This is the second part of "The Hunger Games" trilogy and continues from the first which was released in March 2012. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson and others, I am glad the movie didn't disappoint me.
The political situation was getting more complicated and a revolution appears to be inevitable. As the 13 Districts sent their representatives to partake in a death battle in the Third Quarter Quell to celebrate the 75th Hunger Games, the mastermind behind it all had plans to take down all those who opposed him in igniting the upstaging.
As in the first movie, the fiery costumes are all a minor part of the highlights. In particular, Katniss's white swan-like dress transformed into a black one after the dress caught fire when she performed her turns. Then there was the Monarch Butterfly dress and hair adornment that was kind of eye catching and tickled me pink.
In the first movie, the memorable tagline was "may the odds be ever in your favour" and in this latest one, it is "remember who the enemy is" to drive home the point that despite the fact that the participants of the Quarter Quell were opponents pitted against each other to be the ultimate survivor, they all had a common enemy that they wanted to take down.
So when is the last installment coming out? I am already looking forward to it.
This is another trilogy that precedes "The Lord of the Rings". Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Andy Serkis etc, it tells the story of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, at a time before chaos and darkness set upon the Middle Earth.
The wizard Gandalf tricked Bilbo to go on an adventurous journey to help a remaining team of thirteen dwarves, who were from a prosperous kingdom of dwarves from the Lonely Mountain until Smaug the dragon stole their treasure and drove them out and indirectly caused the downfall of the kingdom of dwarves after a battle with the Orcs. Along the journey, they encountered stone giants, goblins, elves, Gollum and met the white council comprising Lord Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman.
As expected, Cate Blanchett was so mysteriously and charmingly beautiful as the mightiest and fairest royal elf from Middle Earth. Andy Serkis had a much larger part as the Gollum in this movie, compared to the earlier "Lord of the Rings". I don't know which part of Gollum's face is real and which is fake but I must say Andy Serkis was brilliant as before as the ghoulish and emaciated creature who was once a hobbit until he was corrupted by the infamous ring. In real life, Richard Armitage is not a dwarf but as the courageous King of the dwarves, he has a charismatic and commanding presence.
It was a long draggy movie but in order to watch the entire trilogy, I guess it is essential to endure this unexpectedly arduous journey of ups and downs.
