I'm not a reader, it's just not my thing. When I read the Hunger Games series, I blew through all three books in a matter of 2 weeks. You could imagine my excitement while I was waiting in line this past Thursday to see the last installment of the Hunger Games movie, Mockingjay: Part 2.

I bought my ticket weeks in advance and put in on my calendar in all caps, I couldn't wait. My friends and I got to the theatre early and stood in line along with people who I could only assume were not nearly as excited as I was. For years now, this has been my favorite series or books and so far, my favorite series of movies. The doors opened and we went in. We found our seats, watched some previews and all of a sudden, there was Katniss' face. That theme of "all of a sudden" seemed to carry throughout the whole movie, too.

If you've read the books, you would know that there were some pretty obvious differences between the books and the movies, so let's talk about that first. Some of the changes I did not like, but some of them I could appreciate, like the mutts in the sewers, but I'll get to that later.

The first change and what I'm most upset about is the way the capitol looked. In the book she describes it with all this wonderful detail about the colors of the buildings and I was really looking forward to seeing that. However, when we get there, it's all grey. Sure, some of the structures are cool, but I was hoping for amazing colors, and the movie did not deliver that for me.

Also during this time, while they are moving through the capitol streets, I was shocked at the number of pods that they encountered, or, I should say, didn't encounter. In the book it seemed like they came across way more, and when they didn't in the movie, I was disappointed and it ended up feeling very rushed. Boggs dying was something else that I felt was rushed, because in the books we really get to know him better and we grow to love him for how he believes in and takes care of Katniss. Don't get me wrong, it's still horribly sad when he dies, I just wish we knew him better and for longer before that happens. I don't particularly mind the difference in how the Leeg sisters die, mostly because I think the scene in the movie where they watch it happen is very cool and intense and I think it was done very well.

Okay now let's talk about that sewer scene. In the book, the mutts that come after them are described as something along the lines of half rats and half humans. This is another thing I was excited to see, because I imagined the make up/costumes being very interesting. However, I did not mind what the movie did with the mutts. I think that even though they were different, they still were very horrifying and very cool looking. (RIP Finnick, you're the real mockingly in my heart) When they finally came above ground, I'm not sure what was supposed to be happening when they were running through that room, I don't remember it in the book, but it was badass. Tigris, yes girl. She played a slightly bigger role in the book, but I get it, time constraints and all that.

Side question, when Katniss and Gale leave, what does Pollux say to her? I'm dying to know, and I wish that it was explained. Anyway, when Gale gets taken by the peacekeepers, I felt like I could have blinked and I would have missed it, which is honestly how I felt about most of the movie, but I think this should have been a little more distinct, as we couldn't even really see him that well. Speaking of Gale, when he comes into Katniss' room after the whole children exploding horribleness, I didn't want Katniss to be so angry. I totally understand why she was, but I wanted her to be more sad than angry because, when it comes down to it, Gale obviously couldn't have known that a bomb that he may or may not have designed would eventually kill Prim. This was also a horribly tragic death that I thought deserved more attention and screen time.

The part in-between Katniss killing Coin and her and Haymitch going back to 12 was a confusing time for me because I knew it wasn't going along with the book, but I couldn't remember how it was different. I do know though, that Katniss was supposed to be alone for weeks before anything happens, but again, time constraints. It would have been horribly boring just to watch a time-lapse of her sitting there ala Twilight. And for the scenes where Plutarch sends the letters, I read after I saw the film that this was the "major scene" that Phillip Seymour Hoffman didn't get a chance to film before his untimely and tragic death. So as far as that goes I think they did a really good job with that.

Finally, the epilogue. I loved the wrap up in the book, how she says that she didn't want kids but Peeta finally convinced her, and how we really just get a better overall sense that Peeta is back to normal again and not going to go rogue on Katniss and the kids one day.

Now obviously I could not touch upon all of the differences, but these were just some that stood out to me. So all in all, I was generally disappointed, but I totally appreciate what they did with it and love it for all of it's flaws anyway. Does my disappointment mean I'm not going to go back and see it again and then buy it when it comes out? Of course not.