Not exact matches
The lead performances are okay — Jones has a quietly expressive face, and Treadaway a handsomeness that shades and elevates the motivations
of an otherwise hopelessly mopey character — but the movie's entire
backdrop, in both its setting and supporting cast
of characters, is fruitlessly
bland.
And then the impact
of Vegas; we built that penthouse as large as we possibly could — the ostentatiousness
of it, and that colorfulness and energy seemed like such a great
backdrop, because once we get into that part
of the movie it's such a huge shift from the intimate,
bland setting up front.
All we saw was Katniss and her small nameless group
of canon fodder running around in a boring,
bland, looking soundstage full
of CGI
backdrops.
The CG - heavy
backdrops — from a steampunk variation on the trench warfare
of the Great War to a castle overrun by orcs and guarded by a dragon to the old bomb - on - a-runaway-train gag with
bland robots — are the only thing to change.
The variety in art design is something I really appreciated as a lot
of shooters tend to focus on somewhat
bland, military style environments or simple space station
backdrops, but the gorgeous landscapes, cloudy skies and installations
of Ikaruga all look and feel unique and are quite lovely at times.