Exactly. Like, there was some sense of a triangle in the books, but in comparison to the rest of the story it was completely minor.

It is set 20 years later though. She'd still be traumatised, but not every waking moment.

I think Effie never bothered to get close to tributes because she knew they always died. Haymitch never really cared about them either. He only really put effort into Katniss and Peeta because they actually had a chance to win and Effie started to care about them because she let herself know them better

I initially felt that way about the ending as well, but eventually realised it was a much better story for it's realistic ending. I think that epilogue was great (it's in it), because it sort of did provide that - albeit reluctantly - that there was some sense of normalcy after these sorts of things.

I hated the ending at first, but that was because it didn't end the way I was wanting it too (happy ending and all). But critically, and also retrospectively, the ending is one of the most realistic things in literacy. Its not the Harry Potter epilogue where they're all happy (though to be fair, that was a snapshot of…

For me, the movie really managed to do one thing that the book failed to do: the justification and explanation of exactly why Katniss shot the arrow to the other person at the very end of the movie instead of the person she was initially - and everyone was expecting her - going to shoot.

It's in there. It's actually the part where you do realise (as an audience member) how terrible what happened ten minutes ago was. It was emotional and bittersweet as well.