As someone with attention deficit problems, I will never complain about a movie only being two hours long instead of three.

However, pacing is more important than length.

If you can tell your story in one movie, then by all means, go ahead and do it.

That’s the one major problem with the awkwardly-titled “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1.” By segmenting a book that, by all accounts, could have been one movie, into two, they’ve made something that’s enjoyable, but feels like it’s building up toward another movie that will be better.

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and all of her goofily-named friends and enemies (Plutarch Heavensbee is just fun to say) return, with the story picking up right where “Catching Fire” left off.

Now that a full-fledged civilian revolution is under way, Katniss has to become the face of the movement, making her little more than a marketing tool to the revolution’s leader, Alma Coin (Julianne Moore).

“Mockingjay” shines when it’s exploring the themes of propaganda during wartime, as Katniss has her image exploited by the revolution in the same manner as Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), her former partner who has been captured by President Snow (Donald Sutherland).

Obviously Katniss is fighting for the good guys here, but they use dirty tricks to get their message across all the same, such as sending her into a real combat scenario to elicit genuine emotions they can film.

That’s all well and good, but it isn’t quite as significant as the events of the first two films. Because it’s telling one half of a story, “Mockingjay” feels like it ends right as things are about to get great.

Not to sound too cynical or anything, but it feels greedy on the part of the producers that this book is being split into two films.

What could have been one fairly long but satisfying movie is instead one movie that’s fine, but uneventful, and one that will probably feel much more important.

Still, as a production, it’s roughly on the same level of quality as its predecessors. Lawrence continues to fill the role of Katniss admirably, and the supporting cast of Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman (may he rest in peace) and Sutherland are all as fun to watch as ever.

And, of course, Stanley Tucci, who plays Caesar, continues to be the best part of the whole series.

The first “Mockingjay” movie will probably be looked upon as the redheaded stepchild of the series after it’s finished, and for good reason.

It’s still necessary viewing for anyone who liked the first two, and its content is fine, but it never feels quite as impactful as the rest of the series.