If You Haven't Read the Book

Rating: 7/10 (22 January 2013)

If you're reading this I assume that you have not read The Hunger Games book, I have not nor do I plan to anytime soon. I have read quite a few of my fellow reviewers opinions and predominately they are folks that say the movie compares poorly with the book. I have no doubt they are probably right, in my experience only about 10% of the movies are as good as or better than the book (my one big exception that was Jaws). I cannot watch a movie based on a Stephen King novel, I thoroughly enjoy his books but they rarely, if ever, translate well to the screen.
I had very low expectations for this movie. My take on it was that it someone trying to cash in on the Twilight series craze, and maybe it was but in my opinion this was not a bad movie. This was my first exposure to the young Ms. Jennifer Lawerence and I am here to tell you, she is going to be back in more and more movies, she literally carries this movie. So if for no other reason I glad for that.
If you are looking for something to watch that won't hurt your brain and won't make you think too much this is good movie for you. It is fairly predictable, in ways that it mimics other "future Earth" movies. My only complaint on that score was that it reminded me too much of "The Running Man" which was not a good movie, but the concept was very similar.
As I said, if your looking for something that's entertaining and you don't want to have to think too much, give this a watch, if you want a movie that changes you and in substantial way changes how you view life, don't think that you are going to get that here