No, The Hunger Games is Not an Eating Contest!

Rating: 8/10 (3 April 2012)

The Hunger Games has been one of my most anticipated movies of this year, and I'm happy to announce that it's awesome! Is it better than the book? No, not really... Is it worthy of the book's legacy? Hell yeah it is!
Katniss Everdeen lives together with her mom and sister in District 12, Panem. Each year, the Capitol of Panem holds a famous television show called The Hunger Games, where two tributes from each of the 12 districts must fight to the death in an arena. Unfortunately, Katniss' sister is picked as the first tribute, but Katniss saves her by volunteering. Now Katniss has to do everything she can to survive The Hunger Games.
The book is great, and this movie adaptation is also brilliant. It stays true to it's source material and doesn't try to change the original story for the purpose of changing the original story for the purpose of ... you get the idea ... NOTHING!
There are some brutally violent moments in this movie, all containing teens, and there is one really sad scene that I won't spoil.
I also like that the movie is pretty pure. Most of the movie is CGI-free, so it isn't a CGI overload movie like most other big Hollywood films.
Overall, The Hunger Games is a brilliant movie, and it follows the book greatly. Let's just hope that the next movie, Catching Fire, will be good.