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3.0 out of 5 starsSo much potential.. so much lost..
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2024
I'd like to say the first half of this film is really good, But the second is really bad..
With the story of Snow they could have done SO MUCH.. I even had ideas in my head what would happen in the end but it was nothing like expected! Not in a good way.. in a bad way..
The sequels don't really make sense with him wearing the white rose because of how the second half of this film turned out..
Obviously everyone knows that Snow is the way he is in the sequels but, how he became that, from a very kind and friendly person.. the first half illustrates this well but the second half doesn't make sense all.
It's just senseless betrayal.
With how close the relationships are and how kind he is, it just doesn't make sense for him to do that.. It doesn't make sense for his partner to do what she did either, They were deeply in love, They saved each others lives.
With an ending like that, It doesn't make sense why he'd wear a white rose for her.. Because it was bitter.
She tried to kill him. Then in return he tries to kill her, Senselessly. He also betrays his friend, Senselessly, Despite doing well in the military and going to good places to get a high earning for his family.
Like really.. It could have been so much better. Why did they laze off with the second half??~ The whole military saga was just a mess..
This film needs to be remade with a better second half.
Oh and, They never explain why he has a problem with his mouth, Like some sort of mouth infection due to ingesting some poison? Constantly bleeding in the sequels (the original hunger games)
We see nothing of after he becomes so successful.. missing so much.
And with how much he was kind from the beginning, Someone would like that would take alot more to compromise or break on their morals.. He just turns his back on all that randomly. It makes no sense.
Shaved head = Downhill from there.