The Hunger Games A lot of things made me want to hate this movie. The seemingly endless hordes of teenage girls flocking to midnight releases. It looked like it would be some sort of Twilight film with a relatively young cast and some excruciatingly regular love stories on the side.
I only watched the first trailer when it was released and then tuned it out, especially after I saw some Taylor Swift promotional song.
However, can't ignore that this is a solid movie. It has some really good sound design, especially during the actual games. The soundtrack was by James Newton Howard, the dude who did the Dark Knight with Hans Zimmer, so right away it sounds great.
I haven't read the books and don't plan on it, but dont brush this off as a Harry Potter or a Twilight, like I thought it would be. It isnt without its faults though, it got a PG 13 rating so it could make more money. Objective achieved. It does take away from the movie, sounds like they cut a lot of shit, you don't even see half the deaths.
Oh one more thing, it doesnt hold a fucking candle to this movie.
But it isn't bad thats for sure.