Very unsatisfying ending for such a good heroine

Rating: 5/10 (24 March 2012)

I really wasn't sure if I wanted to see this movie as I am not a teenage girl, nor am I a reader of teen books or familiar with any of the actors in this film, but I hadn't had any popcorn for a while so I went with my too young adult daughters. The premise of course has been done before, several times i.e. running man, Logan's run and I think even an episode of star trek dealt with a similar theme. It started out pretty okay though I wish that Katniss' story had not been forced into flashbacks as it would have gave her and Peter a more sympathetic storyline. The movie was cinematically pretty and directed OK. But it got only five stars from me because the Games themselves were boring and the ending was completely unsatisfying. For a movie with such a strong heroine the audience should have been cheering in the end; but there was nothing but silence and a rush to leave the theater. Why? Because we were all stunned by the terrible last half and the completely 'this is all for nothing' ending. Too bad.