Jacob GallaherDr. GeorgeEnglish IV – 5th3 March 2014Catching Fire, Catching OnIt's not uncommon for sequels to a series to be bad or not as good as the first. Typically, it's just a failed effort to make more money. “Catching Fire,” the second book in the “Hunger Games” series, proves this point completely false. “Catching Fire” does a wonderful job of keeping the audience on the edge of their seats, especially at the end of the film, for more. The film begins with Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) hunting outside of her neighborhood. Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth) approaches Katniss, surprising her. "Katniss has her sights set on a turkey, but at the last moment she has a vision of a boy she had to kill in 'The Hunger Games' - a District One homage, an arrow piercing her heart" (Roeper). Katniss falls to the ground, shivering from her visions of the Hunger Games. Gale calms her down, reassuring her that everything is fine and that she is no longer in the arena. Later, Petta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) and Katniss, along with Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson), travel from district to district giving speeches and celebrating with others. However, there is a major change in events in District 11. During Katniss's speech, one of the members of District 11 gave the well-known sign of respect to Katniss. It is made by pressing three middle fingers to the lips and then holding it out to the person. Within seconds, the peacekeepers (law enforcement) grabbed the old man, brought him to the side and shot him in the head in front of the entire crowd. Haymitch rushes Katniss and Petta inside. He explains to them both that something important is happening and that they need to keep a low profile. Fast forward a bit and... middle of paper ... hits this point right on target, "Suzanne Collins' three novels, which will be spread across four films, are adapted with fidelity to the source material in mind." All “Catching Fire” had to do was show up, look good and make no mistakes to succeed. Hunger Games enthusiasts are so blinded by their obsession with the series that "Catching Fire" could have been a horribly made film, but would still be adored by its fans. Being a fan of the Hunger Games series, I may be a little biased, but the majority of the press agrees with me. “Catching Fire” was a well-made film. It's that simple. They did a great job with adding new characters, better special effects and a new director. As you can see, all of these additions helped create a great movie, and I can't wait for the next movie in the series to come out. "The Hunger Games: The Mockingjay.”