Anyways, this movie is very good. It surpasses the first film (which I also thought was very good). Jennifer Lawrence is incredible in just about every movie she does. Along with many other males in this country, I too have a crush on Jennifer Lawrence for her acting on the screen and her actions off of the screen. I figure I should probably admit that on the account that it's going to automatically make me biased towards her work.
The cinematography is pretty good. They don't do anything clever or fancy with the camera work, which plays in this film's favor. Too many times in action films do we see shaky cameras or camera zooms to try and enhance the action. For me personally, these things just make me nauseous. The timing between camera angle changes was just about perfect. They remained on a shot long enough to where you would get an idea of what had just happened but would still be left with a little bit of confusion (especially in night scenes or scenes in dark areas). The camera angles never changed too quick like a music video but changed enough to keep the suspense going.
One thing about this film is that the CGI is rather obvious. However, that's on par for any film this decade. I should probably get used to it. It's not going away.
The heavy moments in this film are beautifully done. It's actually the camera work/direction here that is better than average. Along with the decent musical score, this film really comes to life in those peak moments.
Like many movies based on books, the character development was limited. In the movie's defense, there were more significant characters in this film than the last. The thing is, some of the characters, were developed really well just by a few moments, (like Johanna). We knew who Johanna was when it really counted. Other characters, some of them even pretty significant, I had no idea who they were. I didn't know much of their personalities or their attributes, etc. For instance, we still hardly know who Finnick is by the end of the film. We learn that he is selfless. But that's about it. It's really nothing as unique as what Johanna does in the film. In fact, she's way more memorable of a character than Finnick. Most other new characters are just Haymitch explaining to Katniss and Peeta who they are.
Overall, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is something that any movie goer should give a decent shot. This film has won me over into being a fan of the series and I will probably start reading the books at some point. This universe is particularly interesting to me.
Anyways, give this one a go. You'll probably like it.
Oh, and if you can't get Donald Sutherland's role in Animal House out of your head, it will be really, really, hard to take the President Snow character seriously. hahahaha
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