The Hunger Games movie is a huge disappointment. That is if you've read the book. The casting is mostly inappropriate and sometimes terrible. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, and Donald Sutherland are all horribly cast. The veteran actors do good turns and make it work but if you've read the book it doesn't make sense. The young leads however suck. For the first half of the movie it seems like they do not know how to act. Hutcherson especially spends the first half of the movie with his mouth idiotically agape. The scenes with Lawrence and Hemsworth are so flat the scenery is more interesting.
It felt like some of the people that made the movie didn't read the book. Which I guess is ok if the movie turns out fresh and interesting which it is not. The movie is so obviously a desperate but sure-fire attempt to capitalize on a hugely popular story. All the interesting plot points are hit, the story is conveyed, and because the story is interesting it's and entertaining movie. If you haven't read the book I recommend you see this movie, you will enjoy it. But I can't over look how glossy, shallow, and wooden it is. I know the story and I know that it's compelling and if done with a little depth and artistry it could have been a good film.
The costume designer made some interesting choices that enhanced the movie but also made some terrible choices which detracted. Most notably Woody Harrelson's hair.
I took issue with The Hunger Games book because to me it was such a regurgitation of Battle Royale but the movie is a watered down version of that. To me it feels like a copy of a copy. The lines are blurred, there is no edge.
Objectively the first half of the movie is boring and poorly acted. Once the actual games begin the movie takes off and is a lot of fun with occasional touching moments that actually hit. But for me those moments were few and far between.
Rent It.
It felt like some of the people that made the movie didn't read the book. Which I guess is ok if the movie turns out fresh and interesting which it is not. The movie is so obviously a desperate but sure-fire attempt to capitalize on a hugely popular story. All the interesting plot points are hit, the story is conveyed, and because the story is interesting it's and entertaining movie. If you haven't read the book I recommend you see this movie, you will enjoy it. But I can't over look how glossy, shallow, and wooden it is. I know the story and I know that it's compelling and if done with a little depth and artistry it could have been a good film.
The costume designer made some interesting choices that enhanced the movie but also made some terrible choices which detracted. Most notably Woody Harrelson's hair.
I took issue with The Hunger Games book because to me it was such a regurgitation of Battle Royale but the movie is a watered down version of that. To me it feels like a copy of a copy. The lines are blurred, there is no edge.
Objectively the first half of the movie is boring and poorly acted. Once the actual games begin the movie takes off and is a lot of fun with occasional touching moments that actually hit. But for me those moments were few and far between.
Rent It.
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