The Hunger Games - Catching Fire

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Movie
German title The Hunger Games - Catching Fire
Original title The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 146 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 12
Rod
Director Francis Lawrence
script Simon Beaufoy
Michael Arndt
production Nina Jacobson
Jon Kilik
music James Newton Howard
camera Jo Willems
cut Alan Edward Bell
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The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games

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The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1

The Hunger Games - Catching Fire (original title: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ) is an American dystopian science fiction - adventure film , based on the book The Hunger Games - Dangerous Love by Suzanne Collins is based. It is the second of four parts and the follow -up to The Hunger Games - The Hunger Games . The film was directed by Lionsgate produced, Francis Lawrence directed from a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt . The film opened in German cinemas on November 21, 2013.

action

The film begins a few months after the 74th Hunger Games . Ever since Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark won the games together against the rules of the Capitol, they have been the permanent focus of the angry President Snow. The staged story of the “tragic lovers” alone serves both as life insurance and protection against the capitol's revenge. At the beginning of the film, Katniss meets her hunting companion Gale in the forest, where they jointly consider how to escape the Capitol. It becomes clear that Katniss is severely traumatized by the Hunger Games. Instead of a turkey, she sees a tribute that she shot, causing her to collapse. At home, Katniss receives an unexpected visit from President Snow, who informs her of the raging unrest and uprisings in other districts for which he blames Katniss. These were only triggered by their irregular behavior in the Hunger Games. Snow threatens Katniss to take revenge on her family if she fails to calm the rebels on the upcoming “Tour of the Victors” through the districts. But the uprisings continue to spread and Peeta's media-effective marriage proposal to Katniss does not improve her situation.

Snow consults with the new playmaker Plutarch Heavensbee, who has volunteered as the successor to the executed Seneca Crane, what to do against the rebellion and its hopeful Katniss Everdeen. On Heavensbee's advice, the pressure on residents in the districts is increased. A stricter police system will be introduced in District 12, the black market will be burned down, and any violation of the law will be punished with flogging or executions. When these measures did not achieve the desired effect either, Snow decided on a new rule for the forthcoming 75th Hunger Games (the third “jubilee”): This year's tributes will be selected from the existing circle of winners. This is to eliminate all winners who are a threat in Snow's eyes, but especially Katniss. Katniss makes her last year's mentor Haymitch promise to keep Peeta alive. She wants to sacrifice herself so that Peeta can survive.

Katniss and Haymitch from District 12 will be drawn to move into the arena. However, Peeta volunteers for Haymitch, so like last year Katniss and Peeta are the tributes for District 12. During the usual round of introductions on Caesar Flickerman's TV show, several tributes complain that they were betrayed by the Capitol, after all they had been promised to live the rest of their lives in peace if they won, and openly show their anger. Katniss appears in a white wedding dress at Snow's orders, but her stylist Cinna has changed it so that a black mocking booby costume appears underneath when Katniss turns with it. The mocking booby, a kind of songbird, has become a symbol of rebellion; Katniss' appearance is a clear affront to the Capitol.

Despite all opposing voices, the games take place. Shortly before the start of the game, Katniss has to watch as Cinna is brutally beaten up by peacekeepers and taken away. Immediately afterwards Katniss finds herself on her podium in the arena. It is surrounded by water, the surrounding land is overgrown by jungle. The tributes swim to the cornucopia and are already fighting their first fights. Katniss and her new ally Finnick Odair from District 4 get weapons and disappear into the jungle with Peeta and the 80-year-old Mags from Finnick's district. A multitude of dangers lurk there: When Peeta touches the force field that surrounds the arena, he suffers a cardiac arrest, but Finnick manages to reanimate him. Shortly afterwards, the group is surprised by a poisonous mist that corrodes all living things; Mags sacrifices himself so that Finnick and Katniss can save the injured Peeta. When they are attacked by a wild pack of monkeys, they save themselves on the beach by the cornucopia. There they meet the ax fighter Johanna Mason from District 7, the engineer Beetee and Wiress (both from District 3), who also ally with them. Wiress is in shock, but has still recognized the arena system. The arena is divided into twelve segments. At a certain time, a trap is triggered in a certain segment, for example the caustic fog. After an hour, the next trap is triggered in the next sector clockwise. After they both recognized the hourly system of the arena, they are attacked by the careeros from districts 1 and 2, whereby Wiress dies.

