Big No-No! No..No.. How could they...??

Rating: 5/10 (19 February 2014)

I just dropped by here to read some of the reviews, and was Shocked by the undeserved high rating...
First of all I want to say: I Love Jennifer Lawrence as the great actress she is. Liam Hemsworth rocks, Donald Sutherland is a living Legend, but folks Please.. Have I missed something here? Is it our personal level of interest in our idolized actors/actresses we are voting about, or is it the film as a whole?
I feel I can always rely on an IMDb rating when more than 10-20 000 people have voted, this is one of the exceptions that confirms the rule.
With that said; it was awhile ago I saw Catching Fire, I watched the premiere.. Into the great halls of the saloon I walked with anticipation, with the The Hunger Games in Loving memory..
Then I watched, and waited, then I watched some more, waited some more.. Then there was an Explosion!!! Then it was over.
If I wanted to I could have written this review very short, briefly, something in style with: Boring, Thin, Not at all Thrilling, and most of all So F-in Disrespectful to the book.
This is one of the worst adaptations I have ever seen, and That my fellows is why I just can't keep it short here, I read a lot, and I absolutely Loved the entire Hunger Games Book trilogy. I am almost 30 years old and I know it is a movie perhaps made for a younger audience, but Hello!?'!??!?!? So is the books!!
And they are Way more scarier and horrifying, but most of all they are true to their nature of what they're about - War and Politics, and of course - Love.
It seems the filmmakers have missed this, entirely. Jennifer Lawrence sure have not, she tried, but as they say; it's hard to soar like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys.
I cant understand how the screenwriters just can kill a book like this, Especially since they had Two Hours doing something really great with it! The writer of the novels - Suzanne Collins - she has a message with these books, they should be F-in Schoolmaterial in Sociology. I'm not gonna review the books here but I have to make myself clear so you the reader understand where I'm coming from, that is - a book so good you just have to have the IQ of a rock to fail making a descent script out of it.
The script is so hollow, and I have to say that this (for me) is where the movie fails so so deep. I know there is no way you can fit a book into a movie script, but the political schemes, the fight inside the characters, inside Katniss heart - It's all missing, instead they have focused on the Visual S***, which is Great, the photo is true to the book, but hey, a little word here and there, some political sympathies, I don't know..
All I can say is that this film really disappointed me. The only reason I did not leave the theater is because I wanted to see how they had manage to make their (sadly) poor adaptation. I also happen to Love Ms Lawrence, as mentioned.. But most of all I love the books.
So for All of you out there, if you have seen the two films and not read the books, I highly recommend you to do so, read all three, and you will know what the phrase Catching Fire (aaaarrrghh!!!!!) >>Really<< is about. Peace