Following a film with no real plot, just a re-do of the first film they had to continue with developing the plot. Jenifer Lawrence is permitted to actually act in this film, to show emotion and to be a real person. They get it right- don't script her, just let her work with it, let her fight and let her show emotion when it needs to be shown. The ending sets it up for the final installment and states clearly what needs to be done but i'm not entirely convinced that it will be worth watching so it is going on the list for next year so that I have a year to prepare myself for having to watch this stuff again.
The best part of this film was the quote about the worst torture being waiting knowing that there is nothing that we can do. For all the lines and speeches that were written for Phillip Seymour Hoffman's character to feed to the other characters there was not one as good as the quote delivered by the leader of district 13. The lines were emotional, she was fantastic and everyone stepped up a gear with less focus on Jenifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson and more space to shine. Josh Hutcherson was once again pathetic in this film and his character is pathetic which is a shame but he is probably going to finish the installments as a pathetic character over taken by several other men and obviously not to mention that he will always be out shined by Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Elizabeth Banks (who was fantastic even without her hair) and Liam Hemsworth who is making quite a name for himself whilst living in his brothers shadow.
The next film has a way to jump in order to restore the franchise to where it should be but this was a huge step in the right direction.
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