Interesting movie, but...

Rating: 5/10 (15 April 2012)

Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of Katniss Everdeen was a slight disappointment, and is also quite uneven. At one point, just before she was to go up and do the interview with Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci) before the actual games, she was supposedly not paying attention to what he was saying, and as she goes up on the stage, experience confusion, and then to panic, as she realizes he had just asked her a question, according to the novel. However, in the film, Ms Lawrence somehow managed to hold the exact same expression throughout that entire scene. It was Josh Hutcherson who saved the film with a superb portrayal of Peeta Mellark. I don't mean this as a hater of Jennifer Lawrence, but it is true.