The Hunger Games - Mockingjay
Part 1
As a much weightier and more
satisfying installment than its predecessor “Catching Fire" we see here in
“Mockingjay” a far more focused hand in the directing chair in the third part of
the THG franchise. “Mockingjay” has very little reliance (in my opinion) on the
sometime overabundance of technical visuals, bells, and whistles gimmickry to keep
pushing the film’s story along. Instead we
see in this Part 1 segment a film more emotionally grounded and more humanistic
as it weaves itself into depths of genuine dire, dark and consequential events to
the films’ overall plot and subplots.
“Mockingjay” worked for me much,
much better as a 2 hour solid and well-rounded piece of entertainment even
though it’s clear that this Part 1 effort was stretch a bit thin as a financial
“money grab” by splitting “Mockingjay” into two separate parts.
Above all, it is abundantly clear
since the debut of the original film “The Hunger Games” to now “Mockingjay Part
1” is that the essential strength of this entire franchise as a huge money maker
is singularly derived and rest on the splendid acting prowess of Jennifer
Lawrence. She seems uniquely gifted in being able to create far more genuine
feeling, raw emotion and real passion for her character “Katniss Everdeen” than
I believe few other working Hollywood actors could have done with the same
material. And as if her winning the Academy Award Oscar as Best Actress in
“Silver Lining Playbook” and another Academy Award nomination in “American
Hustle” wasn’t already enough proof, Jennifer Lawrence proves once again here as
well that she truly is the absolute real deal when it comes to being one of
best natural actors and her uncanny ability to inhabit her roles.
I have no doubt she will be
giving many fine performances in various film projects in a myriad of diverse roles
for decades to come.
3 – 1/2 Stars
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