I am currently teaching a high school English class and the students are reading the Most Dangerous Game right now, I remember seeing this back in 94 an though this would be a fun way for the kids to relate, what do you all think?
shareYes! Show it! No doubt...they'll enjoy this film! I definitely see a relevance to this movie and the story.
Show it to them and tell them the pros and cons behind this and it's comparison to the book.
Yes, show it. Then you can be the worst teacher on the face on the planet. Oh and you know what would be really fun, if you show Hostel next. That'll be fun.
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Actually, way back when I was in high school and we read 'The Most Dangerous Game', my English teacher showed this to us the next day. I would say do it-it might give them further interest in literature. I know it did for a few in my class.
sharehow about you just watch The Most Dangerous Game? or better still just do what you're paid to do and make sure they can all read and write properly.
share"or better still just do what you're paid to do and make sure they can all read and write properly."
LMAO
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Do not pity the warrior, pity instead those who believe nothing is worth fighting for.
I teach High School English, and I show an edited version to my kids after we read the story. As we watch the kids take notes and then we use the notes and their notes from reading the story to write a persuasion essay trying to convince me that one is better than the other using their differences and similarities:
CA standards:
Reading Comprehension
2.5 Extend ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.
Literary Response & Analysis
3.2 Compare and contrast the presentation of a similar theme or topic across genres to explain how the selection of genre shapes the theme or topic.
Writing Strategies
1.5 Synthesize information from multiple sources and identify complexities and discrepancies in the information and the different perspectives found in each medium
Writing Applications
2.4 Write persuasive compositions
I say go for it!
I would because it's relevant. When I watched Surviving the Game it reminded me of watching Most Dangerous Game back in high school 9'th grade.
shareI would say, show em' "The Pest" (1997).
Same storyline and it's hilarious.
It was my introduction to John Leguizamo.
"Any last words, Punk?"
"Yeah. You're wife is good in bed."
"Oh. So you're a liar, too?"
No. The film is nothing like "The Most Dangerous Game". It is just blatant propoganda, prejudice, and hate. It isn't even subtle. "The Most Dangerous Game" is about beating the odds. This is just simply a hate monger movie that will cause meaningless hatred and prejudice. This is a hate monger movie by any definition. Not a think piece, because it has no possible credible social relevance.
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time
The "Most Dangerous Game" is about a little more than "beating the odds."
"This is just simply a hate monger movie that will cause meaningless hatred and prejudice."
So, basically, you believe in meaningful hatred and prejudice?
"This is a hate monger movie by any definition."
Lady, this sentence makes no sense whatsoever. You might as well edit it and insert the sentence below:
"There's no use crying over spilled make like a puppy and get lost."
billy boodoggle, you don't make one iota of sense. You're obviously a naive rich kid who has never had to live under adverse conditions. You obviously have never been a low income person.
The glorification of homeless people is something only a rich punk kid who never had to deal with those thugs can appreciate. Low income people are threatened every day by these thugs. You spoiled rich brats think you are so far above everybody, that you don't concern yourself with how the other half lives. Homeless people don't deserve any concern. They would if the weren't ALL the same. They only harrass those who have low incomes, and we have to constantly physically fight them off at EVERY SINGLE BUS STOP! The law won't do anything about them. They ask money only from the poor, and never bother the rich people. They onlky go to the poorest sections of the city. They don't go to the boarding houses or churches that would take care of them. No, they only mean to cause suffering. Poor people can't even go to groceries on the bus lines, because you can't carry ten sacks of groceries and protect them while these thugs threaten and harrass you.
No! You rich brats wallowing in your self righteous punk view of the world! You don't have to deal with all these gangs of street people. This moive obviously represents a spoiled rich kid's view of how the poor live. Pathetic.
Add to this the so called hero is a trash talking punk, and that gives younger viewers the impression that trash talking punks have the right to do whatever they want. No. Any teacher who would show this to kids is trying to induce the tougher kids to gang up on the weaker ones. That is what this movie tells a viewer. A teacher who shows this is a sick wacko.
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time
You got schooled, bitch. You couldn't even answer one question I asked of you. And so:
I'm sure that everything you just typed looked great on the memo pad they gave you in the psyche ward. But it's full of holes.
You can't even form a coherent thought.
Read more, ass. Or take any of the books the warden will allow you.
And get back on the meds. Then we'll really talk.
I'm a high school English teacher as well and I've run into the same problems. Because we teach many of the classics, we are able to think outside of the box in hopes of having students connect and understand what they're reading. Perhaps Surviving the Game is not the best choice for the reading of the Richard Connell classic, but if we lived in a society where certain individuals realized that these are words kids hear every day, then maybe it wouldn't be an issue. I ran into a problem similar to these a couple years ago when I asked if I could show the film, Equilibrium in conjunction with the reading of Fahrenheit 451. I asked before hand and was told NO because of the violence. In the end, we're willing to try anything to get kids to read... even if it's showing a film with questionable language and violence. As long as we can justify our film to a parent or principal, then it shouldn't be a huge problem. After all, it's not like we're showing Hostel...
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