Sequels have it tough. Some are criticized for not living up the original's glory while others are called simply stepping stones to the next installment. But there is that rare case when the sequel does out do the original... for example Spider-Man 2, The Dark Knight, and The Matrix: Reloaded.... CALM DOWN!! I was just kidding with that last one. Seriously though, we can add Catching Fire to that list.
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have won the Hunger Games. They now live in the grand Victors Village in their district with fellow victor Haymitch Abernathy. True, Peeta now knows Katniss was faking the love story that allowed them to win and they aren't together but Katniss is now hanging out with her old pal Gale... It's going pretty good. Except: the districts are starting to rebel, Katniss and Peeta can't fool the coldhearted President Snow (see what I did there?) and now the 75th Hunger Games (known as a Quarter Quell) has allowed a rule change.... one that brings back old victors....like Katniss and Peeta. I guess no one really does win the Hunger Games....
I loved The Hunger Games books and I hated the first movie. It was decent but could have been so much better. When the movie franchise switched director Gary Ross out for Francis Lawrence I began to see a glimmer of hope in the future and when I saw the trailers for Catching Fire I knew this was going to be different. Catching Fire is the movie fans deserve. Stellar acting with superb directing and a great screenplay finally captures the magic that was in the books. Bottom line: If you aren't really a fan of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire will make you a fan
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