All screenplays on the simplyscripts.com and simplyscripts.net domain are copyrighted to their respective authors. All rights reserved. This screenplaymay not be used or reproduced for any purpose including educational purposes without the expressed written permission of the author.
It may have taken me 4 nights to get through this, but I was successful, finally.
Obviously not a movie intended for someone like me, I still feel that I can critique it.
I was very far from impressed. In fact, I was quite shocked at how weak, dull, predictable, and cliche this was in pretty much every way. How did this make nearly $700 Million? Why were the novels so popular? Did I watch the right movie?
Nothing at all stood out here for me. I assumed the characters would, but they were all so weak, so dull, so cliche. Did I fall asleep while the other 22 contestants had their camera time, or were they all just a mishmash of obviously bad guys and obviously good guys?
Maybe I feel asleep while the majority of the contestants were killed as well, because I sure didn't see much on screen. I know I was fully awake during the last 45 minutes, but all of a sudden, Katnis and Peeta were the only 2 left. WTF?
I also didn't like the shaky cam work. I didn't see a whole Hell of alot of FX work and wonder where the $78 Million went for production. Sure, there was some random fireballs that appeared for no reason that I could see and we had a few demon dog-like things, but really...not much else.
I didn't think I was going to love this, but I actually did think I wold enjoy it, based on the word of mouth I've heard, as well as the box office success. But, I actually didn't like anything about this. It was slow. It was dull. It was so predictable in every way imaginable.
Watched this on cable the other night. I thought it worked for an adolescent thriller. I think I was more upset over Isabelle Fuhrman (that creepy girl from Orphan than anything else.
Even if she signed a multi-movie deal (and there's supposed to be at least two more parts to this series) would it even matter?
If she was a pro athlete (at least in the pre-salary cap & inflated pay scale eras), she'd be saying - screw the contract! I'm an MVP now so pay me!
Couldn't J-Law just tell the studio: I don't care what I signed, I'm worth $15-$20 mill. per film plus a box office % now...I carried the first movie and you'll have tons of pissed off fans if you replace me. So...until I see a new contract, I'll be in my trailer.
Even if she signed a multi-movie deal (and there's supposed to be at least two more parts to this series) would it even matter?
Jim Carey sign a two-movie deal for Ace Ventura. I forgot what his pay was for each movie (it was the same) but he did a few movies in between that jacked his salary up a SHITLOAD! When it was time to do AV2, he was pissed because it was a big cut in pay.
I would think if J Law signed a contract and backed out, she would be sued by the studio. Look up why Sandra Bullock did Speed 2, which she calls the worst movie she ever did and I agree. She signed on before she ever saw a script, yet was warned by her attorneys not to back out.
Carey's 5-million still may have been a pay cut from The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and being The Riddler. Not saying he was worth that much, but he was commanding a Brinks Truck about that time.
The Hobbit is only one book but they're getting three movies out of it. At least The Hunger Games was a three-book triology...unless they go Twilight on us and do Part 1 and Part 2 on a couple of books.
(I couldn't let this go- $20 million for Cable Guy??!!!)
Pages: 
Author
The Hunger Games
Logged
Locked Board