In fact, the setting of the story of "The Hunger Games" is very interesting in itself. Unlike general science fiction novels or movies, it focuses on the relationship and alienation between people and technology. It focuses on a unique social and political relationship under the background of future technology.
"The Hunger Games" depicts a very messy country. Although science and technology have developed to a very high level, people's living standards in most areas remain in the Middle Ages. The characters in the story live in a society that we have never imagined. The display technology of holographic images is nearby, but ordinary people have to go down to mine. The Congress District is modern, wealthy, and luxurious, and people are dressed in strange clothes, pursuing fashion, entertainment, and consumption. But life in other areas is primitive and backward. This contradiction itself has a kind of tension, it shows the appearance of a totalitarian society under the control of science and technology. In any case, it is very imaginative.
What’s more imaginative is that this country has to host a nationally broadcast reality TV show "The Hunger Games" once a year. In this game, each district must assign two tributes, one man and one woman, to participate in the recording. The tributes were placed in a huge studio like "Trumen's World" to kill each other, and the one that survived became the champion.
This game is also beyond our experience and imagination, unimaginable and full of appeal. How can teenagers really kill each other in reality TV shows? How can they accept this cruel "game" calmly? What's the point of this game?
In this "Hunger Games", the movie reveals a key word: fear. The ruler brought constant fear to the people under his rule through such a continuous reality show. He asked the representatives of the twelve districts to kill each other and made them hate each other and could not cooperate. Every district is isolated, and ordinary people cannot leave. They seem to have no other way to understand the outside world except watching "The Hunger Games". They are completely ruled from the spirit to the body.
The first main content of "The Hunger Games" is basically a recording of the "Hunger Games" show. The most exciting thing is to show the absurdity of reality TV shows and the fighting during the game. The first part will remind people of the second episode of the first season of "Black Mirror". Regarding this part of the fight, many students will think of "Battle Royale". This Shensaku Kinji movie also tells the story of a group of students being forced to kill each other, and the people are full of enthusiasm and anger. Since the "Battle Royale" is ahead, the accusation of "The Hunger Games" is here. It is inevitable. However, the two movies are still very different. The difference lies in the behind and the reason for the killing. The purpose of the game in "The Hunger Games" is to show a deformed totalitarian social shape. And, in the second part, the content Start to advance, the center of the game begins to shift, turning to revolution.
Many people complained that the film’s foreplay was too long, because nearly half of the time was spent laying the groundwork and status quo of the revolution. The climax fight scene that people expected started very late, and there were very few scenes of killing each other in the game. , They unite together, and the object of struggle changes from other people to the game itself. Finally, the heroine shot through the dome with an arrow, revealing the real sky, the game broke, and the revolution began.
I still enjoyed the whole movie watching process. Regrettably, this movie is only the first half. It’s a wonderful place, and you may have to look forward to the third one.
Of course, the movie still has many flaws. For example, the characters are thin and flat. For example, the rhythm of the first half is a bit unstable. The feeling of the eve of the revolution is not well created. However, I still like it because it shows this. The world is amazing, just like "Lord of the Rings".
Finally, it must be said that it must be a genre first.
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