Having read the triology before seeing the movie, I was excited and thrilled to go watch it with my fellow friends who have also read the books. When I heard that the series was going to be turned into a movie I was estatic. Then the magazines started to come up, pictures of the cast and scenes from the movies, I thought, "hey, not to shabby." Of course, as with many book to movie situation, I was a tiny bit skeptic when going into see the movie; however I do not love the story less. Being able to capture as much from the book as it is within the already 2 hours film, I'd say it was fine. I would've liked to see more of the crumpled district though, and hoped that the reaping was more exciting and less shaky. Despite this, all else was the rest was greatly portrayed with the talent and skills of the cast and crew. Yes, there is violence in the film, but compared to the average violence that is already seen on regular television, this was decent. And my two cents: Hunger Games was worth my time and I look foward to seeing the next ones!