So Hunger Games appeared on Netflix streaming and I decided (despite my issues with it) "why the fuck not" and watched it. Thoughts:
1. It's too damn long.
2. Jennifer Lawrence has one facial expression: chubby-cheeked, semi-gaping duck-pout.
3. I don't see why Jennifer Lawrence is hot shit. If this movie is anything to go by, she kinda stinks. This movie would've been better with an actress that fit the part.
4. Several supporting characters did a great job with what they had. These include clown lady, weird-beard, tv-host pony-tail dude, fellow tribute/love interest guy, Thor's brother, little dead girl, Lenny Kravitz, Donald Sutherland. Donald Sutherland also clearly phoned this in, but he's so good at the type of role he was given that he could've done it in his sleep. Woody Harrelson (however you spell it) felt kinda purposeless in this movie. He also had a cheesy fake wig. Almost everyone else kinda sucked. Katniss, her sister, her mother: no fucks given.
5. The game itself felt rushed and edited. Kids die, no impact felt, who the fuck cares. Meh.
6. The movie felt incomplete. Yeah, there's gonna be three sequels but each movie should serve to function on its own as well like LOTR. We were given a frayed narrative. Seemed more like those "movies" that are actually strung-together episodes of a tv series.
tl;dr - Not horrible but average. Jennifer Lawrence gets a giant MEH.