The love triangle, however, does not hold up. Peeta spends the majority of the first film filthy and feverish in a cave waiting for Katniss to save him, and Katniss looks at him more like a lost puppy than a potential lover. Sure, Peeta's a skilled baker and artist and does sweet things like risk his life for her, but the chemistry is hardly as sizzling as it seems in the books. Gale, on the other hand, is extremely hot, but he ends up accidentally being responsible for Prim's death, which is unfortunate. He's more high school boyfriend material than star-crossed soulmate.
Then again, a love triangle has never been the focus of The Hunger Games. Katniss isn't defined by the males in her life. She has more important things to do, like being the face of the resistance and trying to free Panem from a heartless dictator. From beginning to end, it's the Mockingjay's story. The boys are just living in it.
