The Greed Games

Rating: 5/10 (28 August 2015)

Suzanne Collins, the author of The Hunger Games series, did an incredible job creating the story of Katniss Everdeen. Lionsgate brought the books to life, and the first two films were a success – until Hollywood became greedy.
The final book of the series, Mockingjay, was announced to be split into two films. This turned out to be a poor decision.
When I was sitting in the cinema, I had thoughts about leaving the cinema which is new for me. Of course, as I've read the books, I felt like I couldn't – I had to know whether it would improve in the last hour. To me, the whole movie appeared as a preview of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. There was hardly any action at all, and Katniss (portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence) just seemed to be crying for half of the movie. We all know Jennifer Lawrence is better than that, and the script given to her didn't show all of her talents. The ending was dull, and I'm unsure whether it was predictable as I read the book before going to see the movie.
All I can say is hopefully the final film will make up for this one with tons of action scenes and shocking twists, possibly even a twist for those who read the book first.