Who decided it would be a good idea to turn Mockingjay into movies? Who decided to create these movies and then put them out into the world for innocent human beings to watch? Why?
Mockingjay Part II. Was. Brilliant. Absolutely.
Brilliant. This movie was perfect. (If you haven't watched it already I
recommend a large supply of tissues and I wish you the best of luck).
Let me start this review by saying that I did
not like reading Mockingjay at all. I didn't appreciate the plot and the deaths
and the ending. Even if you tell me that it's good because it's realistic...no,
I disagree. However I absolutely loved this book to movie adaptation. It picked
up where Part 1 left off and told the story so beautifully and accurately.
Tears. Drowning in a waterfall of tears.
Can I take a second to mention Josh Hutcherson
and Jennifer Lawrence's acting in this movie because they were absolutely
perfect. In the whole series of movies in fact but specially this movie. This
movie made me sympathize with Katniss on a different level and it made me
realize how hurt Peeta was, how kind he was and how much they both actually
needed each other. I felt Katniss' anger so much because of how people were
just using her and neglecting how much she has been through and how hard it is
for her to be around all this war.
Josh portrayed hijacked Peeta so well it was
actually terrifying to watch him. He showed the anger, confusion and the change
in his character really really well. The scenes where he asks Katniss the real
or not real questions and asks her to cuff him because he didn't trust
himself...:''''''(
Jennifer has been a perfect Katniss throughout
the series and in this movie she was just as perfect. Her voice at the opening
scene sounds so raw and hurt and it was so hard to sit through. In the end
where she shouts at Buttercup was the scene I was absolutely dreading and it
was so so so so so so so so upsetting but acted brilliantly.
If there is one thing I can say that I disliked
about this movie and also the two before this, it's that Gale's character
doesn't feel the same as in the books. In the movies he is shown as really
selfish and always jealous of Katniss and Peeta's relationship when in the
books he was jealous yes but that wasn't his entire character. He was so
selfless and cared much more about saving all the people in his district and
ending the war.
Other than that I don't have any complaints at
all. I actually can't remember any important characters or parts of the plot
that were left out, even the smallest details were included in the movie and it
stayed SO true to the book which just made it 10000000x sadder. The pacing was
perfect and the soundtrack thingamabob whatever it's called was f a n t a s t i
c! (That execution scene with Katniss walking into the courtyard area with the
drums aahhhhh so many chills!)
To end this review I think I should talk about
the epilogue. I am so grateful to Francis Lawrence because he made the epilogue
sequence quite happy (no scenes of Peeta still suffering from being hijacked
and no waking up in the middle of the night because of nightmares..). Katniss
talking to her baby about the games and nightmares and how she gets through was
so emotional. (They included the quote where she talks about how there are much
worse games to play
Basically I loved this movie for being so
faithful to the book and concluding Katniss' story so well but simultaneously
hated it for being so faithful to the book and breaking my emotions.
My rating:
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