Reviews

Because of the good reviews, I thought I'd take a chance on this. It was surprisingly entertaining except it seemed they couldn't find a way to turn the young Snow into a villain without an idiot plot point.

Everything made sense until he was sent into the ring to save his friend. He asked his superior to send in the "peacekeepers" but was told that the cameras were on and the public didn't want to see them in there. Then the young Snow was told that the cameras would be off when he went in to retrieve his friend so there would be no record of his entering the ring. After he went in, he killed one of the contestants out of seeming rage though, at that moment, he had more relief at safely retrieving his friend than anger so powerful that he could kill someone.

Those 2 idiot plot points allowed him to lie to his girlfriend and ultimately lead her to not trust him and leave him. Had he never killed that contestant, he would have not had an opportunity to lie to his girlfriend and they would have escaped to the north, free. There would never have been a grown up mean Snow, thus no future Hunger Games movies featuring Snow.

The other troublesome part was how, when the young lovers stumbled upon a cabin, how was it that the guns made it in there before they got there? And how did she know the guns were in there?

So, there were a few things that, i think had they cleaned them up, would have made for a really great movie. As it was, what they ended up with was a movie that was a better than expected sequel (that is a prequel.). So i gave it a rating of 6.

Bogs down in the middle but picks up when she meets the man she married. Certainly not a typical Hollywood story of a family, which is good. I began thinking this was really good until the very end. The last 5 minutes make no sense. Why does she decide to leave her lovely home and all of her supports and an important job to move into something that looks like it might have been a crack house?

All the actors are great. I just wish there had been some discussion regarding her decision to move to a new town where she did not know anyone. And her ex-husband, poor thing, seemed very remorseful yet she would not give an inch. Given her history, it seems she might have.

I just saw it today and thoroughly enjoyed it, until the last 10 minutes. I came here hoping someone would explain the ending to me. Spoilers now: when the cutter gave mable the tape and told her to give it to her Fbi friend, telling her that it would explain everything that went on and who did what, this should have cleared him. And since all the bad guys were gone, he had no fear of retribution so why did he feel the need to burn down his shop and run away? My friend and I just looked at each other at the end, a good film ruined. No review I have read about this film addressed this.

The reviews I read before seeing this called this film charming and comedic. Short from the first scenes when a teacher is dancing, this film is grim, sad and has an unexplained death. The death scene did not even make sense except to add to the grimness and sense of hopelessness. All this with nothing going on for the duration.

Within the first 20 minutes I sensed I made a mistake going to see this. About 4 times during the movie I thought to leave, feeling it was not going to get any better. I should have followed my instincts.

I gave it 3 stars because the movie was technically ok.

If you are wanting to find yourself in an unremittingly grim situation for 2 hours, this is the film to see.