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Ljusbus
Completely baffled by the amount of positive reviews. This is not good, anywhere. The premise is still as completely ridiculous and idiotic as it was in the first one, plus it's bland, boring, uninteresting and dumb.And the fact that almost everything that happened in this movie was just a scheme to be explained in the end. I mean come on! Really? There couldn't have been a better way go about that?
Malena
I read the books so I can say that the adaptation in this movie is very well handled and even the extra scenes like Snow Granddaughter and Plutarch/Snow interaction fit perfectly. Some parts are left out and I thought it better so.Jennifer Lawrence is really a great actress, how she conveys her feelings of anger and frustration is extraordinary. I think the game scenes are excellent and better presented in the movie than in the book. The contrast between Panem and the other districts is clearly shown especially with the bright costumes and the constant cheer of the crowds compared to the resentment shown in the districts population.
Definitely the change of the director was a good decision from the producers, it gave the trilogy the needed push.
DelernBane
This felt like a movie aimed at people that have read the book rather than a sequel to the movie of The Hunger Games.I can't remember being quite so disappointed by an ending and I feel no urge to see the 3rd and 4th installments. Such a shame as I loved the first movie.
sharaths
fuckin over ratedthe3rdman
A big improvement over the first installment. Maybe it was the change in direction to Francis Lawrence, who is obviously much more capable of creating tense and coherent action sequences, something sorely lacking in the previous film.Many parts of Catching Fire are campy, unintentionally funny, cheesy, improbable, or simply nonsensical, but on the whole the film is more entertaining, more interesting, and connects on more levels than its predecessors, and I absolutely enjoyed it.
jamesmcavoy
Really liked this. As a book fan I can say it's pretty true to the original story, but with a lot of added movie goodness, especially Snow/Plutarch scenes which I loved. Ofc some book scenes had to be cut out, that's unevitable, but I don't really feel like anything vital was missing. Everything you need (and want) is there. The victory tour was captivating, I'm pretty sure I cried like four times during that whole thing, but somehow the actual games felt almost rushed. It was all way too quick and when it was over it felt kind of anticlimactic. I'm guessing they wanted to focus on the people in the districts rather than the tributes, to build up a good backstory for Mockingjay, but even though I loved those parts they simply took over a bit too much. The games felt like the background story while the districts were in the foreground. I guess that's kind of accurate with the wholelatautuu
I don't really know what to say about the film because it was definitely good but also there were a lot of parts I found weird or a bit cliché. I liked it but if I have to compare it to the book or the first film I don't really have an opinion. I don't know.I thought the ending felt a lot more anti-climactic than in the book, although it has been a long time since I last read it so I might have a blurry image of it in my head. Also I don't know if someone who hasn't read the book would have realized that there was actually a long period of time between the quarter quell announcement and the actual games. The movie made it seem like there was not that much time between the 74th and the 75th hunger games when obviously there was a whole year.
I agree with the previous comment about the fact that this film did a better job at showing the brutality of the whole situation at Panem and how scary a place it really is to live in. I also loved the non-Katniss POV scenes of President Snow with his granddaughter (did she exist in the books?) and Plutarch because we didn't get to see those scenes happen in the books.
I still have to say that with a few scenes I did feel like the PG13-ness kinda ruined the moment. For example
I'll probably go see it again and really concentrate on the movie, there were an unusually large amount of idiots at the theater today who kept talking and texting and I was just super mad the whole time so I'm not sure if I should trust my opinion of the movie yet.
HyliaFischer
Just soooooo bad...stexdo
Pretty good movie, but with major elements directed towards unsophisticated viewers. Lawrence is really good and the production quality is high. The change in aspect ratio is extremely effective!lillianaire
A great movie. It translates well from the books, and the movies/books are much better than the fanbase that hypes it up. Special effects are great, tension is intense and not awkward. Much better than the first film.shoaibnagi
Horrible. Although less horrible than the first one.Berrie
Whereas I don't like directly comparing books with their film adaptations, I will say that this film had more of an emotional impact on me than the book did. With the first film it was the other way around.Catching Fire explores the dark themes of the books in an intense manner. Terrifically emotional.
Oneironaut
A lot better than the first movie (which I didn't really like). Better characters and setting involved, but it couldn't shake away a blandness that clung to it. Still feels like this trilogy wasn't meant for a big budget adaptation.venora
This is my first Hunger Games movie and I never read the novels either. But I totally get it and like it. Previous comment worried about that audience would't get it that there are a yer span between 74th and 75th Hunger Game. But don't worry. The movue clearly state that Hunger Games once a year tournament. Anyway there are long Victory Tour first.I'm not into the romance part of this movie. It reminds me about twilight all over again. But other than that the story is great. Eventhough I wish the Hunger games scene were longer. Wondering how the other victories survived and died.
And also Salud for Johanne and Finnick acting. Their acting were cathing eyes.
I guess I'm gonna watch the first movie and read the novels.
Rosenrotta
The first one was interesting because it was a fresh concept (apart from the Battle Royale thingie..). Catching Fire is just a load of shait put to celluloid.Showing items 16 – 30 of 33