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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So here's my question for people who have watched it: does it somehow excuse or justify President Snow's psychopathy?

Haven't read any of the books. Watched the film trilogy and loved it more on re-watches. I have dealt with President Snow-types at work and in my family, and at this point I can't deal with a villain origin story if the villain's choices are not made clear/if the villain isn't held accountable for their choices.

I also would love to hear how this movie's romance is portrayed, since I don't think a psychopath is capable of falling in love.

I may sound like a stickler, but after you actually literally deal with these people in RL, you become very wary of the subconscious messaging in movies.[/quote]

I have not seen the movie, but I don't think the book excuses him. Snow is the main character and you're in his head, and I think it's meant to show how selfishness and petty concerns lead someone to true evil even as they themselves think they are making defensible choices. There are so many opportunities to make other choices, and he doesn't, and you the reader know where it leads.

I agree with you that often people take the "narrator" as correct. I don't think the book intends that; not sure about the movie. [/quote]

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