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| The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) Lionsgate |
Chances are that if you are reading this post, you are
already a fan of the book or of the movie series. I have to admit that these
movies are done incredibly well and are able to give the books their due
justice. I am also a fan (I even named my car Katniss) and have loved the
movies so far.
If you read my site (and I am hoping you do) you already
know that I am a fan of JLaw and think she’s a great actress. She is fun and
down to earth and everything you would hope a celebrity to be.
Catching Fire was my favorite book of the series and I say
that because it is the last one that takes place in the arena and it had an
ending I wasn’t expecting. I guess I was always hoping/expecting that Katniss
would eventually stop being so selfish and do the right thing and try loving
Peeta at least to keep up pretenses for the capital in the hopes that war wouldn’t
be necessary. Sadly she is so hostile and untrustworthy that Haymitch is forced
to continually lie to her in all situations. She fails to do the small task
that President Snow gives her and causes the deaths of many people. You can’t
blame Haymitch for his actions because who wouldn’t do the same thing? In order
to protect her (even from herself) he is forced to leave her out of the big picture
which causes unexpected consequences.
During the film you can tell that something is going on
behind the scenes because everyone else is privy to knowledge that Katniss doesn’t
know about. When I was emotionally involved in the story I always wished that
Peeta would tell her something so that she knew that they would somehow live
though this, but it would’ve been impossible. At times it is hard for me to
watch the film because of the way the characters treat Katniss. I always felt
she was much stronger than she was portrayed as, but I was willing to accept
this as a movie flaw for exponential character growth through all the films.
One thing I disliked about the film is that Liam Hemsworth
is in it. His gloomy faces and poor emotional deliveries make me want to punch
him in the face as often as possible. I know he is loved by women for his
looks, but he needs to go. Find a real man to play Gale. Seriously almost
anyone else will do.
I liked that they spend a large part of the movie before the
games to show the relationship between Peeta and Katniss as well as keeping the
Gale triangle alive. I thought it would be hard to juggle all of them, but they
did a good job making sure both characters are still relevant. I thought that
they could’ve explained the feelings that Katniss had better because the book
derives the majority of her personality from her thoughts. The only thing the
two movies left out was the inner dialogue of Katniss and although it takes
away from the general story of the movie, it is relevant and pertinent to the
story as a whole.
For some minimal concerns I have, it is a well done movie
and pays homage the book series in many ways. I thought that Catching Fire was
the better of the two and I am already excited to see the third.
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