The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

[Plain Old Tele]

Discuss.

[Goffe]

the movie
http://youtu.be/6IBIw4ZIxFo
(in a good way ​)

A- (90)

Edited November 15, 2013 by Goffe

[JohnnY]

The Hunger Games and Catching Fire are probably the best blockbuster movies I’ve seen in the last few years. I’ll be honest, I don’t think these movies are incredible or have any deep message, they are actually a bit predictable, but they provide ~2 hours of a truly enjoyable and thrilling experience.

 

Catching Fire doesn’t bring a lot of new things to the table, it paves the way for the big finale by showing the crescent rebellion against the Capitol and still bring all the cool stuff you had in the first movie: The action scenes, new characters (I personally loved Johanna) and their struggle to survive, this time with much more teamwork and a better portrayal of other district’s tributes. The movie isn’t focused on the fights against the strongest careers, it’s more about showing how the contestants work together to survive until the end, but the games are not only about surviving anymore, you know they are up for something bigger and the ending is the perfect cliffhanger: the revolution that finally started from the tension that had been building up since the beginning of the movie.

 

Also, although there isn’t any scene as emotional as Rue’s death - Megs is great as the cute and innocent character of the 75^th games, but her death just didn’t have the same impact – Katniss makes a really adorable dedication to her when she visits the 11^th district.

 

All I can say is that Catching Fire really builds excitement for Mockingjay, but I must admit I’m a bit worried, because it’s kinda of a let down to build so much tension in this movie and then split the last installment in two parts. It worked with Harry Potter because Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 had a slow beginning, Catching Fire’s ending is brutal and makes you beg for the finale, it doesn’t set the mood for a slow-paced sequel, in my opinion. 

Edited November 16, 2013 by JohnnY

[Plain Old Tele]

Edited November 16, 2013 by Telemachos

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Watch those spoilers, guys. Save any specific details for the RTM forum, or put them in spoiler tags.

:p

[CaptainJackSparrow]

This is the RTM thread!

[Plain Old Tele]

Goddammit, I got my threads mixed up. Well, shit.

[baumer]

How did you see this already Johnny?

[rukaio101]

How did you see this already Johnny?

Probably an advance screening somewhere. That lucky bastard.

Edited November 16, 2013 by rukaio101

[Heretic]

Brazil got it a week before the rest of the world. The lucky bastards.

[rukaio101]

Brazil got it a week before the rest of the world. The lucky bastards.

Or that. Either way, I think we can all agree he's a lucky bastard.

[JohnnY]

Yeah, it opened today in Brazil, that's the reason Goffe also saw it.

 

I'm a bit confused, do I need to hide spoilers in this thread?

Edited November 16, 2013 by JohnnY

[Plain Old Tele]

Yeah, it opened today in Brazil, that's the reason Goffe also saw it.

 

I'm a bit confused, do I need to hide spoilers in this thread?

 

No, sorry, that was my mistake, I thought I was in the box-office thread.

[baumer]

No, sorry, that was my mistake, I thought I was in the box-office thread.

 

So Johnny and Goffe are lucky bastards and Tele's just a bastard.

[CoolioD1]

No, sorry, that was my mistake, I thought I was in the box-office thread.

Old folks get lost pretty easily. It happens man.

[druv10]

So Johnny and Goffe are lucky bastards and Tele's just an old bastard.

 

FIxed it. 

[dashrendar44]

So Johnny and Goffe are lucky bastards and Tele's just an ol'dirty bastard.

 

FIxed it. 

 

I fixed your fix.

 

(RIP)

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Goddammit, I got my threads mixed up. Well, shit.

And you created this thread.

[K1stpierre]

I can't wait to share my thoughts on this movie!!!!!! 4 more days!!!!

[Mauro Teixeira]

This is becoming less a topic to review CF and more a place to mock Telemachos' age