With zero character development and similar attention paid to describing the setup, this is one film to steer clear of.

Rating: 3/10 (25 March 2012)

I went to see the film based on a friend's status update. (we have a vested interest in fantasy books) Not having read the books, I thought I'd probably like the film more. It was awful. Zero character development, zero explanation of the settings. Dystopia? Really? Randomly show girl sitting in the rain and guy throws her stale bread and whoa we have dystopia. Show random people with grime on their face and in their skivvies while everyone elsewhere has the worst hair styles this side of Jersey Shore and presto! Dystopia. And zero physics (in this case the insanely enhanced technology in the dystopic world) explanation. Random dogs sprouting out of the ground? How? Also, fireballs? :/
I'm certain the books explain all this, flesh out the characters, instead of randomly developing rivalries despite not having shared even a couple of words on screen.
Hunger Games, (maybe an) awesome book. But appallingly bland film.
Hugo was only about 15 minutes longer than the Hunger Games. Both originate from YA books. Yet by the end of the Hugo film experience, I was already clamoring for a second watch. Now I'm wary about reading the Hunger Games books.