[cheebacheeba]

The Hunger Games.
Never read the books, but this was a really impressive movie to me.
The musical score really set the tone very well throughout, that's one thing I noticed more than most other aspects.
Everyone played their parts very well, even those that were intended to be over the top. Woody Harrelson finally gets a part that doesn't make you roll your eyes the entire time, that surprised me.
I also have to say, and I didn't expect this - but the scene where
***No more spoiler than the trailer I suppose***
the main character Katniss is taken away after volunteering in place of her sister, and the subsequent "goodbye" scene
actually had me really feeling for them - It was quite saddening.
The violence is...brutal while not showing piles of gore...it's atmospheric, tense, and it's very interesting to see the reactions of the characters to their situation - Overall, I was very happy with this one, one of the better new films I've seen in a while.
Also - to the people bent on saying it's a battle royale rip-off, it's really not like BR at all...there's a few similarities I suppose, but they're skin-deep at most.
8/10 for me.