not what expected

Rating: 3/10 (25 March 2012)

I went to this movie opening night to see what all the hype was about, having not read the books prior I thought this movie was okay. first impression was not good, wished this movie was made to target a more adult/mature audience. After I watched the movie I went out and bought the book. upon reading the book i noticed a lot of things i wish were in the movie. mainly explaining why life was like that, during the movie i found myself asking a lot of questions as to why, why did the hunger games even exist? why were there 12 districts? nothing was explained. also the main point of the book was non existent in the movie. it showed hardly any hardship and the parts that tried to portray that were disappointing and cheesy at best. the actual competition was lacking as well. It is supposed to be brutal? defiantly not, i did not find it convincing. i hope they make the next movies better, explain more things since not everyone read the books before going and i hope they change their target audience to do these books proper justice.