Beetee developed the plan to direct lightning that hit a tree every twelve hours with a wire into the wet sand, thus eliminating the career tribute. Johanna and Katniss lay the wire when they are attacked. Johanna injures Katniss in the arm, smeared her with her blood, implores her to stay where she is and disappears, pursued by the attackers. Katniss follows the wire back to the tree and finds Beetee unconscious. She ties the wire to her arrow and, as lightning strikes, shoots it into the force field above the arena. The resulting short circuit deactivates the force field and the system in the playmaker's control room collapses. President Snow, who is watching the collapse, then establishes the disappearance of Plutarch Heavensbee.

A hovercraft brings the half-unconscious Katniss out of the arena. A little later she comes to, next to her lies the unconscious beetea. In the cockpit she finds her mentor Haymitch, Finnick Odair and playmaker Heavensbee during a consultation. Katniss learns that there was a plan from the beginning to rescue her from the arena in order to advance the revolution that is emanating from District 13, which is believed to have been destroyed. Half of the tributes knew; Johanna Mason had cut the Capitol tracker ( tracking transmitter ) from Katniss's arm during her apparent attack . However, Peeta and Johanna were captured by the Capitol. Katniss accuses Haymitch of breaking his promise to keep Peeta alive and goes mad at Haymitch. Heavensbee narcotizes them. When she wakes up, Gale is sitting next to her. He says he was able to save her family in District 13 before District 12 was completely destroyed by the Capitol incendiary bombs.

production

Production preparation

On August 8, 2011, Lionsgate announced that it would also film the second volume of The Hunger Games trilogy, Dangerous Love . Since the screenwriters Ross and Collins were still busy with the post-production of the first film, they could not, as originally planned, write the book for the second part. Lionsgate therefore negotiated with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy in November 2011 about the terms of a film adaptation of Dangerous Love . Ross would still direct the sequel.

In January 2012, Ross and Beaufoy officially signed for their positions as director and screenwriter respectively . In April 2012, however, it was announced that Gary Ross would not direct the second part of the trilogy because he could not make the film he would like due to tight schedules. On May 3, 2012, Francis Lawrence was hired to direct. Michael Arndt also worked on the script alongside Beaufoy.

The film was partly shot in IMAX format. A budget of 130 million US dollars was available for the film to be realized.

Casting

Woody Harrelson revealed in November 2011 that he had already signed for four films, suggesting that one of the books would be filmed in two parts. This was later confirmed, the third part of the series, Mockingjay , was split into two parts. The Hollywood Reporter stated that Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth signed on for the entire series. There was a lot of speculation about the cast of the roles Finnick , Johanna and Plutarch Heavensbee in particular. Lucas Till , Armie Hammer , Taylor Kitsch and Garrett Hedlund had auditioned for the role of Finnick . Eventually Sam Claflin got the role. Jena Malone had already received the role of Johanna and Philip Seymour Hoffman the role of Plutarch Heavensbee. In addition to Malone, Mia Wasikowska and Zoe Aggeliki had also shown interest in the role. On July 17, 2012, it was confirmed that Amanda Plummer would join the cast as Wiress .

In addition, Lynn Cohen as Mags and Alan Ritchson as Gloss and, most recently, Jeffrey Wright for the role of Beetee were confirmed in August 2012 .

Filming

In April 2012 it was announced that filming should begin in August 2012. In the run-up, there had been scheduling problems with the shooting of the sequel to X-Men: First Decision , planned for fall 2012 , in which Jennifer Lawrence also had a role.

