I've stopped posting in this thread so much because I feel like a street urchin at a state dinner considering the varied and culturally influential films many frequent posters put here. However, I can't hold it any longer. I saw The Hunger Games last Saturday. Like a good ol' poor boy who also steers clear of this sort of thing (never saw a single Twilight movie in the theatre, missed half the Harry Potters, still haven't seen Titanic), I figured I'd wait till it came out on DVD and check it out then. But Saturday evening I came home from a church meeting, and it turns out my wife had already put the kids to bed and made babysitting arrangements. So we went to see The Hunger Games, which I thought looked interesting, but not great. I can't speak enough about how I enjoyed this film! I've not enjoyed my theatre experience that much since The Dark Knight! It was exciting and emotional, and Jennifer Lawrence played the character so well...I really was sad when the film ended and I'm going to start the books today.

22 deceased tributes out of 24 (only docking points for the "muttations" which inexplicably came from nowhere, like we're in a holodeck--the only thing I didn't like). I loved it!