After much time waiting on a new Hunger Games movie we finally got one. “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” Finally gave fans what they were long awaiting for. The movie wasn’t quite what people expected it to be, mostly due to the fact that the new movie went into the past rather than the future.
The Hunger Games is a movie series that initially came out in 2012 and was a massive hit in theaters grossing $152,535,747 in its first weekend out. After that initial movie 3 more movies came out with the last one coming out in 2015 which were all big hits as well.
The new movie brings insight to the story of how the hunger games started and the evolution of how the Hunger Games came to be this big event as seen in the first couple of movies. The movie mostly focuses on Coriolanus Snow who, if you haven’t seen the first movies, is the president of Panem(the country in which the hunger games take place).
Now if you haven’t seen the first movies I would highly encourage doing so, as there are many key parts that you must to fully understand the storyline and really enjoy the movie to its full potential. Without seeing the first few movies the movie would be very hard to understand and would seem like a terrible movie with no meaning.
On the other hand if you have seen all of the Hunger Games movies this is a very interesting watch as you get to see the difference in the Hunger Games from way back when to the current Hunger Games. The movie takes place during the 10th annual Hunger Games which is very different from the other movies that take place in the 74th and 75th Hunger Games.
The movie takes you through the story of future president Snow and how he got to where he is. It shows really well how his emotions and thoughts on the Hunger Games change throughout the movie.
This new movie varies a lot from the past one’s as there is not much action and the movie isn’t as focused so much on the actual games. Many people were a bit mad at the fact that there wasn’t as much fighting or violence which is what the Hunger Games are known for. Personally this wasn’t much of a problem for me as the story they were trying to get across made a lot of sense to me but also left me with multiple questions which I imagine was on purpose. I hope that these questions are answered in the next few movies if they come to be.
Overall I thought “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” was a great movie that really compares and contrasts the differences between the past and present. I thought that the directors did a great job getting their point across as well with the actors who did a phenomenal job playing their characters and really making a connection with the audience. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who has watched the past few Hunger Games movies and if they haven’t watched them they should in order to watch the new movie.
