Intense from beginning to end

Rating: 9/10 (7 December 2013)

The movie felt like 5 hours because so much was happening, and I mean that in a good way. I felt so many emotions in the nearly 2 and a half hours that I was watching it that it felt like a much longer movie.
This movie has a lot more depth and themes running through it than the previous one did. They really showed emotions and the psychological aftermath of everything the Hunger Games does to the survivor.
Reading the negative reviews posted by some of the critics I have to say that they haven't really used all of their senses when they watched the movie and that's why they seemed to think that it was dry or that the dialogue was lacking. Or perhaps they haven't watched the first movie at all or were unable to keep track of the various key turning points. In any case don't let the negative reviews put you off.
In this movie you get revolution, dissent, rebellion, courage, fear, real hurt and terrorism. You get psychological damages affecting the different actors, you get problems in love. Probably not a good movie to watch if you cant keep up with more than one theme or problem at a time.
The acting was quite good given the heavy demands made on the characters, the story was presented clearly. Thank God this wasn't in 3D.
All in all it was an intense and emotional movie. I loved it.