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   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article , Paul S. Person  wrote:   
      
   > I saw the first /Mockingjay/ movie today.   
      
   > Wow. Oh, wow!   
      
   > Now I just have to wait one year for the rest of it!   
      
   It was total crap. Basically two hours of nothing happened. The only good   
   thing about it is that Katniss had more than four lines of dialogoue in   
   this movie, which is more than the two earlier movies combined. Other than   
   that it was a slow movie that was so evidently stretched out to make two   
   movies out of it.   
      
   The Hobbit has the same problems, but it actually *has* more story outside   
   of the book to incorporate for those unneccesary scenes.   
      
   While the two first hunger games movies were a snore fest, this went in to   
   full coma.   
      
      
   *** spoilers ***   
      
      
   Heeeey, let's have a scene where Katniss and Gale go out hunting without   
   hunting and then sit without talking so that we totally avoid any character   
   development or something like that.   
      
   Heey, how about we shoot the bombing from inside the bomb shelter, too   
   boring you say? Why not have Katniss have to run up some strairs to meet up   
   with her sister that was already on her way down and have them just be in   
   time to get into the shelter? Genious!   
      
   Heeey, let's have Katniss go to District 12 to see the devasation and have   
   her kneel in despair and then go to her house and fetch some, eh, stuff and   
   eh.. the cat. No character development though! That shit is dangerous!   
      
   Heeey, let's have this intrique where Peeta is like trash talking the   
   rebels and they hate him in one scene and then yeah, nothing more.   
      
   Heeey, let's have a twist where Peeta has been brain washed to hate Katniss   
   when they rescue him, which only takes effect *when* they rescue him and   
   not like the day befofre when he's talking in the TV broadcast and happens   
   to see Katniss and he's all "Whoa, that's my baby!"   
      
   Heeey, let's make it seem like Katniss sort of loves or maybe cares for   
   Peeta or maybe Gale even though they have had pretty much no chemistry or   
   character-development scenes what so ever in the previous two movies to   
   make it like there is any chance she has any such feelings for either.   
      
   Argh. Go watch Interstellar instead. :)   
      
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