EPTI went to Wrath of the Titans the next day (we had to wait before our flight went back to Holland) and while I'm generally not a huge fan of that kind of movie it was better in pretty much every way exept that it didn't have Woody. And Wrath of the Titans is a flimsy, pure action/spectacle trash movie. Go figure.
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Promises
Netherlands1821 Posts
I went to Wrath of the Titans the next day (we had to wait before our flight went back to Holland) and while I'm generally not a huge fan of that kind of movie it was better in pretty much every way exept that it didn't have Woody. And Wrath of the Titans is a flimsy, pure action/spectacle trash movie. Go figure. | ||
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ZasZ.
United States2911 Posts
On April 02 2012 15:53 Aratan wrote: I thought this could have been a really good movie, everything set up before the fight was amazing. But the fighting itself left me really disappointed. First off, why on Earth would they be making alliances in a battle where only one person could win, sooner or later the group would have to know that they would end up betraying each other. Also leaving Katniss is the tree was kinda dumb, it would take her about 3 days to die from dehydration, why not back up 10 feet and then try the arrows again. Last fight was just kinda bad, Cato didn't really do anything cool throughout the entire movie to prove that he was as much as a bad ass as he was acting. All in all pretty disappointing, at the end I felt sad on how great it could have been. Could have been like a Naruto forest of death thing.. Don't understand how everybody seems to be bringing this up. Alliances are almost ALWAYS formed in contests like these, especially for people in Peeta's situation. If he doesn't join up with them, he has (roughly) the same chance as the other 20-odd competitors to survive. With them, he has a much better chance of making it to the final 10, and then the final 5. You can deal with breaking up the alliance when it comes to that...in the meantime it serves as protection and an insurance policy against the strongest members of the competition. They figured they could get him to find Katniss for them, and keep an eye on him the meantime. They could have killed him easily enough when it came to that. As for the tree...yeah that sort of bothered me too, but we really have no idea what their reasoning was for saving arrows/knives and not wanting to waste them. If they had tried really hard they may have been able to get her, but perhaps they were content to wait it out. Obviously a bad decision, but since when were teenagers (even trained ones) model decision makers? Can't expect them to act like seasoned hunters and killers when they're 16 years old, no matter how vicious they seem. Personally I would have been more worried that the longer you leave her up there, the better chance she thinks of a way to escape, like the beehive. For what it was, it was pretty enjoyable...albeit a bit too long. | ||
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Black Civil Rights
21 Posts
On April 03 2012 00:05 ZasZ. wrote:Alliances are almost ALWAYS formed in contests like these, especially for people in Peeta's situation. Actually no. If you were in Peeta's situation, you'd probably stay the fuck away from those who are stronger than you and likely to treat you like shit and try to hide it out. If he got caught, then you'd think the director would at least have a scene showing him saying: "No wait! Don't kill me! I know where Katniss is!" My review? Sloppy. | ||
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Black Civil Rights
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Vardant
Czech Republic620 Posts
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Tidus Mino
United Kingdom1108 Posts
Rue wasn't given enough airtime before she dies, so when she did we didn't share catniss's feelings | ||
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aebriol
Norway2066 Posts
On April 03 2012 01:10 Black Civil Rights wrote: To further clarify - this isn't like Survivor (or Big Brother), where the prizes are material. When survival instinct kicks in, you don't keep your enemies close - you get the fuck out. I disagree. It's natural to form an alliance, because you will be safe for longer. It's like ... someone stronger than you say, stay with me and we'll kill them together, you figure ... hell yeah, this way, I have some chance to reach the end and he could be hurt before that. We unite against a common enemy. United States and Soviet against Germany. How long did that alliance last once Germany was beaten? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_enemy_of_my_enemy_is_my_friend | ||
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Vardant
Czech Republic620 Posts
And even if the weaker die in the end, they still got a few extra days. They wouldn't have them on their down. | ||
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Black Civil Rights
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Black Civil Rights
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PartyBiscuit
Canada4525 Posts
