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It's not just those in the far-flung districts that desire a revolution. She finally realizes it, and her awareness not only serves as a poignant moment in the film, but also a tip to the boundaries of 'us versus them' breaking down. Even with Flickerman flourishes and the glamorous galas, they mean the murder of her countrymen. It's here in this moment that Effie faces what the Capitol comforts and the spectacle of the Hunger Games mean. It's a powerful arc in the film that ends as she says her goodbyes, telling the pair 'You both deserved so much better. But now she-someone from the Capitol-is seeing, really seeing it as such. Peeta and Katniss are trying to put on a brave face for each other and their families, so Effie's is the reaction that lands how heinous this mockery of tradition has become. Her voice cracks as she reads out 'Katniss Everdeen,' and then she turns to another nearly empty bowl to repeat this cruel joke. She reaches first for the girls names, and of course, it's just Katniss's there on a silver platter. Director Francis Lawrence stages what is a sharp farce of the former Reaping scene, forcing Effie to repeat the steps when her heart clearly is breaking in two.

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But when she returns to District 12 for the Quarter Quell, knowing full well she's sentencing Peeta and Katniss-who she has gotten to know and love-to probable death, we see her chipper exterior crack.

In the first movie, Effie seemed either stupid or heartless, happily making the announcements at the Reaping with a big smile and the flourish of her dainty gloved hands. How can the people of the Capitol notice the hells their lifestyle puts others in when there are so many lovely costumes and eye-catching choppers to catch their eyes?Įxtending this façade to the outer districts is the job of Effie, assigned to Katniss and Peeta from District 12. Just a flash of Caesar's teeth had me giggling, and forgetting for a moment that his interview subject will soon be thrown into a deadly battle as part of this 'show.' And here's where Tucci gives us the gift of understanding Capitol complacency.

Yes, there's the obvious allure of carnage and competition, but it's also Caesar, who seems willfully oblivious of the politics at play behind the games while playing them up as the event of the year. Watching Tucci as he interviews one soon-to-be dead tribute after another, it's easy to see why the show is such a draw to the Capitol citizens. When things turn dour-like when Peeta laments going back into the games-the teeth are strategically tucked away behind a showy sympathetic expression, and the audience moans in sympathy as if following a cue. In Catching Fire, he has a big purple pompadour to match his larger than life screen presence, and Tucci brandishes big impossibly bright teeth as a weapon to curry audience favor and win applause. It's not just for the fun and flare that Caesar Flickerman and Effie Trinket bring to the movie, it's for the way their carefully crafted characters subtly set up the larger world of Panem and its evolving politics.Īs the annual emcee of the Hunger Games, Caesar is essentially the Ryan Seacrest of Panem, but taken to an absurd level that reflects the avant-garde fashion and devoted decadence of the Capitol. But for me it all comes down to Stanley Tucci and Elizabeth Banks.

With strong turns also being offered from such celebrated character actors as Lynn Cohen, Amanda Plummer, Jeffrey Wright, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, we're sort of spoiled for choice when it comes to contenders for a Catching Fire MVP. (We're big enough to admit when we are wrong.) Plus, newcomers to the franchise are earning lots of well-deserved praise in their own right, including Jena Malone-who nailed every aspect of the fearless rebel Johanna Mason-and even Sam Claflin who we'd assumed would be a total dud as Finnick. Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson once more lend her solid support as the two prongs of her love triangle, and her infuriating mentor. Of course Jennifer Lawrence is again captivating as the stern survivor Katniss Everdeen.

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