I watched Mockingjay Part 1

Note: major spoilers for all books and currently released films below!

I love the Hunger Games, but I don't love it the way I love other books and movies and television shows. I don't love it for the characters -- though there are many that I like, or admire, or care about quite a lot. I love it for the story, the themes, for what it does. (Not to say that I don't find much to love in story, plot, and theme in other media, but in The Hunger Games this plays a much more prominent role vs characters than in anything else I love.)

( The Hunger Games is the multi-million dollar franchise of my marxist anarchist heart. I'm only slightly kidding. )

( An aside about movie Coin vs book Coin. )