...And if you haven't, I suggest you don't read this post. If you'd like to read my spoiler-free review, go here.

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It was really good. I mean, from the view of a person who's nearly memorized the book, it felt like the whole thing was zipping by, but it was very well done. They intercut arena scenes with scenes from the Gamemakers room, which I thought was very cool. They added some new details, kept a lot of what I thought were important ones, but of course, omitted some as well.
So, things they did and didn't do:

They did do:

• Prim's "duck tail."
• District Twelve saluting Katniss after she volunteers.
• The bread scene.
• The fiery Opening Ceremony suits.
• Peeta explaining that he doesn't want to become "a piece in their games."
• Peeta shaking his head before the gong sounds.
• The girl starting the fire under Katniss' tree.
• Rue pointing out the tracker jackers.
• Rue treating Katniss' stings.
• Katniss singing to Rue. (sob)
• Peeta camouflaged by the streambank.
• Peeta talking about the first time he saw Katniss.
• Thresh saving Katniss.
• Peeta, Katniss and the nightlock.

Peeta: Can I just say how completely perfect Peeta was? Josh Hutcherson is amazing. His facial expressions, his mannerisms, completely blew me away. There was this one scene, where he's crying after being reaped, and I pretty much burst into tears. His pain was actually unbearable.

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And of course, he's pretty attractive.

Prim: Erm...I don't think I liked Prim, actually. For one thing, I don't remember her being as melodramatic and, well, loud as Willow Shields portrayed her. I thought of her more as the quiet and brave type.

Gale: Impressively, I actually almost liked Gale. Liam Hemsworth's version didn't annoy me the way the book Gale did. He seemed less fiery, and more caring and devoted.

Haymitch: Was hilarious. Woody Harrelson was a good Haymitch, playing the drunkard and the concerned mentor very well. He's definitely in a lot of my favourite scenes.

Effie: Elizabeth Banks was perfect for Effie! She's ditzy, and talks in an annoying high pitched voice, and even though she seems completely clueless she's surprisingly forceful.

Rue: Despite the notable adorable-ness factor, I actually wasn't all that impressed with Amandla Stenberg's performance. She wasn't horrible, but she wasn't fantastic either. She did do her death scene reasonable well, and I did cry when she died.

Cato: This might just be because I'm prejudiced against Alexander Ludwig, but Cato got on my nerves. In the books, I admire him, to a degree, but in the movie, all I was thinking was; "Gosh, was a LOSER!" I don't know if it's the spectacular amount of arrogance Alexander projects, or if it was bad acting. I'll have to puzzle this out.

Clove: Isabelle Fuhrman did the menacing tiny villain very well. Clove is my favourite Career (when I say favourite, I mean the one I despise the least), and Isabelle portrayed her nasty, conniving character just right.

Cinna: He was actually another so-so one. Lenny Kravitz was barely in the movie, actually, and what little I did see of him didn't overly impress me in any way.

Caesar Flickerman: I'm already a Stanley Tucci fan, and this movie didn't take away from that. He was funny, he was dramatic, he was perfect. And his hair. AHAHA HIS HAIR.

President Snow: Donald Sutherland didn't creep me out nearly as much as the President Snow in the books did. For one, I pictured him a lot more... grotesque looking. But he was still extremely intimidating.

Seneca Crane: Since we don't really get to know him in the books, I can't really compare him. But Wes Bentley was very good, he played the ignorant, heartless Gamemaker very well.

So here's  my scatterbrained, spoiler-filled, fangirling "review" of sorts. I'm going to bed now. I'm tired.