the second one had cgi fire that didn't look like it was made in the early 90s. Plus I missed demonbeard.

EG had the potential to be epic, but wasn't.

 

Never read the Hunger Games, but I hated Ender's Game.

 

Weirdly, the comments seem to side more with Hunger Games, yet Ender's winning the actual poll.

One of Hunger's biggest problems (which I'm surprised the movie didn't fix, since they've actually been good at improving on the book), is their rushed, and randomly sudden endings--that whole bit with Katniss waking up at the end and Gale going "sup, Katniss, District 12's been nuked, District 13 is totally alive, we've been taken in, you're the messiah, and we're going to war. Also Peeta's been captured."

Me, in the audience: ...well that would have been f**king nice to SEE!

It just seems that Collins is just bad at endings, it's like she gets flustered and constantly hurries to wrap everything up in one paragraph.
This trend will continue, worse, in movie 3.

That would be an exercise in redundancy--oranges all the way.
(Apples are good too.)

 

I've watched Ender's Game and Hunger Games (1st and 2nd movie) but have only read the first two Ender's Game books.
Out of the movies I enjoyed the effects in Ender's game more but I prefered Hunger Games. I thought the acting in both was a little disappointing.

 

I wouldn't say loathing it but I've never seen more in it than mediocre 80s kid SF in the theme of "Wargames" from 1983. About Hunger Games I can only say that I enjoy watching Lawrence(Who doesn't?) but that's it. Never read the books nor do I care.

 

Read only Ender's Game from the whole saga, disregard the movie. Don't expect high art though, it's still young adult fiction.
Watch the Hunger Games movies if you really want to experience the story (or if you want to get some choice shots of J Law's ass), but actually just read Battle Royale instead because it's loads better.

 

Lawrence IS the defining factor on whether I watch a movie or not. Dare I say, she is...the Law.
...Eh? Eeeeh?

Ahem, but yes, it seems like a lot of work to loathe a fictional series, even if it were terrible. But then, my handle's Sloth.

In yet another update, Ender's is still in the lead.

 

The actress for Hunger Games is awful and just looks weirdly mannish. Too many just... retarded moments in the first film like Peta (who was a laaaame character) and his cake decoration camo, the Truman Show like direction of the games themselves.

Also there was an insane amount of hype that made the letdown worse for me. Holy shit... never understood why it was such a phenomenon.

Ender's actor was talented, liked Harrison Ford, preferred the plot, and it was just more enjoyable for me.

And Hunger Games just looked grungy. The forest was so damn generic, I wasn't expecting something that looked like my backyard. Production values just struck me as an emperor-has-no-clothes type moment. Then again maybe the second one is better, with the inclusion of better actors such as Phillip Seymour Hoffman.

 

Never saw the film of either, but Ender's Game the book set new nadirs of suckitude, a wish-fulfillment fantasy with some of the most poorly written children in literary history against a steaming pile of sociopathic fridge horror as backdrop.

It's one of the few rivals for Goodkind's Sword of Truth or James's Fifty Shades of Inner Goddess Grey in terms of innate horribleness.

 

I read Ender's Game and kinda enjoyed it, but not enough to want to read it again or seek out the sequels or watch the film.

I watched Hunger Games and enjoyed it; not quite as much as the hype suggested I would, but enough that I went to see the second (not quite as good) and have given thought to reading the books.

So...Hunger Games, I guess?

 

So I think it's fair to say this one is mostly over and the sort-of final score is Hunger Games 20, Ender's 21...consistently at odds with the content of the thread.
I don't know why I find that impressive. Time to find me a movie.