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In Reply to: RE: Watching Midnight Showing of Hunger Games with Teenaged Daughter posted by Brian A on March 21, 2012 at 11:25:23
In short, it is best described as a chickcorn (ie. combination chick flick and popcorn) movie for teenage girls.
There were so many plot holes you could drive a truck through them. It takes a whole hour to get to the action, which never gets out of first gear (think Predators). That slow start doesn't have to be a problem (eg Terminator 2), but in this case it's dead space because there isn't a great deal of character development or narrative setup in that first hour. It just creates a sense of plodding. Compare this movie to Gladiator, which is structurally similar. No contest.
The production design really annoyed me. It had that trendy retro/futuristic combination which just basically looked lame.
After Winter's Bone I thought Jennifer Lawrence was a great actor. Now I just think she only has one facial expression (which means that the inevitable Botox injections shouldn't affect her acting range). All the other actors were crap, except for Woody Harrelson.
What really annoyed me was all the plot strands which were just left hanging. C'mon, the first thing you get taught about screenwriting is to resolve plots. Did they get it on at the end or not? What happened to the rebellion? How did the President get his revenge for being mocked? What happened to the berries in the bowl? Sheesh, don't show stuff unless you're gonna tell us how it ends up.
All in all this movie is a shambles. On the other hand, most teenage girls are just braindead skanks, so the movie's deficiencies shouldn't worry them too much.
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