Catching Fire Review
I’ll briefly summarize my first analysis of The Hunger Games.
Mix North Korea, Survivor, the Minotaur, and a computer game of your choice and you get Hunger Games.
Myth, science fiction, horror, and even a touch of warped romance.
Hunger Games was level one.
The bad guys lost, but only in the first round.
Catching Fire takes the audience to the next level.
The heroine now faces the demonic president in person.
And this time it’s personal.
Two worthy opponents face each other, but the novelty slowly wears off.
The orgy of blood isn’t satisfying.
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Round two of this computer game starts to get a bit lame.
But wait, the computer game seems to be in trouble.
Yup, you guessed it.
The demonic president now has a big fight on his hands.
Catching Fire ends with the promise of impending revolution.
Jennifer Lawrence, however, is the ONLY real reason to keep watching.
Without her, this story is in danger of becoming just another slam-bam franchise.
in 1977, it was Star Wars that turned the world upside down with the promise of true global mythic entertainment.
Hunger Games is struggling to do the same today, but its premise may be reaching serious limits.
I’m getting off the bus.
But don’t tell moviegoers that.
The heroine’s still alive.
…. and may the odds be forever in her favor.
