The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Dystopian societies.
Divergent, The Giver, The Maze Runner, The Hunger Games.
These are all dystopian book movie adaptations that have hit the big screen in the past year or so. Some have even said that the film industry has become too saturated with dictators trying to maintain the "perfect" society. Many of these are series that still have additional movies to succeed them.

However, before any of these end, the story that started it all will have its grand finale. And the grande finale has begun.

Now, when I first heard that this film would be split into two films I asked myself, "What the hell are they thinking? It has less than 400 pages? What are they going to do?" I trusted the filmmakers to do a good job though. After The Hunger Games and Catching Fire adaptations, I put a little faith into the filmmakers. Unfortunately, I believe that little bit of faith was a little bit too much.

After watching the previews for several months, I was beyond excited. The teaser trailers with President Snow and Peeta by his side thrilled me. The idea of how they were going to pull Katniss together again enthralled me even more, but there arose a problem when I went to see the movie last Saturday.

As much as I sat there, wanting to love it and wanting to be disgusted, repulsed and angered, it just didn't happen. Even when *SPOILER* Katniss sees all the dead bodies of those who died in District 12 I thought to myself, "I need to be crying. This should be sending shivers down my back and making my hair stand on end." But it just didn't. Liam Hemsworth sat there and blamed himself for all the deaths and I still felt like I was missing something. Heck, when Jennifer Lawrence sang "Hanging Tree" I felt nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. Zilch.

Whether it was because I had read the books or maybe I was expecting too much from the film, it was not what I wanted it to be. Honestly, the 2-part finale probably should have been consolidated into one movie. But looking on the bright side, once both movies are released on DVD and I can watch them back to back, I feel like it will be a lot better.

So if you haven't caught Mockingjay Part 1 yet, wait. Trust me. Unless you work at a movie theater and can see it for free, it's probably better if you wait until it's out on DVD to buy or rent.