Fair movie not as good as first.

Rating: 5/10 (30 November 2014)

I had not read the book when I saw the first Hunger Games movie about 2 weeks ago. I enjoyed it, thought that the acting was generally good and creative how Katniss is able to outwit President Snow and come out with both Peeta and her as winners. So now that the third one is out (and I really don't why they have to make two movies out of it, except to double the profits like Twilight and Harry Potter did) I was anxious to see the Catching Fire, so I bought the DVD twin set at a black Friday discounted rate. So after watching "Catching Fire" a few items come to mind.
1. Very difficult to understand the 2nd one without watching the first one, including understanding all the nuances of the interaction between katniss, president Snow,Gale and Peeta.
2. Best Actor -both Moves- by far Donald Sutherland- such a joy to see him acting. He is such an underrated actor for our lifetime from his movie MASH, to Animal House to this movie.
3. Other reason to watch this movie- One of the last performances of actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman. I really wish there were more of him in the movie-especially with interaction with Katniss such as at the beginning of the movie.
4. Over the top acting of Stanley Tucci, as in last one.
5. Always like Jeffrey Wright- Spoiler alert-would have been a shame if he died-glad that he didn't -just like he doesn't die as Felix Lighter in the James Bond franchise
That being said, most of the rest is average and the ending is just unbelievable and difficult to understand.