The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) - TRAILER REACTION

Let me put some context behind this reaction - I haven't read The Hunger Games books. I started on Book 1, but got a bit bored, and the film left a sour taste in my mouth, so I decided to leave them to a time when I could actually get invested in the story and the rather peculiar writing style.
I did however, see the first Hunger Games film, and it was a pile of rubbish. It constantly pandered to fans of the books by showing them exactly what they wanted to see without providing any context behind the story, characters or the world they inhabited. What exactly is the setting of The Hunger Games? I couldn't tell you without reading the book, or looking it up online, because the film doesn't explain. Why are there Hunger Games in the first place? Well, the film mentions something about unifying the Districts, but never actually explains why or what this actually has to do with the Games except for that the different Districts have two 12-16 year old citizens selected to take part in the Hunger Games - a brutal fight to the death between teenagers so disturbing that some viewers walked out of the cinema. I just sat watching a film that couldn't even show us 90% of the actual fighting in this supposedly violent Hunger Games, and spent more time with Jennifer Lawrence in a tree looking bored, or Peter-with-his-name-spelt-wrong disguising himself as his surroundings with cake icing.
The direction was flat, the cinematography looked terrible and the whole thing looked like it had no budget behind it whatsoever, not to mention the poor script and the fact that these supposedly poor characters in District 12 looked like supermodels who go the Gym every day. Couple this with a bland score, where the only memorable track was only in the trailer, and you have a film that I have nothing I can entirely compliment. The acting was decent, but hardly great. The visual FX were okay, but nothing particularly great. The fight sequences were poorly-made, and far from the realms of pretty much every other action blockbuster on the planet right now.
So, no, I did not care for the Hunger Games - it was a cynical, corporate adaptation of an apparently popular book series with the prime goal of making a profit from the fans who loved and adored the source material, with its rather bland main heroine and themes so obvious Katniss might as well be shooting them into your head with her bow and arrow skills (which are also never explained in the first film).
The second film, Catching Fire, looked like a repeat of the first, just with a different beginning and ending. According to the reviews, it was just that, only the film looked visually as if it did actually have its actual budget put to good use this time. Mockingjay: Part 1 looked like it should have been the second film, and apparently nothing of note happened there.
Mockingjay: Part 2 has a trailer with some good cinematography, great music, poor dialogue, rather rubbish performances and ultimately looks like a boring waste of time. Why are we supporting Katniss Everdeen to kill Father Christmas? Who knows! We just are! Hell, there isn't even a prophecy saying she should, so why can't someone else kill Santa?
This "global phenomenon" is a trainwreck of a film franchise that highlights its own problems as actual films and proves just how brilliant the Harry Potter franchise was, with its stellar cast, great scripts and consistently enjoyable, fun and creative charm. You know Harry Potter is popular when I know one person off the top of my head who doesn't like it, and even then, its because its just not their cup of tea.
Put simply, the sooner this franchise ends, the sooner Hollywood can get back to making a good film-to-book adaptation.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 will be released on 20th November 2015.

For those who don't agree with my opinions in this article, understand that these are only my opinions, not your's necessarily and try to enjoy the films more than I do.