"Ballad of Snakes and Birds" - the best "hungry games" of all, with a lot of allusions to a modern war
The main character is a young, curly and blue-eyed blond-the future President-Tyran Panem-Coriolan Snou. The film came out cool and in something even thinner than the previous parts. The thing, of course, in the book Susan Collins in 2020, which was set by the film. The writer, ten years after the trilogy about "Hungry Games", greatly changed the focus in her work. As? Read the focus reviews.
Recall that American Susan Collins was first the author of numerous scenarios for children's television programs. And as for her glorified trilogy about "Hungry Games" ("Hungry Games", "and flames", "Jew-shimmer", 2008-2010), then "Ballad of Serpent and Singing Birds" about the adventures of young Coriolan Snou It only came out in 2020. And it came out somewhat different. The general idea of Collins is known: it suffered some of the realities of ancient Rome (gladiatorial fights, etc.
) - in the United States of the future. It is grateful, especially that the Americans have taken a lot to Rome: the Capitol building, the imperial style. Collins made it extremely anti -utopian: cruelty - over the edge. The main characters are teenagers. Behind the atmosphere to the "ruler of the flies" British William Golding. According to the plot, the Capitol is the capital of Panem (on the US site). The country is divided into districts (districts). In the capital - aristocracy, in districts - mob.
In a particularly hungry year, the districts raised the rebellion against the owners, a lot of blood was spilled, but the revolution was suppressed. As the punishment of the Capitol invented that 12 districts should stand out for boys and girls for a cruel show, where only one would survive. Now the main thing is that in the trilogy, great attention is paid to the brutal gladiatorial show "Hungry Games".
Collins, as a telescreenist in the past, has developed a very detailed show: with many different trials and traps - with a laugging sadism. The outer side is spelled out in detail, spectacle at height, which is not to say about the inner - the deep motifs of the characters. Although Collins is a well -caught "mass" psychology of teenagers' behavior in emergency situations - too, the experience of the writer is probably given.
In the novel "Hunger Games: Ballad of Snakes and Singing Birds" All the other way around: the author pays a lot of attention to the psychology of heroes, their formation, and the outside of the show is quite primitive. But this is logical here: only 10 "Hungry Games" happen. The main thing in the film's story: the story of Coriolan Snou's career (British actor Tom Blit) is a future dictator, who was mostly played by the brilliant Donald Saserland.
The young Coriolan is a member of the Capitol Academy. High, beautiful, smart blond, but poor. Malnourished. Orphan. He lives with his grandmother and a cousin. He loves everyone. Takes care of. He wants to correct the affairs of the family. It is unclear why the family of the former general in such a decline (it will not find out - turbid case). And so our magic blond has a chance to stand out: he receives the place of the mentor - the curator of the participant of the hungry games.
His ward is the singer from the districte-12 Lucy Berd (Rachel Zegler). It came here as a result of political and love intrigues. What will write the appropriate song. Coriolan is not intended to be snapped. It immediately makes it clear the demonic-sound manager of the "hungry games" of Voloumia Gall, who is convincingly played by Viola Davis. Viola in the topic, but does not impress the discoveries, Gaul is a copy of her Amanda Woller from the Suicide Squad.
Cynical system creature, which for the sake of achieving the goal will go to all anti -human. However, she loves creative. Gaul sets the task of a young Coriolan, feeling his potential, and then the show will bend that they look: the ratings fall. New ideas are needed. Snow begins to throw the chief of creative suggestions. Here, for the first time, we hear the phrase familiar to the Ukrainians: "The war increases the rating. " Where did we hear it? Right.
Due to the thorny career path of Vladimir Putin. What influenced Putin's rating? Even during the premiere in 1999: three blown houses, sacramental: "We will wet in the variety. " Remember this statistics? 73% gave a referendum in Chechnya in 2003 - to stay in the Russian Federation (after the Second Chechen War). 83% - Five -day war against Georgia in August 2008. 88% - annexation of Crimea in 2014. 88% - Order on Military Operation in Syria in 2015.
Pension reform of 2018 reduced Putin rating to 66%, but "special operation" Ukraine in February 2022 - again raised to 83%. Here's a young Coriolan realizes that if there is no war, and you need to raise the rating of the show (and with it your personal), so it is necessary to provoke it artificially: terror and once again terror. War is its most total form. It's a time. Two.
Since Snow, unlike the too hardened sadist of the Wallen Galli, remembers how people are arranged, the young man suggested that the players have somehow distinguished in addition to Morly, that the audience could remember them and - for them. Here again, Putin is mentioned, who introduced the elements of the show into his image to remember the people: he and the crane flew on the clump on the Clump, then played on the piano.
And in the movie, Coriolan strongly recommends Lucy Berd to sing that the people "take care of her. " But not only for it. Lucy Berd performed by Rachel Zegler ("Beauty and the Beast") outwardly, and inside - begs for protection. Coriolan, on the contrary: outside the angel, inside - flint. Perhaps the student of the Academy and the aristocrat fell on the singer with "simple": they complement each other.
But get ready: Rachel in a half-picture brings out in its beautiful voice exclusively country composition, because this farmer style is loved by Americans. The country stars have millionaires there, but except in the US, no one knows them. This is one of the few disadvantages of the ribbon: here tons of sentimental farming songs. It is assumed that viewers (inside the movie) are delighted.
For what? In order to make donations from the plan of Snow, sponsors are donations-in favor of specific players and shows in general. Aggressive policy plus oligarchic capital is the basis of prosperity (does not resemble anything?). Coriolante his innovations cheerfully implements the rating of "hungry games" begins to rise. And the fact that children are killed there, not his other character. At least two -thirds of the painting, the main character generally causes sympathy.
If you mention, the cranberry Putin also liked many until he hit rockets in Ukrainian cities. At the same time, many not very beautiful facts were revealed from his biography, which speak of ill -made cruelty. Coriolan will also manifest itself to the finale of the tape as cold -blooded and strong, but not too legible in the means. We do not forget that he also came to the top of his Dragon country. And do not think that our "high ratings" were immediately recorded in our "high ratings".
It would be too simple: no, there will be a good plot turn that plot. Grandma, Kuzina, Berd - our Coriolan can take care of the people who are dear to him. A couple of jerks and grandmothers - new clothes. To achieve the goal of Snou, there is a moral boundaries here, because the main purpose of the impoverished aristocrat is to return to the Capitol on a horse.
Capitol - in principle, for what? It maintains order and stability! And Coriolana suited it, but "sometimes you need to do unworthy acts to survive. " Yes, we remember how a monster in a trilogy became. Therefore, an interesting young dream: how many drivers and normal in it, but only one trait made him degenerate - it is a crazy ambitious desire to be a useful ruthless state machine, so that it would become useful to him and allowed herself to be at the top. In particular, material.
Absolutely simple formula of his "chemical reaction": A good guy is a demonic state - a demonic guy. And it was his conscious choice - to become part of this state. The picture even shows the moment of choice when talking to Lucy. However, the young man was not without romantic gusts. Coriolan, flashing a pumped torso, even stripped in a movie for bathing in a lake with his girlfriend (there is a video): Western media has already written that Tom Blit is a new Hollywood sex symbol.