Quentin Tarantino blasts #TheHungerGames for ripping off “Battle Royale”: “I do not understand how the Japanese writer didn’t sue Suzanne Collins for every f*cking thing she owns. They just ripped off the f*cking book! Stupid book critics are not going to go watch a Japanese movie called ‘Battle Royale,’ so the stupid book critics never called her out on it. They talked about how it was the most original thing they’d ever f*cking read. As soon as the film critics saw the film they said, ‘What the f*ck! This is just “Battle Royale” except PG,” Tarantino said on “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast.”