This is the sequel to The Hunger Games.
I was actually pleasantly surprised by this one! I enjoyed the original Hunger Games, and I had heard lots of good things about Catching Fire, but I guess I was expecting a sequel slump.
Ive gotten to the point where I really like Jennifer Lawrence who plays Katniss Everdeen (or, as I have heard 'Hotness Everpeen' - YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!) I first saw her in Winter's Bone (heheheheh) which I guess was her 'breakout' movie, and I assumed she would have been a flash in the pan. But, I have since seen her in several more movies - both of these Hunger Games flicks, the XMen, and Silver Linings Playbook. She really is a great actress!
Lots of other huge names in Catching Fire - Donald Sutherland (who never gets old), Woody Harrelson (who really is a spectacular actor, and if I really think about it, is one of my favorites), Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Stanley Tucci (who plays an AWESOME Caesar Flickerman!) among others. Another who stands out to me, who isnt an actor is Lenny Kravitz! He does a great job as 'Cinna', Katniss' stylist. My wife saw him in concert a few years back, which leads us to call him 'just a cool little black man'. That dude has just got 'it'.
A couple more actors who deserve mention, but not in a good way - Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson. If you happened to catch my review of Red Dawn a few weeks back, im on Hutcherson like stink on shit! Neither of these home boys can act for shit. And Peeta is a giant pussy.
The scenery, effects, and costumes are dead on. I read all three books (as most everyone in the world evidently did!) and the scenes are just as you imagine them as you read them.
Finally, one last negative that sort of isnt the movie's 'fault'. I dont like the way this one ends. I know its the middle of a trilogy (have you seen that Mockingjay is gonna be TWO movies????) but this one just sort of 'stops'. It definitely bridges over to the next movie, and I guess if you have read the books you expect that, but I just didnt like something about the way it abruptly changed gears.
Im going to give Catching Fire 4 out of 5 Raptor's Claws - once again, losing a claw for casting Josh Hutcherson! When will they learn?!?!?!?
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