Adam Gunton

Incredibly fun film. Really reminded me of The Man Who Knew Too Little and Forrest Gump. The idea of a likeable character getting caught up in a bizarre adventure and smiling the whole time is a concept that never seems to get old, just like the protagonist in this film. The mix of flashbacks and voiceover worked well and kept the film ticking over at a decent pace. I did get a bit confused, wondering how all these events happened in such a short time, how they were travellin

The first part of Mockingjay had no pay off, no real climax. The second part has almost no emotional depth. The characters we see die have no real effect on us because we’ve seen them for about ten minutes during this outing. The commentary the series was making feels lost in this war portion of the story, the portion where it should have paid off, and the concept of propaganda seems forced towards the end. What’s worse is that the cast seems to be doing the film just so it’l