Hunger Games star, Jennifer Lawrence, missing from a few Israeli posters

Meanwhile, the unnecessarilylong wait between Catching Fire (the best movie in the franchise) and the conclusion of the story in Part 2, with Part 1 just delaying the end of the series to sell a few more tickets, has dulled some of the excitement and momentum. If you enjoyed Mockingjay as a book, I suspect you’ll like the finale; if you’re insane and didn’t like the third book, well, you may be disappointed, as the film sticks to the book pretty closely. Jennifer Lawrence might be the most important American movie star alive right now, proving repeatedly that she is not only a critical darling but a bankable superstar. Suzane Collin’s novels hit big in the big screen with a new franchise bigger and more acceptable than the Twilight movies. When the action finally picks up in the latter half, the rest of the movie feels hastily chopped up with an inexplicable urgency to end the series, racing from one disjointed scene to the next.

But the company responsible for them says it’s just not worth the trouble.

It applies not only to the story of reluctant hero Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and the citizens of Panem, but also to the dismal grinding down of this series, which winds up being as forgettable as its young-adult dystopian adaptation contemporaries, from “Divergent” to “The Giver”. But being gutsy enough to explore the psychological ramifications of violence is one thing, making them interesting to watch is another, and director Francis Lawrence (along with screenwriters Peter Craig and Danny Strong) has completely misfired in the “watchability” department. She befriends Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a fellow competitor who is a boy from the same district as her, and the two of them undermine the rules, causing President Snow to lose face. Being 24 was this whole year of ‘who am I without these movies?’ and ‘who am I without this man?

The complete cast is reunited.

However, Peeta is not Peeta anymore; he’s now a soulless machination of the government, blaming Panem’s woes on the poster child of rebellion, Katniss.

And for as good as Peeta is throughout the film, Gale is inversely bad.

I love being busy. Gale is a soldier, through and through.

Amid her mission to kill Snow herself, Everdeen is once again caught up in her love triangle. It’s a shame because that destruction of his character really ruins his integral moments. In this final film, fans will get a satisfying resolution.

“It’s exhausting, ‘ she told Conan O’Brien on Thursday, about her schedule: ‘They pushed this show pony too far”.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” isn’t hitting theaters until December 18, but Episode VII is already generating comparable Twitter stats with 320,000 mentions the same week “Mockingjay – Part 2” hit 337,961. Long, meandering shots of alleys and corridors, insane spinning shots of characters that I’m guessing were meant to be artistic and emotional only served in making me nauseous. Cut the fat and give me a three hour film, instead.

It takes more digging than it should to get past the annoyances, but there is something worthwhile within Mockingjay’s heart. You don’t feel different but everyone reacts to you differently.

And then – spoiler alert – the movie ends the exact same way it would have ended if Katniss hadn’t even got out of bed at the beginning of this film.

“The greatest part of this journey in these movies is watching her grow and develop into this warrior that she becomes”, Lawrence said of playing Katniss. The Blu-rays bring Ray’s rich black-and-white images to stunning life and feature a crisp, 24-bit remastered soundtrack. Katniss isn’t the best leader. The end of the press tour is only the most recent farewell.

The forecast also reports that Mockingjay – Part 2 is headed toward becoming 2015’s fifth-highest grossing movie for a domestic opening, following Jurassic World, which earned $208.8 million, Avengers: Age of Ultron ($191.3 million), Furious 7 ($147.2 million) and Minions ($115.7 million).