![]() ![]() The new additions to the cast, most notably Philip Seymor Hoffman's Plutarch Heavensbee and Sam Claflin's Finnick O'Dair, are excellent, and the dialogue is much less wooden than, forgive me, the dialogue in the books sometimes is. ![]() Lawrence, along with screenwriters Michael Hardt and Suzanne Collins herself, manages to weave in all of the necessary set up to the upcoming war against The Capitol without it feeling tedious or heavy-handed. So I was pleasantly surprised to find that this installment of the hit franchise, directed by industry rookie Francis Lawrence, was maybe even more engaging than its predecessor. The Hunger Games reads like a screenplay-Catching Fire is a meandery epic full of worldbuilding and exposition for a war that won't even begin until Mockingjay. Catching Fire is my favorite book of the trilogy, but cinematically it makes absolutely no sense. I must say, I was worried about this one. ![]()
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