A good sequel, just too long.

Rating: 7/10 (9 February 2014)

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
This is part 2 of the Hunger Games movies, so that automatically usually means that it will not be as good as the first one. It is very rare that a sequel is better then the original...
The movie continues on from the original movie... Katniss and Peeta won the last Hunger Games and they are about to go on a tour of the Districts. There is a rebellion against the politicians and the games, so the president decides that Katniss must die as she is the person the rebellion has chosen to be their leader. The next games would be different. The participants are previous champions. Katniss and Peeta are going back in. Will they survive again? The thing I liked about this too is there are some people they can trust but some they can't... It is very good watching this wondering if the people they are talking too are trustworthy. It keeps you guessing.
The main thing I felt about this movie was it was too long. It is on for about 2 and a half hours which is not normally a problem, but the first hour of this film really dragged out. My favourite part of these film are the games themselves, but the games do not begin until roughly 75 minutes into the film. The first half of the movie i felt could have been shorter.
The film is very good. I enjoyed it a lot and I liked the new idea of the battle ground. It is set in a different place this time and I loved the twists that presented themselves throughout the movie. It seems they are not just trying to survive against the other contestants... they have other problems to deal with too.
The casting was again very good. As far as I could tell, everyone from the original movie returned for the sequel with a few new faces. Jennifer Lawrence﻿ played Katniss. Jennifer was very good in this movie again. SHe is a very talented actress and I can see her in a lot of movies in the future. Josh Hutcherson﻿ played Peeta. I thought that Josh did a great job too. I really feel sorry for his character. He clearly loves Katniss a lot and will do anything to protect her, but she does not seem to have the same feelings, but she will protect him from anything. It is a weird relationship. haha Other cast members that did a fantastic job were Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland and the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman.
It will be very interesting what they do with Philip's character as he still had one more scene to shoot for the next movie. I hope they don't replace him or make a mistake with the character.
The violence was again very good in this film. Some scenes were harsh but still very well done. This is a dark movie.
I will give this film 7 out of 10.
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