Story too unrealistic

Rating: 4/10 (30 March 2012)

The entire premise of the story is irrational. These "games" were created to punish the citizens of this society, yet they are honored and glorified as some form of entertainment. Are they a punishment or a form of entertainment? They can't be both, yet they are portrayed as both.
I can look past the fact that the premise doesn't make any sense, it's a fiction movie after all. But what I can't look past are the non sequitur scenes and plot connections: *The guy says you need to make sponsors "like you" in order for them to sponsor you. But the incentive for sponsors to sponsor is because they think a contestant will be "entertaining". Whether they like them has nothing to do with it. Being amiable is not the only way to get sponsors.
*When she's in the tree and the kids are waiting for Prin to come down. The girl shoots one arrow at Prin, BARELY misses. Then the guy shoots one, BARELY misses also. For some reason they then decide to just wait for her to come down? Why not just keep shooting arrows until you hit her.
*The kids actually go to sleep waiting for Prin to come down from the tree. They don't even have one kid on watch to make sure she doesn't try to escape or kill them. A 12 year old wouldn't be as naive.
*ALSO regarding the tree scene. Why does Prin chop off a wasp nest? Just climb down silently and slit their throats in their sleep? Why did this not even occur to her? It doesn't make sense...
*I would have found it much more plausible if maybe one of the kids in the alliance of "bad" kids betrayed the rest. There can only be ONE winner after all. The kids know this but they don't act like it. What in the world were they thinking forming an alliance and not betraying each other while in their sleep or something.
*There's too much running and avoiding other contestants for it to be realistic. When I say realistic I mean, how these kids would ACTUALLY act if these "games" actually did exist. There would be much more head on attacking, betraying, etc. For example, when they go blow up the bad alliance of kids' supplies, Prinn doesn't just simply shoot the one kid remaining on watch. Instead they draw him away, only to blow up the pile when he's not there. It's survival of the fittest, kill him with your bow Prinn. He was sitting still in a chair just relaxing, and instead you thought it best to draw him into the woods so you could shoot the pile of supplies? *The scene were they have the supplies for the remaining contestants which contain "what they desperately need". The kids are running to the packs, and only taking the pack with their district number on it. WHY, WHY, would you not take the other packs as well? Does Prin WANT the other kids to get their packs...? In addition to that, WHY did Prinn not take refuge by the trees and pick off kids trying to get their packs.
*Okay, back to the entire view of the games being "entertaining", and winning them to be an honorable feat. I refuse to believe that the citizens in the wealthier districts, who view the games as entertainment are so blind and ignorant. I don't like how they associate the "wealthy" (IE people in the lower districts) with the ignorant view of these games as entertainment. It just wouldn't be the case. There would be tons of people opposing the games, from all districts. They definitely would not be viewing them as a form of entertainment, that's for sure. And the way the celebritized the contestants. Is it a privilege to be a contestant or is a very unfortunate circumstance to be in? Whichever it is, the movie seems to flip back and forth. With Prin for some reason playing along when it is being portrayed as a privilege.
*So much of it just doesn't make sense. In reality it would be much more gruesome and the kids would not act like ignorant idiots. Prinn should have just hidden in the trees with her bow, and picked off kids at a distance. Not only does she NOT do this, she never picks off a kid with her bow, EVER! She only retaliates when she is being attacked.
*Another problem. The scene where Prin uses her arrow to make the mines go off, blowing up the other group of kids' stock of supplies. WHY in the world, would they set up mines, so that when they get activated, the mines BLOW up the supplies. The mines were planted to PROTECT the supplies from being stolen and make sure others cannot get to it. WHY wouldn't the kids just place the mines further back...
*In regards to all of the interviews: before the game, after the games are over, when they are presented at the capital for the first time: WHY are the contestants going along with this? It doesn't make sense. They should be refusing to do anything to do with the games, EXCEPT for what they are FORCED to do (IE Participate in the actual games). For example, I would have found it much more plausible if the kids were drugged unconscious, then woke up in the jungle and had to fight to survive.
I understand its a fiction story, but the events that take place throughout the movie wouldn't be likely to occur if the premise was actually true. The premise being that as a form of punishment, each district must offer up two kids in a fight to the death, etc.