Posted on 11/24/2014 6:59:01 AM PST by rktman
Rocking the box office this weekend is a film likely to be one of the year’s biggest hits, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1,” the third in a four-part series of movies based on the popular “Hunger Games” novels by Suzanne Collins.
And tucked inside this more dramatic and human sequel in the movie series is a lesson on morality that America needs to learn if it’s to successfully confront the crises of immigration, violent jihad, race riots and more.
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That requires women to return home and teach their children morality. Don’t see that happening any time soon.
They’re too busy with their careers and other priorities in life.
on a different note...I saw Fury this weekend. Loved it.
Catching Fire is a great set up for Mockingjay and shows the decadence, abuse and the Obama stand-in President Snowe as he subjugates and exploits his citizens (subjects). Mockingjay is the rebellion that follows and the beginning of the war against the tyrant. There are easy parallels and President Snowe could well be Obama after a couple more years of Obama evolving into an Emperor.
My SO and I both read the series after the first movie and for a change the movies are pretty good in comparison. Of course I’ve never seen a movie based on a book that could possibly include everything but so far these are pretty good. We figured the last book could be tough to translate onto film so, not surprised they chose to do 2 parts. Am I being paranoid in seeing the similarities of what “could” happen? :>}
Not in my opinion. Other Freepers have commented on the rise of Hitler in Germany in the 1930ies and how each step led to more central control and rubber stamped by the peoples legislative representatives. The impossibility of the late 30ies and 40ies were accomplished by the taking over of all public imstrumentalities and media by Hitler's agents a decade before. Could the same thing happen here - we are on the same course.
John Wayne once said, you can tell people anything you want, as long as you tell them in a story. I once heard a jihadist talk about how people in his movement actually picture themselves in the role of Luke Skywalker fighting against the empire. For them, that story becomes a metaphor for their own srtuggle, and they use it to imagine their own heroism against the faceless drone armies of the infidels (that would be us).
So don’t underestimate the power of “story.”. A good story can accomplish amazing things in getting large numbers of people to understand and act on the moral questions confronting them. A good story is something like a simulator, a practice run for the real thing. The way you are trained to respond to a given situation is what you will do on game day, when the real thing goes down.
In that respect, rehearsal for resistance to tyranny, conservatives, IMHO, have not done nearly enough. We sit here in our “districts” and look to our elected leadership to do all the heavy lifting for us. But they are too much like us, and they are also hoping someone else will step up and take the big risks. If only we could, through instruction in godliness, through the telling of great stories, or by any other legitimate means, teach ourselves to be that person willing to put it all on the the line to do what is right, what an unsolvable problem our would-be overlords would face.
Lucky we currently have nearly instant access to information. But, that can be cut off instantly as well.
What I find interesting is that the Left is now busy trying to paint the Hunger Game movies as an indictment of crony capitalism and income inequality. And I’m not altogether certain, but it appears that they actually believe that to be the underlying theme of the series, rather than an authoritarian government run amuck.
Yet there’s little question in my mind that a Jonathan Gruber, for example, would reside in the Capitol District, whereas the major corporate chieftains seem to be conspicuously absent in any of the districts, including the Capitol District.
I think the Progressives have lost this one, but perhaps they are so blinded by their ideology that they can’t understand how the youth might be affected by these movies? After all, they’ve convinced themselves that no thinking person could reject global warming, so why would anyone see danger in having power concentrated in one man at the center of government, worshipped by the sycophants surrounding him?
Executive Orders, anyone?
Saw the flick this weekend. Knowing what’s coming in the finale, IF the book is followed, this was a pretty good effort to prepare for the conclusion. Acting was surprisingly good...even Jennifer.
I really enjoyed it. Next year I am going to sit down with all four films and have a weekend film fest.
My wife and I, just recently, have sworn off binge watching anything, although she still likes to get out her Stargate SG-1 DVDs which our son bought her a year or two ago.
Next-to-last binge watching: Sherlock.
Final binge watching: Person of Interest.
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