Not as Fast Paced or Intense as the Previous Installments,but a Good Warm Up for the Finale,

Rating: 8/10 (13 December 2014)

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1 is a great movie with a very well developed storyline and a fantastic cast.Its still an enjoyable movie but it is certainly not as good as Hunger Games or Catching Fire,it suffers from the very same thing Deathly Hallows did,they made the first part very slow paced in order to save all the really good stuff for the finale.There is some action in this,but all the really intense stuff has clearly been saved for Mockingjay: Part 2,but I don't think that's entirely a bad thing,because they get through a lot of important things as regards to character development and building up to the finale which honestly would have taken up a lot of time had Mockingjay been one movie.The performances are certainly the highlight this time around,some characters who didn't get a chance to shine in the previous two do in this,Jennifer Lawrence is brilliant as usual,we get to see a lot more Gale,played by Liam Hemsworth,who I honestly had very little care for previously,but in this they made him a genuinely interesting character,I also had little sympathy as regards to Elizabeth Banks on the past,but she shines in this as she takes off her make up and we get to see her character more for who she truly is,returning performances from Woody Harrelson,Josh Hutcherson,Donald Sutherland and the late great Phillip Seymour Hoffman are also very much appreciated,and a great new character played by the amazing Julianne Moore.Suffers significantly from slow pace and little action,but Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 1 is still a really great movie that shouldn't be missed by the fans.
Spoilers ahead if you haven't seen the previous two Hunger Games
After the destruction of District 12,Katniss must relocate to District 13,where President Coin and Plutarch Heavensbee convince her to become the symbol of the rebellion at the hopes of rescuing Peeta.
Best Performance: Jennifer Lawrence Worst Performance: Jeffrey Wright