What's wrong with you miserable people?

Rating: 8/10 (13 September 2015)

I can't believe so many people have such a negative opinion of this movie! I've read the entire Hunger Games series and despite the differences between the book and the film, I was not disappointed.
I'm not saying it's a perfect film. I would have preferred it if they had used the dead tributes as the mutants near the end like they did in the book, instead of just creating them out of nowhere. In the book that really helped demonstrate the monstrosity of President Snow and the Capitol. However despite its flaws, seeing so much negativity for this film is rather upsetting.
Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most talented actresses I've ever seen, and one of the few who can back up her striking good looks with real acting skill. The irony is that Katniss Everdeen is a lousy actress. Jennifer Lawrence is a wonderful actress playing a bad one. Off the top of my head, I can think of only three other actresses in Jennifer's generation who are both exceptionally beautiful and incredibly talented and they are Jenna Coleman, Anna Passey and Emily VanCamp. Saoirse Ronan could also be included but I don't find her as physically attractive as the others.
Josh Hutcherson, Willow Shields and Woody Harrelson did great jobs as Peeta, Prim and Haymitch. Donald Sutherland was also horribly evil as President Snow, but in this film he was more of a side character than a main antagonist, so you can't really appreciate and despise him as much as you can in the sequels. If anything it was Cato, played by Alexanda Ludwig, who filled the role as main antagonist and his little speech just before his death made him more interesting than the mindless brute he was portrayed as in the book. Despite some great performances from the majority of the cast, it was Jennifer Lawrence who stole the show.
Overall this was a great start to the Hunger Games movie franchise and people who don't like it can... I won't finish that sentence but I think you get the idea.