With all the excitement over the news that Mockingjay will be split into 2 movies, there are lots of differing opinions in the fandom about this including whether they are pro or against the split, and where the split should occur.

Hollywood.com asked a couple of the Hunger Games fansites (including us) about our thoughts on the split :

Of course, the decision to divide Mockingjay could be just as polarizing as the last part of the trilogy itself. So how do some of the series biggest, most devoted fans feel about the decision to split up Mockingjay? Well, pretty split, actually. Crystal Watanabe, an administrator at The Hunger Games fan siteMockingjay.net told Hollywood.com that, “In general, it seems like the entire fandom is split. I’ve seen people complain about Lionsgate just being greedy. A lot of people point to Catching Fire as their favorite book, so that’s naturally the one that they want to see split into two movies. I disagree, however, becauseCatching Fire seemed to have about the same amount of content as The Hunger Games, which just barely fit into one movie.”

Watanabe, who is in favor of the split (“Mockingjay was in dire need of two movies or else the end product would have been ridiculously disjointed and difficult to follow”) and the yearly release dates (“The way I look at it is that it’s a lot better than having to wait almost two years between The Hunger Games and Catching Fire“) has her own hopes for how the movies play out, too. “Lionsgate will [probably] end it with the ‘new’ Peeta. I think for a better movie they will have Katniss help with the rescue operation and this will be the climax of the film, though she won’t see him until they get back to District 13 and they’ll end with their first reunion.”

Sheila Cordero, an admin for fellow fan site HG Girl On Fire, is also in favor of having two Mockingjayfilms. “I know some fans have expressed concern that the book Mockingjay isn’t a very long book and will not have enough content to split into two movies,” she told Hollywood.com, “[But] I believe doing it this way gives movie the opportunity to explore other characters’ points of view.” Cordero, who said she would like to see part 1 end “after they rescue Peeta and he and Katniss are first reunited and she is shocked at Peeta’s reaction to her,” hopes two Mockingjay takes moviegoers takes us to places the book never did: away from Katniss’ perspective. “We might get more insight into what is happening in the other districts, how the rebellion is affecting the Capitol, what Peeta is experiencing when held captive by President Snow, events from Haymitch’s perspective, President Coin’s behind-the-scenes interactions, and, of course, more of Finnick and Johanna’s back story.” 

While every fan won’t get exactly what they want to see happen in the Mockingjay films (for every fan like Cordero who wants to see the movie expand the book’s horizons, there are fans like Watanabe who would prefer “to experience everything with and through Katniss”) they can all agree on one thing: they’re all eager to see if the odds will be in their favor.

 

Read the entire article at Hollywood.com 

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