The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Reaction Thread

[ZaMiN RaZa]

So, has anyone watched Catching Fire in cinemas yet? If so, what did you think and what would you give it out of 10?

 

[ZaMiN RaZa]

Gonna need your help @Fayax555 in tagging people.

 

[Fayax555]

@R0m@n_97 @NaNinG @Nabeel.Ahmad @khunshaw @AnGeL.Of.DaRkNeSs @Ibtizam @@yeshaB @iThink LARGE @Maganius @U7X0GXO @champ-student @cardude456 @daredevil @Eman Shahid @forbidden rose @Rahma Abdelrahman @Shara Nafaz @Sijda @x-gamer-x @Umar Ahmed @sweetjinnah @posh teen

 

[Ibtizam]

Overall it was worth watching it
I watched it's quite long ..
but this movie was not that impressive compared to the previous one .. they could have shortened those long conversations .
ending was quite surprising(as I've not read the book ) ...it's action action and then boom!!! looking forward to the next part

 

[AnGeL.Of.DaRkNeSs]

Bhai mere sendups ho rhe hain -_-

 

[Maganius]

Papers going on..will watch it later for sure
But thanks a lot for the tag @Fayax555

 

[Sijda]

I haven't watched the movie yet but I have a pretty good idea of whats going to be in it.
The novels will obviously always be liked more than the movie cos they created a sense of environment and atmosphere for the readers so we know EXACTLY what Panem is about. Looking at the trailers, I can say that Catching Fire is probably better than THG, but it can't ever be as good as the book.

 

[Sijda]

Also, suspense! For those who haven't read Catching Fire and Mockingjay be prepared for a whole lot of suspense.

 

[Nabeel.Ahmad]

Thanks for the tag @Fayax555

I haven't seen it yet, due to exams. Will watch it on 19th of December. (':
Can't wait..

 

[frozen sunlight]

Bhai mere sendups ho rhe hain -_-

xD (Y)

 

[daredevil]

haven't watched it -_- I'm sleeping on my books atm so ....

 

[SilverCrest]

i love the books.I am a huge fan.I just dont like the third book
they are better than the movies
although catching fire movie was better than hunger games movie.much more action!The arena scenes were pretty nice

 

[sweetjinnah]

Haven't watched yet but will definitely

 

[R0m@n_97]

It was good the dress parts were perfect the prade the arena it was amazing
and the baboon part lol i jumped so bad that. i threw chips at my sis in the cinema
but !!!!!! They didnt add hamitch (dont know the spellings ) game part
and the it was fast forward

 

[forbidden rose]

@R0m@n_97 @NaNinG @Nabeel.Ahmad @khunshaw @AnGeL.Of.DaRkNeSs @Ibtizam @@yeshaB @iThink LARGE @Maganius @U7X0GXO @champ-student @cardude456 @daredevil @Eman Shahid @forbidden rose @Rahma Abdelrahman @Shara Nafaz @Sijda @x-gamer-x @Umar Ahmed @sweetjinnah @posh teen

thanks for the tag and sorry guys u will just hafta wait for a while i am going this weekend xD

 

[ZaMiN RaZa]

Overall it was worth watching it
I watched it's quite long ..
but this movie was not that impressive compared to the previous one .. they could have shortened those long conversations .
ending was quite surprising(as I've not read the book ) ...it's action action and then boom!!! looking forward to the next part

Which long conversations did you not like?

 

[ZaMiN RaZa]

I haven't watched the movie yet but I have a pretty good idea of whats going to be in it.
The novels will obviously always be liked more than the movie cos they created a sense of environment and atmosphere for the readers so we know EXACTLY what Panem is about. Looking at the trailers, I can say that Catching Fire is probably better than THG, but it can't ever be as good as the book.

Why can't movies do that exactly?

 

[ZaMiN RaZa]

i love the books.I am a huge fan.I just dont like the third book
they are better than the movies
although catching fire movie was better than hunger games movie.much more action!The arena scenes were pretty nice

Why don't you like the third book? I thought it was the best of the three and dare I say it almost reaches the level of a masterpiece.

 

[Sijda]

Why can't movies do that exactly?

I'm afraid I can't really explain that completely. In the books, every thing is described word by word down to the smallest detail. Thats something we can never find in any movie. Alot of things are taken for granted and alot of things are left out too.

 

[ZaMiN RaZa]

I'm afraid I can't really explain that completely. In the books, every thing is described word by word down to the smallest detail. Thats something we can never find in any movie. Alot of things are taken for granted and alot of things are left out too.

Movies can and do have that ability. It's just far more subtle and obscure than rather reading the details presented. From the book, we know Katniss is forced to mature due to being the breadwinner of her family at the age of 12 yet is still that fragile innocent girl that needs emotional development to. In The Hunger Games(movie), after the initial bloodbath, we see her laying down being captivated by the blue butterfly on her finger and it flies away. That shows, despite being hardened by life's difficulties, she is still a teenage girl deprived of a proper emotional development due father father dying and her mother becoming catatonic as a result. These far more subtle details actually bring out more powerful emotions from the characters and affects me greater than reading and knowing right there what is one thinking about.