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Film: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Director: Francis Lawrence
Release Date (UK): 21st November 2013
IMDb rating: 8.1 out of 10
BigBox rating: 9 out of 10
Summary: Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.
You will like this film if: You love The Hunger Games books and franchise, fan of Jennifer Lawrence, love a good futuristic film, enjoy an overall great film.
You will not like this film if: You hate franchise films, you can't appreciate a good book adaptation film, if you are not normal (like who can hate this).
The review
Jennifer Lawrence. She has became a star, for many good reasons. In this film, she plays Katniss Everdeen, a girl who is volunteers to save her sisters life to fight in the gruesome Hunger Games, which would change everyones life forever. Winning the 74th Hunger Games, she now has to go on and do it all again for the 75th Hunger Games, the Quarter Quell. In this, Jennifer Lawrence is flawless again at playing Katniss, a frosty girl who just wants to save her skin. She is a phenomenal actress, and there was no doubt at all that she would be amazing once again as playing Katniss. She slays all. Now, Peeta Melark portrayed by Josh Hutcherson. He is very great at playing the timid boy (now man) that is Peeta. He is perfect for Peeta's role, as he too seems to share elements of Peeta's personality in his own. He was very good in the first film, which he continues into Catching Fire. A worthy mention here is for Willow Shields, playing Primrose Everdeen, the sister to Katniss. In this film, WIllow shows how Prim has grown up since Katniss' venture into the Hunger Games. She is now helping her mother with her patients from District 12 and just being so grown up from that little duck from the first film, just touching to see. Elizabeth Banks playing Effie gets a well deserving mention for her exceptional portrayal of Effie. She is amazing for this role, she makes Effie so loveable and gives her those amazing lines, she even mentions mahogany again. Woody Harrelson is ever so great again playing the role of Haymitch. He plays the father figure to Katniss and Peeta very well, he is just perfectly fitting for Haymitch. I keep repeating it, but I do agree that everyone picked for this film is perfect. I think that Jena Malone as Johanna was perfect, she fits the stern demeanour of Johanna perfectly and surprisingly made Johanna one of my favourite characters from the film. There are far too many great actors to list, everyone was great.
I absolutely loved the first film, and Catching Fire lived up to my expectations. Everything was perfect, they included so much from the book that I thought they would skip out which made me so happy, as I thought Peeta painting Rue of the floor for his evaluation would be left out and Johanna stripping scene. Now, I must say Johanna was great. I laughed so hard when she swore during her interview with Caesar Flickerman and it was beeped out as if we were watching this interview on TV. It was just so perfect for Johanna's character, it's just something she would certainly do. The characters were amazing, the arena was just WOW and everything was how I envisioned it when reading the book. I love it so much.
I can't begin to describe how much I loved Catching Fire. I saw it twice in one day that's how good it was and going again today for the third time. It was a great adaptation for the book, better than the first and yes, go and see Catching Fire NOW!!!!!!!!
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