Kayla Lunsford- Catching Fire

The movie Catching Fire is an interesting Social Event not only on premier night but also looking into movie and book content it becomes a cool picture of history that most people don't even catch.  In the movie, Cinna, the guy that designed Katniss Everdeen's dresses and more specifically her wedding dress is actually historically relevant to Roman times.  There was a man named Lucius Cornelius Cinna who served as Roman consul, he was driven out of Rome after inciting a rebellion among the freed men of the city.  Cinna in the movie designed Katniss' wedding dress to morph into a mockingjay with wings and everything as an act in support of the growing rebellion against the Capitol.  I think this was one of the biggest rebellious moves in this movie, albeit symbolic it was still rebellious and brave.

 Cinna the rebellious fashion designer

On the pop culture end of things The Hunger Games: Catching Fire brought in $161.1 Million in its opening weekend.  This makes it the biggest November debut ever and the most lucrative Lionsgate opening.  Catching Fire was highly anticipated and well received; even those that have read the books feel that it was very true to the book more so than they would have expected.

I feel like the Hunger Games movies, especially Catching Fire has kind of made people think about the state of our own country and how things are going.  I have seen and heard quite a few almost nervous sounding people talking about what kind of things could happen in the future and whether they think the stuff of these movies is actually plausible.

I would also say that it is pretty safe to say that the recent trend in movies like White House Down, Olympus Has Fallen, and the Hunger Games has definitely made a large number of people nervous of government control.  Not that some of these people weren't already nervous but more so that this type of media makes them even more nervous than they already were.

This trend could be good and bad, good because it actually makes people think about what is going on with the government and how it actually relates to them rather than walking along blindly.  It could also be a bad scenario causing people to be too distrustful of the government overall.

So, are the odds EVER in our favor? :)