This Weekend, Watch This

A comparison for the new releases for November 21-23, 2014

By Curt David

November 21, 2014

War were declared.

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New movies are released into theaters every weekend. How do you decide which movie to watch? Some movies sound awesome (The Lone Ranger), but then do not do too well commercially. Other movies star your celebrity crush (Kerry Washington in I Think I Love My Wife), but then do not get much love critically. Still other movies are recommended by friends (but friends can be idiots). And if you are like 40%* of people, you are not even aware of which movies are being released, yet alone which movies you should pay your hard earned money on.

I’ll save you the hassle of researching every movie, by comparing the new releases for each weekend in this column. Then I’ll tell you which movie you should watch in the theaters.

For the weekend of November 21st, the only new movie in wide release is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1. Since it automatically wins this weekend, I’ll list some movies you should watch while you wait for Part 2 to come out.






The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1 Movies to tide you over until Part 2
Clearest TitleIt is finally here!If you are a Josh Hutcherson fan, you could see a young Josh in Bridge to Terabithia.
Best Genre
and Rating
Adventure Sci-fi
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images and thematic material
If you are a Liam Hemsworth fan, well, you don’t have too many choices, but you could watch The Expendables 2.
Best Plot
(in haiku form)
Katniss joins rebels
To overthrow government
She shoots with a bow
If you are a Woody Harrelson fan, check out Zombieland.
Best TrailerPROS: The teaser trailer with Peeta standing with Snow- so good
CONS: Well, don’t know if there are cons with the real trailer, because I didn’t want to watch it and ruin anything for me.
If you are a Elizabeth Banks fan, you could watch Definitely, Maybe or Role Models.
Coolest Lead ActorJennifer Lawrence from Silver Linings Playbook and The Hunger Games.If you are a Jena Malone fan you can watch Saved!, Pride and Prejudice, or Donnie Darko.
Best CastJosh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, and Julianne Moore. If you are a Julianne Moore fan, feel free to watch Crazy, Stupid, Love., The Big Lebowski, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, or The Fugitive.
Best Street Cred
For the Production
Director Francis Lawrence also directed I am Legend and Water for Elephants. If you are a Jennifer Lawrence fan, you have to watch X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Winter’s Bone, and Silver Linings Playbook.




So out of a maximum of 7 points per movie, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1 scores 7 points and a gold star.

You may interpret this column for your own movie preferences. For example, if you don’t want to watch this movie, feel free to watch….no don’t feel free to watch something else, watch this movie. However, if you are still on the fence, please read the following conclusions from the scientific data gathered in this column.

Conclusion 1: On paper, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1 is the best movie to watch this weekend.
Conclusion 2: Each week I give a gold star to the movie with the best tagline. Mockingjay’s tagline is “The courage of one will change the world.”
Conclusion 3: The Hunger Games have arrived!!!!!

*Statistic is completely made up.




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