“If this is to end in fire, then we shall all burn together.” Sound familiar? The above quotation comes from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which came out last year. Now, appearing in the latest and final trailer for Mockingjay, Part 1, we have Katniss saying this: I have a message for President Snow: if we…
“Our Leader the Mockingjay”. The first official Mockingjay Teaser Trailer was released online (it was previously shown to an audience at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday) about an hour and a half ago. Now everyone can see it, and it’s beautiful. Watch it for yourselves below, but stay here for some commentary afterwards! (Don’t forget to watch…
Critics say yes. Audience reviews and Twitter reactions say yes. The box office numbers say yes. I say yes. There are two ways that we can answer this question. First, is Catching Fire a better movie? Second, is Catching Fire a better adaptation? Both are valid questions, and both answers are still yes, in my opinion.…
Two sides are at war. Battles are televised. Interviews with each side are televised. You watch them. You hang on to every word. But you don’t really know, deep down, who to trust. You don’t know who the real enemy is. You only know what your parents tell you, and what their parents told them.…
Tonight, after the fourth inning of the World Series, a glimpse was released of another upcoming game: the Quarter Quell edition of the Hunger Games. That’s right, folks—the third and final trailer of Catching Fire was released tonight, and in it, we see quite a lot that we haven’t seen before. Watch the trailer for…
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has a new song for its yet-to-come soundtrack. “Atlas” by Coldplay was released on Friday, and this song, even after my first or second listen, increased my excitement for the new Catching Fire movie by leaps and bounds—which I didn’t think was even possible, considering how excited I am for…
So far, there have been numerous images released promoting the new Catching Fire movie, slated for release on November 22nd, 2013. However, only two teaser trailers have been released so far. The first was released in April and the second in July. Before I saw these trailers, I admittedly had a few concerns. The Hunger…
Upon finishing reading The Hunger Games, I was about as reluctant to continue reading the series as I was to start the series, for mostly the same reasons. The dystopian setting. Kids killing kids. The hopelessness of their existence. And yet, this afternoon, I was struck with a sudden resolve to read Catching Fire, the…