So earlier today I watched the new Hunger Games film. And I have to say it wasn't what is all it was made up to be, don't get me wrong I really liked it I just expected more. But on with the review and sadly I do have to warn that their WILL BE SPOILERS as I can't come up with a review without referring to the film sorry.
So where to start, oh yes the beginng. And it starts approx 1 year after the first film finished and we haven't really missed much other than political issues. So we see Katniss and that boy she loved from the first film, not Peta the other one, having some time together. And I'm thinking this could really lead to something considering in the public eye she and Peta are lovers. So there may be some affair or something, oh was I dumb as that would require common script writing sense to come up with. I'm not lying we literally see him once they kiss and say how much they love each other, 2 hours later they see each other again, minding between then Peta and her have apparently gotten married and have a child on the way, they show no signs of love and all he tells her that her home district is destroyed. I really hope that is ending wasn't supposed to be shocking as for the entire film they were leading towards his. Hell earlier they said about a district 13 having been destroyed, but I shall come onto that in a moment, due to revolution. So you tell us this and show revolt and crap discipline in that district and expect us to be shocked when we find out it is destroyed, learn to write. I don't know if this is directly from the book or adapted for screen but either way it is stupid.
So district 13, a major exposition point wouldn't you agree about an entire district being destroyed. But did we hear of this before, say in the first film when you tell us about the district system, the revolution and why you have the hungers games, when it would make sense to tell us. Nope and do they mention it again nope, as that would require them to know who to write. And this system has gone on for 75 years, so Kantiss is what 17 so that's 50 years for it to have been destroyed without her knowing about it. But if it was her mothers generation in which it is destroyed don't you think someone would of spoken of it, even if it was the generation before how have people forgotten about it. An entire district being destroyed and no one talks about it, really? Pompeii was destroyed how many thousands of gears ago and we still know and talk about that, so in a country that had 13 districts how can the destruction of one of those have no one remember it.
But carrying on the theme of being unable to write we come to the predictability of the film, as stated before district 12 being destroyed how obvious was that. And how about kantiss surviving these Hunger Games, but would they really kill the main character, no. But they still write in at least 6 times events in which could lead Kantiss to death, 1 or 2 times yea but 6 can you write, oh no you can't. Did you really think that we, the spectator, are dumb enough to think that you would kill the main character. And when they aren't trying to kill Kantiss, they are just piling up the exposition or just aimless action sequences. Learn to write.
But on the up side the film carried on brilliantly from the last film, the visuals were spectacular, a couple of the characters are explored very well. There are also some good special effects within the film but it isn't spectacle over substance, there is still a lot to this film its just easy to find negatives as they just forgot how to write.
So now your thinking should I really go and see this, but then if you haven't seen it you probably didn't read this due to the spoiler warning. But yes do go and see it, it is still an amazing film that is better than the first one by miles. And my rating is a solid 8/10 I really hoped I could give have given it more but it just didn't work out that way sadly.
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