"Life Is More Than Exchange" A Film That Can't Be America Anymore

Laurine 2022-04-24 07:01:03

I went to school in London, and today I went to see the Hunger Games with some friends, including classmates from the United States, India and Taiwan. After watching it, I said to the old American classmate: this film is so American. He replied: this is 100% of American.

Having never watched The Hunger Games before, I hacked the first few episodes online in the days before I watched the movie. Reminds me immediately of an American movie from a few years ago called Death Race. The brutality of the rulers, the resistance of citizens, the introduction of the media, and the American television culture are all deeply expressed in this film.

In fact, when you saw the third part, everyone should be able to guess that the fate of the female president will not be good. Whether it is President Snow or the female president, people further feel the political culture of the United States: everything is tradable , everything is a tool. Kenis is the tool of the two rulers, used to incite the common people, to consolidate or overthrow the rule.

In the movie, Americans' distaste for politics is shown to the limit, and at the same time, the cult of superheroes is exaggerated to the limit. In other words, Americans believe in superheroes and don't want to believe in perfect government.

Kayneth in the show makes me feel very tangled, because she lost a lot of lives because of her emotionality, people are willing to save superheroes through their own sacrifice, and such a hero chooses to let the Hunger Games continue because of his sister's hatred, that is For a moment, I was completely disappointed with this movie. I can understand and introduce the female president to kill the children in the capital to get the notice, but as a person who came out of the Hunger Games, Kenneth chose to let the game continue, which is very surprising. .

In the end, President Kane is shot dead by an arrow, and Kenneth seems relieved and becomes a hero again, but Snow is laughing. In fact, all this is expected by Snow, he may have expected his own failure, and also expected that the next ruler will only replace (replace) him, not change his political system. And the fact is that the female president is just a miniature version of President Snow, not a real leader. Seeing this scene reminds me of the corruption scandal in FIFA and the story of Blatter and Platini, when everyone thinks Platini is the best replacement for Blatter, think he When it is possible to change world football, Platini is just a small Blatter. When he is in power, he will only do the same thing as Blatter.

This is politics, this is our life. It is full of exchanges. Every move in our life is exchange. You exchange money for physical objects, you exchange family love for career, you exchange love for wealth, you exchange hard work for success, and you exchange health for happiness. I would say that exchange is not a derogatory term, but unfair exchange is an exploit, like Snow trades Kayneth's family for her allegiance, the female president trades Peeta's safety for Kayneth's loyalty, Kayneth Exchange your love for your family and your safety.

This is a movie that exposes human nature to the extreme and makes people disappointed with life, politics, and love. Our life should not only be exchange, only when a person chooses to give unconditionally, will it cause the butterfly effect later. Family is like this, life is like this, love is like this.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 quotes

  • Finnick Odair: [Sardonically] Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the seventy-sixth Hunger Games.

  • Johanna Mason: [On Peeta Mellark] We... we had adjoining cells in the Capitol. We're very familiar with each other's screams.