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Jul 05, 2016chriscoleman rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It's hard to give this film three stars, but there it is. The Hunger Games trilogy consists of Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and the third novel broken into Mockingjay 1 and Mockingjay 2. The last novel should never have been split across two films. Greed kind of ruined it. You could skip this film entirely and watch Mockingjay 2 and still not miss much. Most of the filler is in this half. It starts out with the last scene from Catching Fire in which Peeta is captured by the Capitol and Katniss is saved by Haymitch and Plutarch. She's taken to District 13 where she becomes the symbol of the rebellion, the Mockingjay. It's clear that Plutarch and the rebellion's military leader, President Coin, have their own agenda. Katniss's only agenda is to get Peeta back. The film ends just as they succeed in saving Peeta and he tries to kill Katniss, strangling her with such force her throat is almost crushed. Then comes Mockingjay 2 which totally makes up for the lameness of part 1.