Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) by Jacob — 20 Nov 2015

Mockingjay Part II is fine. The filmmakers do nothing work as far as story and presentation the only faults for the film come from what it is. Watching the film I was reminded how underwhelming the ending was from how it all gets resolved, to the deaths, and more importantly the unnecessarily epilogue.

Adding to the hurt is that this is one chunk of a film with most of the character development being in the last installment so unless the film’s are watched back to back the film experience won’t do much for you.

It’s hard to fault the filmmakers for the lame conclusion as that’s what it is in the books and they followed it well. Nonetheless, considering this is how the franchise ends it’s a shame that when you consider how good the last couple films are that the final note makes me feel empty and question my love for the series.

Don’t take my shrug as criticism its an ok film. Its not the best conclusion to a franchise I’ve ever seen lacking the epic scale and satisfaction such films as Return of the King or Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II; but it wasn’t anywhere near as bloated as The Battle of Five Armies, seriously if Peter Jackson directed this he’d make the aftermath an entire film.

Haven’t seen the conclusion to the Twilight saga but regardless of the faults of this final film it can’t be as stupid as that one is.