... I hate action movies

Rating: 10/10 (3 April 2012)

I haven't read the books before I went in to see this movie. I didn't expect much, as I believed it to be yet another boring action movie. Well, I suppose it is an action movie (quite brutal at some stages - do not bring your kids!).... but it is so, so much more! I was glued on my seat the whole time. Partly because I was trying to understand what the hell was going on, how did something like this ever happen!!! The story line is beautiful, in a very sad and brutal kind of way. The acting is excellent, absolutely fantastic! After the movies, I went home at 10pm, and I started to download the kindle version of the second book straight away. I could not wait, I NEEDED to know what would happen next. I finished the book around 5 am. Went to bed, woke up at 8am to download the third book from amazon. I finished the third book the same day. I was still flabbergasted by the story line. I went to the cinema the next day again.... I am not sure if I can describe the heart ache I felt watching the story.
I just finished the first book. I was surprised to see that the movie was SO close to the written story... like they just took all of the conversations word to word from the book! The love story is a little different in the book than it is in the movie. Honestly, the dude who plays Peeta - he acted so incredibly well, my heat aches thinking about his eyes when he looks at Katniss. How did he do this? I am still not sure what the books actually stirred in my. But 4 days later, I can still not shake it off... I would have enjoyed the movie more, if it would have been less brutal - but it would not have been the same! Also at first, I felt like some characters were somehow "fake", take Cato for example. I thought... he was somehow unbelievable, there was nothing human left in him. I changed my mind in the finale... he looked scared.
I rambling. But this is, because I still have not wrapped my mind around this movie/story line. Go, watch it. (and read the books, they are beautiful!)