Somewhere beneath all the 12-yo's dying and teenagers falling in love there's a pretty decent film. The first half before the hunger games start is pretty good actually but I would've absolutely loved it if it wasn't a young adult film with all the tropes coming along.
When the action starts, it's clear that the director knows nothing about filming action scenes. They resort to constant shaky cams and poorly blocked scenes.
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The Hunger Games 2012
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Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham 2023
So close to being so cool. The start works and the setting is almost there. The pacing is absolutely horrible though and what should have been a fun and different else-world story instead became a snoozefest. There were also quite a few things that just happened because "plot" which isn't cool.
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The Exorcist 1973
One of, if not the, best horror films of all time and it's a bit hard to put a finger on just why that is.
No dark basements, barely any jumpscares and a fairly slow pacing. Just a little girl in a very cold room saying and doing things that feels plain wrong coming from a little girl, film character as well as actress. In general the feeling of "something is just plain wrong here" is in every fiber of… -
