Mockingjay I (Film Review)
Spoiler-free version, for anyone curious whether or not the decision to split the final volume of the trilogy in two would come across as "we want to milk this cash cow a bit longer" or would be justified by the end result, it's definitely the later. There is no "post" in Katniss' PTSD, so I'd rather describe her as shell shocked (come to think
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the way Katniss's one act of martial heroism comes too late to actually save the hospital but is shown front and centre in the video, that her use is as a propoganda piece to be used by the rebel leaders not as a fornt line soldier, it's an unusually brave tack to go with your heroine.
Yes, and I'm so glad they kept this from the book because that was one of the main things I found so refreshing about it. The classic tactic would have been for Katniss to mutate to rebel leader and master strategist in the last part, leading the battles - and it would have been both completely unrealistic and untrue to who she is as a person. She's been through the arena, yes, but she's never been trained as a soldier, let alone a commander. Her attachments are to people, not causes, and while she's outraged by the injustices of the Capitol, she wouldn't know how to plan military attacks against it - how could she?
the scene where peeta gets condemned as a traitor by 13 and katniss alone seem to get that when someone has a gun to your head you do what you can to survive is a very subtle but perceptive look at the differences between being raised within a dictatorship and being raised on the outskirts of one
True. It's also unusual in any rebels versus evil empire pop culture narrative to consider this. Sure, Star Wars has Lando Calrissian, but he was a new character in Empire Strikes Back, whereas Leia and Luke, fitting the young hero parameter, never have to make such concessions.
Thailand: yes, I heard about that. ZOMG.
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