JamesG
11-22-2013, 10:41 PM
Movie Reviews: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Critics have been responding positively to the film which continues the tale of Katniss Everdeen and the dystopia of Panem.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, the winner of the Hunger Games, after she returns home to District 12. As a winner of the games she leads a relatively comfortable life.
However, after witnessing horrific cruelty during the Hunger Games, she begins to notice further cracks in the Panem system. Everdeen is forced back into the arena in order to compete again alongside her fellow competitor Peeta.
Ben Sachs of the Chicago Reader highly praised the special effects and costume design teams in his review.
"This sequel is a triumph of production design: Philip Messina's settings are so detailed that they convey how the movie's dystopic U.S. functions beyond the story at hand, and Trish Summerville's costume design shows a similar degree of invention."
Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal highly praises Jennifer Lawrence:
"None of it would work - not the action, the adventure, the political subtext or the humor - without the strength and beauty that Jennifer Lawrence brings to the central role."
The Associated Press' Jake Coyle also praised the lead actress:
"Jennifer Lawrence (convincingly tormented in this film) has a calm sincerity and steely determinism that cuts through it all."
The only flaw critics seem to find with the sequel is that the second half is full of slow pace and action.
Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle writes, "Catching Fire is best in its first hour, when it concentrates on the politics and the specific horrors of Panem. It becomes more conventional in the second half and loses steam, but it's always heading somewhere."
-IMDb News
Critics have been responding positively to the film which continues the tale of Katniss Everdeen and the dystopia of Panem.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, the winner of the Hunger Games, after she returns home to District 12. As a winner of the games she leads a relatively comfortable life.
However, after witnessing horrific cruelty during the Hunger Games, she begins to notice further cracks in the Panem system. Everdeen is forced back into the arena in order to compete again alongside her fellow competitor Peeta.
Ben Sachs of the Chicago Reader highly praised the special effects and costume design teams in his review.
"This sequel is a triumph of production design: Philip Messina's settings are so detailed that they convey how the movie's dystopic U.S. functions beyond the story at hand, and Trish Summerville's costume design shows a similar degree of invention."
Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal highly praises Jennifer Lawrence:
"None of it would work - not the action, the adventure, the political subtext or the humor - without the strength and beauty that Jennifer Lawrence brings to the central role."
The Associated Press' Jake Coyle also praised the lead actress:
"Jennifer Lawrence (convincingly tormented in this film) has a calm sincerity and steely determinism that cuts through it all."
The only flaw critics seem to find with the sequel is that the second half is full of slow pace and action.
Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle writes, "Catching Fire is best in its first hour, when it concentrates on the politics and the specific horrors of Panem. It becomes more conventional in the second half and loses steam, but it's always heading somewhere."
-IMDb News