Guest Blogger: Warda 1

Catching Fire is a movie about a dystopian future of the present day America. This is the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy. Jennifer Lawrence plays the headstrong and determined Katniss Everdeen. In this book we follow Katniss after Peeta and her won the Hunger Games, although she thought everything would be different and her family would finally be able to live comfortably it was the opposite. Katniss wants nothing more than to protect her family and her loved ones from the treacherous President Snow but it seems like all he’s bent on doing is making sure she dies. The plot of this movie followed every aspect and baseline of the book, which the first one failed too and even, scored an 89% out of 100. Katniss Everdeen is a character that everyone pretty much loves due to the fact that when it came down to it, she kept her moral intact. Although she was overly underestimated Katniss proved to be quite the competitor, especially when President Snow announced that previous victors would have to go into the arena for the second time. Catching Fire, in my opinion, has had the most diverse characters, all with different backgrounds and upbringings but somehow they all tied together and fit the format perfectly. From Peeta who seemed to be shy and timid but showed shrewdness when the time came, to Finnick who was a fan favorite to the ever so lovely Johanna, who was ruthless despite her looks. All these people were so different but brought together by the likeliness of the movie. Entertainment Weekly even stated, “Catching Fire is smoothly exciting but a bit of a tease. It gets mileage out of setting up the Quarter Quell as some ultimate Fear Factor version of Deliverance, yet there isn't a moment of real dread in it”, I agree with this because not only does this movie take you on a rollercoaster of emotions you are most definitely satisfied with it in the end. I recommend watching this movie because of the sense of fulfillment it gives the movie goers. A definite 10 out of 10 stars