Nice review! Just saw it yesterday and I agree with everything you said. Although I didn't have any problems with Finnick. I haven't read the book recently (and probably not nearly as many times as you clearly have! :-) so I didn't notice any omissions. I just was aware of how much more I enjoyed the directing in this one. No stupid "shaky cam" like in the first one, where it was totally overdone. I loved all the acting, and I too was surprised to be tearing up already at the D11 scene! Happened a few times. Great film.