The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is a very interesting movie.
It reflects things that have happened in our society. Although the plot is not
based on reality, themes and symbolisms behind are realistic and full of point
and reason. The film speaks of a hundred things about adaptation, inequality,
sacrifice, hope, and a lot more issues of humanity.
The film featured one of the famous principles of the past,
the Survival of the Fittest. It was
emphasized during the quarter quell, wherein the smartest, the most skillful,
and the desperate could win. The district representatives showed one of the mechanisms
of humans to adapt to a strange environment. Also, the movie presented the old
tradition in Europe that men make game where players have to kill each other in
order to win.
On the other hand, the film also presented some current
issues of the society. Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence, is a
woman who is fearless, wise, and sensitive. As the main protagonist, she
somehow made it a feminist one, because it shows the fact that, up to now,
women still strive not to have equal rights with men, but rather to have equal
social standing with men.
Another current issue tackled in the film is about power and
wealth that attempt to control the world. For instance is the case of China and
Philippines. China, having the more advanced technology, makes it more superior
that the Philippines cannot even fight for their rights on some of their
territories.
The technology used in the film has made it a critique on
our future society. The presence of genetically-modifies
organisms (GMOs) and other premium technologies predict the future science
and its probable effect on our society. The creation of GMOs is strongly opposed
by some citizens nowadays and the film has shown both good and bad sides of it.
The bad ones are the creation of poisonous plants and deadly animals that were
integrated during the game, which caused the death of some players. On the
contrary, the Mockingjay, which was created through genetic engineering, symbolizes
the hope of the people.
In the film, the science, technology, and society had
failed. For me, through science and technology, the Capitol succeeded in
threatening and having control and power over the 13 districts but it never
made to win the heart of the people.
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