Interesting

Rating: 7/10 (4 September 2012)

I think what I like about this film the most is the discussion or reviews that people have posted about it. I'm not going to go into the mechanics of the film, only the thoughts and ideas which I had from reading reviews and of course the film itself.
What you get a sense of immediately is post apocalyptic authoritarian future and divided societies, the oppressed and the blood hungry rich, which hold no real new significance. However it serves to remind us that disconnected societies can turn into hateful enemies. Our sense of right and wrong can be shrouded in anger and (possible) vengeful atrocities only send society back into the social dark ages. AhhemcoughsplutterAMERICA!
What comes to mind and many reviews have said is that the contestants would just not fight. That might be the case in some societies but an undeveloped society which is about survival would contain people of this nature and this is the way that the districts are depicted. Of course they have to come across as lovely people and that it's not there fault in anyway so you cheer for them. Thats the boundary at which Hollywood, a politically controlled puppet, will never go beyond and where this movie and so many others lose gravitas. I find it astonishing that everyone argues about realism when talking about movies but never this point.
This takes me into my final intrigue. Some people have mentioned a relevance to Lord of the flies when the games begin and in a small way it does. The loss of innocence and the violent primal nature of selfish individuals against the rational best for all ideal. In turn what I find ironic is the large amount of people complaining about the hand-held camera work so they can't see the violence and killing. The people who have watched this film, gone to the trouble of writing a review about it and have no recognition of their behaviour gives this film even more weight which I find bitterly amusing.
I just flicked this film on when I was bored and I enjoyed it. Of course it's a film for teenagers but a good one. I just find it hilarious that the hormonal viewers thirst for violence only fuels the irony of it's ideology. A bunch of violence hungry people watching a bunch of violence hungry people watching young people fight to the death. It couldn't be more poetic.
Enjoy!