Happy Hunger Games!

So with the my cousin's visit coinciding with the release of the Hunger Games movie, I was able to watch it today. Needless to say, spoilers alert!

So I read the books and my opinion is much more negative because of that, so keep that in mind.
It was really mehh. I understand that it's hard to include all the details but really? This is like the most anticipated movie of 2012, maybe only second to Eclipse. No wait, this IS the most anticipated movie. I had like 45 people from my school and a bunch of teachers go for the midnight premier. Surely the writer could have done a better job with the scripting. They're getting thousands of millions back for this.

Katniss could have been expanded so much more. They made her seem like she actually did fall in love with Peeta and wasn't just doing it for the games. I also thought that they didn't show the initial animosity between Katniss and Peeta, and how important the bread scene was to their relationship. And the part about covering Rue with flowers was just a sweet gesture because they neglected to show that Katniss was trying to go against the game makers. Speaking of that, people were actually crying at that scene. It was ridiculous. The girl sitting next to me was sniffling and burying her face into her boyfriend's shoulder. Maybe it's just me. I really like Jennifer Lawrence though at times she looked constipated instead of strong or sad but she's a good actress.

The BGM was very meh. They should really have added some music or sound at the reaping. After all the fuss about Safe and Sound, I didn't hear it once during the movie. Which was disappointing, because I actually liked that song.

The story was full of plot holes. Why was Gale's name entered 42 times? How come they were poor? Why does only Katniss and Gale hunt? Where were the two cannon shots after Rue and D1 boy's death? Collins stated repeated that the Cornucopia was gold not some modern artish looking block of steel.

It's not the type of movie I watch so take my words with two pinches of salt. I liked it, although I got bored halfway. It was really disappointing. I had such high hopes. Sigh.

Anyway, on a slightly related note, where are the Asians? I'm guessing they died off. We're smart but we can't exactly achieve and we're not strong either.
Quite sad huh?
All in all, alright movie. I would rather Battle Royale, which I suspect HG ripped off. If you have the money to spare and want to discuss with your hardcore HG fan friends, go ahead. If you want to save the ten bucks just wait for it to go on the Chinese video sharing sites. I'm pretty sure it's on Funshion already.

Oh right. Fun fact: The train sound at the beginning to signal the reaping was the same as the sound when you start a new game in Freaky Factory from Neopets.