Catching Fire

On the Victory Tour, President Snow threatens Katniss's family and demands she convince the districts the berries were about love. It doesn't work: uprisings spread, and not even her TV engagement to Peeta calms anyone down. Snow announces the third Quarter Quell, with tributes reaped from past victors. Katniss and Peeta go back into the arena and team up with Finnick Odair, Johanna Mason, Beetee and Wiress. They figure out the arena works like a clock. In the end, Katniss uses Beetee's wire and an arrow to hit the force field, and the arena blows apart. She wakes up on a hovercraft: Plutarch Heavensbee, Haymitch and several tributes were part of a plan to save her. Peeta was captured by the Capitol. Gale tells her District 12 is gone.

1. ChangeNo Bonnie and Twill

   In the book, Katniss meets two runaways from District 8 in the woods, Bonnie and Twill, who tell her what's going on in the other districts. The movie drops them.

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2. ChangeWhat happens to Darius

   In the book, Gale's friend Darius, a Peacekeeper, is punished by being turned into a tongueless Avox. Katniss later sees him serving in the Capitol. The movie skips it.

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3. ChangeThe fence goes live again

   In the book, the Capitol switches the District 12 fence back on, and Katniss gets stuck outside after hunting. The movie skips that and the tougher new rules.

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4. ChangeBread with a hidden message

   In the book, the bread sent into the arena is a code: the district it comes from and the number of rolls set the day and hour of a plan. The movie leaves that clue out.

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5. ChangeCaesar becomes the narrator

   In the book, Caesar Flickerman shows up rarely, but at key moments. In the movie, he gets news-desk scenes and calls the Quarter Quell like a sporting event.

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