The 'intense' Hunger Games trailer: 5 talking points

The book became a phenomenon and now drooling critics are dissecting the first full-length preview of the ultra-buzzy film adaptation

Hunger Games trailer
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"May the odds be ever in your favor." A glimpse of that haunting line from The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins' wildly popular trilogy about a dystopian future in which a brutal government forces children to murder each other on a manipulative reality TV show — concludes the new trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of the first book. (Watch it below.) The trailer, which debuted Monday morning on Good Morning America, gives fans a coveted two-and-a-half minute look at the keenly awaited movie, which is due next spring. From Jennifer Lawrence's performance as gritty heroine Katniss Everdeen to the trailer's failure to convey the story's true violence, here are five things critics are buzzing about:

1. This is a powerful trailer

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