AniNate Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I don't expect Breaking Dawn to have any better legs than any of the other previous installments. It may have good WOM among fans, but I find it difficult to imagine non-fans all of a sudden being sucked in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmBuff Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 With the estimates keep dropping, will it even do 130 mil? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 With the estimates keep dropping, will it even do 130 mil? lollol lame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbowtrout Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 What is an example of a book series (or trilogy w/continuation) that has declined in its third outing?Hunger Games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Dh2 is not the second highest ticket seller of the HP films? What the hell is?Goblet of Fire: 45.2mChamber of Secrets: 44.9mDeathly Hallows 2: 44.3mOrder of the Phoenix: 42.1mHalf-Blood Prince: 40.2mPrisoner of Azkaban: 40.1mDH1: 36.7m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) Hunger GamesOpinion on Mockingjay is constantly improving. Edited November 19, 2011 by ddddeeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Opinion on Mockingjay is constantly improving.Yes, but it won't be as highly regarded as the first two, if only because of the rushed ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I think it might be my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I think it might be my favourite.The film adaptation can be our favorite, but there is no doubt that the ending of Mockingjay was far too rushed. I've only read it once, so I'll see if my opinion of it changes or not. Like I said, I don't hate the book. I just think it lacked the spark of the first two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 The film adaptation can be our favorite, but there is no doubt that the ending of Mockingjay was far too rushed. I've only read it once, so I'll see if my opinion of it changes or not. Like I said, I don't hate the book. I just think it lacked the spark of the first two. I think it's problem was it struggled at first to adjust to the new setting, but once Katniss went on the missions it definitely perked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I thought it was boring, depressing and somewhat unsatisfying the first time. The second time I loved it, it was a realistic, ballsy ending which kept in line with the rest of the series. I honestly felt it humiliated the fairytale ending to pretty much every other YA series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) I think it's problem was it struggled at first to adjust to the new setting, but once Katniss went on the missions it definitely perked up.It did. I enjoyed the latter section far more than the first half, but I didn't like how rushed Prim's death was. I didn't even know it happened until after a few pages! Edited November 19, 2011 by Noctis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 It did. I enjoyed the latter section far more than the first half, but I didn't like how rushed Prim's death was. I didn't even know it happened until after a few pages! I was more affected by Finnick's death. He was so fucking epic! Prim's was more full of disbelief to me. Seemed very out of place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoguy Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Great OD.The Twilight movies are consistent as hell, just like the HP movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kells Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Talking WOM with a Twi film is kind of pointless. The fans always love the films for about a week. EVERY film has had "great WOM" opening weekend. They'll hate it by next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) Only counted 6 sellouts for today so far. Yesterday at this time there were 19, although there's obviously been more daytime sellouts today. Edited November 19, 2011 by spizzer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracygee Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Talking WOM with a Twi film is kind of pointless. The fans always love the films for about a week. EVERY film has had "great WOM" opening weekend. They'll hate it by next weekend. I disagree. On our board, normally it's been a bloodbath the day after with people tearing apart the films. During Eclipse, I thought they'd go out and hunt David Slade down and wring him up (not me, personally, I enjoyed Eclipse). I saw more people flipping out and saying how bad the film was going to be before it came out than now. People were expecting it to be awful and were really worried about it. But today, there's some nitpicking here and there, but most people are very enthusiastic about the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 NoVA/DC Friday/Saturday Sellout Comparison: 6 sellouts as of 4:30PM EST, versus 19 yesterday. *Note, yesterday, most sellouts were evening shows. Today, evening shows haven't sold as much yet, but there are more day time sellouts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoguy Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 (edited) Only counted 7 sellouts for today so far. Yesterday at this time there were 19, although there's obviously been more daytime sellouts today. All the fangirls saw it on midnight and the first day. Now it is going to be up to the general audience to take it up to 300M. Edited November 19, 2011 by Mojoguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I was more affected by Finnick's death. He was so fucking epic! Prim's was more full of disbelief to me. Seemed very out of place I understand the criticism here and cannot disagree. However, I actually liked it. I thought it was very eerie and it tied in with Katniss starting to lose her mind. The whole piece from Katniss seeing little Capitol girl in a yellow coat being slain by the rebel fire to humanitarian parachutes bombing Capitol kids to Prim suddenly appearing as a medical staff and falling victim to the said parachute bombs that were Gale`s idea. I think there are manygreat ideas in there that would have worked better in the hands of a more capable writer. Collins excels in conceptual but execution isn`t always up to the snuff. neverttheless, Mockingjay is my favorite followed by Catching Fire. HG is my least favorite because it has a brilliant set up but doesn`t quite deliver on the promise due to first person POV that proved to be a handicap in this book. It was fixed in subsequent ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
