Miles Above!

Rating: 10/10 (21 November 2013)

First off, I'll point you that I went into the cinema with very low expectations, but an open mind. I wanted the film to be good, but after the first one, wasn't sure it would be. Boy, have i ever got a shock! It was fantastic, especially to a reader of the books. Without having to worry about introducing back story and characters, they really focused on the actual story, the emotions, and it showed. Even the actors seemed to have grown more into their rolls. Peeta was heart breaking, and Katniss, well, Jennifer portrayed her with such raw emotion it was hard not to believe. The relationships, which I thought were shown all wrong in the first film, were done to the tee and were everything they should have been. They captured the dark side of the theme, as well as the more light side. They stuck mostly completely to the book, which made it flow a lot easier as well. It was just fabulously done. And don't even get me started on Finnick! perfection doesn't begin to cover it. I have never been so shocked with a movie. It is many, many many miles above its predecessor.