I decided to just skim the paragraphs ... want to reserve judgement til I see the movie ... hope its much better than Twilight.

the fear of the ''tween'' aspect of this movie is almost enough for me to not see this.

And it's Mania's fault for bringing the similarities to the movie ''Battle Royale'' Vs THG because BR had reality, no tween aspect, lots of violence and less hollywood FX in the mix.

Sure the stories aren't exactly the same but the premise is.

And now I aim not sure i want to see this kid's movie...not sure at all.

I'm currently in the middle of book 2. I could see Gary Ross cut the movie at the same point of the ending of the first book. I don't see why he would start taking stuff from book 2.

Based on the fact they are best sellers, I think the studio knew they would make more than 1 movie. I believe the second film is already green lighted based on the advanced ticket sales.

@jedibanner

Don't discriminate the movie/franchise because articles like this compare it to the Twilight franchise. I wouldn't call this a "kids" movie. Sure it has some "teen" issues but the premise is still dark. The idea of teens fighting in an arena to death is not kid friendly. Some of the deaths in the book are brutal and can be covered in a PG 13 rated movie. My 9 year old said she wanted to see this movie but we will not take her because of this.

The only thing that's 'Twilighty" in this series is the love triangle. Otherwise you have a good, simple story that has elements of classic sci-fi like Running Man, Logan's Run, Soylent Green and Death Race 2000.

I would also take the trio of actors over the crappy Twilight ones any day. Jennifer Lawrence is great. She no doubt got this role because of her Oscar nom for Winter's Bone (Katniss is very much like her character in that movie). Josh Hutcherson is getting better and a step above Rob Pat or Taylor what's his name.

The Taylor Swift thing is kind of annoying though. Can't stand her.

All I know is that there were a bunch of tweens, mostly girls crying and hollering over the stars yesterday in Manhattan. The line was more than 1 block. I quickly took evasive action and got the heck out of the area. All these girls crying really makes skeptical and start believing all the Twilight comparisons.

Not to mention a couple of reviews which seem to confirm that.

I'll more than likely see it but it won't be opening weekend

I have no current plans to see this in the theaters. I haven't read the books and only know the story from what people I know have told me or from the media. It looks good but the tween fears kind of give me apprehension. I still haven't seen a Twilight movie.

Maybe I'll see it later on but not opening weekend. I'm saving my squealing like a schoolgirl geekiness for The Avengers.

 Even if the movie played up the teen angle which I doubt. Right now Hunger Games is sitting at 90 percent of RT with just over 70 reviews in. The highest any Twilight movie ever got was 49 percent. So it seems IMO that even if it were a "tween" movie it is probably a good movie none the less. 

There is no doubt that this is not 100% targeted for the twilight fans, I agree to that.

The teen aspect of the movie does create an appeal sense to the teenagers in love put in situation that shapes them into adults.

MY only concern is that, after seeing Battle Royale, I can't seem to shake the comparason to HG and it just seems to me that this HG is more made for teenagers and less for adult.

It has a sense of a Disney special but rated PG-13 which shows a bit of violence but more angst and drama then reallity and blood.

I'm sure there will be violence and serious drama but nowhere near what battle Royale has projected (again, this your fault Mania).

Now I just learned Mrs. Jedibanner wants to see this....I might be able to say more once it's done.

For all of you who REFUSE to quit comparing this to twilight without ANY knowledge of HG it's your loss if you don't A. read the books, and B. see the movie (I hope it's good)

It's not twilight...

I just watched Battle Royale last night, and it's not BR either... I think it's better. BR wasn't "realistic" as some people claim. It was good and while there were a few similarities the differences are abound. Especially the relationships between the tributes, and the entire premise of the games in the first book, and the plot in the trilogy as a whole.

Again, if you're too manly to watch what is incorrectly labeled a Teen Girl story, just because of a strong female lead, it's your loss.

Well I usually don't care to much about critic reviews, but the movie has like a 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which means yeah it is a good movie.  Also with $100 million budget the film is basically money in the bag due to its popularity alone, heck ticket sales online have supposidley been close to Harry Potter numbers.  As for a sequel, I read online one is supposed to start filming later this year and will probably come out next Summer or Winter.  So yeah since Harry Potter is over and Twilight will be soon, this is going to be the new Epic Book-to-Film craze for the next few years a least.

Also to the writer of the article, there is nothing wrong with Hot Topic, they have some pretty cool stuff, my only complaint is they don't carry that much Anime stuff anymore, but then again nobody does as Cheap Fans, Illegal Downloads, and The Douche Bags who run Adult Swim basically helped kill the Anime industry in the U.S.