The Hunger Games

This was a movie where I felt not having read the book was a disadvantage.  As much detail as was included within, I still felt as though the filmmakers were assuming that their audience knew a lot of specifics from having read the book, and therefore left it out of the film.  Lucky for me, I attended a screening with someone who had that background knowledge and was able to share it in hushed tones as the movie progressed.

For a film that was hyped as much as this one was, I thought it was a let down.  Not nearly as good as I expected.  If it had been geared towards adults I think this movie could have been awesomely badass, but since it was focused on a target audience of teenie boppers it played its controversial content too "soft and mushy" for my taste.  However, if there is any take-away, I am now motivated to go out and read the series which I have heard has all the raw visceral emotion and violence that the movie does not...