Hunger Games: Katniss succeeds where the other girls failed—but
will anyone listen?  katniss hunger games  In case you were
sleeping under a tree, it’s official: HUNGER GAMES was the third
biggest opening ever, with $152.5 million, the best non-sequel
opening ever, only behind HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS:
PART 2 and THE DARK KNIGHT.  Heady company for a girl who hunts
squirrels.  The success of the movie also puts the lie to
Hollywood’s beloved trope that an actioner starring a woman
can’t be successful. And as such, it’s going to have a lot of
repercussions. Because Hollywood is full of copycats and they’re
going to try to repeat the formula. But what formula will they
see in HUNGER GAMES?  Katniss Everdeen, the heroine portrayed by
Jennifer Lawrence, has succeeded where so many not only failed
but failed spectacularly.     CATWOMAN (thought by some to be
the worst superhero movie of all times)  And of course, the
many, many failures of Wonder Woman. (See this Wired piece for
the recent history of f