If I am comparing this film to any in the Twilight series I would say this is not only a better movie, but the messages are far more positive or at least relevant to our real world. I've not read the books, but I love the distinct differences between the affluent characters of the capital and the hard-working "regular" folks of the other 12 districts. This was probably the film's strongest point. The wealthy folks live life without a care. They have time for crazy make-up and hairstyles. There's always huge banquets of foods laid out as if they were kings. They have the audacity to point out how lucky these common-folk are just to simply enjoy these spoils for 48 hours, even though all but one are about to die in a battle to the death... The crazy thing is most of them actually buy into this. The elites talk of what an honor and privilege it is for these poor children to "serve their district" and they actually believe it. ...continue reading →