Let me just start by saying that I thought this movie was a lot better than the first one. I was ok with exchanging currency to watch it. With that said, there were a few things that were... "off-putting."
I walked out of the theater thinking this was a comedy, but I'm sure I remember reading the book and thinking it was supposed to be somewhat dramatic? It must be because the serious parts had such an awkward tone: the acting was over-the-top and unbelievable, especially during these moments that were just not that important. In the books, there's an internal thought process where Katniss is hyper-paranoid about everything and without those internal thoughts it just makes for super awkward reactions in the movie. The acting is a lot better in this movie: certainly well above "wooden planks," or at the very least it's a very high quality wood. But the result is that these moments are just laughable. My favorite moment is when Katniss lazily moans "the gas is poison(!)" I'm not convinced you give a shit, Katniss.
It also seems like "flow" is the absolute furthest thing from the director's mind when creating this movie. It almost seems like he filmed a bunch of scenes from the book, hurled them into sequence (maybe not even the correct sequence?), and then stated "I have finished this movie."
Here's an example of what the storyboard must have been like:
- TITLE SCREEN (maybe if we have time)
- Open to a scene in the woods, Katniss is holding a bow. She's apparently hunting. Also she's sad cuz of Hunger Games
- Cut to her house. It's a new house (we won't explain why for half an hour). The president is there and he has an angry.
- Cut to Kissing scene with Peeta.
- Cut to people on a train
- Cut to now we're talking to some of the other districts because that's apparently what happens for no reason. The Capitol is angry that people are mildly positive toward Katniss so they are executed.
- FADE through all the other districts. This is a montage with emotions, but we won't know what those emotions are. More people die (probably).
- Cut to everyone is back in District 12 but the Capitol is looting/burning a warehouse because of reasons. We're going for the audience to be beyond confused as to what is happening.
- Cut to multiple people watching different TVs. We won't explain it but this is actually a pivotal moment in the movie. The president makes an off-hand mention that maybe some of the past tributes will be in the Hunger Games again but you can't really hear him. All you know is that Katniss is screaming in the woods for what might be weeks.
- Cut to another train
- Cut to a horse. Yeah why not throw in a random horse? Oh now I know why it's because we have to introduce the guy with that super creepy smile and he's got sugar for the horse or something stupid.
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| "Do you want this sugar cube lol?" |
At this point the movie is pretty decent.
If, at any point during the first half of this movie, you have a thought other than "what the fuck is going on" then you have a special gift my friend, because the only thing my brain was capable of doing was silently screaming "WHAT" over and over.
Also there's a scene with Baboons in which Katniss easily pushes away an attacking male Baboon. Yes, that's correct. A 17 year old girl fights off a 300 lb alpha-male Baboon with razor sharp teeth in a scene that does not result in a Baboon ripping out a teenager's throat. That's not how science works.
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