I’ve read all three books and watched the movie this weekend when I got it from Netflix. The first book is extremely detailed and the movie is not. It couldn’t be. If it was, the movie would be at least four hours long.
Keep in mind that comments made Suzanne Collins, who authored the books and helped write the screenplay, and by other folks associated with the movie are designed to get you to watch it.
— SPOILER ALERT! —
Bear in mind that this is just the first part of the story. In the books the government is overthrown by the people living in the districts and a representative form of government is installed.
Drew McWeeny a senior-reviewer at hitfix.com: “Obviously there’s not going to be a revolution in the streets of Panem...”
Show your ignorance Drew. It is obvious you did not read books 2 and 3. What an idiot. There IS a revolution and it is lead by the Mockingjay.
Professional critics of "x" are failed producers of "x." I recall the idiot critic that reviews films for Rolling Stone who complained that "how can you have a Harry Potter movie without Hogwarts" when reviewing Deathly Hallows Pt 1. Well, mr smartypants critic, Deathly Hallows Pt 1 happened completely away from Hogwarts, just like the first part of the book!
I used to read movie reviews to decide which movies to see. If certain critics hated the movies, I knew I'd love it.
Mark