What a cop out

Rating: 5/10 (26 March 2012)

This film is no Battle Royale or Lord of the Flies.
It is Hollywood who have really dumbed down the book taking away a lot of the critical elements in an attempt to sell it to to the masses. Effectively making a very mediocre 12A taking away from its cult status. This film lacks all the elements of horror and the fight for survival, also the struggles of the poor versus rich and the evil ruling elite from the book. Instead we see a lot of Hollywood stereotypes and tweenie wannabes. With their smiling faces and over dialogues and CGI special effects. Well I had real hope here because it had a great story, sadly it was a complete cop out and the on screen content was really lacking. Ultimately I am thankful though this film smashed the box office higher then Twilight, so at least this group of audience is starting to head on better themes. Although I am absolutely disappointed with this final product, it could have been a lot better instead of making it with such a puke factor. The smiling faces and massive dialogue and those oh wow special effects. In place of the horror and terror and gore, the evils of the ruling elite and the ultimate fight for survival. It should have been much better, staying in line with its cult status following alone the lines of Lord of the Flies or Battle Royale some of my all time favs.
5 out 10 a waste of time unless you know the tweenie bop