Hunger Games and Sequels

Yesterday, the SyFy channel (what was wrong with "SciFi"?) was running all of the "Hunger Games" movies. Being unemployed, I was lying on my couch and watched all of them.

The first one (2012, directed by Gary Ross) was brilliant. I saw it at the theater when it came out (with my nephew Townes and my mother), and was impressed with it then.

The next three (2013, 2014, 2015, directed by Francis Lawrence), which I never saw at the theater, were mediocre.

With the initial Ross movie, I felt the horror that Katniss was feeling with every camera shot, with every scene of the decadent Capitol and citizens (typified by Tucci's host).

Every film after that, I felt nothing, was just watching to see what action went on.