It was overall, a good movie, but I wish it would have stayed truer to the books!

Rating: 7/10 (23 March 2012)

I still don't like the actors for Peeta and Gale. I do like Jennifer Laurence more now, but I think others could have been better for the part. The fact that, in the move, Katniss is taller than Peeta? That bugs me to no end. She's supposed to be a slight, small girl, and while Jennifer is a good actress, she's not who I would have chosen for the part. She did do better than I expected though. I don't like Josh Hutcherson. I never really have, and I absolutely dislike him for the part of Peeta. He looks better with brown hair, first off, and he's super short, and my list can go on and on but I won't bore you with my dislike of him. Liam Hensworth Now , he'd have been a good Peeta. And alright, He's a better Gale than I expected, but I think that if they had searched a bit more, they'd have found someone perfect. Woody Harrelson is a decent Haymitch. Not exactly what I'd imagined, but good enough to make me happy with his appointment.
Now, off of the characters (For the most part).
Buttercup's not being orange disappointed me very much.
I loved the way they did the reaping, and have come to love Willow Sheilds as Prim.
Katniss's mother annoys me. She's a good choice though.
I want that train.
What happened to the hole knife-throwing, glass-breaking scene?!?!
I love the way they did the capitol citizens.
Uhh, Where exactly is Katniss' Prep team? They're not even identified, not really (Seeing as I wanted to go dressed up as Octavia, this upset me greatly)
Cinna rocks. Just Saying.
The flames weren't exactly what I'd expected, but I know that my vision of it was probably far-fetched.
President Snow is not what I imagined at all. HE HAS A BEARD. Not sure how I feel about it though.
I like Cesaer Flickerman. And Claudius Templesmith.
The interviews were awesome.
I've decided I would like the couple who played Cato and Clove as Katniss and Peeta. Right size and good actors and all.
There was no Dehydration
I liked the fire.
I love how they cut back and forth between the Capitol and the arena to explain things and such.
Tracker Jacker effects were awesomely done.
They didn't really play up the Katniss/Peeta romance as much as they should have. (They only kissed once!)
I loved the blowup scene.
What happened to Katniss loosing her hearing in her left ear?!
It all seemed so rushed.
Peeta as a part of the ground was awesomely done.
There was no sleeping medicine, and no goat story! D=<
Thresh was awesome.
Clove was awesome.
The medicine wasn't in a syringe?(not bugged by that really, it's just something I noticed)
The dogs were good, but they weren't mutts that gave the strange impression of dead tributes.
What happened to Peeta's loss of blood and such in his leg?
Cato's death scene is amazing
So are the berries.
They rushed the end.
Cornucopia isn't gold! D=
What happened to the revelation of Peeta's new leg? Does he even have one?
There was like, no conversation on the train ride back.
BUTTERCUP WASN'T ORANGE. (Seriously, I expected them to get at least that right. It's not as if finding an orange cat is that hard)
And that pretty much wraps it up.
Overall, I enjoyed the movie. I'll be seeing it again, soon, I hope. I wished they had stayed truer to the book though, because I'm not sure how it will reflect on the next movie. If they make Catching Fire into a movie, which I expect they will. I'll be interested to see who gets to play Finnick But, one last thing. The movie is a good compliment to the book, but for those who haven't read the book, I'm not sure how much you'd understand the movie. It left a lot out that would have aided it in making sense to those who haven't read it. Then again, because those who haven't read the book haven't been able to piece it together in their minds as I have, it might not have been so bad.
I'll be interested to see other people's reviews, though!