MockingJay Part 1

It’s been a while since the debut of The Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Pt. 1, but I decided I would blog about it now. It seemed to be really popular and get a lot of attention in my area and there was even a midnight and special 8pm the night before the world premiere release at my local theatre and it’s still currently showing even though it’s been almost a month since its original debut. For many people who didn’t read the books, it definitely had some parts that would take people by surprise and I could even hear some audible gasps from the audience which were indicative of who had read the books and who hadn’t. I am a fan of the actors Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson. They both played their parts really well even though some parts of the movie felt kind of cheesy to me. But to be fair it is kind of hard to make such an over the top movie like this without it coming off as cheesy.

Something that might make some people upset, as it certainly made me was the fact that it is indeed split up into two movies. Even if it made sense for literary purposes to split the movie into two, it is annoying to be left on a cliff hanger especially if you’re someone who hasn’t read the books and don’t know what’s going to happen next. (Some spoilers here) To me this movie doesn’t really have a clear ending that really wrapped up the movie. The ending scene of the movie is a large group of people deciding that they are going to go do something. They are all cheering and it definitely makes you excited to see what they do. However then the movie just ends. It leaves you thinking, “Wait, why would they end the movie right there? I want to see what happens next.” The second movie also had this problem as that ended with them saving Katniss but then taking her to district 13 and leaving many of the plot points still open and many questions still unanswered. To me making this movie into two parts is just another way for the companies to make more profit on ticket sales, merchandise, and even tempting people who haven’t read the books to buy a copy and find out what happens next.

Forgetting about how the movie was split into two, I really liked the movie. All of the hunger games movies have been really good. This one was kind of different from the other movies as there was no actual hunger games in this one. This movie just focuses around Katniss leading the revolution and getting people to fight with them. It was really cool to see the way the different districts rebelled and how they grouped together. The promotional videos in the film felt very real. They were very emotional and felt like they were actually trying to get people to join a revolution.

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