Meh. A movie that is once again worse ...

Rating: 5/10 (20 May 2013)

... than the already not stellar book (and here comes the hate).
I know this is a movie review, but let me start with the book, since it is after all the source of the story. Here I will spoil about as much as you see in the trailer and some unimportant trivia. If this offends you stop reading now.
The book/plot starts with a fantastic setting of an post-apocalyptic world where the super high-tech capitol and surrounding colonies. It also contains a number of silly concepts - like a super high-tech capitol that can easily gather 100 000 people on a sporting event but still, for some reason, needs impoverished colonies of about 8000 people. Pretty much all of the characters (except for Katniss) are flat and easily summed up with one or two words. The story itself is as straight as a highway with pretty much nothing really surprising the reader. It's not hard to imagine what you average movie adaptation does with a start like this.
And it does exactly that. The characters are dumbed down your average Hollywood norm, and the plot is even more straightforward, since the only interesting parts (like Katniss' view on things) are lost.
The rest of the movie stuff: The acting was decent, the visual effects were OK, sound effects too. I was hoping for a decent song or two, but didn't get anything. The screenplay was using some plot devices only when it suited it and forgot about it after a while. Nothing else really left a lasting impression.
To sum up, this was pretty much the most mediocre film i've seen in a long time. Nothing was *bad* like The-Last-Airbender-bad, but nothing was good either. So if you're in for some brainless entertainment involving teenager killing each other or a fan of the book - go for it. If not, you're not missing much.