Leaves you panting for Catching Fire

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2012)

I'm the kind of girl who hates movie adaptations of my favourite books but I won a contest to go see The Hunger Games Canadian premiere and I was NOT disappointed. This movie was thrilling. It held all the emotion, the grim determination, the friendship/familial loyalty, the heart break, everything that was important to the series. I was hesitant in believing they could pull this off but the acting was superb. Jennifer Lawrence is marvelous at Katniss - she wears Katniss' strength, fragility, dignity and arrogance with an ease that is astounding. Josh Hutcherson is brilliant as Peeta and definitely holds his own against the powerhouse that is Lawrence on screen and Elizabeth Banks is unrecognizable as Effie. The director took the time to make this good for fans and non -fans alike.