Great to be brought to the screen

Rating: 7/10 (18 April 2012)

Gary Ross directed The Hunger Games, based on the screenplay by himself and Suzanne Collins (she is also the novelist) and Billy Ray, with much aplomb.
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth were all very good.
Summary: There is an annual event whereby the capital of the nation of Panem makes sections to send a boy and a girl to compete in what is known as the Hunger Games.
Televised all over the nation, the event has Tributes fighting each other until the last tribute is left standing. Our hero (heroine), Katniss, uses her instincts and skills that she learned from a former victor. It's basically the survival of the fittest.
I've read the books. In the book, Katnis has clear thoughts about everything, which is kind of missing in the movie. I really wish that aspect was played up more in the movie. But given that the filmmakers ended up with a fast moving and action packed theatrical piece of entertainment, I can excuse the omission.