The Hunger Games

Note: contains spoilers

Yes I went to watch the hunger games!! :DD
And also yes, I was one of those hyped-up ones abt the movie, but only because the trailers were pure AWESOMENESS.

So I went to watch HG on sat with Donkey. :)
Ruru was supposed to come but ten she couldn't make it.. Ruruuuuuuuuu.

Sad to say, I was very disappointed in the movie.
Don't worry, the movie's still good, but it just wasn't as good as I was expecting. T_T

Intro:
You know the part in the trailer where Katniss volunteers as tribute in place of her sister Primrose?
Well the trailer made that scene look epic but in actual fact the whole thing happened very monotonously. I wasn't THAT moved by the scene.
But other than that, I think the pace of the intro was quite acceptable. It have you questions but those qns were answered later.

Middle:
Interesting, yes, but I think they focused to much on the 'fight to the death' part rather than the character development or relationship development.
The movie felt like only Katniss and Peeta's personalities were exposed you know. And even then, Katniss has this poker face most of the time so she felt like a really boring person..
But of course she's not as bad as Bella LOL.

The movie was so much bloodier than I expected it to be, mainly because these kind of teen(?) movies usually don't require blood.
And it was so sad. ):
Especially the part when Rue died.. I cried in the cinema. D':

There was this part where a part dog part cheeta monster suddenly lunged out at Peeta and Katniss.
The woman sitting beside me and Donkey SCREAMED, causing the two of us to JUMP. LOL.
And me, thinking that it was Donkey who screamed, hit her. XD
Poor donkey.

Throughout the games part Katniss and Peeta got quite seriously injured and they needed to treat the wounds right?
Well the director just HAD to close up on those scenes and they were so.. Ughhhh. >_<
I think me and Donkey were the only two who were chilled by those scenes. I even covered my eyes haha~

Ending:
The ending is so not complete. D<
Thats's really all I have to say about the ending.

Romance:
The movie showed how Peeta fell for Katniss before the Hunger Games, and then during the games Katniss seemingly reciprocated those feelings.
(They kissed and cuddled and did mushy couple stuff.. At least as mushy as Katniss could be.)

HOWEVER!
It really felt like Katniss only pretended to like Peeta back to save his butt.
When Peeta was in danger due to his leg wound, Katniss kissed him and that movement initiated their whole relationship..
But I personally think that she kissed him to suck up to the sponsors so that they would send medicine.
And surprise surprise! They did send something, only that something wasn't medicine, it was soup.

And then after the games ended, it's like Katniss only kept up the act to save both their butts.
Because at the end when they suddenly announced that the rule of two winners was redundant, Katniss actually proposed that both her and Peeta die together. DEATH BY BERRIES.
And that was an act of defiance to the Capitol. It made the Capitol very displeased and so their mentor suggested that Katniss continue with the love facade as and excuse for her actions.. That she 'could not imagine life without him', so she'd rather die.
Mushy, huh.

So my evaluation of the story:
Good, yes, but I was expecting so much more. ):
More character development (introduce the others characters more in-depth), more relationship development, and less open-endings.
I hate those.

I do know that there are 3 books in the Hunger Games, so an open ending was quite inevitable.. But I still hate it nevertheless. Sighhh...
Gonna have to read the book then watch again. Who knows how long later that'll be.