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    Blu-ray Review The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Blu-ray Review

    I feel the same way about Divergent. You can skip the first part and start with Insurgent without losing a lot in terms of knowing who the characters are, their relationships and this universe. You can miss Phantom Menace and about half of Attack of the Clones and know exactly what's going on in...
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    Blu-ray Review The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Blu-ray Review

    I have a very low opinion of Babel in general, but yes. If an actor or actress is given nothing of substance to do in a movie, I would call their talents wasted in that particular movie.
  3. Jason_V

    Blu-ray Review The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Blu-ray Review

    What that means, and I should have been more explicit earlier, is that the script gives her nothing to justify Julianne Moore being cast in the role. She's doesn't play a major part in this film (and not in the rest of the story, as far as I remember). A large handful of actresses could have...
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    Blu-ray Review The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Blu-ray Review

    It's also the critics, according to Rotten Tomatoes. The first two movies have scores over 80%. Mockingjay Part I is sitting at 65%. The percentages are lower over on MetaCritic, but Mockingjay Part I is still the lowest rated of all three movies (so far). When you have an event movie (and...
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    Blu-ray Review The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Blu-ray Review

    We were talking about this at work the other day and we did compare it, like Brendan did, to Deathly Hallows Part I. The problem is the book is split into two pieces and an audience can really skip this installment before the grand finale. You could skip Harry Potter 7.1 and not miss a whole lot...
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