Movies: The Hunger Games (2012)

Much better than I could have hoped for, but not as great as I would have liked, The Hunger Games movie was a solid re-interpretation of Suzanne Collins's book. The movie is pared down, stripped, and the message hamstrung by its PG-13 rating so that the heart of the story is diminished; however, there a lot of things that the movie gets right.

( Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor. )