The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
11-19-13, 07:35 AM
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Re: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
I can understand not liking the design of the districts, or the capital (everyone pictured something different while reading the book) but the second half of the film takes place in a forest. What kind of visual aesthetics are you expecting?
11-19-13, 11:10 AM
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Re: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
It's technically an arena, with the forest as part of it.
11-19-13, 01:18 PM
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Re: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
I was referring to the stuff outside of the arena. But it's not like the arena stuff exists in a vacuum.
11-19-13, 09:41 PM
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Re: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
I can understand the flat, lifeless look of the Districts; however that look should not have carried over to the Arena. Much like the color shift in The Matrix (from the real world to the Matrix), the Arena should have had a sharper, more vibrant look to it as Catniss was "coming to life" in the Game. Even the Capitol, which should have looked like a rave, had a flat, dull look to it.
11-19-13, 10:28 PM
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The first one wasn't, they just blew it up to the format for a limited one week run when it opened. I think many exhibitionists wished it had stuck around, as the movie that replaced it, Wrath of the Titans, didn't really generate the interest. If you've been to a Regal this month, they actually have a short promo for Catching Fire where it shows them operating IMAX cameras.
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11-20-13, 01:24 AM
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Re: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
Gravity was flat out proof that Digital "lie" IMAX is actually legit. No regular theater screen can match the experience.
11-20-13, 08:18 AM
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Re: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
Lie IMAX was phenomenal with Gravity. The brightness and sound were phenomenal. Also from my understanding, IMAX has both 2K and 4K digital projection configurations, not sure if that's dual on both of them or if they're counting the 4K configurations as 2 x 2K.
In other news, this now has 63 reviews on rottentomatoes, currently sitting at 94% (59 "fresh", 4 "rotten") with a 7.7/10 average.
"The steady action footage alone is enough to make this an improvement over the first installment."
2hr 26m long.
In other news, this now has 63 reviews on rottentomatoes, currently sitting at 94% (59 "fresh", 4 "rotten") with a 7.7/10 average.
"The steady action footage alone is enough to make this an improvement over the first installment."
2hr 26m long.
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11-20-13, 12:15 PM
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Re: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
shockingly, one of those 'rotten' reviews came from Rex Reed, who called it "Excessive, over-produced, obscenely over-budgeted and utterly pointless,and an overrated trillogy" he also spent the first paragraph complaining about the 3D of the first movie, but yet it was never in 3D... you would think someone at the New York Observer would tell him it wasn't
http://observer.com/2013/11/up-in-sm...-tired-rehash/
http://observer.com/2013/11/up-in-sm...-tired-rehash/
11-21-13, 01:56 PM
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Re: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
He didn't say he watched the first one in 3-D ... but it was a really odd placement for a completely unrelated personal rant.
I am alittle perplexed by this comment though:
As a wearer of distance glasses, I hate the revival of 3-D, a silly gimmick for kids from the 1950s that blighted everything from Bwana Devil to Kiss Me Kate then mercifully died out with House of Wax. So I was glad to watch the first Hunger Games without the discomfort of one pair of glasses worn over a second, and I didn’t miss a thing. I can live without another flying spear. This time, I saw part two in IMAX, a format that is a great advancement over 3-D but did nothing to improve this movie.
In some regards I will agree with his ill-placed statement. 3-D when used as a gimmick (i.e., throwing things at the viewer) sucks. When it is used to layer depth into a flm it can be masterful. The opening sequence to Star Trek: Into Darkness was beautiful ... until a spear flew off the screen.I am alittle perplexed by this comment though:
I was surprised how much I enjoyed the original idea ...
How can a critic who has been around as long as he has state it is original and overlook the (rip off?) obvious influence of Battle Royale?
11-21-13, 02:05 PM
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Re: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013; D: Francis Lawrence)
I was wondering if they edited his review because I saw what he was going for as well, so maybe it's an edit?
131 reviews now, sitting at a 92% with 121 positive, 10 negative reviews. 7.6/10 average score.
131 reviews now, sitting at a 92% with 121 positive, 10 negative reviews. 7.6/10 average score.
