A Huge Disappointment! (Spoiler Alert)

Rating: 2/10 (30 March 2013)

Before watching the movie The Hunger Games I had to read the book first. I knew the book was going to be good because of all the good things I heard from others and its enormous popularity. Although I do like to compare the book with its movie counterpart, I realize that not due to the length of books some parts have to be cut when translated into a film. However, I was completely shocked how little the movie contained. There is very little character development of any of the major characters, the dialogue between the characters is nonexistent and changes are made that would confuse anyone who did not read the book. Again I would like to restate that I understand parts of the book has to be sacrificed but the meat of the story is between the conversations of the characters. Going into the movie the relationships I thought the movie had to focus on was the relationship between Haymitch and his mentees, Katniss and Peeta, and the relationship between Katniss and Peeta. The movie did show that Haymitch concocted the love story between Katniss and Peeta but he did not share that with the Capitol. The fake relationship was something that was in place at the beginning but fleshed out in its entirety during the games. I will also say that in the movie the relationship between Katniss and Peeta was nonexistent. Not to ramble on and one I will end by saying The Hunger Games completely missed the mark, recreating scenes and story lines that compromises the integrity of the film. I was very disappointed!