Medical Warning!!!!!!

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2012)

IF you have Epilepsy OR Equilibrium Problems be careful seeing this movie! The director is addicted to the hand held cameras! There are whole scenes where the world just spins around! I am sure there is some deep "artistic" reason for all this. All I know, is that I had held on to both the chair and my stomach to keep my dinner from coming back up!
The opening at the "Reaping" is a particular case in point. The camera dances all over the place, leaving it incredibly hard to focus on any one thing. Again, I do not think that it adds anything to the movie. It is distracting and deeply annoying after the first couple of minutes.
I assumed that there would be some running through the forest, but the frequent overhead tree leaves swirls were entirely unwarranted. It adds nothing to the movie and after the fifth or sixth such scene, I was getting sick and a headache.
The actors were so strong, I could not fathom why the director could not find a steady cam or even a large tree stump to settle down on. There was nothing gained by all the handy-cam! Nothing. Sending me home with an upset stomach and the start of a migraine is not a welcome addition to my weekend!