Surprised at negatives comments, a great film!

Rating: 9/10 (8 April 2012)

I was really shocked to see the negative comments on this film. Starting with somebody instructing me not to go and see it unless I had read the books! What tosh. It's always a risk seeing a film after you enjoy a book, on this occasion it didn't affect me. Not read the books, not a teenager, neither are my kids anymore and I loved it. I am fussy and don't watch rubbish, I prefer high end intelligent films and not the ones for the masses.
I was in two minds about this and only went as we had nothing else to do. Very glad that we did. I didn't need to know the story to understand that they were living in extreme poverty, I managed to work that out for myself. The acting has been criticized as 'shallow'??!! Unbelievable. I thought Jennifer Lawrence was fantastic. I also don't agree that the special effects were poor, I thought they were great and a big part of the movie.
Maybe some people are unable to suspend their disbelief and that is why they couldn't enjoy this film. I found it totally engrossing as have some of my friends and really enjoyed it and recommend it as a couple of hours of good entertainment.