Catching Fire was met with so much buzz, it following a big first installment and now featuring big music groups as Coldplay in their soundtrack, I was compelled to join in the bandwagon. Almost always an informed moviegoer, I challenged myself to read the middle book (of three), downloading a copy online and saving it in my tablet which I always bring with me. It was shorter than Tolkien or Rowling but it took me almost a week and finished the last 77 pages on the bus ride to Bacolod on the day that I watched the movie.
Fidelity-wise, the movie did not disappoint. It featured the all the necessary scenes that can fit a 2-hour feature. Some went exactly as I imagined, a few did not (maybe in a parallel universe, I am a movie director). I especially liked how Katniss' gown transformed into a likeness of a giant mockingjay.
I like how the events were arranged and executed. They were well thought of and I couldn't help but nod my head in agreement each time they are presented.
As a whole though, the story line struck me as sick: putting 24 lives in line for the "pleasure" and "entertainment" of the minority rich. It is a place and time that no man would want to be.
Impossible it may seem but I think this is based on real events, maybe in a grander and in a much exaggerated scale. I haven't read any on Suzanne Collins so I cannot make a conclusion with just one book.
But consider this, I am a believer that we, too, are just pawns in the game masterminded by our politicians. We may not feel or realize what wedge we are in in their scheme of things but trust me, something is happening which we do not know of. The whistle blowers are our only chance in knowing the truth behind every news that we are allowed to witness. With that, like the residents of the Capitol, we can tolerate them or emulate the people of Panem who felt that they had enough and start a rebellion (aw!)
Fidelity-wise, the movie did not disappoint. It featured the all the necessary scenes that can fit a 2-hour feature. Some went exactly as I imagined, a few did not (maybe in a parallel universe, I am a movie director). I especially liked how Katniss' gown transformed into a likeness of a giant mockingjay.
I like how the events were arranged and executed. They were well thought of and I couldn't help but nod my head in agreement each time they are presented.
As a whole though, the story line struck me as sick: putting 24 lives in line for the "pleasure" and "entertainment" of the minority rich. It is a place and time that no man would want to be.
Impossible it may seem but I think this is based on real events, maybe in a grander and in a much exaggerated scale. I haven't read any on Suzanne Collins so I cannot make a conclusion with just one book.
But consider this, I am a believer that we, too, are just pawns in the game masterminded by our politicians. We may not feel or realize what wedge we are in in their scheme of things but trust me, something is happening which we do not know of. The whistle blowers are our only chance in knowing the truth behind every news that we are allowed to witness. With that, like the residents of the Capitol, we can tolerate them or emulate the people of Panem who felt that they had enough and start a rebellion (aw!)
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