This movie BL**S

Rating: 1/10 (21 August 2012)

for an $80M budget, you would expect WAY better effects, better class/grade actors, and a s**t ton better story. It was boring as hell too.
I HAVE NOT READ THE BOOKS! Now, i think i should. its one thing for the movie to be not as good as the book, but as a person who had an open mind on the movie, IT WAS A WASTE> I wanted my 2 and half hours of my life back. Thats how sh***y this movie was.
First, The actors and actresses are decent...not the best, but not the worst. There was a constant lackluster "into-it"--i just couldn't find the characters too into the role. They were all mundane and boring/bored. You can just feel it. In fact, i found myself early on wishing EVERYONE in the movie would just die, a long, horrible, slow death. The characters were just boring as s**t--NOTHING dynamic or worthwhile about them. The main chick, good looking, just 'dull' and partially believable. The main dude contestants, full of fail. And, it doesn't help that in supposedly a harsh, tough society, they ARE ALL PU**IES. Very UN-masculine, very dull and weak. And, the fashion yuppies, the costumes were ugly as hell. For no reason. However, part of that is based on the story/script. IT BL*W nut sacks. I had a feeling like it was suppose to have been a Nazi occupied/Roman empire type feel in the future. However, the setting, mentalities, and demeanor of the "evil empire" was barely believable. As an example, when the arrow was shot at the judges/apple, they should have f**king beat Evergreen's a$$ and killed her family. It was just all bull sh*t. DISRESPECT of any tyrannical govt=death and severe punishment and pain...not respect. Just horse hockey. Btw, how does district 12 or any of the any other districts NOT have warriors, i mean, THEY KNOW THE GAMES COME UP EVERY YEAR...WHY NOT TRAIN F**KING WARRIORS? Instead, it was a society of p*$$ies and weak-sauce f*ck bags. These people don't volunteer warriors. They just sit back, cry and whine, and b**ch. Then, get picked like sheep to slaughter. Next, how are there no guns? This IS THE FUTURE--where are the guns?! how does no one (but the capital i guess) have ACTUAL FIRING GUNS? They can even make crude guns...i know they have the means (they can mine, they can build...) Suspension of disbelief?. absolutely, i get it. But don't try to make something "real" w/ the basic stuff, like humanism or technology or even basic human will and innovation, being very UNREAL.
The story itself seemed like it was decent, just poorly written and portrayed. It was choppy and added into so many holes. Very unrealistic (in a philosophical sense), very unrealistic and devoid of true humanistic qualities. And, i think that the director ripped off some famous screen shots of great movies, which was a sham. I mean, how about some creativity? For example, when the contestants were first displayed on chariots, the first thought i had was Ben Hur or even Gladiator. Next, was the rip off of the setting in the capital--Star Wars Ep I, II, III anyone? IT just seemed like uncreative, recycled bull.
Furthermore, the need to fire the f**king camera man. The dude must have had a f**king seizure every 2 seconds of had MS or Parkinson's or some stuff. The camera would randomly and very frequently zoom in/out, change angles, move here and there, and go all over the f***ing place. IT PI$$ED ME THE F**K OFF. I don't know why they kept the camera jarring and shaking--my guess is because they thought it would add 'excitement' and dynamics. it doesn't. it just SUCKED and gives you a headache to watch. Which leads to one of the last points (there are lots of them, MOST are bad). The movie was JUST PLAIN F**KING BORING AS $*IT>it was worse than watching paint dry. I slugged it out for the slow, first 30 minutes...it didn't get any better. For 2 and half hours, it was not only NOT worth it, but they SHOULD PAY US TO WATCH THIS SH*T.
i am not watching the next one.