I've read the book, and I'm still not impressed.

Rating: 1/10 (27 July 2014)

(SPOILERS) So I watched this movie before I've read the book (boy, I learned my lesson when I did that with Percy Jackson) and I was hardly paying attention. I drank four Cokes, and I had to go (movie theaters do that to me). I was also with friends, so I tried my best to hold it and watch. I liked nothing about this movie. I have developed a distaste for dystopia ever since watching/reading The Hunger Games. Since I wasn't really paying attention, I sorta let this slid. It was later I received a book report on a book of my choosing. So, not being a reader, I choose one my sister had in her closet. Only now do I understand why she put it there. There's a reason Suzanne Collins' book is 5 bucks. But I'm not gonna discuss the book, it's the movie that's even worse. I have never liked Katniss. So "Bold" and "Brave". . . Yea, she was wearing a fire-dress and tied herself to a tree. That's so daring. Oh no, what if those other kids actually used common sense and burnt it down? Then I guess she could break out the Karate she learned from the owl in the woods back home. Katniss had no real character growth, in my opinion. Yes, capital people are snobs, we got that the moment you were all expected to fight to the death. Katniss became so resourceful. Finding 11's little girl was the best thing that happened to her. And in the end she got speared in the gut. Katniss, wow, I expected you to tear up, but shouldn't you be, I don't know, running for your life, not placing pretty flowers on her dead body? Oh, wait, it's the sentimental value, right? So while Katniss is speaking for the trees and take a hundred naps, Peetah has gone Darthvader and joined the dark side. So while he was secretly protecting Katniss by playing the bad guy's lap dog, he was cunningly scheming for a way to save her. Why? Cause he developed a crush on her the first day of school. (why do they have school if most are gonna enter the death games?) So, while he's making his "Peetah's Clever and Intelligent Plan" (How To Train Your Dragon Book readers get that) Katniss got close and personal with "The Bees". Thank God she doesn't have allergies. So Katniss kills a girl, looks very mean for hurting Peetah, and runs away. With another enemy. Who healed her? Why? It's all or nothing? How did Rue even know Katniss wasn't gonna kill her? Big bugging issue for me; Peetah's a baker and a genius artist. There is no way anyone in their town can afford a cake with that much icing detail. And their icing should be mud, right? If Peetah was bleeding out and dying, how did he find the time to paint one side of his entire body? Where did he get the paint? Why'd he "trust" Katniss when she thought he was trying to kill her? Also, what's this "I'm gonna kill this chick, and that dude, but not you. I have the perfect chance in this Life or Death battle, but you look pretty cool, so I'm gonna let you hunt me down later. EVEN THOUGH you and your partner are about to die and I could win. . ." from 11's boy? Never read past Book 1, never want to.
There are times when you watch an okay movie and people urge you to read the "so much better" book. This is one of those times I really regretted it. Being a die-hard book fan, I have a utter most respect for any and every writer, no matter what. The fact that you can write something, and have the guts to show it, is in itself a great accomplishment. But when you take an original idea and somehow decrease it's decency to mundane, that's when you lose yourself as a writer. Same with copying (we saw Stephanie Myers do that to Animorphs with The Host) Same with movies. Taking something great and making it better is amazing but also rare. Taking an already diluted and paper-thin idea and making it worse is astounding. Still, I can respect the fact that some DID film the movie and put the ideas together. But who's the lazy-guy that did all the shots? One of an leg, an ear, Rue's dead body's side, Katniss stepping on a leaf. That's just sad.
And I'll say it again, I love movies and books. There both amazing creative works. But, this is leaving a bad-taste in my mouth. There are only two books out of hundreds I've read that I actual disliked. Only one book have I stopped in the middle because of how bad it was. I finished the Hunger Game's to find the sad cliché of Katniss using Peetah but finding out she actually liked him somewhat. Oh, but look who's not interested after years of stalking. So prepare for the next movie, Katniss tries to get Peetah to fall in love with her again. And the finale! They are together, but something is separating them. Let me guess, Katniss is somewhere so far far away, and it breaks both their fragile little hearts.
I actually wanna dare people to watch this, and see if they agree with me or disagree. That whole "I can do camouflage cause I'm a baker" still gets to me, and is a poor poor excuse to make Peetah a little less useless. 1/10, for a sad movie adaption, a sad plot to begin with (could have been decent) and for giving Katniss a useless baker to love instead of that amazing, great looking, wonderful, other dude (He was so totally interest. . . sorta. (Yeah, I so remember his name, I just wanna make him seem. . . mysterious). . .