I saw H1 and H2, and I was leery about seeing part 1 of H3. The caution was confirmed, as it was a lot of talk. You know, "filler."
That being said, the song "Hanging Tree" is a simple enough song. It would fit a time when the press was is controlled, manipulated, and censured and when people had limited resources and spare time to indulge themselves in a greater variety of music and entertainment choices. But in this movie the song became something more meaningful and powerful when the patriots sang it as they fought and died in the attack on the hydroelectric power plant which supplies the Capital with power.
Now I hope people understand that I am not comparing the abusive Capitol in H3 with the abusive Capitol in Washington D.C. And certainly I'm not comparing the totally corrupt and narcissistic President Snow with any current President.
To: Enterprise
2 posted on
12/02/2014 4:14:59 AM PST by
Bratch
To: Enterprise
I was very disappointed in the first movie. I felt that if I hadn’t read the book (well, listened since it was an audio book) I wouldn’t have known what the heck was going on.
We watched the second one this weekend and I thought it was a bit better.
Most of the actors are very good in their parts. I really enjoyed seeing the guy who played “Bolts”. He played an EXTREMELY evil man in “Boardwalk Empire” and he was just superb in that part. By the end I was torn between hating his character and loving watching him play it.
3 posted on
12/02/2014 4:16:01 AM PST by
jocon307
To: Enterprise
I’m not a film buff by any stretch and rarely go to the movies but I did enjoy HG1 and HG2.
So I’ve been eager to see HG3/1 - your commentary is a bit disappointing but similar to many who have seen the movie.
I’ll probably see it anyway and hope HG3/2 returns to exceptionality.
6 posted on
12/02/2014 4:18:51 AM PST by
newfreep
("Evil succeeds when good men do nothting" - Edmund Burke)
To: Enterprise
"The Hanging Tree"
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree?
They strung up a man
They say who murdered three.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met at midnight
In the hanging tree.
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree?
Where dead man called out
For his love to flee.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met at midnight
In the hanging tree.
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree?
Where I told you to run,
So we'd both be free.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met at midnight
In the hanging tree.
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree?
Wear a necklace of hope,
Side by side with me.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met at midnight
In the hanging tree.
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree?
Where I told you to run,
So we'd both be free.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met at midnight
In the hanging tree.
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree?
They strung up a man
They say who murdered three.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met at midnight
In the hanging tree.
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree?
Where dead man called out
For his love to flee.
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be
If we met at midnight
In the hanging tree.
7 posted on
12/02/2014 4:19:29 AM PST by
Bratch
To: Enterprise
Is this the old Marty Robbins hit, “The Hanging Tree,” or something else with the same name. Or is it the old folk tune, “Hangman, Hangman,” under a different title?
8 posted on
12/02/2014 4:19:59 AM PST by
Tax-chick
(R.I.P., Dad, 11/25/14. Thanks for the lawyers, guns, and money.)
To: Enterprise
A movie star making a record? Following in the great tradition of Leif Garrett, William Shatner and Gwyneth Paltrow.
11 posted on
12/02/2014 4:45:02 AM PST by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Enterprise
14 posted on
12/02/2014 7:31:21 AM PST by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Enterprise
She has a very pleasant voice...
25 posted on
12/02/2014 7:04:46 PM PST by
ColdSteelTalon
(Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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