Different from the book but I still enjoyed it.

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2012)

I think this movie was very smartly done. When I saw the cast list at first I was outraged! I thought somebody so pretty and young couldn't play Effie, I kid who already had so many iconic roles couldn't play Peeta and a tall blond beach babe couldn't play Katniss. But when I watched it it all seemed to come together. Very different how I Imagined it but in the same terrifying yet wondrous way.
The emotion that the cast brought on screen was fantastic! Even without Katniss narrating it, you could see what she was thinking and guess every thought in her head. The costuming was very brilliant and added to the story wonderfully. The camera shots at the beginning were a little annoying and artsy and too zoomed in though. It was hard to watch without becoming dizzy. And the final fight scene between the two guys, it just looked like two blond heads spinning around and around. This movie was enjoyable though, not the hunger games that I imagined but a good movie none the less.