I watched The Hunger Games yesterday. What a piece of crap. Battle Royale tears it to shreds. The main character is a boring hull for adolescent fans to slip into. The first hour is boring and just the movie begging the audience to care for the hero. I actually started to root against her. The other characters don't even feel like real people.
Then the actual Hunger Games are just not exciting and interesting at all. I don't blame the novel / movie for being similar to Battle Royale or its dystopian predecessors. I blame it for failing at being anything but a greasy ball off teen schmaltz that is not held together by any logical progression.


Last week I also saw Letter never sent, which is an excellent Soviet film. Like Hunger Games it features survival in nature and a forest fire. What a contrast! Take the forest fire, the Russian's cinematography owns that of Hunger Games in it's teen-angsty CGI anus.

The Hunger Games 3/10
Letter Never Sent 7.5/10
and just to remind everyone:
Battle Royale 9/10

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I also saw Hunger Games, and I gotta say it was garbage.

Gonna watch those two movies you posted, thx for the recommends

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Originally posted by Ted Promo DADS AT DISCOUNTS, TRYING AISLES OF DEALS IN EACH DEPARTMENT. DADS WITH WRISTS LIKE TREE TRUNKS AND A HEART OF POLISHED ONYX. UNFORGIVING GROINS AND LOINS, COTTONELLE TOUCH. INFINIDADS KNOW THAT I DON'T ONLY WANT LEGOS, I WANT INSTRUCTIONS. DADS OF ALL CALIBERS.

Definitely watch Battle Royale. It's Hunger Games in awesome.

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After seeing The Hunger Games, I too was disappointed. Battle Royale is a grown ass man's movie on the same subject while THG was more of a Twilight-generation cop-out IMO.

Also, recently watched Survive Style 5+ and thought it was a really enjoyable movie -- had me laughing for quite a while.

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Originally posted by Meat187 teen schmaltz

Too much of this can fuck up the most awesome movie. I simply hate it.

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Just watched The Divide.

Phenominal. Funny, fucked up, real. The ending really got to me, made me realize how much we're all savages.

A must see!!

There's a ton of violence, so if you're a pussy, best skip this one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535616/

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Originally posted by Chris Crossland Just watched The Divide. Phenominal. Funny, fucked up, real. The ending really got to me, made me realize how much we're all savages. A must see!! Dunno why this movie wasn't bigger. Probably cause it's totally fucked! Hahahahahahaha http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535616/

20% on Rotten Tomatoes, no thanks: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_divide_2012/

RT isn't always right, but under 50% is an automatic "give it a miss" for me.

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Originally posted by Vector A 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, no thanks: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_divide_2012/ RT isn't always right, but under 50% is an automatic "give it a miss" for me.

Oh piss off. Why not use your own fucking judgement for once. Oh a couple ******s didn't like this movie, best not watch it...

Fucking sheep...

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Originally posted by Chris Crossland Oh piss off. Why not use your own fucking judgement for once. Oh a couple ******s didn't like this movie, best not watch it... Fucking sheep...

lol

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Originally posted by Vector A lol

Just the response I was expecting from someone who lets other people make decisions for them.

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Hey, 50% is not a high bar to clear. A great many movies make it past that, so it isn't as though I have a lack of variety to choose from. Life is too short to spend on probable duds.