Simply amazing movie.

Rating: 9/10 (31 March 2012)

Now I haven't read the book or knew much about this movie other than reading the reviews and synopsis beforehand. What I can tell you is that I watch a ton of movies. I actually find it hard to find movies that I haven't seen.
I thought everything about this movie was perfect and I'm left off with the feeling where I can't wait for the sequel. Thus is my first review on here because I felt I needed to add a review after reading a bunch of bad reviews on here. Those bad reviews MUST be people who purposely write bad reviews to lower the score of a movie.
I read people complaining about "people who haven't read the book aren't going to understand why it's called the Hunger Games". A: it's not important (right now in this first movie at the very least), B: unless you're not very smart you'll figure out why yourself quickly, C: who cares.
I literally think this movie was perfect. They took out all of the unnecessary parts and you're left with a work of art. I think the sequels will fill in those remaining details and new stories.
I also heard someone compare it to Battle Royale. That movie was cool but doesn't even compare to this, that movie was just a lil too far fetched. Also heard a comparison with Runningman, a great movie for its time. I loved that movie too and watched it along with every other Swartzenager movie ever made. Hunger Games is better.
It's most certainly worth your time. It's not gory because it doesn't need to be. It's got action but it's not overkill. Its got romance but not too much (im your typical guy, don't really dig girl flicks). This movie touches base with a lot of genres.
Everything is just perfect.