mrnoahandrew

This movie has done a wonderful job of ripping off The Hunger Games. This does not necessarily make it a bad movie. But in this case it is a bad movie. The Hunger Games movie was OK at best (book was far better) and this movie could have been good despite ripping off of The Hunger Games had they just made it into a good movie. But they did not. Acting: meh. Story/plot: it just seems so familiar, so been there, done that. Special effects: good of course, because that is what sells most movies nowadays. Music/score: just godawful. One noise (it is definitely not music) comes to mind when remembering this movie and that is the horrendous racket that is playing anytime the train appears in that movie. Why would they play something so bad!?! You know what I am talking about: that stupid clickity-clack sound you can hear. Horrible! I am not sure who did the music for this movie but I will check now. Junkie XL. Seriously. Born Tom Holkenborg but better known as Junkie XL. Well with a name like that I can't really be surprised by the results. That really sums up the whole movie doesn't it? Junkie XL.

I feel bad for this episode. Not that so many people hate it; people are entitled to their opinions. I feel bad that what I think is a masterfully executed episode is, in the popular opinion, the lowest rated episode of the entire series.

While the beginning starts off a tad bit slow, the payoff is all worth it in the long scene towards the middle/end of the episode where Walt and Jesse are having a lengthy conversation. The whole scene is splendid. The camera angles that provide a bit of an uneasy feeling (like when the frame is shaky when it is looking directly at Walt). The lighting that is, as per usual, superb and is just beautiful. And the background music, even though it is minimal, adds to the tension. Just so many things go right to make this an excellent episode.