So
I just watched The Hunger Games for the first time. I know I'm going to take flak for this and may
even lose a few friends (that's OK; I would have killed you in the Games
anyway...), but I was not as impressed as I was hoping to be.
First,
let me say that it's not a bad movie; it's just not a great movie. There was nothing ground-breaking in terms of
effects, music, or screenplay. The
acting wasn't exactly stellar, in fact, I've seen better in lower-grade movies
than this. The various emotional bits to
evolve the love sub-plot were poorly executed as well. I admit to having been emotionally moved by
parts of movies (like this, and this,
and this), but The Hunger games just failed to deliver that kind of emotional
tension or brilliance.
Also,
most viewers may not have noticed, but the CGI was often very poorly done (such
as the parade, and the room where Seneca finds himself locked in).
That sort of thing may have been
acceptable ten years ago, but now, we expect better than what they delivered.
I
actually wanted to like this movie, but overall, I was unimpressed. In short, I give The Hunger Games a 3 out of
5.
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