Going into this, I honestly was only aware of it because of Jennifer Lawrence's involvement and I was very apprehensive. Along with Kristen Stweart, I think Lawrence is among the best young actors working today, but I feared this was going to be another Twilight. A young adult novel franchise that would side-track a good actor from being involved with better projects. However that isn't the case with this movie.
I didn't read the books, but I think this movie works incredibly well. Great filmmaking, great performances, and I have to say even some of the casting choices I initially thought were odd, really work (Woody & Lenny). There are times that I think the plot gets a bit lame, which echos some of the criticisms I've heard of the source material, but overall I think it succeeds as a movie. Looking forward to seeing Lawrence in the sequel.
Now if only Kristen Stewart would stop making very bad melodramatic movies about sparkling vampires.
Shout by Steve DavisVIP OG 6BlockedParent2012-08-06T15:18:57Z
Going into this, I honestly was only aware of it because of Jennifer Lawrence's involvement and I was very apprehensive. Along with Kristen Stweart, I think Lawrence is among the best young actors working today, but I feared this was going to be another Twilight. A young adult novel franchise that would side-track a good actor from being involved with better projects. However that isn't the case with this movie.
I didn't read the books, but I think this movie works incredibly well. Great filmmaking, great performances, and I have to say even some of the casting choices I initially thought were odd, really work (Woody & Lenny). There are times that I think the plot gets a bit lame, which echos some of the criticisms I've heard of the source material, but overall I think it succeeds as a movie. Looking forward to seeing Lawrence in the sequel.
Now if only Kristen Stewart would stop making very bad melodramatic movies about sparkling vampires.