A good movie, but a terrible screen adaptation of an amazing book.

Rating: 2/10 (31 March 2012)

The Hunger Games (movie) was pretty decent on it's own. Although there was little to no back story and not much focus on the supposed Katniss- Peeta romance. Compared to the book, it was the most god-awful film I have ever﻿ seen. The mutts were so obviously CG and they could have at least made them look like werewolves, not pit-bulls with gorilla faces. The cornucopia was the wrong colour, texture, and shape. Haymitch looked far too well-kept for an alcoholic, the prep team didn't talk enough, they were supposed to be bubbly, even with their disgust with Katniss' body. Cinna was absolutely perfect and Caesar was excellent. Peeta wasn't attractive enough, Gale was too attractive, Snow looked too old (I know he's supposed to look older than most Capitol citizens, but not much) Katniss didn't retrieve arrows, never counted them or was worried about how many she had in the slightest. She also always had a full quiver. Cato was supposed to fight the mutts﻿ for hours, not seconds. Buttercup was the wrong colour. Rue's death was wrong. Peeta's parents never spoke to Katniss about taking care of her family and never gave her a bag of cookies. The mayor's daughter (gives Katniss the mockingjay pin in the book) wasn't so much as mentioned, even though she plays a large role in the third book, Mockingjay. Foxface didn't look like a fox, and was only called that once (by Peeta, not Katniss who made the association between her and a fox in the first place). If you have not read the books, I would highly recommend it, if you have read the books, I would not. I would not have been as bothered by the changes if there wasn't so many of them. I also wouldn't have been as bothered by them if Suzanne Collins had not written the terrible screen adaptation of her own book. If I were reviewing as just a movie, I would have given it something closer to 7 or 8/10