Amazing book, horrible movie.

Rating: 1/10 (23 September 2012)

Basically, I hated the Hunger Games. Having read the book first (and adoring Thresh, the tribute from 11) I was expecting more bloodshed, gore, and maybe a bit more heartfelt words from Thresh, as there were in the book.
My biggest problem with all adaptations are when movies leave out the funnies to pt in the soppies. Harry Potter did the exact same to the point where one semi-main character was left out until the second from last movie, and another one wasn't there at all. However, The Hunger Games has even broken the chain, making Catching Fire movie needing lots of changes to fit in with both the book and the Hunger Games movie.
First part they left out which I loved in the book was Haymitch falling off the stage drunk. I mean, who didn't love that? They left it out of the movie however, and Haymitch wasn't nearly as drunk as I imagined him. Weird, but acceptable. Maybe having an alcoholic wasn't allowed for some daft movie reason.
The next part that got me annoyed (ad the part that is gonna be hard to fix) is Finnick Odair. If you haven't read Catching Fire you're gonna be really confused at that name. But here's the quick summary of him: He's handsome, he's a career, he's from 4, and he's handsome. Hansome doesn't mean too much to me (I still prefer Thresh) but it's a major point so I thought it should be put twice. In the movie when Haymitch is explaining career tributes he mentions they're the tributes from 1 and 2, but not 4. In the career pack, it's only the tributes from 1 and 2 (and Peeta and the boy from 3). So that's gonna be hard to get around.
Third part: Too much before games, too little during games. The games takes up 2/3s of the book, but only about 1/2 of the movie. Should be more. Less kissing, more killing I say.
Fourth part: Cato and Clove aren't in love?! Surely they are, they are in the book right? At least that's how I imagined them. And Clove seems a bit short for a supposed 18 year old (another problem as Finnick was 14).
Last problem: Where's Thresh's lines gone? In the movie, Thresh says little, but even then he's a major important character. Thresh captured my heart more in the book than in the movie (not due to the actor, he was pretty cute but due to script) and from about 2 pages of heart felt dialogs between him and Katniss to one line. Which is even cut from the original line. Seriously, they didn't even have his interview on.
Brilliant book, horrible movie. And that's why you shouldn't get it on DVD (there's no deleted scenes or goof ups either!)