On April 03 2012 01:13 Tidus Mino wrote: Saw it last night, was pretty good. I haven't read the book and friends who have say they hated the film as it strayed from the book quite a bit. Just ordered the books so will read them when they arrive. My main criticism of the film was it felt rushed. The characters didn't get enough time to develop, for example + Show Spoiler + Rue wasn't given enough airtime before she dies, so when she did we didn't share catniss's feelings Books are so much stronger and detailed ("almost" everyone's complaints or criticisms are mentioned/explained in the book to some degree), and books 2-3 really deviate from the rest of any BR comparisons. edit: some more quick notes since I just bothered to read some of the posts again: + Show Spoiler + 1) Almost all the cheesy dialogue in the film does not exist in the book and the movie adds a lot of extra narratives to replace the book using Katniss' POV (Haymitch notes in the parachutes don't exist, neither does Stanley Tucci's commentary during the games). 2) Alliances are seen in the book as common and formed PREGAME, they pair together not only for survival, but because of the audience (sponsors). Again, it's just not the 24 people in the games fighting for survival, they need to entertain. The gamemakers can change whatever to make it more interesting and prevent 24 people hiding in a tree waiting to starve. The alliances are formed mostly with people from their district, and it's seen in bad taste to break an alliance with your own district partner. After they've killed enough people, they usually just break off in separate paths until they run into each other or are brought together (i.e. by a feast). 3) Peeta is supposed to be considerably larger/stronger (not like 5'7 in the movies?) in the books and is implied to have befriended the Careers pre-game. The movie does a terrible job of portraying this. 4) The reality TV/computerized creation with Crane (the game with flaming beard) does not exist in the book, it's partly implied, but that's all to again make it easier for the audience to follow, although I felt it took away from the movie a bit. | ||
Kojaimea
United Kingdom277 Posts
I cannot make my peace with a boring, boring, BORING(!!!!) movie, that is over 2 hours long. This piece of tripe was physically and mentally draining to sit through. There is no merit from a film-making standpoint, there isn't a singe character i give two shits about, and the action is just dull. Really poor show... | ||
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fritfrat
United States50 Posts
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
When you have beauty in your arsenal, nothing can stand in your way. | ||
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justinpal
United States3810 Posts
On April 03 2012 07:04 Xiphos wrote: Now that I think about it. If I am put under this circumstance as Jennifer Lawrence, I would first find the most athletic guy in the whole competition. With my looks, I will be able to seduce the crap out of him. Then manipulate him to murder any foes that comes in the way. And finally backstab him after everyone has been eliminated. When you have beauty in your arsenal, nothing can stand in your way. You sir/ma'am would then be Johanna from the later books. Edit: Um, spoilers? | ||
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nalgene
Canada2153 Posts
or like maybe sheath it somehow... or use his bag... | ||
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sorrowptoss
Canada1431 Posts
The "critic" of medias and/or television reality shows is really cheap and naive. The exagerations are excessive and too much in your face. Katniss has a wierd/ambiguous character development. | ||
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Dontkillme
Korea (South)806 Posts
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Ryder.
1117 Posts
On April 02 2012 10:43 Logo wrote: She was asleep? Kinda hard to slit people's throats when you're asleep + in pain from a very injured leg. Plus she needs to go and take one of their weapons, if she fails at it she dies. That's not easy. Good luck throwing a dagger straight up through all the branches to hit a target assuming said target doesn't just go up higher or around to the other side of the tree. Even like 6m-10m is a long throw horizontally, good luck doing 1-1.5x that straight up with gravity working against you + no ability to use good throwing form. Same with bow, awkward to shoot, unlikely to hit, and those arrows are a lifeline. Even individually those arrows may be useful to the group now to waste on Katniss, but at some point those people are expecting to be on your own. If you are Glimmer do you really want to risk your best chance of survival (the only ranged weapon in the arena) trying to hit a girl that for all purposes seems trapped. Too many people have way too unrealistic expectations about this sort of stuff. It's not only unrealistic expectations, it's that people come in here with an inflated sense of self importance thinking that because the characters didn't act how they think they should have, then the plot/movie is somehow flawed. As if watching and reading various types of fiction over the years makes them a credible source on how teenagers should act in these situations. | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On April 03 2012 07:21 nalgene wrote: Why doesn't the dude put the sword on his side while climbing up to kill the girl? Holding a sword in hand while trying to climb seems like it would make it worst as he wouldn't be utilizing all of his energy on going up...which ends up causing him to fail... or like maybe sheath it somehow... or use his bag... Why would you climb up a tree with your weapon put away when the thing you are climbing after is likely (and in this case is) armed? What's he going to do? Climb up, ask her to wait, pull out his sword, then fight? | ||
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