Awesome Movie!!!

Rating: 8/10 (22 April 2012)

I really, really enjoyed this movie-it was far better then most books- turned-films are.(And I've read the books.) Although there was lots of violence and suspense/intensity/disturbing scenes in this film, there was just the right amount of humor to balance it all out. I thought the casting was absolutely perfect, and the acting and setting/special effects were beyond great. I was expecting to walk into this film that would have lots of gore and gross scenes, but it really didn't. Most scenes didn't bother me-the scene where Glimmer is killed by the tracker jackers was sort of disgusting, and of course Rue's death was sad, but when it really came down to it, it wasn't as gory as the media made it out to be. Sure, it was violent-I mean, what would you expect from a film like this?-but it wasn't gory. Despite how much I loved the film, I do have some complaints:
1. Cinna was barely in it at all! In the book he was practically a main character, and in the film he's only in two or three scenes; I know they wanted to focus mostly on the arena, but seriously? 2. They cut out Madge completely! It really bothered me how Katniss got the mocking-jay pin at the Hob rather than Madge giving it to her 3. I know this is a very small part of the film, but Buttercup (Prim's cat) wasn't yellow nor ugly. I mean, the cat's only in one scene, but couldn't they have at least found one that looked even remotely like the book's description? 4. They skipped two important scenes with Haymitch: first of all, they skip the part where he falls off of the stage at the Reaping, and where he falls in his own puke in the train car-call me crazy, but I was sort of looking forward to seeing that! 5. When in the arena, Katniss didn't receive any bread from District 11 (as she does in the book) for helping Rue. 6. They never get into the story about the Avox girl (which didn't really bother me all that much, but it bothered my cousin-who saw it with me-to great levels)
All in all, this film was really, really good, and definitely worth the time and money-can't wait for the DVD!!!