Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) by Ryeca — 23 Nov 2014

This movie was bad. I haven't read the books, nor will I ever read them if they have anything in common with the movie other than the title. Don't waste your time or money.

The movie is boring and the logic of the battles and their world is absurd and will bother you. It seems like it was written by a child who was too lazy to even read Sun Tzu. The social commentary is weak at best, and everybody in the movie is so stupid you pretty much want them all to die.

Can we talk about the names? I couldn't concentrate on the bad dialogue because the names were too distracting. Catnis? Katnips? Catnitz? Peta? PETA?! Pita? Pedo? PanAm?!?! The world is named after Pan American airlines? WTF. Gail? Gale? Named after wind?

Most of the movie is Catneets crying because she is frustrated about boys and can't journal about it or something, and then one of her guys gets turned into Gollum in the end. Spoiler. That's pretty much the whole thing. Also, some dudes run up a tree because leaves are, apparently, bulletproof.

There's a cat in the movie. People laughed at the cat. People love cats.

Catnyss shoots down a plane with an arrow. Also, some guy is promised a Trident by a handicapped version of Q from the bond films. They are at war. Trust me, he doesn't want a Trident. He wants a gun. A large gun. Give him a gun, Q.

FYI. You can choose between Rebel Leather, Derelicte (throwback), or Marie Antoinette as your costume choice.

Underground bunkers need underground bunkers in the bunker, apparently.

Don't ever blow up a hydroelectric dam with your planes or bombs. Send unarmed people with some wooden pallets full of bombs instead. They will die, but hey, its worth the footage.

People without tongues can't talk, but they sure can whistle!

How many people total are in this world? About 100K? The districts are the size of a high school.

Anyway. This thing is bad. Go watch Running Man or Battle Royale and have some fun.