introduction
The "Hunger Games" series has ushered in its fourth chapter, its final chapter, "Mockingjay (Part 2)". No matter how many reasons there are for splitting the third part of the trilogy into two parts, one of the most important reasons is to make money. It’s understandable to want to make more money, but it seriously disrupts the rhythm and makes the upper part very boring (although the literary drama is also very important); and the promised lower part of the grand war scene broke out, and there was no at all. Encouragement-So the conclusion is that from the perspective of plot and scene, the two parts of "Mockingjay" are very mediocre. The first two parts of "The Hunger Games" are better than them.
Although the levels of the episodes vary, the theme that the original "The Hunger Games" tries to explore is very in-depth, which makes up for the lack of "good-looking" of the film. The "Hunger Games" series is dressed in a youth theme, but discusses extremely sophisticated political issues. Moreover, it is not like some political-themed movies, which only show the conflicts and wrestling of classes or interest groups from a macro perspective; in addition to portraying class conflicts macroscopically, it also includes technical aspects such as ruling strategies, political propaganda and counter-propaganda, resistance planning, and war mobilization. The description is clear and precise, and it can be called a textbook of exploitation and rebellion. In this textbook-like display, the use of human nature by struggle has been placed in the most prominent position.
If we carefully review the plot of the trilogy, we will find the wonderful battles between the congressional district, the mocking bird, and the insurgents. And what runs through this series of battles and promotes the development of a series of battles is the name of this series: hunger.
Hunger is not just the name of the game. It also points out the fundamental reasons behind the exploitation, suffocation, party squad, and war-to-fight meeting in the whole story: human desire and hunger for desire.
Let's start from the beginning.
"Hungry Games"
"The Hunger Games" is a game held in the Congress District in order to punish the twelve uprising districts where participants must fight until only one person survives. They "are crowned with honor, courage, and dedication."
And the person who survived in the end "will have nothing to worry about all his life."
The audience can see this trick of shifting class contradictions, which has been tried and tested since ancient Rome. But why has it been so unsatisfactory?
Because contestants in various districts are in severe mental and material shortages, and their thirst for survival, this kind of "hunger" from instinct or human nature will force them to act according to the design of the ruling class-kill others and save themselves . These contestants also represent the enslaved and ruled but scattered districts. Most of them lost their eyes in the thirst for survival and the fear of death, and they couldn't see their true enemies.
But the heroine Katniss brought a change, because she belongs to the kind of pure person, a person who sacrificed her life for justice-of course there must be such a role for the development of the story, but even in real history, there are not many such people. So Katniss became the cornerstone of shaking up the Congressional District system.
First of all, her purity and kindness diverted the anger of the people in other districts and made it launch to the right place-the Congress District. She had a short and beautiful friendship with the little girl in District 11, and she was distraught with grief over her death. At this time, people suddenly discovered that this little girl did not die from the hands of other "tributes," but from the evil rules of the game and the cannibalistic state system. So as the little girl's father rushed to the peacekeeper, a riot broke out in the 11th district, and the fire of the uprising was planted.
Subsequently, Katniss refused to fight with Pita, but chose to commit suicide. What they didn't consider was that the system requires them to have only one person to survive, which also means that one person must survive. This is the way the ruling class manipulates and dominates the will of the ruling class. And they chose no one to survive, which is tantamount to declaring war on the system.
If they commit suicide and die, it means that the ruled would rather die than surrender to the ruler. Moreover, the only culprit responsible for their deaths is the Congress District. This is something that President Snow cannot tolerate, so he made concessions at a critical moment. But if you want to make a concession, you must have a reason, otherwise the congressional district will lose face and let other districts be aware of its weakness.
Katniss’ mentor, Hei Miqu knows this well, so he warns Katniss to explain her and Pita’s behavior with love, and never show the idea of "I just want to fight against you", otherwise he must do it. Snow can't tolerate it. Using love as an excuse not only makes the concessions of the Congress District reasonable and reasonable, but also demonstrates the benevolence of the Congress District. For the Congress District, it will do two things with one stone. Like our ancestors, the Congress District is also very good at switching between "suppression" and "care", "prestige" and "en". The most important thing is to use and guide the "hunger" of the ruled class. Burn in the right place.
The congressional district's rescue was successful on the surface, but it left a great hidden danger-it created a potential formidable enemy: Katniss. Because her bravery and kindness have won the hearts of the people-to a large extent it is endowed by the congressional district. Katniss succeeded in desperate, but also succeeded in the imperfection of the rules of the game. Snow said afterwards: "If the former chief designer Sinica Klein had a brain, you should be wiped out on the spot (save you in a performance that despises authority in front of the people of the whole country)."
