Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh
Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore,
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Donald Sutherland.
Rating: 8 out of 10, This ode to
teenaged angst was supremely well made and Jennifer Lawrence will elevate
anything she’s in well above the mundane. This final movie strays just enough
from the literary source material to keep some suspense for those who read the
books. The anti-war message is as subtle as a thermo-nuclear weapon and the
resulting somber feel keeps the movie from soaring. Katniss and her merry band
of sycophants launch the final assault on Donald Sutherland’s capitol and the
military guy in me was struggling with the inept planning involved from both
sides. This however allows them to introduce the devices of the capitol’s game
designers which, while deadly, did lend the needed action around the near
constant hand wringing. Katniss ends up in the same heart wrenching final
battle as the literal “girl on fire” with enough of a twist thrown in. Entirely
too funereal to embrace totally but still a well-executed and satisfying
conclusion to the Hunger Games.
MVP: Can only be Lawrence as the difficult
Katniss
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