Product Description
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)(#ad)
Rating:
Running Time: PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast:
Elizabeth Banks
Woody Harrelson
Liam Hemsworth
Josh Hutcherson
Jennifer Lawrence
Julianne Moore
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Donald Sutherland
Stanley Tucci
Jeffrey Wright
Stars: 3.5/5 stars
Overview
Here’s one of the Amazon movies you should consider watching soon. It’s a 2014 science fiction and a dystopian movie Francis Lawrence directed. It’s the first motion pictureof two that are based on the novel written by Suzanne Collins titled Mockingjay.
It’s the third book in the series and the 3rd book in the Hunger Games movie series. There are many stars in the movie including Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymore Hoffman, and Donald Sutherland. The main filming for both segments of the movie started in September 2013. It included filming in the cities of Atlanta, Paris, and Berlin.
This story continues the story of Katniss Everdeen. She’s survived the last Hunger Games and is in District 13 that’s led by President Coin. Katniss becomes a symbol of the rebellion versus the Capitol. The country has been inspired by her valor. Mockingjay Part 1 is the sequel of the movie Catching Fire and Mockingjay Part 2 followed it.
Mockingjay Part 1 had a US release date in November 2014. It was a box office success and earned $55 on the film’s opening day, which was the biggest opening day in 2014. It earned a total $327l.38 million in international markets during the movie’s opening weekend and was also the largest opening global opening during the year. The movie earned more than $755 million around the world, which made it the 2nd-biggest grossing movie in the franchise.
Mockingjay Part 1 also received several nominations for awards. That included the song titled Yellow Flicker Beat being nominated for the award of Best Original Song during the Golden Globe Awards.
Plot Summary
If you enjoy watch movies online you should know about the plot of this movie before deciding if you should watch it. Katniss was rescued during the 75th Hunger Games. She and other tributes are then transferred to District 13 that’s a district underground that’s now separated from Panem and is now the headquarters for the rebellion
It’s there Katniss meets again with both her sister and mother. While there she meets Alma Coin who’s the president and leader of the rebels.
It’s her first meeting with Coin. She’s told that right after her arrow destroyed the forcefield riots started throughout half of Panem’s districts as they joined District 13’s rebellion. This resulted in Snow fighting back by fire-bombing District 12.
President Coin asks Katniss to take the role of the Mockingjay, which is the rebellion’s symbol. She agrees but asks that Peeta the capture winners can be rescued/pardoned as soon as possible. Coin rejects the request and explains to Katniss that the games’ winners will be both arrested and punished.
Katniss becomes angry and demands that the victors receive a pardon. The top Gamemaker named Plutarch talks Coin into meeting the demands of Katniss.
Haymitch meets her and provides her with an outfit, stylist, and bodyguard. The group then visits Digital 8 in order to stop by a hospital. However, after the visit ends a bombing squad from Capitol kills everyone in the hospital by bombing it. Katniss/Gale then shoot down 2 of Capitol’s hovercrafts.
Katniss then gives a speech that’s broadcasted after the news feed of Capitol is hijacked. District 7 strikers then kill a whole squad of Peacekeepers using landmines and protect themselves by climbing up trees.
Later Katniss ends up in a medical facility. She’s told that Peeta was hijacked, which refers to a type of brainwashing. In this case, it involved brainwashing him to kill Katniss.
This explained some other events in the movie. The coin then announces that the games’ victors were rescued. The next goal of the rebels is Capitol’s main military defense in District 2. It’s the only district that’s remained loyal to Capitol.
Background
How did the production of this amazon prime video start? Lionsgate announced in July 2012 that the 3rd installment of the franchise would include 2 parts named Mockingjay Part 1 and Mockingjay Part 2. The release of Part 1 was in November 2014 and Part 2 got a release date in November 2015.
There were several directors who were candidates for the films. Then in November 2012, Lawrence announced that he would indeed return in order to direct both parts of Mockingjay.
The production of one of the top amazon movies started in September 2013 in Boston, LA, and Atlanta. The shooting of Mockingjay Part 1 started in September 2013 in the city of Atlanta and ended in June 2014 in the German city of Berlin.
Both parts were filmed at the same time. The crew took some time to promote Catching Fire then started filming again in December 2013. Shooting then took place in Atlanta and another Georgia location.
Plutarch was played by Phillip Seymore Hoffman in the series. He passed away in February 2014 in the state of New York. The studio Lionsgate reported that the majority of his movie scenes for the two parts had already been filmed.
After wrapping up their filming in the city of Atlanta they then moved to Europe. Filming took place in Berlin and Paris. One of the shooting locations in Paris was where the movie “Brazil” was filmed during 1984.
Release/Reception
This was one of the amazon prime videos that were released in November 2014. That included 9 territories. It was then expanded to almost 60 during November 2014. Then the movie was released in 17 more territories including the US, which totaled 85 markets.
It made it the year’s biggest release and the widest release for Lionsgate ever. The movie was released in China during February 2015 in 2D and 3D. It was the first motion picture in the franchise that was released in 3D in any of its territories. The movie also debuted on over 4,000 screens in China.
Mockingjay Part 1 was later released on digital HD in February 2015 then DVD/Blu-ray in March of that year. The movie received generally positive reviews from critics. It received a 66% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Meanwhile, it earned a 64/100 score at Metacritic, which was “generally favorable.” Like the other movies in the franchise Mockingjay Part 1 also earned several nominations for awards.
