Making good on Scarlett O’Hara’s vow, she and her clan will never be hungry again, thanks to a shrewd move that forced the game-makers to accept both her and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark (Hutcherson) as winners. SEE ALSO: ‘Catching Fire’ on Track for Mega $150 Million Debutįortunes have changed significantly for Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) since the starvation days of life in District 12. Both qualities come strongly into play here, as the director finds the perfect balance between emotion and excitement. Good, then, that the reins have passed from “Hunger Games” helmer Gary Ross to Francis Lawrence - a director with a firm grasp of large-canvas filmmaking, equally skilled at tense, white-knuckle sci-fi (“I Am Legend”) and bald, unapologetic romance (as evidenced by his excellent yet underseen circus swooner, “Water for Elephants”). On that level - and despite its hefty $691 million worldwide haul - “The Hunger Games” was a disappointment, clumsily shot and strangely cast ( Jennifer Lawrence was nearly a decade too old, while Josh Hutcherson was hardly the stocky baker’s son readers had pictured). Unlike the authors of those book series, Collins got her start in screenwriting, which might explain her almost instinctively cinematic sense of storytelling, in which characters and scenes are described so vividly, fans can scarcely wait to see how they will be translated onscreen.
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