Director: Gary Ross (also known for directing Seabiscuit, Pleasantville)
Screenplay: Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins, Billy Ray
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss Everdeen), Josh Hutcherson (Peeta Mellark)
Taglines:
"The Games Will Change Everyone."
"The World Will Be Watching"
"May the Odds be Ever in your Favor"
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WHAT I LIKE:
The first scene grabs your attention: it's different, it has this gritty realistic close-to-the-book feel, and it's just not what I expected for a movie that tagged itself as "The next twilight series" -- barf. It has a promise of substance and it's not your typically manufactured eye-candy popcorn movie. The shaky camera work didn't even bother me, I think it added to the film's realistic feel. If you wanna complain about that, try watching films by Lars Von Trier.
