***This article contains spoilers forThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1andInterstellar.
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Im with Dormer, except for the part about gender being irrelevant.
A major theme inMockingjayis rebranding, especially of the female characters.
Theres your Mockingjay, Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) proudly tells Coin.
But Katniss isnt the only one whose image has to be massaged.
And yes, Peeta too becomes a mouthpiece, albeit for the Capitol.
But his rebranding comes via torture and brainwashing, whereas Katniss and Coin accept their image makeovers as necessary.
For all of their differences in temperament and adaptability, theyre still blood.
Sisters are peers, sometimes competitors, mirrors constantly reflecting back and forth on one another.
Like inTheHunger Games,Frozenhinges on an act of sibling sacrificetrue love greater than even the most romantic kiss.
Then their parents die in a shipwreck.
When Elsa doesnt even leave her room for the funeral, Anna knows shes lost her sister as well.
Which brings us to the movies present, where both princesses are complete basket cases.
Not to draw too large of a generalization, but you wouldnt see these neuroses in young men.
And thats okay for the characters personality traits to be more obviously female.
Shes not wrong in her assessment, but making these four characters female have led to muchbetterdynamics.
But wheres the fun in that?
Murphs bond with Cooper is more powerful because shes his daughter.
Then you have Amelia waxing poetic about love up in space.
But she turns out to be very, very right.
Even though its Coop who later puts everything into motion, he validates Amelias theory.
Frozen, Mockingjay, andInterstellarare centered on female vs. female dynamics, and theyre better for it.
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