Exciting, surprising and overwhelming.

Rating: 10/10 (5 December 2013)

To be honest, I knew this movie was going to be better than the first one which disappointed me. The change of the director definitely made a difference and we all can see it. It was a good change though. Many good fans who read the trilogy loved the second book and this movie did a really good job at it. They've put every important scenes and even a slice of modification on specific things that Gary Ross didn't do correctly (I am talking about Buttercup the cat and even Madge). I was impressed by the CGI which was way better than the first one and of course there was no more shaky-cam. The story overall is as rich in content as the book and is absolutely amazing. The actors are incredible and yes I knew Jennifer Lawrence would be terrific but the actor who surprised me was Jena Malone because she made her character look more bad-ass than the book. I couldn't find any problem with the movie except maybe they cut off some parts of the book but I can totally understand that. I just hope Mockingjay will be as good as this one or even better if they can! Thank you Francis Lawrence for bringing back The Hunger Games into something serious and real.