Too many fans seem to be blown away

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

And so the interminable HUNGER GAMES franchise comes to a crashing end with this dull and thunky final instalment. After the intensely boring setting up of the PART 1, MOCKINGJAY - PART 2 finally sees all of the story lines cleared up in a way which is non-exciting throughout. Once again this is a flabby, overlong production which relies on lots of CGI effects to see it through while offering writing which is constantly weak and clichéd. The cast sleepwalk through their roles, there are twists you'll see coming a mile off, and the whole thing has a generally listless air, like everyone was ready to go on and do something - anything - else. I was also surprised at how little action there was here given the budget and running time; most of it consists of characters outrunning encroaching CGI effects, much as in the disaster flick 2012, and just as uninteresting as those scenes were there.

Starting out on March 23rd 2012 to become the overdrive franchise success for Minor Hollywood distributor Lionsgate Films and production company Color Force in order finish on November 22nd 2015 with releasing the split-in-two third part of "The Hunger Games" Trilogy "Mockingjay" written as kind of U.S. American remake of Koushun Takami's Japanese book "Battle Royale", by Suzanne Collins and wrapped up as novelties to make the book deal of decade.The adaptation had been well-crafted hands with establishing Director Gary Ross, who took his time to follow up on his all-time classic "Seabiscuit" (2003), directing ultimately force-of-nature Jennifer Lawrence to a self-determined movie-carrying leading actress at the age of 21. And so it comes that Jennifer Lawrence jumps, fights and practicing a major armada of properties in the art department to become the iconic character of Katniss Everdeen, who rises above the rest to identify a generation of the strange and lost.What happened after the opening weekend in March 2012 was nothing short of miracle working in the making. The by Gary Ross directed first part clicked into a Zeitgeist phenomena, which will last for another 3 and 1/2 years, making close to 3 Billion U.S. Dollars in total revenue for the production company with a 500 Million Dollar effort in production budgets for all three adaptations of Suzanne Collins' novels, counting a total page count of 1155 pages, adapted into 500 Minutes of motion picture entertainment.Director Francis Lawrence, known for his lucky strike remake of "The Omega Man" (1971) with "I am Legend" in 2007, came on-board in summer 2012 to conclude the remaining two parts for the big screen. Getting along with already starred-up Jennifer Lawrence, about to win her first Academy-Award for "Silver Linings Playbook" directed by mark-hitting David O. Russel, makes her train even harder for "Catching Fire" to present herself in the fighting role of a life-time, killing off her opponents of the same generation like flies from the living room wall in sticky New Yorker apartment and learning the ropes for big-time Hollywood CGI-integrated event movie productions.Audiences around the world could not believe their eyes, when it came peak-taking "Hunger Games" moment in part 2 with the mandrill fighting scene shot in IMAX format, which arguably could only be outrun by Christopher Nolan's directed Joker vs. Batman "Hit me" street duel scene from "The Dark Knight" (2008). Nevertheless Francis Lawrence dug in deep into the material given by Suzanne Collins and adapted by changing screen writing teams from "Catching Fire" to "Mockingjay", which in my opinion could have been the desirable 180 Minutes overdrive sophisticating entertainment ride without taking out the tension after 110 Minutes in "Mockingjay - Part 1" with the intensely performing, but stuck on the character of Peeta Mellak for life, Josh Hutcherson strapped to the bed of intensive care unit.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

I am not going to pull apart this film bit for bit because frankly there are just way too many flaws in this film. A circus of flaws, really. But as a viewer who never read the books and who became hooked on the first film during a chance viewing, I will say, shame on whoever allowed this film to be made. And shame on me for watching it.Let me just say for those who haven't seen it - nothing actually happens in this film. The previous 3 films (well mainly 1 & 2) lay a solid framework and create a brutal, yet very believable reality. By the end of the 2nd film you cannot help but stand in the corner of Everdeen and co and watch on as they work to bring down the crushing authority responsible for the 'games'. But unfortunately the director does not want us to experience this triumph. Film 3 is a bunch of filler, whilst film 4 (Mockingjay Part 2) is simply a lullaby.There is no redemption for the majority of the characters. Character arcs get completely left out. Wars happen that you never actually see happen. Fear is ongoing (apparently) but all you ever see is Donald Sutherland on a Television screen spouting his mantra. The Hunger Games/Catching Fire build up tremendous momentum.. but the Mockingjay films are there to sap it all up. But be careful, because this film will sap you up too.

It's not that bad. It's not good, either, but knocking it, I won't, because it is just simply not really, really my kind of thing, an adventure heroine for tomboys. But I won a complete box-set of all four, so me complain, no. And it's one big opus, I'd grant anybody that, not to be ridiculed.But...It is kinda dull compared to what you'd expect, given this Katniss Fandom. But yee-whiz, there's a bit in here which will wake the whole theater of sleepyheads. Those white maggoty monstrosities, they erupt onto the screen, ain't nobody yawning in front of the TV no more! Doesn't save the movie as a whole, but if there were more really suspenseful scenes like that (and the immediately following cement shrapnel ricochet bit) then it sure would have been different.When Katniss took aim with the bow, I think everybody knew what was gonna happen. That was so, so obvious. Just saying. When the people began trudging off to the Palace, I thought "what fools" hell, this movie sure depicts the masses as stupid sheep. Kinda unlikely that people would have fallen for that ol' gimmick. That one is something I'm not just saying. That's kinda corny, I'd say, in this day and age, in a future with very interesting hologram technology, not the Middle Ages anymore, people wouldn't be so led by their noses.Uhm, Mockingjay, the Mockingjay theme was almost all but absent in the final. No little birdie. Only one twitter on the televised thingie. Just saying. And that costume, I have a big screen, but it was just black and functional, not much of a Mockingjay. Just saying.She chooses... Oops! Not gonna spoil. But she chooses that halfway dorky guy??? Argh. Just saying, no way, bad, bad choice.Overall, the movie joins the ranks of overblown ice-cold movies. Unsmiling cold heroine, think UNDERWORLD and ULTRAVIOLET, not my kind of thing. But those franchises were filled with lots and lots of good stretches, this one, blegh, no, not so much. Not so much at all.But I could see what they saw in the concept of the first one. Sport to the death (for the guys), and a kick-ass heroine (generally for everybody) That first bit of the theme was, oddly enough, discarded. Don't know why. Don't really care, not my thing anyway, but they were sitting there with the golden goose...