Twilight
TheTwilight Sagamovies , adapted from Stephenie Meyers ' popular book series , and theHunger Gamesmovies , adapted from Suzanne Collins ' equally - democratic Young Adult book series , prove that literary adaptations still had plenty of potency for winner outside of the mankind of crone and wizards . But which series is considered the good in the eyes of critic ?
lease ’s look at every movie from both franchises along with their scores from critics on review total site Metacritic to paint a clear picture of each statute title ’s high , and lowest , points .
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (44)
The firstTwilightsequel proved to be a jumpy , but still profitable , open for the serial into franchise - punk mostly due to the uneventful nature of its story .
disregarding , New Moondelivered on more of what fan need from the bud amorous trilateral of fantasy monsters and the names of its lead characters and actors became so prominent in democratic culture that they were much menage name .
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (45)
Splitting the then - final book in Stephenie Meyers ' serial publication into two parts à laHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , Breaking Dawnmostly focusses on the lead character ’s marriage and gestation .
While the movie was still a huge fiscal hit at the box spot , it proved to be as likewise scant on plot of ground asNew Moonwas from the position of critics .
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (52)
The finalTwilightmovie took the franchise out on a financial gamy annotation , becoming the highest - gross motion picture of the franchise , whilst turning in the most median result from critic .
With the results of the first part ’s finish having serious repercussions for the principal characters , the serial snuff it out with its biggest battle ever and fans appeared slaked even if critics were lukewarm .
Twilight (56)
Though neither the biggest fiscal or critical hit of the series , the firstTwilightmovie was still a breakout success for its vernal cast and the fantasyromancegenre in general .
Though its success in the realm of picture show franchises and popularbook adaptationsmay seem humble by today ’s standards , its comparatively small budget made it one of the most significant hit of a time period that remold mainstream movies as audience now have it away them .
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (58)
The thirdTwilightmovie , whilst not as luxuriously - grossing as either the previous movie in the serial or the follow movie , show to be the most highly - rated amongst critic .
Bryce Dallas Howard replaced Rachelle Lefevre in the persona of the main antagonist and the extra principal power sure as shooting help to legitimate the motion-picture show with critics butEclipsealso marked the moment when critic appeared to be the most sweep up in the spirit of the franchise’slove triangleplotting .
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (64)
Similarly toBreaking Dawn , the final part in theHunger Gamesstory was separate into two motion picture and the fact that this decision appears to have no clear creative merits , and was done strictly for fiscal reasons , perhaps wager a part in a greatly bring down decisive ranking compared to the previous motion-picture show .
The unavoidable mogul of enfranchisement fatigue , even for a franchise so poor , can not , however , be discount and , even though it ’s not by much , MockingjayPart 1would prove to be the lowest - rated entry into the enfranchisement .
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (65)
The fourth and finalHunger Gamesmovie ended up being the least financially successful movie at the loge place but slightly better - reviewed than the first part of the finale from the previous class .
With the revolution against the Capitol in full swing , Katniss Everdeenbegins to question the intentions and loyalty of those around her and , while not as empathic a blowout as many successful enfranchisement have , it was n’t as controversial as so many others have also .
The Hunger Games (68)
There were many adaptations of novels aimed at unseasoned mass being bring forth at that time in no small-scale part due to the huge fiscal success of theHarry Potterfranchise , but the originalHunger Gamesmovie stood out from the crowd almost in a flash .
Jennifer Lawrence ’s central performance elevated the already - Oscar - make and soon - to - be Academy Award - gain star to the heights of a ethnic icon within a comparatively forgetful period of time and the story had plenty of political resonance for hearing as well as critic .
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (76)
take on the top spot by quite a wide of the mark margin is the first continuation toThe Hunger Games , which pick up or so where the first motion picture leaves off with Katniss Everdeen andPeeta Mellarkadjusting to life history as victor of the game and , as a result , political pawns in the struggle between the ruling Capitol and the revolt .
Catching Fire , in many ways , not only the peak of theHunger Gamesfranchise but of the Young Adult adaptation craze of that moment , with no other comparable pic recapture its glory .
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