When The Hunger Games 1 became popular last year, I didn’t even know about it. Later, I found it on Netflix and found it to be similar to Nagisa Oshima’s “Battle Royale”, and it was not as exciting as the latter. But the whole idea of the story is not bad. Discussed with friends before going to the cinema, what exactly will happen in 2?
Feeling 2 still didn't let me down. The heroine is as good as ever and struggles internally, but her anti-authority spirit remains the same throughout. When the plot progressed to the introduction of the participants of the Hunger Games, I felt that the heroine would use "Dr. Strange" to design something to break free from the whole game and resist "President Snow". It turned out that the plot actually appeared.
In general, the game process is less bloody than 1, and there are not so many fights. As many moviegoers have reported, many participants died for no apparent reason. If everyone in 1 is against each other, in 2 it is more like us against the system. The revolutionary feelings are self-evident. But the viewing and stimulation are much worse. To be honest, when the heroine sat on the elevator and entered the countdown stage of the game, I was so nervous that I thought everyone would get red-eyed as soon as I entered the game, but I did. .
I feel that the screenwriter wants to say everything and touch on everything. The first is the media's control of public opinion. Then there are issues of race, and finally feminism.
There is a popular saying in the United States: whoever controls the media controls freedom of speech. On the same topic, the pro-Democratic news media and the pro-Republican news media will report completely differently. In The Hunger Games, the heroine was designed as the incarnation of the revolutionary symbol mockingbird. She originally planned to kill all her companions in the game to survive, thus making believers doubt their beliefs, but she broke the game and inspired the revolutionaries even more .
And then in the issue of race, an all-black 9th district first appeared. I joked while watching the movie, this isn't Brooklyn, New York. And then the black people in the film are super nice people. From Rue, who sacrificed for the heroine in 1, to the resistance leader who was shot in the black district in 2, to the black designer who designed the heroine's costumes, and the black "Dr Strange" who electrified the tree. Is it a metaphor for the problem of residual race in contemporary America?
Feminism is a thread that runs through the game series. The heroine is young, beautiful, brave, kind, and just. The game series broke the traditional routine of heroes saving beauty. Instead, the heroine protects the hero and saves the world. As a female audience, I really like this expression, and I hope more women can see this film and understand that apart from Superman Spiderman Batman Transformers, we girls can also break the rules and challenge authority through bravery, wisdom and kindness. even save the world. Another healthy, plump, real rural girl image, can also be beautiful and sexy.
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