The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 – A harrowing and fitting finale

The final Hunger Games installment has already placed at No. 1 spot in 66 world markets out of 68. “You accept that you’ve just got to go with it”.

And of course the Capital never disappoints on freakish looking people, as a literal cat woman provides Katniss and the remaining squad refuge within her den. You got your wish Hollywood, once again, damn you!

Despite the on-set camaraderie, the cast and crew were physically and psychologically challenged during the Mockingjay – Part 2 sewer battle scenes. Moreover, a film series that allows fans to witness the emergence of the very first Hunger Games competition, the identity of the original tributes, as well as all the societal growing pains involved sounds irresistible. Propaganda has always been at the heart of the Hunger Games series, making it unique among the myriad post-apocalyptic dystopias. There isn’t a high gore level in the film, but the brutality is in your face and constant.

Having not read the book, I thought they did a respectable job in the finale of the Everdeen saga.

In fact, a review done by Crystal Bell stated that she was completely won over by Lawrence’s performance that it made her know the character Katniss more from the movie rather than the books. Sure, there are historical dramas that can teach those lessons but in the realm of pure entertainment of film, outside of The Hunger Games and The Divergent franchises, there’s not much out there. “He’s fantastic. There’s no one better to work with than Francis”.

Even though I knew the outcome I was excited to see the end result play out on film, and all in all I was not disappointed.

One big flaw I had trouble swallowing was the film’s pacing. Wisps of the characters’ personalities are taken and expanded all throughout the movie and not just on the script but also in their actions as well as in the scenes and the sets. And his reasoning is sound: The obvious choice would be to go back to someone elses games, like the Haymitch games or something. With all that I need to watch “Elf” or a few Ernest movie. And then a week later we were hanging out at Liam’s house. This doesn’t mean the film necessarily ends on a depressing note, but the film as a whole is not a pick-me-up smile fest. The characters are pushed to breaking point as the realisation of the Capitol’s evil fully sinks in and the inevitable loss of life is both thrilling and utterly devastating.

It is refreshing to see a lot of themes – and relevant themes, at that – being touched upon in a young adult adaptation.