FILM
CATCHING FIRE
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“There’s
an instability
in the system
that cannot
continue
and is due
to be shaken up.”
don’t generally recommend violent dystopianfuture stories, but the Hunger Games movies are
worth watching. They speak to universal themes
of bravery and compassion.
The latest movie in the series, Catching Fire, opens
with Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, having
just won the 74th annual “Hunger Games”, a battle to the death into which they were conscripted
against 22 other young people. They are trying to
adjust to life back in their district and deal with
the awkward aftermath of a televised relationship
during the Games that was real for Peeta and
less real for Katniss - who already has a complex
friendship with Gale Hawthorne.