Film Critic-Xinghuo Liaoyuan-"Deserved to its Name"

Bernhard 2021-10-13 13:06:31

The praise of this sequel is undoubtedly well-deserved, and the praise of "beyond the predecessor" or even "beyond the original" is also reasonable.
First of all, the Oscar-level script puts a sufficient distance between the level of the whole film and the general assembly line popcorn. The skillful use of lens language and narrative methods can express most of the psychological activities in the original work with images without pressure. Concise and concise, not cumbersome; the role of various processing skills in the film not only avoids the monotony of the same thing, but also successfully highlights the corresponding emotions: the resentment and restlessness in the touring journey, and the rescue of Gaelic Shi and Si The tension and suppression of Red's confrontation, the subtlety and subtlety of Brutas' invitation to dance, the despair and fear of sudden changes when returning to the arena, the final helplessness and weakness in the face of the poisonous fog, the twittering bird paragraph 5.1 surrounds The frenzy and horror of the sound, the trance and relief of Katniss after the arena was bombed... Everything was handled properly and full of tension, laying a solid technical and emotional foundation for the quality of the film.
Secondly, the film cleverly uses the foreshadowing effect of the previous work, which greatly strengthens the symbolic effect, so that the two works can be connected smoothly and reasonably, and the film inherits the adaptation style of the previous work-the main plot remains unchanged, and the branch line is fully optimized. Moreover, the film’s value is to make good use of the recurrence emphasis, so that the world structure of the whole story is sufficiently complete.
Once again, the most touching thing about the film is the precise reproduction of the original finishing touches, which not only makes the film more meticulously crafted, but also enriches the characters as much as possible. This kind of detail is everywhere in the film: such as Katniss staring. Looking at the frozen jungle lake, the small and fragile faces of the "golden couple" reflected in the remote sensing lens, Hemis took advantage of the mess and drank medical alcohol, Bolim's transformation and responsibility after his rapid growth, President Snow was bloody in his hands. The drink, Bit pulls his glasses and scrutinizes from below, the lonely silhouette of the three against the gorgeous dawn in the arena when the morphine woman is dead, the photo in Pitakin’s necklace, the lonely back of Finnick sitting on the beach and slapping the waves , Johanna's loss and emptiness after cursing the president...
Except for these carefully designed nuances, the wonderful acting skills of the actors in the film have also raised the standard of the film: Lawrence deserves the title of acting queen, not only the expression of the mentality of each part is accurate, but also the complex emotions. The performance is as brilliant as "Black Swan"; Harrison's perverse but easy-to-do interpretation, although a little bit of the characteristics of the idiot in the original book is missing, but it also makes Hemis's wit and cunning more prominent (the only regret is that the film is deleted The plot of Haymes’s video of the second Century Extreme Game lost the opportunity to make the characters more fuller); Sutherland’s micro-expression interpretation under the kind appearance, even in the close-up shots, is silent, but can clearly feel the original work The calm and frightening evil that controls the overall situation in the book; and every time Banks appears on the camera, it is interpreted to be just right and not contrived, which perfectly reproduces the image of Effie’s kind and diligent chief executive in the original work, and briefly Summarizes the naive and ignorant mentality of the Kapite people; and Hutcherson's many helpless and melancholy interpretations are also wonderful; and the surprising Claflin can see that after "Caribbean 4", he His acting skills are no longer green, and he successfully interprets Finnick’s character-the cheerfulness before the show, the love and responsibility for Mags, the vaguely childhood love of Johanna, and the anxiety when he was on the line of life and death with Katniss. With tension.
All in all, the film completely got rid of the moderate and slightly fast-food character of the original text, and brought the highlights and advantages of the plot to the most exciting level, and completed the amazing transformation. Next, the director's climax and end of the iron strike I am looking forward to it.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire quotes

  • Katniss Everdeen: I just wanted to say that I didn't know Thresh, I only spoke to him once. He could have killed me, but instead he showed me mercy. That's a debt I'll never be able to repay. I did know Rue. She wasn't just my ally, she was my friend. I see her in the flowers that grow in the meadow by my house. I hear her in the Mockingjay song. I see her in my sister Prim. She was too young, too gentle, and I couldn't save her. I'm sorry.

  • Finnick Odair: Katniss.

    Katniss Everdeen: Hello, Finnick.

    Finnick Odair: Do you want a sugar cube? I mean it's supposed to be for the horses, but... I mean who cares about them, right? They got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I... well, if we see something sweet we better grab it.

    Katniss Everdeen: No thanks, but I would love to borrow that outfit someday.

    Finnick Odair: You look pretty terrifying in that get up. What happened to the pretty little girl dresses?

    Katniss Everdeen: I outgrew them.

    Finnick Odair: You certainly did. Shame about this quell thing. Now you... you could have made out like a bandit in the Capitol. Jewels, money, anything you wanted.

    Katniss Everdeen: Well, I don't like jewels and I have more money than I need, so... What did you do with all your wealth anyway?

    Finnick Odair: I haven't dealt in anything as common as money in years.

    Katniss Everdeen: Well, then, how do people pay for the pleasure of your company?

    Finnick Odair: With secrets. What about you, Girl on Fire? Any secrets worth my time?

    Katniss Everdeen: I'm an open book. Everybody always seems to know my secrets before I know them myself.

    Finnick Odair: Unfortunately, I think that's true. I'm sorry you had to cancel your wedding. I know how devastating that must be for you. Have a good day.

    [Peeta walks up to them]

    Finnick Odair: [exiting] Peeta.

    Peeta Mellark: Finnick. What'd he want?

    Katniss Everdeen: To know all my secrets.

    Peeta Mellark: Hm. Have to get in line.