Let's Play Now

Rating: 7/10 (7 December 2014)

So, because of a marketing decision, the last book of the series has been divided into two movies, and the audience exploded. Why was it necessary to make it this way? After seeing the first movie, it's perfectly obvious that this is not an epic, but it is not a bad film either. People could argue that we needed to see the transition of our heroine from shell shocked to fully capable of leading the revolution. When you see the first installment, you'll be the judge.
Everything is literally a mess in her world. She has left her beloved behind and is now facing new responsibilities and a different world. She doesn't even know whether who is alive or dead. What becomes obvious is that everyone else seems to be adapting much faster. We go through a similar process than they she went through in the first two films. Learning how to use new weapons, strategies, and adapting to new situations, but this time it is more personal, and it is difficult to know what is really going on.
The pacing is slow, and there is plenty of time to reflect on the recent events; it is also noticeable that both Presidents are very sly political and wartime players. One will discover as the story progresses that not everything is what it seems. It is commendable that we don't need all of those physical training exercises we saw in "Divergent". They revealed nothing about the characters, which remained flat and boring. Here we care about the players involved, we sort of admire the bad guys, too because there is a game going on, and we know they're well matched. Yes, we need to see her catch fire, to explode, so she can reach her full potential, and we already know the ending, but what we don't know is how many twists and surprises there will be until its resolution.
Yes, it is pushing our patience to see what could have a been a much better three hour film unfold this slowly. It wasn't necessary unless we were watching a TV series. It is not a character study, but a young adult thriller, and maybe a year is just too long. What if we just wait a couple of months, or at the most six months, like do on TV. It is just unnecessary torture.