The reason why he is said to be the "former chief designer" is because the game designer of the first game was "given to death"-the game designer is a metaphor for the ruler, and the ruler design has loopholes in the way of ruling, and it is bound to be rebellious. . As his successor, Prutash Havensby, said: "Being the chief designer, you have to bear the corresponding risks."
"Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire"
The story naturally progressed to the second "Sparking Fire", Snow was deeply jealous of Katniss' behavior, but he was helpless. He can only seduce Katniss and use both favors and gratitudes, trying to control her, let her and Pita show gratitude to the congressional district, and they must show their love for each other-this is the foundation of ensuring the authority of the system.
In fact, Katniss compromised at first and became a pawn in the congressional district, because she had too many worries, and in the end it was just a pawn chosen by fate. But no matter how Katniss performed, the people still spontaneously used her as a symbol of struggle. At this time, Katniss, as a hero chosen by the times by accident, no matter how to escape, he is destined to be carried forward in the torrent of the times. In the end, Katniss also made a confrontation for Gail, and Snow could no longer bear it anymore, and could only kill the killer-by holding a fair and honest Hunger Game where all the former champions participated, not only could it destroy Her body can destroy the spirit she represents.
On the surface, the second Hunger Games only had a larger scale, more tricks, and a higher level of confrontation than the first Hunger Games, but in fact there is a fundamental difference. If the first Hunger Game is relatively pure, then the second Hunger Game is completely political manipulation-both the Congress District and the Thirteenth District intervene. The time was ripe and the dark battle had come to an end. The 13th district decided to raise the mockingbird's rebellion flag against the Congress district. The result of this confrontation was that the Congress District failed to kill the "mocking bird" Katniss, and the 13th District instead used the Hunger Games designed by the inner shouldn Prutash Havensby to rescue her and other champions.
I really want to talk about Prutash Havensby, because this character is actually quite complicated (maybe because Philip Seymour Hoffman always smiles darkly?), even more brutal than the president. Snow and the later usurper Coyne are also complicated. Snow and Coyne are simple, they are both totalitarian dictators with no bottom line; Prutash is complicated, he is a speculator, but he has a bottom line.
And what makes Plutash even more powerful is that he stands on the right team almost every time: when Snow is strong, he and Snow; the rebels just had the hope of "mocking birds", he immediately switched to the rebels When Coyin died, he participated in the formation of a democratic government. No wonder Hei Mi Qu finally said that he felt that he was the winner.
Plutash first appeared in Catching Fire, succeeding the hapless Sinica Klein from the previous movie as the new game chief designer. This is a very sensitive and stressful position, but Plutash's performance is extremely relaxed. He came up and asked to dance with Katniss, who indirectly killed the former designer. As for why he wanted to pick up this hot potato, he explained to Katniss: "Because of ambition." Then he said: "Maybe I came back because of your inspiration."
Obviously, Plutash is not a "good" person in the ordinary sense, otherwise he would not become a famous game designer-there are probably countless tributes that indirectly died in his hands. He is ambitious, and a game designer can help him achieve his ambition. But he is also very good at spotting opportunities. He noticed that Katniss, the appearance of the "mocking bird" caused a subtle power to ebb and flow between the Congressional District and the insurgents, so he immediately seized this opportunity to betray President Snow.
But Plutash also has a bottom line. He did not take the opportunity to usurp power, and eventually saved Katniss, these are his contributions.
He reminded me of the old Dong in "The Righteous Way in the World Is Vicissitudes" and the Kuomintang members who eventually joined the people's camp in a certain part of the war of liberation he represented. They have a ruler in their hearts, which counts interest and conscience. Which one do you say is absolutely ranked first? It's really hard to say.
Corresponding to Plutash, "The Hunger Games" has created many characters who have skills but are not politically conscious.
The flamboyant Effie Chuncott, who thought she was a big villain for the first time, turned out to be just a crazy artist, but she was completely unaware that her art was helping to kill people. So innocent she finally became Katniss' helper. She had many impressive moments, such as complaining about not wearing good-looking clothes in the 13th district; after the victory of the rebel army, everyone was wearing gray clothes, but she arrogantly insisted on wearing that body that is easy to hate. The gorgeous costumes.
For example, director Cressida, always focused on filming on the battlefield, until the end of the last one, did he realize the terrifying aspects of this war.
