The Hunger Games: MockingJay- Part 1

The Hunger Games: MockingJay- Part 1

Rating 6 out of 10

I read the first two Hunger Games books by Susanne Collins.   I enjoyed both books.  I started book III MockingJay and lost interest about half way.  Intended to finish it but never did.  I kinda had the same feeling with the movies.  I didn't think this was a bad movie.  Just very slow.  There may be alot of action in the rebels led by Katness Everdeen overtaking the evil empire.  It's not in this movie.  A movie pet peeve of mine is when previews for the film portray it in a manner that you find to be incorrect.  That is the case here.  When you watch the trailer it looks like an action packed movie.  It absolutely is not.  There is a five second scene in the trailer that shows Katness shooting down an airplane with her bow and arrow.  That is basically all the action you will see in this two hour movie.

Lions Gate Films did with MockingJay as they did with the Twilight films in splitting the finale into two movies to get more information in and more money out.  MockingJay Part I is the buildup to the big show down.  You get a good bit of information and the acting is good.  If you have invested your time into the first two Hunger Game movies you pretty much have to see this one.

I was mildly entertained with this movie even though I saw it when I was very tired and nearly fell asleep in the slowest part.  It's not the best movie of the series so far.  Just necessary to get to the end of the story.