in lieu of an actual review (which I really can't do until it comes out on DVD, because that's not my style)
- Catching Fire is, in my opinion, the weakest book in the trilogy (although the third quarter of Mockingjay is basically nonstop running-and-gunning with no end in sight and really starts to drag), so the film starts off at a disadvantage
- Jennifer Lawrence's cheekbones were incredibly distracting
- the scene were President Snow announces the third Quarter Quell was very obviously (and therefore poorly) edited down from a larger scene, probably where he explained what the previous two Quells entailed
- The scene where Katniss and Gale are talking about leaving... did they accidentally burn all the good takes? Because I know Lawrence can act a lot better than that
- When Snow visits Katniss at the beginning he shows her a hologram of, um, something. Apparently it was her and Gale kissing, but I could not for the life of me tell what it was
- The end was horribly rushed and confusing
- I'm getting really sick of the Crucified Hero Shot, as well as Clean Pretty Reliable CPR
- It's seriously too long. The source material doesn't help - you have the victory tour taking up something like half an hour before the Quarter Quell is even introduced
To end on a positive note (and don't let the rest of this post fool you; I did like it)...
- Johanna went from being my least favorite character in the book to possibly my favorite character in the film
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