For example, electronic geniuses and tribute bits tried to hack into the Congress District Broadcasting Network that they created in the 13th district, only to find that they had done so well back then that they can’t get into it now. He said annoyed: "At that time, I was just immersed in science."
Technologists or technocrats have their loveliness, but they also have their sadness. Cuteness is seen by others, and sadness is tasted by yourself. So I suggest that everyone still try to understand politics and not just engage in technology.
The disguised "people stupid" policy of the Governance ruling class was very successful. Not only did they fail to form a unified confrontational force through the division of labor in the ruled area, but they also showed no mercy to the people in their congressional districts.
"The Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay"
Back to the main line. In "Mockingbirds (Part 1)", the Congressional District officially broke with the Mockingbirds. President Snow had to declare the Mockingbirds as criminals and began to use terrorism to suppress the growing resistance in various places. At the same time, the arrested Pitta was brainwashed and established. The new publicity image uses his close relationship with Katniss to attack the image of Mockingbird. The 13th district uses various means to promote the strength of the mockingbirds: in the 8th district, the Mockingbird’s magical skills of bow and arrow hitting the plane and the evil deeds of the Congress district are displayed, and in the 12th district, people are awakened by Katniss’ personal tragic experience. Grief and anger. Soon, the forest workers in the seventh district also launched an uprising, and the people in the fifth district blew up their dams.
President Snow tricks Katniss to rescue the brainwashed Pitta, and then asks Peta to kill Katniss, but he fails. But the plot was handled very badly. Snow actually publicly stated that he knew about the rescue operations in the 13th district and deliberately let go of the rescue team. Although the 13th district was suspicious of this, he did not carefully check the rescued Pitta. . The lower limits of the IQ of the two sides are tied here.
In "Mockingbirds (Part 2)", the insurgents grew bigger and bigger, and the Congressional District was retreating steadily, and even lost the second district of the military fortress. The defeat was set. In the second district, Katniss and Gale had an unanswered argument: Should there be a bottom line in the war? Although there is no result, it has heralded the separation of the two.
In order to hold onto the theme of "The Hunger Games", the screenwriters turned the Congress District into a big competition arena. Mockingjay’s team continued to engage in propaganda activities here, and then became Katniss leading the team to try to assassinate President Snow. This approach of adding more action scenes at the end is understandable-but it is better than nothing. But it is worth mentioning that Katniss' attempt to assassinate was not abrupt. For a long time, her heroic image has been very embarrassing-unlike the heroes in other film and television novels, who are always real swords and guns, she is often a hero on the "screen", and she undoubtedly hopes to be Do more things in this revolution-although this revolution is not as simple as she thought.
In fact, in the upper and lower parts of Mockingjay, the real hunger game takes place between President Snow and President Coyne. The relationship between the Congress District and the other districts, including the 13th district, is exploitation and resistance, suppression and revolution, and there is only a pure power struggle between the two people. Either you die or I die, so it is natural to do everything. Therefore, Coyne supported Gale's plan to bury the military fortress in the second district. In the end, he pretended to be the Congressional Army and killed the soldiers and civilians of both the Congressional District and the insurgents, causing the Snows to betray their relatives.
The "revolution" was successful. From the arena to the entire beneficiary country, Coyne relied on the most bottom-line means and endless desire for power to become the ultimate winner of this hunger game. As another Chinese translation of "Mocking Birds" said earlier: "Free Fantasy Dreams". The rise and fall, the change of power, this kind of thing has been staged in our history for thousands of years.
The mocking bird is always Kein's pawn. But at the last moment, when she learned the truth, she was willing to use it for Snow, killing Coyne and returning power to the democratic regime. As for how long this situation can last, no one knows.
The end of the film is the most emotional part. Katniss and Pita were originally just little people in the field without any question. Fate's blunders and coincidences made the young people step on the cusp of the discoloration of the world, pushed and distorted by countless forces, persecuted, used, and abandoned. They struggled hard, ups and downs in the wind and rain, trying to do the right thing-for this, they almost lost everything. Finally, whether as pawns or heroes, they completed their mission. It is impossible and unwilling to stay at the center of power again for them who have experienced wind and snow, exhausted physically and mentally, and scarred. They left, returned to their hometown, returned to the field, cleared the ruins, returned to normal, worked again, gave birth to children, and were forgotten...
Until the end of life.
This is the best way to end this story, this is their best ending-this seems to be the best ending for heroes in reality.
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