Great adaptation, intense, and suspenseful. It delivers well for its book fans.

Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2012)

I read the Hunger Games a few years back and instantly became hooked on the series. When I heard there was going to be a movie, I felt super excited and also worried because as we all know, most of the time it comes out crappy (for example: Golden Compass *sigh* so much potential).
In this case, the movie came out great --- for an adaptation. Probably one of the best book to movie results I've seen so far. For those who have never read the book, it'll come off as action-filled and exciting (and not just another 'sexy-hollywood-mtv-teen-movie' bull). For those who read the book, it'll be more than satisfactory considering a lot of the dialogue and scenes are the same as the book, seeing as it wouldn't need editing for movie-sake. There are some subtle changes, but nothing to make you rebel against them.
Cast is good. Lawrence plays a great Katniss: strong, awkward, but holds lots of presence. They're Peeta however didn't make me giddy like the book version did. Gale is Gale, all angry and bitter. And so on.
The style of the movie is awesome, love the shaky cam and the minor score/soundtrack bits. But the shaky cam does get a little out of hand to make sense of what's going on in some action scenes. Note: I didn't see one Mockingjay though, which was weird.
All in all, I'd definitely see it again, buy it on DVD, and then watch it some more. I am a book fan so I will say that it could have been better, longer if anything. But hey, even if the movie was spot on, we'd all say that anyway because we imagined it better in our heads while reading.
Hunger Games, take my money.