It doesn’t happen all that often for
me to say that in a movie sequence the second movie is better than the first
one; this, however, is the case with The Hunger Games. While there was a lot to
take in in the first movie, getting used to the environment and starting to
understand that dystopian society the characters live in, the second movie was,
in that matter, a lot simpler for two obvious reasons. First of all, we’ve seen
it all before, we know what the hunger games are all about and why they are
held, we know about the districts and the relations between the characters and,
hopefully, we’re past the question “Who was that guy again?” Secondly, this
movie was much more realistic in terms of ridiculing the society we live in.
Almost everything could be related to things that are happening in the world
concerning desperation, revolution, government control and the role of media.
In this second movie, The Hunger Games more or less resembles George Orwell’s
1984, as everything you do is being recorded, and Cory Doctorow’s Little
Brother, as what is recorded is manipulated and presented to the media into
creating an image that may not reflect reality at all.
(Not too much but still)
Surprisingly, the whole movie is all about a revolution or a desperate cry to putting
an end to fear, famine and destructive hatred. There is a lot of irony in it,
cleverly pointed out by the dialogues between the characters, which is only to
show to what extend basic human rights are suspended in a seemingly (oh well,
maybe not that much) free society. It’s also about team work and what happens
when desperate but still strong people unite towards a common cause.
It’s a beautiful, smart and well
thought of movie. It has its own philosophy and it leaves room for personal
interpretation, while in the same time presents a moving personal story. I
would definitely recommend it to anyone, and if you still haven’t seen the
first Hunger Games, I suggest you get down right to it.
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