Enjoyed this film even with bits missing.

Rating: 9/10 (10 April 2012)

I saw this film today and I was mostly impressed with the film, I enjoyed it a lot. I took two friends who had no idea before hand except from watching the trailers and one reading some of the first book. They both enjoyed it and said it was better than what they thought it would be like.
Good points: . They included most details about the books, I loved the scenes in the capitol such as the chariots and the interviews were pretty good. The games themselves were good as they involved most of the events from the books e.g Katniss blowing up the careers food, Rue's death, the trackerjacker nest. The score: was pretty good as well and mostly matched the film, the sweetness of some scenes still had dark elements to remind the audience the games is still going.
Not so good points: The soundtrack: The soundtrack really does not feature at all in the film until the credits. None of the songs were on there so Taylor Swift's "Safe and Sound" was not anywhere in the film as many of us expected it somewhere around Rue's death. I do not know why the songs were not on there and I was slightly disappointed as the album would have been better called: "Songs that relate to the hunger games but are not in the film until the credits". So if your going to see the film for the soundtrack you won't find it till the end. The score was there just no soundtrack. The cast: My problems with the cast are only little just with heights and eye colour (Peeta's eyes are meant to be blue, but he was still good to watch) but their easily overlooked. The main problem with the cast was some characters were missing e.g Madge who plays a good part in the books as she gives Katniss the pin and in Catching Fire explains the pin a bit more to Katniss. Time: The film is long its 2 hours and 22 minutes so by the end I had to walk around a fair bit to get the feeling back in my legs so be prepared to stretch whilst watching the film. The problem I have with the time is it felt in the film a little out of place as certain sections of the games felt faster than others and some parts had much longer time. Towards the end of the film when the mutts appear it is supposed to last a whole night roughly in the film it lasts in their time a few minutes. Time affected the film as some scenes did feel rushed due to how long film had to be. Katniss is meant to be in the games for a few weeks but it felt like she was in for a few days.
Anywho the film is still pretty good and the acting is good to go with it Cato and Clove were really good as you could feel the hate pouring out of them. I recommend this film to people over the age of 12 and if your one who doesn't like blood or mild teenage gore then be careful about seeing it.
May the odds be ever in your favour...