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Nov 22, 2013 · 90% Tomatometer 294 Reviews 89% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings After arriving safely home from their unprecedented victory in the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence...
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Nov 22, 2013 · When a movie like "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" comes along, it makes my inner feminist-leaning 13-year-old stand up and cheer. Of course, the mere existence of a successful girl-powered franchise that does not revolve around potential suitors with supernatural powers is enough to keep her smiling.
Nov 24, 2013 · The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – review. Jennifer Lawrence is impressive as the warrior whose public support disturbs the powers that be. Mark Kermode. Sat 23 Nov 2013 19.08 EST.
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By Eric Goldman
Posted: Nov 12, 2013 2:00 pm
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has gone through hell and lived to tell the tale and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire quickly gets off on the right foot by firmly establishing just how affected she is by what she went through in the first film. Yes, Catching Fire becomes the second major franchise movie this year, after Iron Man 3, to have the main character suffering from PTSD – but who could argue with Katniss not being able to just move on, given what happened to her?
Unfortunately, Katniss can’t just go off on her own or spend time with her old friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth), as much as she might want to. No, she must be trotted out on the macabre Victory Tour, alongside her co-winner Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), looking in the faces of the families of the kids who didn’t survive the Games. And all while selling the lie concocted in the Games, that the two are madly in love – something she is directly warned must hold up under scrutiny, by no less than President Snow (Donald Sutherland) himself.
But Katniss has become a symbol to the people of Panem of something more – a spark of rebellion in a society that is quite the powder keg. And so Snow and his new head gamemaker, the ambitious Plutarch Heavensbee (the great Philip Seymour Hoffman), decide to deal with the problem in a big, public way. What does any good reality competition go with eventually? An All-Stars edition! And so Kantiss finds herself forced, once more, as part of the special "Quarter Quell", to compete in 75th annual Hunger Games, this time against 23 other survivors. And in a game where there's almost no chance of surviving, Snow makes it clear to Heavensbee that Katniss Everdeen must not become a two-time winner.
The biggest change for Catching Fire from last time is the new director, Francis Lawrence. I thought Gary Ross did a very good job on the first film, though I felt he did sometimes go too far with the shaky cam aesthetic, which some outright hated. Well, let’s get it out of the way – the shaky cam is pretty much non-existent in Catching Fire and Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend) films the action in a much more steady, traditional manner.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is another strong installment in this confident series. Structurally, it’s hard not to notice the close similarity to the first film, but within that familiar framework, there are some very emotional moments, delivered by a wonderful cast. Francis Lawrence proves to be a very solid choice as the new director for the ...
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is epic, filled with fantastic performances, great visual effects and a story that surpasses the first film in EVERY department. Full Review | Original...
Nov 15, 2013 · Snow wants Katniss dead. “Patience,” says Plutarch Heavensbee, the new gamesmaker played by – wait for it – a witty, wily Philip Seymour Hoffman in a performance that adds to the film’s class-act...
Nov 11, 2013 · Movies. Movie Reviews. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: Film Review. The second big-screen installment of Suzanne Collins' YA trilogy sees Jennifer Lawrence return as the heroic Katniss...
