as I expected - a poor shadow of the books

Rating: 4/10 (4 October 2012)

I read these books several years ago and loved them. When I heard about the movies I was hoping for something good, something that would come close to doing justice to the story. Sadly, my gut instinct was correct. Wooden acting, no depth to any character, no depth to the "game" left me feeling - aside from bored - as if I couldn't care less who died. Even the sweet little girl tribute was left .. empty.
I wonder why people say this is so much better than Twilight. Certainly, the BOOKS were in a different league to Meyer's trilogy but I found the movies disappointingly similar. As a matter of fact, I preferred Kristen Stewart's Bella to TheGirlWhoPlayedKatniss and that is a very large statement.
People interested in such stories, read the books! You will love them. You will cry with the characters and care deeply about their fates. Things that simply did not happen for me in the movie.