Relax and just enjoy the damn movie!

Rating: 10/10 (27 March 2012)

I've read the books, all of them and I still loved the movie. Yes, they toned it down a little but only a very little. Is it really a surprise that it's not an exact replica of the book? Hasn't this been happening for decades? Hollywood is Hollywood, the day they make a movie exactly like the book, it will be one of the signs of the apocalypse.
What I always do in situations like this is just separate the two or see it as a preview of the book and just enjoy it and this movie is entertaining! It's suspenseful, action packed, visually interesting, well cast and worth the price of the ticket. What more could you ask for in a movie? The one thing I liked as well is it jumped away from katniss from time to time and you got to see haymitch behinds the scenes trying to help, and see how the gamekeepers operate to make the games more interesting, why they make the moves they do instead of just guessing at it when you read.
Except for a little here and there, they kept Very true to the books, the things they left out weren't important to the plot at all. You have to realize many people who went to see the movies never read the books, so they film makers have to make it understandable to them as well.
So, to sum it up. It's a very entertaining movie, for those of you who have read the books: go into it knowing it won't be exactly the same thing and just try to enjoy it! Pretend you're watching a very long, well funded commercial for the book.
The movie is the movie, the book is the book! Fight the urge to compare and just enjoy!!