Movies.com takes a closer look at Francis Lawrence

In order to help us understand just what Francis Lawrence will bring to Catching Fire Movies.com has gone ahead and examined Lawrence’s most recent films, Water for Elephants and I am Legend in detail.  Once Lawrence was announced as director many of us went and did the same thing, so this is definitely worth checking out!  See excerpt below.

Ever since word got out that Francis Lawrence is taking Gary Ross’ place as the director of the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire, we’ve all indulged in judging him based on whether or not we enjoy his previous films – myself included. While a director may get most of the praise should a movie play well or take the brunt of the criticism should it get banned, the fact of the matter is there are a lot of cooks in the kitchen when it comes to making a feature film.

The director is essentially the conductor, but that doesn’t mean every element of the filmmaking process lies in the palm of his or her hand. That being said, there’s really no judging Lawrence’s capabilities without both disconnecting his directorial work from the other creative entities, but then also considering the collaboration to a degree.

In order to better assess Lawrence’s potential as the director of Catching Fire, here’s a closer look at his work in his two most recent features, I Am Legend and Water for Elephants.

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