for me, best movie of all time

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2013)

Being a HUGE hunger games fan, I can honestly say Francis Lawrence is a God. He was absolutely amazing with the production, script and directing of this movie. Catching Fire finally proves that if you stick to the book, it'll be the #1 movie in the world for TWO WEEKS IN A ROW! (Talking to you, Percy Jackson ;) ) I know many people complain about the length of the movie, but I was SO happy it was this long as it was extremely true to the book (I would make it even longer). I think Francis Lawrence was right in taking up an hour of the movie on the Victory Tour and District 12 and the «other hour in the Arena. The first part really creates the imagery of Panem and the world of The Hunger Games which was't shown in the first movie. With the shots of the Districts you can really get the feeling of their society, you can see the revolts and desperate need of rebelling from the citizens and that becomes very important later on in the next movies. Of course, the spectator also sees the poverty in the Districts and that creates a massive contrast when shots of the Capitol are shown. The cast was flawless, as always. Apart from the extraordinary acting from Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, I loved how slightly smaller characters had such huge developments from the first movie and book. For example, Elizabeth Banks played Effie perfectly, and I could really see her evolve, how the two victors almost made her change her opinion on the Capitol and the Games and the motherly nature in her, finally having victors from her assigned District. The new cast members, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone, Jeffrey Wright etc, could not have been better. Sam was able to show so many sides of Finnick Odair that I was dreaming to see ever since I read the books: his arrogance, his love for Mags, his honor and then his vulnerability. Jena was exactly how I pictured Johanna Mason (who is also my favourite female) and I applaud her infinitely. I will never finish this review because it never seems to be complete for me, but to stop myself I'll say: BEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN FOR AND TOTALLY WORTH THE WAIT.