Not bad but.....

Rating: 6/10 (27 March 2012)

Okay, let me start by saying the book was great..the movie not so great. While it was better than anything on the SyFy channel it wasn't as good as it could have been or should have been. I know that they were trying to be as true to the book as possible and some things had to be left out but they didn't include enough from the book to allow some one who hadn't read it to know what was going on.My nephew purposely avoided the book until he could see the movie and he was disappointed.. 'Reminded me of 'The Running Man' he said. The movie makers included some bits from the book that would have explained a lot and could have been very dramatic on screen but they just skimmed over the parts with no back ground info, so after viewing the scenes people are asking "What was that supposed to be about...like in the scene *****SPOILER ALERT!!!... where the District 12 children give her the hand gesture, and then its repeated in the arena, or when Rue's district pooled what money they could find to sponsor Katniss so they could send her food...don't get me wrong it was a decent movie, but John Carter was a lot better.