Posts Tagged ‘hard to get into’

Lay the Favorite 2012

Director: Stephen Frears

2 out of 5

Hard to get into at first but had a decent ending.

 

Synopsis: Beth, a Las Vegas cocktail waitress, falls in with Dink, a sports gambler who swoons for her as she proves to be something of a gambling prodigy, earning the initial ire of Dink’s wife, Tulip.

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From the cover this looks like a chick-flick so I sat down to watch it with my wife. She lost interest in the first thirty minutes and we turned it off. I could not leave a film unfinished so went back and watched the rest on my own. It got better towards the end as mentioned above. I would not recommend this film.

Director: Gary Ross

3 out of 5

I found it really hard to get into the story behind the games.

Synopsis; Set in a future where the Capitol selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister’s place for the latest match.