Francis Lawrence will Most Likely to be Director for ‘Catching Fire’

I’ve never seen Water For Elephants or I Am Legend, but I will if it gives me a better picture of what Catching Fire could turn out to be. Really hope he understands the concept, I’ve met plenty of people who don’t. 

I feel like I am the only one who is not sad that Gary Ross will not be directing Catching Fire.  Yes, the movie was pretty true to the book, but that largely depends on the screenwriters.  The actual directing I was not a huge fan of – I didn’t like all the shaking hand camera action, and I feel like certain scenes were wasted without as much explanation as they needed.  The bread scene for example, they showed it like three times, yet unless you read the books, it’s not very clear how starving Katniss was, and for some people it wasn’t even clear that Peeta threw her the bread.  A couple people I know who didn’t read them thought he just threw it on the ground and that was it.  Yet they just kept showing the pigs, which was not that important.  

‘I Am Legend’ and ‘Water For Elephants’ are both exceptionally well made films. I feel as though Francis Lawrence is as good a candidate as any to direct Catching Fire. I will not miss the shaky camera work of Gary Ross. I understand why he did it, but I’m not sure it should have been done. The movie was rated too low for my taste. I think the violence should have been seen to make a point.  I don’t feel like the movie had as much impact as the book and this is why it has become another movie where the message is second to the hot guy leads. I know some younger girls who have seen it and they all think it would be a delight to go into the arena and fight if Peeta was there. They’ve clearly missed the point. Some say, well it has to be PG13 because of the audience the book is directed towards. That doesn’t make sense to me. The books are violent. All of the teenage girls have read them and seem to either understand or simply accept the violence in them, so why take the violence out of the movie adaptation? It seems like they were trying to a) make it a movie for all generations or b) increase their profit. I hope it’s not the latter. The reality is, The Hunger Games message would be good for everyone to hear and acknowledge but some aren’t at the appropriate age/time in their lives to be able to understand it and see how gruesome rebellions and war can be.

Wouldn’t be surprised if he Catching Fire isn’t as good as the Hunger Games. The 2nd and 3rd book fell off and it was a drag to read. Definitely could be better on screen though.

i didn’t really like the shaky camera either but still it makes it more real and intense its not like in real life when u walk or run or anything its just a straight sreen

For the DreamCast, I have Greg Proops as Beetee. Who’s with me?

The guy can do much more than comedy; he is a -superb- actor. He is perfect for this role, both physical and emotionally! Please? We almost got it trending two nights ago on Twitter.