Hunger Games - Character development

After I came out of the cinema from watching the second entry film adaptation of the Hunger Games saga, Catching Fire, I couldn't help to feel an extreme joy to see such a good adaptation to such a marvelous trilogy of books. I was clearly speaking as a fan as I rushed to talk about it with my partner. It turn out he wasn't very impressed; after he saw not long before the first entry on DVD he thought the sci-fi side of it with hovercrafts, high speed trains and the ridiculous outfits of the Capitol were just unnecessary for the story. Fare point if science fictions is not his thing but he did say "...but somehow the characters seem rather different from the first one."

Drawing a smile on my face I went mental and bombarded him with detail that were cut out of the films to fit the time scale, but certainly added something extra to the development of the characters. 

The main characters notoriously react to all the events that happen in the first entry and acted in their own particular ways which gave way to the creation of their personalities. I realised that this is something that happens in most stories in which the main character faces a problem or obstacle to achieve some desired. In this case it was surviving itself, which in fair true is nothing new and is frecuently compared to the book Battle Royale by Koushun Takami in 1999 by having a similar concept. I've only seen the film but not read the book therefore I don't feel in position to say whether or not is true.

All I can see in this film adaptation is a fantastic cast embodying the characters to their best. 

My personal favourite is Effie as she's a character that was raised outside the environment of most of the main characters, yet she develops attachment and a realisation that her side is doing wrong. In the first entry of the film she reflects only her interests and she seems excited about the celebration of the Hunger Games, yet in the second one she has to fake a mask to put up in
front of the cameras, but her true feelings have already changed.

The main character Katniss has a different develpment, as from the beggining she's already strong and independant. After she enters to the Hunger Games her perseption changes due to the cruelty she's exposed. By the second entry she's numb and confused, yet her determination of protecting her love ones is greater than herself. 

Other characters are interesting as well, including the drunk Haymitch, and ex champion of the hunger games, who starts cold and gives a crap about what happens to anyone, yet later on he develops a close relationship (even thought he hides it) and tries to help.