I'm in two minds over this movie

Rating: 8/10 (8 August 2012)

Firstly, i have not read the books, nor did i know they exist before this film. I found this film great when watching it, but reflecting back i can certainly see some of your concerns. I expected this film to be gory and gut-wrenching. But the producers have blatantly kept it mellow and subtle so that they could release it to a pg-13 market, to make another twilight-like film. You didn't really see any of the deaths. Another thing i found bad was that i felt no empathy towards any of the characters, except Katniss, when Rue died i expected to be upset but i wasn't as no emotion was portrayed. Overall, the main thing wrong was the 'pg-13' problem, but on the whole i loved the film, and will watch it again.