Thanks for the review! I loved the books, and while I only found the first film ok, I will definitely see the next series. The anti government message is much stronger in the books, so I’m hoping many of the movie fans will also read the trilogy.
Despite the dystopian setting it deals with subjects like loyalty, personal honor, self reliance, responsibility to others and self sacrifice.
It's too bad the first movie did not follow the book more closely. Although it was told from the girl (Katniss) perspective, she only survives because of the self sacrificing actions of the shrewd, humane and courageous baker's son (Peeta) who is her district counterpart
In the movie he's a wimp saved by the warrior-like Katniss, the book wasn't that way at all.
The subsequent books required too much suspension of disbelief for me, but my kids liked them and the new movie. I'll wait till its on TV
And Jennifer Lawrence although beautiful and talented is both too tall and too old to be a believable Katniss