Could have been better

Rating: 5/10 (2 April 2014)

I've read the book after seeing the movie. At first I was quite impressed by the film, but after I read the first book I saw a lot of exciting moments missing in the movie. The haven't shown all of the excitement and adrenalin. After reading the book and re-watching the movie, there were scenes that became clear. What I mean is that without reading the book you might not even understand some scenes, especially the younger viewers.
I also think that most of the emotions weren't shown in the movie. The main characters were talking in a cold tone in the entire movie, not that they were smiling and laughing all the time in the book, but there were a lot of times when Katniss wanted to cry and she was hiding or waiting until dark, but in the movie she had the same face all the time. No emotions represented! Excluding the few moments on crying and fighting that just came out of nowhere. And they didn't show probably half of the moments when Katniss was hurt and trying to stay alive by heeling herself with what she knows, but instead they just send her the sponsor gift right away.
I can say that the storyline was well told, but they haven't focused on the important moment like the fake love story by Katniss and Peeta. They showed more of how they represented it then the fact it was an act all along. I didn't even understand it until I read the book. You can be impressed at first with only watching the trailer, but after reading the book you can see the connection between everything. Like Rue for example - in the movie she just spies on Katniss and out of nowhere she gives her advise and a few minutes later she dies. While in the book it's explained who Rue is, where she's from, what she knows, why Katniss is sad when she dies and how she thinks of her until the last rows of the last book.
Every story is like a puzzle, but in this movie the important pieces are missing and you can't see the picture. Same in the movie - they haven't made a clear and visible connection between the scenes and the story is unclear at times.
I also think that they've put the camera on a too big close up of Katniss. They did that not only because she is the main character, but in the book she is telling the entire story. But they could have shown more of the other characters - their training, their interview, etc.
This is my opinion, I hope it was helpful.