Filming finally began in and around Atlanta on September 10, 2012 and continued after the January holiday break. The production team traveled to Hawaii to film in the arena , where most of the scenes were filmed with IMAX cameras. For the District 12 scenes at the beginning of the film, Lawrence and Hemsworth were shooting in New Jersey in January and February 2013 . Filming was finished in April 2013.

music

In October 2012, James Newton Howard was confirmed as the composer for the film's soundtrack. Coldplay was announced as the first artist with the song Atlas , which was released worldwide on September 6, 2013. On September 26, 2013, Christina Aguilera announced on Twitter that she was featured on the soundtrack with the song We Remain . In addition to the two, Imagine Dragons with Who We Are , Lorde with the cover song Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Ellie Goulding with Mirror are there. The soundtrack was released on November 15 in Germany and on November 19, 2013 in the United States.

Cast and dubbing

actor role Voice actor
Jennifer Lawrence Katniss Everdeen Maria Koschny
Josh Hutcherson Peeta Mellark Ricardo Richter
Liam Hemsworth Gale Hawthorne Leonhard Mahlich
Woody Harrelson Haymitch Abernathy Thomas Nero Wolff
Elizabeth Banks Effie Trinket Cathlen Gawlich
Sam Claflin Finnick Odair Patrick Roche
Jena Malone Johanna Mason Janin Stenzel
Jeffrey Wright Beetee Olaf Reichmann
Philip Seymour Hoffman Plutarch Heavensbee Oliver Stritzel
Donald Sutherland President Snow Jürgen Kluckert
Stanley Tucci Caesar Flickerman Lutz Mackensy
Lenny Kravitz Cinna Robert Glatzeder
Willow Shields Primrose "Prim" Everdeen Valentina Bonalana
Paula Malcomson Mrs. Everdeen Silke Matthias
Lynn Cohen Mags (mute)
Amanda Plummer Wiress Denise Gorzelanny
Nelson Ascencio Flavius Frank Schaff
Bruce Bundy Octavia Svantje washer
Toby Jones Claudius Templesmith Stefan Krause
Stef Dawson Annie Cresta Verena Mehnert
Megan Hayes Morfixer
Patrick St. Esprit Commander thread
Wilbur Fitzgerald Commander Cray Rudiger Evers
Meta Golding Enobaria
Bruno Gunn Brutus
Alan Ritchson Gloss Jeffrey Wipprecht
Stephanie Leigh Schlund Cashmere
E. Roger Mitchell Chaff
Maria Howell Seeder
Bobby Jordan Blight
Elena Sanchez Cecelia
John Casino Woof

marketing

On November 16, 2012, an announcement trailer ran in the opening act for Breaking Dawn - Until (s) until the end of the night - Part 2 , in which the logo of the film could also be seen. In the January 11, 2013 edition of Entertainment Weekly , there was a preview of the film including some pictures from the film. On February 22nd, two posters with Katniss and Peeta were published on Facebook and Hitfix.

reception

success

With a production cost of 130 million US dollars, the film grossed 847.7 million US dollars worldwide as of January 15, 2014. The film grossed $ 158.07 million on the opening weekend in the United States, breaking the November sales record for New Moon - Until (s) noon . In addition, the film had the sixth best theatrical release of all time, only Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 , Iron Man 3 and Marvel's The Avengers and the two Dark Knight films were more successful.

After just eight days, the film raised over 250 million US dollars in the USA (only The Dark Knight and the Avengers could beat that), after twelve days over 300 million US dollars (4th place after the Avengers and the two Dark Knights Films), $ 350 million after 23 days (6th place). and $ 400 million after 42 days (5th place), almost twice as fast as its predecessor, which exceeded this mark after 80 days. The film ranks fourth among the most successful films of 2013. In early December 2013, the film broke another record. Catching Fire grossed $ 110 million over a Thanksgiving weekend. The previous record was $ 82.4 million and was set by Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2001 .

