Unless they are all of the exact same quality, one has to be the weakest. Doesn't mean any are weak. And the common consensus seems to be that Mockingjay is the weakest.Mockingjay is not the weakest book. None of them are weak.
However, much like THG and Catching Fire, there's nothing about Mockingjay that needs to be told over two films.
Which is find, but do you find them all to be the exact same quality? I have personally never seen anything like that in a series. They all have their peaks and valleys in my experience.And I disagree with that "consensus".
That's some great info mclay thanks man.Suzanne Collins has been closely involved with each movie (she co-wrote the first film with Gary Ross and Billy Ray). When Francis Lawrence came on to direct Catching Fire, she and Lawrence dropped Simon Beaufoy's draft and went back to the book. After they hashed out the new treatment for the film, that's when Michael Arndt came on.
She did the same thing when Lionsgate announced the splitting of "Mockingjay" into two films. She, Francis Lawrence, and writer Danny Strong went over the book and decided where to the split the book. I'm sure she had input on where they could fill in some story gaps and flesh out the ending more.
This movie was brilliant. I wasn't hyped at all even though the trailers looked pretty good, but it was so much fun! Great direction, acting, script and cinematography with some very good social commentary and all the while still managing to be entertaining. Also, the ending was really clever too; lots of my friends hated it but it made perfect sense, it left me thinking "holy ****" and I didn't see the twist with Seymour Hoffman's character coming.
Someone please give Lawrence a Marvel or DC franchise when he's finished with Hunger Games. Wonder Woman, maybe? Thor 3?
5/5
I hope it takes it. Not just because I loved the movie more than IM3 (and I'm one who actually did love IM3), but also because it would be awesome to see a blockbuster with a kick-ass female lead dethrone one of Hollywood's biggest and most-beloved superheroes to be the #1 movie of the year. What a lovely message that would send to some of the more thick-skulled studio execs out there.Nearly 300M after 10 days. Yeah that 2013 domestic crown is up for grabs.
I hope it takes it. Not just because I loved the movie more than IM3 (and I'm one who actually did love IM3), but also because it would be awesome to see a blockbuster with a kick-ass female lead dethrone one of Hollywood's biggest and most-beloved superheroes to be the #1 movie of the year. What a lovely message that would send to some of the more thick-skulled studio execs out there.