The books must be better.

Rating: 2/10 (26 March 2012)

First of all, I must confess I haven't read the books yet. So this review is only about the movie experience. Which was a huge let down for me.
***Contains spoilers*** I HATED that the fight scenes were directed this way. All those shaky effects right in front of the cameraSeriously?! They were so messy and annoying that I couldn't see what was happening. Besides everyone died so quickly. Where were the real fights? For food, for water, for life? I didn't really feel the hunger".
I don't know if the books are written like this but I did miss a few things: 1. The character developments. For example: In the beginning Cato seemed so brave and confident, acting like a warrior who came here for winning this thing. And at the end? He was afraid and desperated, crying. I asked myself why? What happened to him? I wanted to see the moment when he broke, and realized he can not win. I wanted to see the moment which turned him.
2. Why did Katniss cried so much when Rua died? Seeing the movie this part wasn't that clear to me.
3. Although I know that Katniss is the main character I expected to see the others trying to survive in the Arena.
4. Why didn't the movie show what the audience's reaction were to the fights, and basically to everything that happened in there? I thought I could see how they were rooting for the tributes.
5. What about the sponsors? Have there been any? Because I haven't seen them. They emphasized in the beginning how important it was to get them. Only Katniss received sponsor gift parachutes? Nobody else? 6. Who is this Gale guy? Is it Katniss' boyfriend? Or a friend? Although I know the answer thanks to some of the book spoilers, in the movie it isn't clear. And I also don't know what's up with Peeta. Do they even know each other? Or what? I missed a little background story here.
So these are only a few things that really annoyed me during the movie. Maybe I just went to the theater with too high expectations. But it's because The Hunger Games was soooo hyped! People said it was going to be awesome. Maybe even the best movie this year. But it wasn't. So I'm disappointed. But I must admit even though this movie sucks the books must be really good.