Loved it!

Rating: 9/10 (30 March 2012)

Finally a movie without hyper-inflated action scenes on steroids. I had no foreknowledge about the books and watched the movie almost accidentally. It is nice to see there are still movie directors who can tell a coherent story. Movie is beautifully shot, accompanied with melancholic music. Battle scenes are sparse bur dramatic and not overdone like the fighting scenes in the recent movies like "Game of Shadows" where everybody seems to know some martial art. In reality fights are short and people die easily and that is how they are shown on the screen. Main character arouses sympathy and is someone who we can root for. Jennifer Lawrence looks gorgeous in every scene reminding of Diana, goddess of the Hunt. Some reviewers criticize the movie for its lack of gore claiming it is boring but that is far from true. There is no need for a movie to be brutal and bloody to be suspenseful.