A tragic, yet enthralling experience.

Rating: 9/10 (22 April 2012)

Never have I had such an enthralling experience from The Hunger Games. It's not a heartwarming nor easy film to appreciate as it's dark and sinister tone punctuated with brutal violence(even for a PG-13 film) and callousness towards fellow human beings is enough to give anyone watching chills. All the acting, especially from Jennifer Lawrence is simply incredible. With such raw emotion and pulsating intensity, she's grabs your attention(along with the well-written script and dialog and plot) like wet rope and never lets go. She was simply born for this role and her performance will really resonate with audiences who had the chance to experience this dark epic. My only peeve is that some of the characters were not developed. The audience never got the chance to see things from the point of view from the other characters. But that's not enough to enjoy this film which is overall very dark with very little in the way of humor. I hope the next film will delve more deeper into the world and characters that inhabit it and judging by the phenomenal box-office results, I have become a new fan to this franchise. A second viewing is definitely not out of my league.