I left not really caring

Rating: 7/10 (24 March 2012)

Let me start by saying I never review anything.
I went into this movie wanting it to be more then it was. I wonder if it will take all three movies together to get some of the impact that came from the books? I left the book series with the hunger for the revolution. The revolution that improved the social injustices bestowed on the poor souls of Pannam. Feeling sad for how broken Kat and the others were etc. I left this first movie wanting the bathroom and that's about it. This movie lacked character development. People have defended this with statements like there just wasn't enough time. I don't buy that and here is an example of why.
If you saw the movie Star Ship Troopers a "B" movie if ever there was one you end up caring a little at least about what happens to some of the characters.
To be honest I really didn't care what happened to any of the charters in this movie. I might have cared about Peetta more if I could have stopped confusing him with Cato. I almost cared about Rue, I wanted to but it just never developed.
All in all this was just an OK post-apocalyptic movie somewhere in-between Mad Max and The Postman (another book the movie failed to translate). I hope they get another director for the Catching Fire because this story deserves a lot more effort. Some have said they enjoyed it much more the second time. I may put this to the test because I really wanted this movie to succeed.