2012-52221
Movie Review
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
“May the odds be always in your favour.”
This is the famous line in the Hunger Games movie 2012. This movie talks about the game of life which is to survive. Hunger Games is an annual ceremony of Panem in which there will be two tributes in every district. This game declares only one winner so the tributes can do anything they want, just like killing their opponents, in order to stay alive.
This year, 2013, Francis Lawrence's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has been one of the hottest talks in the town.
By winning the previous season, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are on the radar of the Capitol, for encouraging a sense of hope among the oppressed people of Panem. Fearing that the two may spark a rebellion, the Capitol decides to clip their wings and move them around like chess pieces. A twist in the games by President Snow, throws them back into the blood thirsty arena. So, he announces a special all-stars edition of the 75th-anniversary Hunger Games Quarter Quell. Former victors of previous games recruited from Panem’s 12 districts will be competed against one another, and Katniss and Peeta must put their lives on the line again.
There were scenes in the two and half hour movie that capture my heart. One of which is when Katniss appeared during a TV interview with her would-be wedding dress. She really looks so elegant and beautiful with it. But this distracts the demoralized population of Panem because her white gown transformed into a flexible dark blue winged symbol of subversion that matches the Mockingjay, the mascot of a growing rebellion in the land. This means the human freedom and human opportunity. Fashion really takes part as part of the revolution which makes President Snow troubled. Dramatic costumes were really one of the highlights throughout the movie.
There was also a scene that viewer can laugh and get irritated when Johanna, one of the twelve