With top-notch performances and production design, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a worthy addition to the Hunger Games franchise.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT It is a truth universally acknowledged — for the most part — that The Hunger Games movies are among the best book-to-movie adaptations. Misguided two-part finale aside, the films directed by Gary Ross and Francis Lawrence impressively brought author Suzanne Collins' dystopian novels to the big screen through striking visuals, gorgeous production and costume design, and memorable performances.
Close Coriolanus' path to the Plinth Prize is woven in with the fate of his tribute, a nomadic musician from District 12 named Lucy Gray Baird . Armed with a powerful singing voice and her sly charm, Lucy Gray swiftly proves she has more to offer than her origins may suggest, and Coriolanus sees an opportunity in her. It isn't long before he's conniving to win her trust and her victory in the Games, though Lucy Gray has her doubts about both.
Award winners Viola Davis and Peter Dinklage add gravitas to the proceedings through vastly different characters. Davis clearly relishes getting to play the bad guy in her performance as Dr. Volumnia Gaul, the brutal scientist currently serving as Head Gamemaker, while Dinklage's Casca Highbottom, the creator of the Games, has shades of Haymitch Abernathy, though the Game of Thrones alum is still able to make the role his own.
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