A boring prelude to the (hopefully coming soon) action...

Rating: 4/10 (29 April 2015)

I started out this franchise not really caring for the characters or the story but "Catching Fire" did a fairly decent job of hooking me in. I was actually pretty excited for this onebut I was a bit let down with it.
"Mockingjay – Part 1" is darker in tone and its political themes are nice but the film just feels like filler and a prelude to the real action. I appreciate how this one is basically gearing up for some big drama, conflict and action but it made for a film that feels like an extended first act of a bigger film. Add in that Katniss is not fully badass yet and spends most of her time blubbering and the fact the film is actively NOT showing action scenes and the final result is just a boring film that is sluggishly drawing itself out in order to potentially maximize Box Office Revenue. It's functional and serves a purpose but to be an entire film, it just felt like a boring waste of time.