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With Part 1 being mostly filler and set-up until the final 10 minutes, it makes sense to wait until Part 1 comes out on iTunes, so we can watch it for the first time on the day of the Part 2 release in theaters. Can anyone change our minds to convince us that Part 1 is worth watching in theaters?.
Nov 21, 2014 · Jennifer Lawrence’s charisma and the the sly excellence of her supporting cast keep “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1” aloft. This third installment in the “Hunger Games” saga (technically chapter three, part one) is a bleak, sometimes dire experience, and not only because it’s the darkest installment yet in an already dark saga, catching dystopian rebels in a beaten-down and ...
Nov 19, 2014 · “Suffice it to say that while ‘Mockingjay, Part 1’ might not be as ... And for a film targeting teen girls, who will be half-watching, ... which thinly spreads a half-hour’s worth of plot ...
Nov 10, 2014 · Like the novel, the screenplay (penned by franchise newcomers Peter Craig and Danny Strong) ably conjoins elements of political thriller, combat movie and mass-media satire, weaving a dense ...
- We all burn together.
- Verdict
By Roth Cornet
Posted: Nov 11, 2014 1:15 am
The Hunger Games was never about The Hunger Games. The first two films and books set the foundation, and one or the other may ultimately emerge as a favorite. It is in Mockingjay, however, that we are able to get to the heart of the series and what it’s exploring: war, rebellion, politics, greed, the dangerous edge of idealism, and, ultimately, human nature. That may sound a bit hyperbolic, given that we’re talking about a young adult series. As someone who appreciates both Suzanne Collins’ books and what director Francis Lawrence, and Gary Ross before him, have brought to the cinematic adaptations, I find that it’s those fundamental investigations that elevate this fable beyond what may have otherwise been just a clever gimmick. This isn’t meant to overstate the matter, it’s just to say that The Hunger Games is very good at being what it is: a worthy YA franchise.
The allegories are broad, as they often are in works of fiction that touch on social commentary and in particular in a narrative that is meant to appeal to adolescents. Yet, they resonate and are all too relatable. Beneath the heightened circumstances, there is the ring of truth. It’s hard to imagine that anyone will ever again compare The Hunger Games films to the Twilight Saga or dismiss them as little more than a pale imitation of Battle Royale. Mockingjay is, of course, fundamentally meant to be an engaging piece of entertainment – and it delivers on that front. However, it’s also a story in which the protagonist can be looked at as not just an unlikely hero, but a deconstruction of what a hero is or is meant to be.
Having escaped – or, in this case, been rescued from – the Games for a second time, Katniss Everdeen finds herself at the center of a rebellion against the Capital. Delivered on a silver platter to the once-hidden District 13 like a prize pig who will still one day be sent to slaughter, a battle-damaged Katniss is expected to fall in line as The Mockingjay; the figurehead of a war she never asked for.
We follow the rebellion through the eyes of the characters we have already come to know and care for. In that way, the film is at once personal and expansive. Both the motivation for, and the cost of this war are personal for each of them. They experience the conflict in a direct and gruesome manner, rather than as an intangible series of statistics rattled off on a television screen humming in the background. The brutality and toll is felt throughout, just as the Games demonstrated the unholy demands of the Capital’s “peace.”
Mockingjay is the fulfillment of the journey that the initial two stories set Katniss Everdeen on. Splitting the book in two means that the first film will inherently feel incomplete. However, this is a strong installment in the franchise. Designed to translate complex notions into a story that works for young adult audiences, The Hunger Games seri...
- Roth Cornet
Nov 19, 2014 · The Hunger Games has always attracted A-team actors. Moore is superb at suggesting the secrets buried in Coin as she plans a revolution beyond the reach of Katniss. And Hoffman, in a final ...
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In Mockingjay Part 1, Suzanne Collins’s dystopian trilogy (or film tetralogy) shifts from the reality-TV-show Hunger Games to war games in earnest. Bombings, battles and military camouflage replace the gaudy costumes and equally gaudy CGI effects that shaped Katniss Everdeen’s journey in the first two films. Displaced from her home district after its total destruction, Katniss and her ...
