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I didn't even know the Hunger Games series existed till about 3 weeks ago and didn't really care. I wasn't even planning on seeing it till I was invited by a friend to go opening night (free ticket!!!). I also haven't seen or read Battle Royale even though both are on my to read/watch list. From that perspective, I'd mostly agree with what you have to say. It was fun and worth watching. Probably a little better than an average teen action flick. I thought that the cinematography and editing were the biggest issues. The pacing felt off because despite the run time, there was still a lot of stuff to get through so they couldn't really flush out a lot of stuff and it seemed to slow down in odd places. Also the shaky cam took me out of it when used in this. I'm not irritated by shaky cam like a lot of people seem to be, but I felt the film could have been served better some something different, such as the thing Aronofsky often uses where the actor/ress has their face still in center screen and the background is what moves. Setting, plot, CGI, etc., were all good even though I could say the elements of each have been done better in other places. I would agree with the acting for the most part except for Elizabeth Banks who was a waste of time. I also read the previous thread on the Hunger Games and would agree that more graphicness to the violence would have made it better. I was surprised by how much they showed and how much blood there was, but the movie was begging for more. It made me think of the movie Super staring Dwight Schrute and how that was very graphic but by the time you got to the end the meaning of it had more of an impact because of how graphic it was. In the end I'd recommend it because it was enjoyable, but I wouldn't have baited breath because its just a step above average.

Also fuck Wes Bentley's beard and Stanley Tucci's hair, they were both annoying.