#REVIEW OF PARALLELS TOOLBOX MOVIE#

Thus, it's hard for Suzanne Collins and the film screenwriters to make audiences empathize with the main character.

#REVIEW OF PARALLELS TOOLBOX MOVIE#

The big challenge for both the movie and the book is that this is the origin story of a villain. He becomes a 'mentor' to one of the tributes, responsible for helping her in the Games and promoting her to the viewing public. At the start of the prequel, Snow is an ambitious student from a prominent Capitol family that has fallen on hard times. The main character is a young Coriolanus Snow-the future Capitol President who is the primary antagonist in the original trilogy.

The prequel is set in the early days of the Hunger Games, soon after the Capitol suppressed a bloody rebellion by the districts. The government uses the Games to entertain the public and divert their attention away from its oppressive nature, while also reminding the districts that any attempt at rebellion is doomed to failure. Every year, each district must send two children (known as 'tributes') to participate in the Hunger Games, a nationally televised game show where they fight each other to the death until only one (the 'Victor') survives. The original trilogy is set in a world where what's left of the former United States is ruled by a tyrannical central government (the 'Capitol') that oppresses and exploits twelve subordinate districts. If you liked the original trilogy and/or the films based on it (starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen), you will love this movie. It was really impressive, even more so than I expected. My wife and I recently watched The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the film version of Suzanne Collins' prequel to her famous Hunger Games trilogy. Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler star in 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.' (Lionsgate.)

Review of parallels toolbox