Why All the Hate?

Rating: 10/10 (24 March 2012)

I was a huge fan of the first 2 books, The Hunger Games & Catching Fire, (I haven't read Mockingjay) and I was extremely excited for the movie. And you know what, I Loved it! I felt it captured the tone of the book beautifully. Jennifer Lawrence killed the role of Katniss and deserves to be recognized by the awards next year. The acting was great, they pulled off the tone greatly, and I just loved it. It is a slow burner and that may irritate people but, so was the book. My only real issue was they didn't develop the love story between Katniss and Peeta well. In the book you can clearly see Katniss' feelings towards Peeta grow from disliking him to falling in love with him. In the movie it sort of just happens. I thought the movie breezed right by. It did not feel like 2hrs 22mins. I thought the movie worked. It was fast paced, had strong acting, and is probably my favorite book-to-movie adaptation.