The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
3 1/2 out of 5 Revolutionary Stars
“Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!”
Where to start with this one...
Well, first off, I love the first Hunger Games book, and like the rest of the series too. Ir has a very nice progression throughout it and I like when there's an overall arc to a story. The first two movies, Hunger Games and Catching Fire, stay very true to the book, and add in phenomenal actors like Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson (and some good scenes with Liam Hemsworth in Mockingjay) and you're bound to have some amazing films. The talent of the actors and the story line are what makes this series such a big hit. However, while Mockingjay is a good movie, I was a little disappointed and that's because all the films these days wanna pull off a Harry Potter. To clarify, Harry Potter split up the last movie, Deathly Hallows, into two separate films. Now, this is an almost 800-page book filled with action and suspense and intense plot lines. To get the full impact of the book transposed for a film, it had to be split, and neither Part 1 nor Part 2 disappoints. And since Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2 were such a big hit, Twilight decided to split up the fourth movie also. Which is a complete fail. I admit to seeing both, and Breaking Dawn Part 1 put me to sleep and Part 2 was filled with complete nonsense, even more than I expected when I sat down to watch it. Which is saying a lot 'cause I didn't really expect anything good from it to begin with. Now Mockingjay has been split into two parts, and while Part 1 was nice to watch and did have some very emotional scenes, I left the theater wondering if it was really worth the $12 to see it. Plus the third Divergent book, Alligent, is also being split up. The first movie almost put me to sleep, although I did like the novel. The trailer for Insurgent isn't so great, to put it nicely, and not sure how the third book being split is going to be a good idea, since it isn't too great to start off with. Anyway, back to the topic at hand:
“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.”
Mockingjay Part 1 is a nice movie to watch, but it's a filibuster. Plain and simple. It's a way for the producers to make more money, and there is no reason to have the third book (all 380-something pages) divided into two parts. It's a nice set up, but not needed, and now we need to wait another year to watch the resolution with the incredible actress Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen. You can always read the book to find out what happens, but I wanna see it on the big screen. I just wish movies would stop being split into two parts, that it will only happen when it's actually needed (like Harry Potter). But alas, the world is a greedy place and I don't see that happening.
“What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.”
So, if you've been keeping up with the movies and really like them, then Mockingjay Part 1 is probably worth seeing. If you've been on the fence about seeing it you might wanna wait until next year to watch Mockingjay Part 1 and 2 back to back. It's hard to say on this film, because once the movie ends, you're really going to want to watch Part 2. Let's just hope that the producers really did save the best for last.
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