Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1
D: Francis Lawrence (2014) ¢ ¢ 1/2
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth,
Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Woody Harrelson, Julianne Moore, Elizabeth Banks,
Willow Shields, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci
In the first half of episode three in the Katniss Everdeen saga, the games are over, District 12 lies in ruins, the other districts are rebelling, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) clings to power through intimidation and mass murder, and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) becomes the face of the revolution. Like the previous "Hunger Games" films, it's an action romance for young adults, but now the stakes are higher. The outcome this time will affect everybody. The outcome will have to wait, of course, for "Mockingjay - Part 2", when everything presumably will be resolved. Will Katniss triumph? Will Snow be deposed? Will Katniss finally hook up with the tormented Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), or the hunky Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth)? Will Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) be reunited with her trash-queen wardrobe? Will Prohibition be lifted, so that Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson) can get a real drink? I told you the stakes were high. Stay tuned.