[QUOTE=Run&Gun12;35506537]To call it an act of human error seems like a cop out from actually justifying an action. If they both died, it would still uphold the Capitol's reputation of being a ruthless ruler, a reputation that Snow wanted to upkeep. Wouldn't the Capitol suddenly allowing two winners instead of one make them look like they're softening up?[/QUOTE]
The Hunger Games are supposed to have a winner, and a prize. If they give out a prize to whoever wins, it seems a lot more like a contest, and it keeps people from rebelling, because the Capital brushes it off as a kind of game show type deal. If you have no winners, what it becomes is the Capitol just taking children and executing them once a year. People would rebel in this situation, seeing as how there would be no hope, if nobody could win and get the prize to make their lives better.
Like Snow said, there needs to be a glimmer of hope surrounding the Games to keep people from getting out of hand. Unfortunately, the Capital can also not look too soft. As such, Seneca was stuck between extinguishing that hope, or making it too bright.
He made it too bright, and as such, he was punished because he goofed up.
Much of the confusion over the ending of this movie will (hopefully) be explored in the next ones. If you enjoyed this one, sit tight and wait for the next installments!
Started reading the book at around 1:30 AM on Wednesday morning, didn't stop until I'd finished it at around 9 o'clock. Saw the film today. I thought it was kind of cool :v: My sister's reading the second one, which is annoying as fuck, since she spends most of her time on her laptop looking at websites like 9gag or whatever the fuck sites they are, rather than being polite and letting me read the next goddamn book god dammit
I liked how they toned down the Muttations at the end, I kind of thought they were a bit pointless in the book (a metaphor for how the tributes were turned into monsters... or something?) but they were kind of okay in the film. Thought the bit with the game maker being locked in the room with the berries was a nice touch, as well as the conversations with Snow. I also thought that the training stations were pretty well done, and the majority of the games themselves, apart from the fact that Rue wasn't in it for as much as she was in the book.
One thing that did annoy me was that, in the books, a lot of the beginning is spent with Katniss thinking about things the Capitol does, like executing people or whatever, but we never actually SEE any of this bad stuff until the Avox is shown in the Capitol. We weren't SHOWN any of the executions, we were just told about it. And this was exactly the same flaw that the film suffered from - other than the titular Hunger Games, we don't actually get to see any of the stuff the Capitol does to keep control, other than a few police officers in white with riot shields and a water cannon and an electric fence.
But yeah, all in all I really enjoyed it.
[QUOTE=Grim Joker;35506645]He made it too bright, and as such, he was punished because he goofed up.[/QUOTE]
The whole point of the Hunger Games is that the capitol will, without fail, take and kill at least one child from each district. The fact is that the only hope the districts have to hold onto is that "maybe only one kid from our district won't die". Allowing both kids from the same district to live totally defeats the point of the games.
I think the problem with the mutts at the end is in the book the impact comes from Katniss's internalized horror at what her fellow tributes have been turned into. In the movie all the audience would have got out of it is a laugh at the goofy looking half human/half animal. It's wiser in the movies to just use the mutts as dangerous animals and leave it at that.
Watched it today, looks good. The second and third movie better be good too.
[sp]We obviously see some rebellion building upon the districts, for the next movies[/sp]
Saw the movie last saturday, thought it was pretty awesome and really wanted to dig deeper into the storyline and details that the movie might have missed out on.
So i downloaded the three books and finished mockingjay last night. wow.
I genuinely enjoyed all three books, and thought the ending was pretty spot on.
I read the series really because the thought of an arena with children killing each other seemed appealing, but the "love story" actually kept me interested. I think i enjoyed it because its less about her actually loving one or the other, but how her subconscious and conscious thoughts are affected and change throughout the series.
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