Possibly the movie of the year

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2012)

We went to see this earlier today. I did not know much on the movie or the books, but I was pleasantly surprised at what I saw.
The movie begins in District 12, showing the choosing of a boy and a girl to participate in the games. The main starlet, Katniss volunteers to compete after her sister is chosen in the raffle. It becomes clear she is both an accomplished huntress and has the survival skills to boot.
People will put down this film on the killing of children as part of the games. Let me make this clear. The movie blurred out the killing sequences save one, when Rhu takes a spear in the chest, and she dies in Katniss' arms as she is sung to sleep. This movie is no worse than the battle scenes from Harry potter and the Twilight series. If parents let their children see harry potter and Twilight, this movie should be safe for them.
As for action suspense and drama, The movie was intense, beautifully done, action packed. A secret crush becomes the driving force for survival. There were many tears shed in parts when the young girl died in Katniss' arms, a few screams from a surprise dog/hyena mix (not sure what it was).... Beyond that, if you can get past the purposefully blurred gory scenes, this movie is everything the hype predicted it would be. Action packed and all in all very entertaining.
This film is a must see for the cult action teens who love twilight and harry potter. Safe for all audiences as well (there were many children under age 13 who were perfectly fine in the movie). Like I said if you survived harry potter and Twilight, this movie is mild on violence.
Definitely a front runner for movie of the year. Top 5 for sure.