A Little disappointing

Rating: 7/10 (25 March 2012)

I did give it a 7 because I saw it twice this weekend. I went to the sold out Imax experience with friends on the 23rd and again the following morning alone to a regular showing. The 1st half I liked. It was the pre-arena. The characters were exacting what I imagined them from reading the book. I loved it. I put down my half eaten popcorn at this point and didn't touch it again. The 2nd half, the Arena. The camera was a little too shaky. I understand it was more really coming from right up close in the action. but there is a fine line between real fight and I shouldn't have eaten so much popcorn i'm a little nauseous. Katniss: I think she was perfect for this role. Some thing I would have changed. She is a strong woman. I understand she's gets a little fridged in front of a crowd, but she came off as total ditz compared to the kick-ass chick persona of the rest of the movie.
Peeta, This is exactly what I thought of as peeta, in looks. He was big and strong and played in love well. except in the arena. Arena Peeta was sooooo much more of a wimp than you could imagine by just reading hte books. the Peeta of the books was not a soft footed woodman like gale but he wasn't a total wimp. The wimpyness of peeta was a little too much and way too disappointing. I don't care how old you are, everyone loves peeta by the end of the book. Movie Peeta: I was surprised he made it to the river for Katniss to save him.
The good news is, there will be another one and hopefully Peeta will man up a little and katniss will loose the blank expression. And the camera will pull away just a bit so that popcorn doesn't come back to haunt us!