Still can't get enough of this.

Rating: 9/10 (26 November 2013)

Last Thursday, November 21, the most anticipated movie event of the year was premiered. Both fans of the book and movie were waiting for this day for almost a year, when Lionsgate released a date for the movie, fans all over the world got excited especially when they gave us the trailers and the movie posters.
The first movie was a blockbuster reaching a hundred million sales on its first screening day, The Hunger Games was directed by Gary Ross who gave the film great visualizations and better castings and without him we won't be able to see the second installment of the film.
The second film has a different director, Francis Lawrence. He directed many movies that are surely exceptional and Catching Fire movie is very much like the book, one of the best directors I've seen.
Set in a dystopian world where twelve districts are ruled by the Capitol, every year the twelve districts are needed to send a boy and a girl as a tribute for the rebellion of the districts in the Panem decades ago.
The last games in which Katniss participated made President Snow looks like a fool to the Capitol citizens. What Katniss did, didn't look like an act of love, more of like an act of defiance to them.
In the celebration of the 75th Annual Hunger Games and which the year of Quarter Quell, Snow decided to eliminate Katniss Everdeen by reaping the tributes in the existing pool of victors. He saw her as a sign of revolution to the Capitol and he saw her as a threat that will destroy the Capitol.
The actors were very brilliant to the characters they were playing, especially Jennifer Lawrence, an Oscar winner; she embodied Katniss very well, from her looks and her attitudes. She's really the real-life Katniss. Also her co-actors, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, I remember his interview where he said that he felt like he's Peeta. Well he's right, you could see the character transformation of Peeta from the first movie to the second, he fits the role of Peeta, no doubt. I really like the relationship of Peeta and Katniss in this film, they have that aura.
At first I thought Sam Claflin couldn't bring the Finnick we've all book readers imagined, but we are wrong. He portrayed him very well, its like Finnick is the actor and Sam is the character he is playing. Lastly, our very own Johanna Mason played by Jena Malone, she brings out Johanna's rudeness and rebellious attitude towards the Capitol, I really enjoyed her acting whenever she has screen time.
At the first scene of the bloodbath where the game makers started the countdown, you will feel like you're one of the tributes who will fight for their lives. I love how they make the movie very realistic to us viewers. And kudos to Francis Lawrence for making this big like the first installment and to Suzzane Collins, our Queen, for writing and creating this exciting world full of astonishing characters that can make you attached with them.
As a whole, the film was very well made. It doesn't lack any elements, it does have humor, the actions, the killings and especially the romance and the dialogue that they delivered are great also. But the love triangle didn't work out for me because I'm not a big fan of Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth) it feels like he is an extra character.
This is my first time reviewing a movie so basically its not that good but at least this movie is so good.
I highly recommend this movie for everyone, it's really worth it! Fans will not be disappointed and I bet that this movie will be more hit than the first one! I may watch this movie at the theaters for a couple times. Best book adaptation so far, go for it now, you don't want to miss this!