A beautiful adaptation but it could have been a lot better!

Rating: 8/10 (7 July 2013)

The Hunger Games is one of my favorite books. It has a really great plot and hats off to Suzanne Collin's for creating such a genuine but yet interesting novel! When I Went to watch the film I had really great expectations. And I enjoyed the movie through out but it could have been so much better.
Screenplay- The 1st half of the screenplay was pretty good. But I felt that the second half lacked in emotion. The Katniss/Peeta scene in the caves were completely butchered down and the interviews after the games were really very short. The only scene that I loved in the second half of the film was the scene in which Rue dies!
Acting- The acting was top-notch! Jennifer Lawrence was brilliant as Katniss. Her emotions, eye movement and everything else was perfect. Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks were also great in their roles. Liam Hamesworth's performance was too short to be judged. Josh Hutcherson.... His character was not well written and so its not his fault that we did not get the Peeta we deserved.
Action- The action scenes were pretty good but I still think they could have shown a lot more for a PG-13 movie.
Direction- Gary Ross' direction was amazing. Sad He's not doing the second one.
Overall the film was a good adaptation of the book but it could have been a lot better. Looking forward to the next one.