In Germany, 1.18 million viewers went to the cinema and gave the film the second best theatrical release of 2013. In 2013, 3,445,183 visitors were counted at the German box offices nationwide, making the film the 5th place for the most visited films of the year.

The Hunger Games - Catching Fire ranks 74th in the list of the most successful films without inflation adjustment (as of August 8, 2020).

Reviews

The film received mostly positive reviews. In the Rotten Tomatoes criticism collection , the film received a positive rating from 89 percent of the reviewers .

The Austrian Youth Media Commission highlighted the “solidarity against totalitarian rule” and the “rebellion against injustice” as positive. Compassion and humanity would be “conveyed as something positive”. The “social and media-critical aspect of reality TV shows ” could provide “interesting material for discussion”.

On the one hand, David Kleingers criticized the lack of originality on Spiegel Online , because "Collins' design for it is too obviously based on familiar models from science fiction that is critical of civilization and authority." On the other hand, the film combines "great melodrama with offensive media satire and shows that." State-supporting gladiator game as a sadistic culmination of the casting show phenomenon ”. Kleingers praised the "harmonious cast" and especially Jennifer Lawrence for her "imposing" and "unmistakable" portrayal of the protagonist, an involuntary "light figure of the lumpen proletariat " and " Marianne of an aesthetic rebellion"; she is "almost present in every scene" and "as Katniss only needs one look to believably move from paralyzing despair to quiet determination". The film is "like its predecessor, far better ... than it should actually be", as it "does not consider its young target audience to be stupid and, regardless of the entertainment dictates, adopts an attitude that can also inspire beyond puberty."

In the daily newspaper , Andreas Busche described the film as a "somewhat indecisive centerpiece of the currently market-leading blockbuster trilogy". It falls “into two parts, with the first clearly leaving him [director Francis Lawrence] more creative freedom than the second, which just varies the setting of the predecessor a little more elaborately”. The first half gives the story "a social profile". Overall, the trilogy is "carved from a harder cloth than the other youth book adaptations", since it describes "a more complex social concept than most Hollywood franchises".

Manohla Dargis found the film "consistently extremely satisfactory" in the New York Times ; it comes “packed with special effects and action scenes” and is “embellished with the usual character actors whose names have brand effects”. It works because it reaches the fine point at which “classic myths meet the fears of the time”, and thus develops “into an overwhelming pop phenomenon”. This time, director Lawrence gave the film a "rougher, less sentimental mood". So be Catching Fire Although "no work of art", but a "capable, at times exciting movie."

In the New York Observer , Rex Reed criticized the film as "exaggerated, overproduced, outrageously over-budgeted and completely pointless" and saw in it "nothing but recycled ideas and dull CGI effects that seemed fresh and exciting the first time, but now with the energy of an old horse ”hobbled around. Catching Fire is "so boring that not even the bad guys are fun"; the actors are "all equally terrible".

Awards and nominations

MTV Movie Awards 2014

  • Award in the Best Film category
  • Award in the category Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence
  • Award for Best Actor for Josh Hutcherson
  • Nomination for Best Villain for Donald Sutherland
  • Nomination in the Best Topless Appearance category for Sam Claflin
  • Best Fight Scene nomination for Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Sam Claflin vs. Mutant Monkeys
  • Nomination for Best Film Transformation for Elizabeth Banks

Saturn Award ceremony 2014

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2014

Hollywood Film Festival 2013

Golden canvas

  • Award for 3 million visitors in Germany

Sequels

Lionsgate announced in the summer of 2012 that the third part of the novel series would be split into two films. Danny Strong said in December 2012 that he would be writing the script for the third and fourth films. Francis Lawrence re-directed these two films. In Germany, The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1 started on November 20, 2014, Mockingjay Part 2 on November 19, 2015.

Web links

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