Death Engineer
05-22-2012, 03:37 AM
Seriously? No Hunger Games thread here? This was a REALLY powerful movie in my opinion. And not entirely in a good way. For me, I knew nothing about the film coming in. As I saw the plot unfold and realized what was about to happen, I got a sickening feeling in my gut and it stayed there the rest of the movie. I was intensely upset ... even angry at the class divisions and how the "haves" treated the "have-nots." So much so, that I was dripping sweat toward the end of the movie as the anger fueled a rise in temperature (despite the nearly frigid temp in the theater).
Despite all of this, or perhaps because of it, I felt like the movie was really moving and had some powerful things to say about class warfare and the value of human life. Part of my concern once I figured out what the movie was about was that it was going to turn into some kind of Gladiator meets Survivor in a grotesque clash of intense violence. While there were some intense scenes, they struck a nice balance between not shying away from the horrific situations and yet not displaying the full gore that was going on.
I would strongly recommend seeing this film, but it will go better for you if you know a little bit of what it is about. I won't ruin that here for any that haven't seen it. I would also venture to say that the subject matter is probably a bit much for pre-teen and younger kiddos IMHO. It is a pretty mature film for PG-13. Still an appropriate rating. Just sayin...
I gave this one a 9/10.
Despite all of this, or perhaps because of it, I felt like the movie was really moving and had some powerful things to say about class warfare and the value of human life. Part of my concern once I figured out what the movie was about was that it was going to turn into some kind of Gladiator meets Survivor in a grotesque clash of intense violence. While there were some intense scenes, they struck a nice balance between not shying away from the horrific situations and yet not displaying the full gore that was going on.
I would strongly recommend seeing this film, but it will go better for you if you know a little bit of what it is about. I won't ruin that here for any that haven't seen it. I would also venture to say that the subject matter is probably a bit much for pre-teen and younger kiddos IMHO. It is a pretty mature film for PG-13. Still an appropriate rating. Just sayin...
I gave this one a 9/10.