The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (5/10)

12 March, 2015 Bart Hartgring 0 Comments 0 categories

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Fire burns brighter in the darkness

2014Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Overview

Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.

Metadata

Title The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Director Francis Lawrence

Director of Photography —

Producer —

Runtime 2 h 03 min

Certification PG-13

Release Date 21 November 2014

Tagline Fire burns brighter in the darkness

IMDb Id tt1951265

Homepage http://www.thehungergamesexplorer.com/us/epk/mockingjay-part1

Actors

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Willow Shields, Sam Claflin, Elizabeth Banks, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Jena Malone, Jeffrey Wright, Paula Malcomson, Stanley Tucci, Natalie Dormer, Evan Ross, Elden Henson, Wes Chatham, Sarita Choudhury, Stef Dawson, Patina Miller, Robert Knepper, Caitlin Fowler, Jada Taylor, Nicholas Pryor, Donna Biscoe, Michael Garza, Erika Bierman, Tyler Lee Allen, Bill Bennett, Stephen Mackenzie Brown, Marshall Choka, Kirk Crenshaw

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Trailer

The Hunger Games part 2½… I hope Hollywood stops this trend of two-part finales soon.

As far as I can see this movie is two hours without any meaningful progress in the storyline whatsoever. The average TV soap opera wouldn’t even drag this out so long.

The only thing this movie highlights in terms of the plot, is that Katniss Everdeen is a ‘reluctant heroine’. But in doing so, what it really exposes is that Katniss is actually fairly irrelevant; she is just a pretty girl getting used as a pawn in someone else’s game.

A disappointing installment, and in my opinion does more damage than good to the franchise. I’d suspect skipping it altogether and just watching the real finale won’t be a problem in terms of plot at all.