Slow paced, but still worth it

Rating: 7/10 (21 November 2014)

In all honesty, this was my least favourite out of the 3 films so far. I think mainly because it was slow and not as action packed. The film mainly seems to be Katniss doing propaganda. I just didn't feel as engaged with the first 2. I also would have liked to see more of the actual rescue of the victors. And I think they should have separated the rescue from Finnick's speech. It's a really important speech (as it talks about things like the secret behind Snow's roses) and I felt like it got overshadowed by the rescue mission. I mean, how many people were really paying a lot of attention to what Finnick was saying. I could see a lot of non-book fans (who wouldn't know what to look for) possibly missing it.
I also thought the CGI done to Josh could have been a bit better. One scene in particular he looked to bobblehead-y to me. Like, it just looked a little fake to me.
The scene where Katniss kisses Gale came off really cheesy to me. Especially the line that Gale said about how Katniss only notices him when he's in pain. Liam's delivery of it wasn't the greatest either.
But overall I still liked it. I thought the scene where *Spoiler* Peeta chokes Katniss was pretty damn intense. Maybe not as intense as that one Gone Girl scene (*spoilers for that movie* the one where Amy slits Desi's throat) but wowpretty messed up. Had me on the edge of my seat. I also thought Jennifer was again really good in this. My favourite scene/line from her was definitely the "If We burn, You burn with us!" .
The film definitely built the framework for the next movie. Which has got me really excited to see that one.