What were the last movies you watched?

[ClaptonsWig]

Clapton, stop. Stop while you are behind.

I heard that's where you like it.

[clashcityrocker10]

The Artist

I liked the contrast between silence and sound, which worked on at least two levels in this film. Overall, it was rather enjoyable.

[Ehfahq]

Watched Captain America. So far my favorite of all the recent Marvel movies. Which surprised me because I was more of a Thor and Ironman fan when it came to the comics.

[McTenzington]

La Region Centrale

I can't think of many reasons why this needs to be three hours, Snow's own Wavelength similarly explores space and camera movement in a fraction of the time (and it is the better film, mostly for that reason). Yet I found myself entranced with the film, it's opening and ending are especially beguiling---never in a thought-provoking manner but in a purely visceral one.

***


The Hunger Games

It isn't very good. It's digestible, and its pace isn't bad, but it's full of inconsistencies, poor story arcs, a sorely lacking sense of atmosphere and a complete disregard for visual storytelling. It isn't awful, but it's a boring, messy film.

**


Uzak

Harkens back to the films of Antonioni or Tarkovsky, but without the engagement factor. The film is very pretty when exploring the Turkish countryside, but it's undeniably boring to look at in any of the interiors, relying on medium shots and OTSs that break the pace. It didn't reach me and I didn't like it on a shot by shot basis.

**1/2

[SheSaidSheSaid]

The Hunger Games

It isn't very good. It's digestible, and its pace isn't bad, but it's full of inconsistencies, poor story arcs, a sorely lacking sense of atmosphere and a complete disregard for visual storytelling. It isn't awful, but it's a boring, messy film.

**

Get ready for it for the next, what, four years solid?

[McTenzington]

Well, there's a good amount of room for improvement. Here's hoping.

[ClaptonsWig]

Get ready for it for the next, what, four years solid?

There's going to be more then one? ****.

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Yeah. It's following the Harry Potter/Twilight model of young adult novels coming to the silver-screen. Even the "last book is a two-part movie" part.

[ClaptonsWig]

Yeah. It's following the Harry Potter/Twilight model of young adult novels coming to the silver-screen. Even the "last book is a two-part movie" part.

Oh come on, this is a load of ****. I never read any novels from Twilight/Hunger Games, but this is just overkill at its finest. I'm sure they could have very easily mashed them all together for one movie.

[SheSaidSheSaid]

Well, I mean, it's not like you don't know why they're doing it, right?

Budget $78 million[3]
Box office $684,954,269 [4]


Why make $600 million once when you make it four times?