Bad Movie & Bad Books

Rating: 1/10 (20 October 2012)

I was looking forward to seeing this movie after I read all three books, but when I saw it, I was very disappointed.
Jennifer Lawrence does an okay job playing Katniss, Josh Hutcherson didn't really remind me of Peeta in the books, and Liam Hensworth as Gale? He really didn't cut it. Gale was described as looking like him, but not acting!! If you were looking at just Katniss, well first of all, I think she's much worse than Bella in Twilight. About one of the only good things is that she cares for her family (Reaping Scene). But she is confused, and I have no idea why she ever made it out of the first Hunger Games. She is also ridiculously cruel to Peeta. She can't seem to determine the difference between friend and boyfriend with Peeta and Gale until the third book.
I was on Team Peeta from the beginning, though. Gale and Katniss were not a very good couple in my opinion, so maybe I'm a little more biased about the movie, which did not portray anything like the book.
I would recommend renting or getting the DVD from a library, because right now it costs anywhere from $30 to $23 on DVD. Don't waste your money, because this is not a good movie.
At least it's realistic, though. Haymitch is always drunk; Katniss' family and her District is poor, and struggling because of poverty; dictatorship, need I explain more; and of course, love. At least Katniss loved her family, and Peeta.
Also, the "shaky camera" effect was totally un-called for, and not necessary. A lot of people do agree with me. Most scenes in the forest where Katniss looks afraid are very pointless and a waste of the movie. They shake the camera because there is nothing happening and the producers & directors probably think that will up the excitement. Fail, because it doesn't. Even adding music would be better.