FireCat
Oh Shi.. Don't wake the tiger!
- Reaction score
- 530
Well, this movie looks pretty decent.
You can say that about a LOT of action movies these days. It is especially inexcusable in some action films; but here you kind of have to let it fly, because slow, more graphic shots would have meant the film would have ended up with a higher certificate, ruling out much of its target audience, as this is, after all, minors fighting minors. If it was adults fighting adults, it would not be so bad, but as the subject matter is those of a younger age, it needs to be shown like that to get a lower age rating. They also cut about 7 minutes of other footage deemed too violent or bloody... I do hope they get included on an uncut DVD with a higher rating...The camera men should be shot, half the movie is blurry, especially during action scenes
Imho it's not nearly as good as most people say.
I really liked the atmosphere in the first half but as soon as the competition started it just got stupid and there are quite a few plot holes. There are some plot lines that are introduced but never actually matter.
Spoilers for more specific ranting.
-Why do they introduce the mentor as an alcoholic? As soon as they talk to him he gets cooperative and helps them. Later in the movie he doesn't take a drink from a serving woman but that's all for that. Not relevant to anything :<
-Her boyfriend in the district doesn't matter either. He does nothing at all except being a dick by startling the deer. Why would he possibly do that when food apparently is so precious in this district? Well, maybe it's for the next movie and we get some twillight-ish love triangle.
-The sponsors... They're so important! You have to impress them! What do they ever do? They send her that cream to heal her burn. That's the only thing they do the entire movie. And that burn is shitty in the first place because it was caused by the Host for her breaking a rule she didn't know about in the first place.
-The evil gang... They just team up. How did they make the alliance? Why doesn't anybody get killed in their sleep? No clue.
-The medicine that heals the guys leg... Really? Some cream can heal a cut from a sword over night? I have no problem with unrealistic healing but it has to be introduced or hinted at earlier in the movie before it's used. Can't just pull it out of your hat almost at the end...
-The love scene was reasonable. Incredibly cheesy of course. It's one of those you like if you take the movie seriously but if you don't it's just ridiculous.
-Blurry combat scenes aren't acceptable :7
-Also, changing the rules back and forth in a game about life and death is just retarded. And it makes no sense at all. He changed the rules in the first place to prevent a riot. Then he changes them back and forces them to kill each other? How would that turn out if one of them died? The people in district 12 sure would be happy.
/rant