I'll just say up front, this one was good...really good. Overall, a much better adaptation of the book than the first one. Also, compared to the preview of what looks like more young adult drivel (ala Twilight), this movie raises the bar for what young adult movies based on literature should be.
It's difficult to adapt a well-loved book to the screen, but even when the movie can't possibly cover everything in the book (i.e. The Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter), it should still live up to the essence of the theme. This movie does...and well.
Maybe having two Oscar winners (Jennifer Lawrence and Philip Seymour Hoffman) and another former nominee (Woody Harrelson) helped to promote a caliber of movie of what a best-selling and beloved book should be. Regardless of how it happened or why, our family was thrilled at the result and now we can't wait for the final adaptation. But wait...as is becoming the norm...the final book will be broken into two movies. Drawing out the book...and the box office, seems to be the standard now for bestsellers. As long as they're the quality of Catching Fire and not the final two installments of Twilight, I'm okay with that.
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