Great adaptation but with a few pros...

Rating: 8/10 (27 November 2014)

8/10 STARS! I am a great fan of the book trilogy and was looking forward to this one. It was a 98.5% faithful adaptation and really liked it, but there are a few pros. 1. The editing. It was too chopped out and felt a bit like a Youtube video at times. 2. The shaky camera. It bugged me! Right when the action scenes come up, the camera shakes like if there's an earthquake or something. We couldn't get to see the good stuff. 3. The atmosphere didn't quite feel like I wanted to feel it. Maybe because of the editing and shaky camera, it didn't feel as awesome and science fiction-ish as reading the book. Still, I liked it. My favorite scenes (the destruction of the Career's supplies, the mutts, the feast, the fire, Rue's death, the reaping) were really well done. So it really was a good solid film with great performances that got two stars taken out due to it's editing and shaky camera.