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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Review part 4

The story.  It pretty much picks up with Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) in the hands of revolutionaries while Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) is being held in the capital.  The rebels are led by President Coin (Julianne Moore) and Plutarch Heavensbee (Phillip Seymore Hoffman) with help from security heavy Boggs (Mahershala Ali.  He was in the 4400.  I thought he looked familiar.  The image I pulled from one of our novelty t shirts).  They want her to be their spokesperson but Katniss wants nothing to do with it until she sees Peeta on the TV pitching how great President Snow is or something (Snow is Donald Sutherland and is great).  She agrees to help them as long as they rescue Peeta.  She goes out into battle and gets filmed bitching about how evil the Capital is (no argument here) while up to her knees in the burnt corpses of her former friends and neighbors.  Show proves how evil he is by bombing a hospital and then the revolutionary base.  A team is sent in to rescue Peeta and when he gets back they find the bad guys messed with his mind.

You know when you add it up that’s not a lot of events for 123 minutes.  They really were stretching this out into two epics.  At least they aren’t calling it the Hunger Games Saga.  So do I recommend you see it?  If you saw the first two (or read the books) absolutely.  If you didn’t you will be lost without a paddle.  Very little will make sense starting with who is this chick and why is she cool with going into battle against modern soldiers armed with a bow and arrow.  This film does not stand alone well.  Honestly my recommendation means very little for movies like this because either you are inclined to go or not.  There is no middle ground for someone who saw the first two films but is on the fence for this one.  I will say if you are dating someone who is into the Hunger Games it is well worth your time.  She will love it and if you watch the first two on streaming (or just skim the Wikipedia story synapses) you will probably develop a connection or something like that with her.  Let me know what that is like.  Bathroom break?  Go when Haymitch is telling Katniss about the Peeta rescue.  That’s when I went.

Thanks for reading.  I have Dumb and Dumber To to do tomorrow.  Follow me on Twitter, like me on Facebook (and in real life please.  I have serious self esteem issues), etc.  Talk to you soon.

The Infamous Dave Inman

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