"Happy Hunger Games....and may the odds be ever in your favor," will no longer be catch phrases in the dystopian society of Panem. I will not provide any specifics about part 2 of Mockingjay, but I will say that it all ends, although in my opinion rather anti-climatically. The Capital defends itself viciously against an encroaching rebel army in part 2, and we see how the downfall of President Snow occurs. Aside from that and typing up loose ends, that essentially sums up the film minus of course a few surprises that could shock many, but I wasn't surprised at all by them. I'll just come right out and say it, I didn't care for the film that much; I felt that it was lacking something that the other films possessed. I'm working on a theory that films that are split into 2 parts, the final part tends to be the weaker than the first. This I found true for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Mockingjay Part 2 I found to be the weakest of the four films, due to I think it lacking an overall story structure as the other films had, and poorer writing than all the other films. It didn't feel like the end to a climactic rebellion, and even the very end felt...hollow. There wasn't really any new cast members of significance, and all of the cast members from the previous films did great. Honestly, I wasn't impressed by anyone's performance, and nothing stood out at all like moments from the other films despite all of the crying and hardened looks that this film had. I'm actually trying to think, and really the only person's performance that I enjoyed was Donald Sutherland's as President Snow, which was small unfortunately. Oh wait, I forgot about Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, and he did fantastic, but it didn't seem like they gave him a lot of good material to work with. Liam Hemsworth as Gale was so flat; that man can't act, at least as a genuine, dynamic character. The action sequences were okay, but nothing really spectacular or interesting. Honestly, there wasn't anything remarkable about this film that I can recall, which is a real shame considering all of the films that came before it were very well done. It was an entertaining film, but honestly it's not something that I'd want to see again, or often. They should have just made one film rather than splitting it into 2 parts; they would have then had a stronger finale instead of merely stretching it out just to make more money, even though they will say it's to provide more details and a richer adaptation, which I don't believe is true. The film brings everything to a close, but not very well. I would only advise it to be seen just to finish off the series, but that's about it.Mockingjay Part 2 interviews
Mockingjay Part 2 clip
Zootopia trailer (this made me laugh so much)
Modern Educayshun
(came across this short film and found it quite fascinating; food for thought)
