Intense, Heartwrenching, Brilliant and Just Plain Amazing

Rating: 9/10 (23 November 2013)

I was expecting this movie to be good, from the trailers it looked to greatly mirror the book, the effects looked better and everything, I just wasn't expecting it to be SO damn good.
It had the raw emotion of Prisoners and the edge of your seat thrill that Gravity brought. In the first Hunger Games, there were times it was a little slow, a little bland (still great though) but this movie managed to keep the action going even when they were sitting there talking. And when they finally entered the ring? Jesus, my heart was pounding and I was gripping the arms of my chair. I read the book but Francis Lawrence managed to make it seem like I had no idea what was coming next. The cast was amazing, superb and made me empathize with every character (except the baddies). Jennifer Lawrence was better than ever in her raw (and at times ugly) emotional state. I believed her, I believed the fear and terror in this movie. The director and the cast made this movie a masterpiece. One of my favorite movies of the year, of the decade.
I won't post anymore because of spoilers but if you haven't seen it GO. Totally worth it, plus there's a Divergent trailer (eep!) and everything. I know I'm going to go see it again and again.