“...even Woody Harrelson...”
Yes, hubby and I were pleasantly surprised by him, we really thought he was too old to play that part.
The only one I did not like (and it wasn’t really his fault)was lenny kravitz as the designer.
I saw the movie last night. I did not see the first one, but I still was able to vaguely get a handle on what was transpiring. The first word that comes to mind when I think of the movie Catching Fire is THOUGHTFUL. That was one of the most thoughtful movies I’ve even seen, at least for American movies.
I immediately recognized the depictions of what the director thought Government Overreach would look like. I thought of worst case scenarios should our own military officers turn on the people, and work aggressively to keep us subjugated, oppressed and depersonalized. The masses on both sides did not have an individual face. The guards faces were hidden in their Star War type helmet covers. The proletariat, or erstwhile wage earners were not permitted the dignity of a clean and healthy face. The poor workers were dressed in identically filthy rags, and lived in identically filthy hovels. Any perceived wisp of courage or insubordanance was swifty and publicly punished.
I thought of the inner mindset of myth acceptance that occurs now in the upper eschelons of politics and symbolism. I thought of the importance of maintaining the myths of perfection, without regard to the true feeling of the selected actors. The movie was thoughtful without being morose, pensive without remaining lugubrious. The imagery reminded me of the clown characters in Fellini’s La Strada. This is the sort of movie I could see Johnny Depp acting in, with all it’s vivid archetypes similar to some sort of European burlesque or pageant. I had forgotten Liam (”Thor’s” younger brother) is in this as the object of her true affections. Liam’s character was punished for interfering with somebody’s arrest. His character was bullwhipped in the public square in broad daylight, reminiscent of Jesus being beaten by the Romans, that was my thought.
Woody H. did well in a part that would have gone to Nick Nolte about thirty years ago. I did not go expecting to understand it all. I enjoyed the film for the most part, though it could be trimmed for about the last 20 minutes with no harm.