It's a Young Adult Novel!!

Rating: 10/10 (28 March 2012)

That means: 12+.You can read it on Wikipedia! The brutality was NOT described exaggerated. (Like in the Battle Royal novel - this is truly a horror Book) So please, research in the internet before you write things which are wrong. And to the people who don't know if they should watch the movie: Book and Movie complement each other! That is what Gary and also Suzanne said about it. Please, don't believe poor reviews.
Here is my Review: I was impressed by the books. These novels are the most impressive books I have ever read. Such a powerful and frightening story with many very important massages.
The acting was very powerful. Jennifer is the perfect Katniss (in my eyes) and she embodied her fear, courage and her strength perfectly. Josh: He is Peeta! I always liked him in previous movies and when he got the role I watched interviews on you-tube and I saw Peeta! Willow as Prim is just so cute and she got a lot of talent (Prim is one of my favorite characters). Liam, Elizabeth, Woody, Lenny, Wes, Donald were so great! I'm happy that they are in the movie. But one actor in this movie is very special to me: Alexander Ludwig. Cato is one of the most brutal Tributes. No, he is the most brutal! I could imagine Alex playing Cato, but what I saw on the big screen was much better and more frightening than I imagined. Especially the final scene.
The look of District 12, the Capitol and the Arena were much better than in my imagination. Especially the Capitol! These massive buildings, the lights and all these people. Impressive and frightening at the same time.
So, the movie has not missed its goal for me. It was like a bomb attack. For a long time I have not seen such a heavy and intense film! (I mean like The Road or Changeling). I think I've cried 4 times. Every day I have to think about all this what happened in the story.
May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor.
Someone here wrote that they need a better writer for the next movies. Suzanne Collins was involved in writing on the Hunger Games script! AND she was involved in the Casting choices! She is not just one of the producers!
And here is something from Miss Lawrence for those who don't get the point of The Hunger Games: "I took away that, over time, we're just becoming so desensitized to death. Humanity is becoming dulled to itself. We can watch people die on TV; we can watch a snowboarder fall off a mountain and die. We see dead bodies and blood on the nightly news. The things people can find on YouTube are crazy! We've become so numb to the shock factor. The world is obsessed with reality television, and in a world where history repeats itself, it's plausible, really, that our world could get there." – Jennifer on what The Hunger Games say about humanity.
And here something from Gary Ross, what he says about the movie rating: "I don't think it has to be violent in order to be urgent. For the majority of the movie Katniss is being pursued and it's a violent universe she's in. But that doesn't mean the violence has to be depicted gruesomely or exploited in any way."