Jennifer Lawrence stars as 'Katniss Everdeen' in "The Hunger Games". - Murray Close
This new craze is based in a futuristic world where children from the ages of 12-18 can be forced to fight to the death. "The Hunger Games" follows 24 young people as they partake in the battle of their lives.
Some Dakota students were lucky enough to win advanced screening passes and saw the movie on the two days before its nationwide opening.
Senior, Emma Goddery, who won advanced screening tickets was pleased with the movie.
"It was pretty similar [to the book]. You just couldn't hear their thoughts like you could in the book. That was the only difference."
Multiple scenes in the movie shocked audience members because they were so complex and acted to perfection.
"I didn't expect it to go so well, since books are always better than the movies, so I thought the movie was going to be half as good as the books; the movie was way better than that," explains freshman, Kortney Conover.
Despite the fact that the movie was 2-1/2 hours in length, it did not seem that long at all. Every minute was well choreographed, and time flew by.
Many Dakota students plan on seeing it again and are giving it excellent reviews.
"it was the best movie-book adaption ever," claims junior, Kate Roberts.
"The Hunger Games" was an excellent movie and many cannot wait for the second installment to come out.