Richard Connell's Short Story 'Most Dangerous Game'

Back in 1985, 9/10 of the movies made in Hollywood were original. By 2005, however, 9/10 movies were unoriginal and based on something previously made. Basing movies off of other material isn’t a new idea though. Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” was made into a movie in 1932. Star Wars involves a lot of shooting and running, and is about good guys versus bad guys. So does “The Most Dangerous Game.” With the Star Wars franchise, we don’t have to worry about things being changed from text to film because it was a film first. In most cases, things are dropped and others are added when a written work is turned into a movie. It’s up to you as a reader and watcher to decide which is more effective with the elements of plot between text and film.

They’re on a yacht in the Caribbean on their way to South America. When they reach Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, they’re going to hunt jaguars in the Amazon rain forest. However, the 1932 film adaptation based on the short story has some minor changes. A few of these differences are that our protagonist’s first name is “Bob” instead of “Sanger,” the boat is in the Pacific Ocean, and the quarry of their hunt will be tigers instead of jaguars. While most of these changes are minor and don’t impact the rest of the movie that much, the inciting incident varies greatly from the