Monday, November 25, 2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Review

After catching this fire, I think anyone would be miraculously impressed and wowed by this sequel in the Hunger Games series.  Coming off the first film of the series, walking away only halfway satisfied, I was hoping for a better experience with this sequel.  Surprisingly, my expectations and hopes were met.  I really did enjoy the acting and chemistry amongst Peta (Josh Hutcherson) and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) as they are both great, young aspiring actors who really did carry this film's entirety.  They both just are incredible in this film and will have lots more success in future films down the road.  I really did enjoy how the story progressed at a great rate and the film felt as if it flew by in no time even through two and half hours.  There were so many plot twists and surprises the entire film which impressed me as well.  There were some parts that I didn't understand, maybe because I haven't read the books, where you asked yourself why would this happen or why is this occurring.  I hope to read the books as soon as I can to get a better understanding of the story.  Also, the visual effects and make-up were absolutely stunning and done to their best which made the movie very entertaining to watch. The only acting I was not completely in favor of was the performances by Donald Sutherland and Philip Seymour-Hoffman as they were supposed to be sinister characters where I just didn't think they acted bad enough for their roles.  I thought their performances were not done to the best to show the bad, cold side of them.  It felt as if they were just reading their lines, then just acting upon them.  They are both great actors, but the role of this film was just not meant for them.  The one other part that is minor, but not understanding is Liam Hemsworth's character, Gale, is supposed to be a main character, but only appears for only minutes of the film.  I don't understand that, but this is a must-watch film and chime in and catch the fire miraculously.

Rating - 4/5

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