Catching Fire: A Reaction Paper

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is the second installment in the movie series The Hunger Games based on Suzanne Colin's trilogy of the same title. It was directed by Francis Lawrence, with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth giving life to the three main characters.

I would say that the movie is science-fiction because it is set in a time and place different to ours and showcases some scientific breakthroughs and innovations that are not yet seen today. It also features a lot of scientific and fictional concepts like the structure of the arena in which the games were held, the fashion in the Panem, and the 'challenges' the tributes encountered while in the games. The world of the movie, with its different government and geography, seems like that of the future because it is unlike any other civilization we have today or had in the past but even so, I could say that the movie is also a commentary on our present society. The wide gap between the rich and the poor, the way the powerful abuse their power, the struggles of the poor, and the uprisings of the rebels as shown in the movie is also how it is today.

Science and technology may have improved or succeeded in the advancement of life in the Panem, but they failed miserably in the society as a whole. They could have been an enormous help to the poor like those people in District 12, but instead they were used by the powerful to gain riches and power and give the poor an even harder time to survive. The technology could have been used in better ways, wherein everyone  gained out of it.

All in all, I liked the movie, with its plot, characters, special effects and dialogue. I especially liked the plot because it did not waver a lot from the book. Also, I liked how the movie gives us a glimpse of what might happen in the future, and at the same time showing us what is happening in the present.



Camille Anne Barbosa
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