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" The Hunger Games&amp;#039; writer has praised Gary Ross&amp;#039;s adaptation of her novel. Suzanne Collins posted an enthusiastic letter on the film&amp;#039;s Facebook page on Thursday (March 1) after seeing the completed movie.  &amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;Hunger Games&amp;#039; releases Taylor Swift &amp;#039;Safe &amp;amp;amp; Sound&amp;#039; TV spot - video &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m really happy with how it turned out,&amp;quot; she wrote. &amp;quot;I feel like the book and the film are individual yet complementary pieces that enhance one another. &amp;quot;The film opens up the world beyond Katniss&amp;#039;s point of view, allowing the audience access to the happenings of places like the Hunger Games control room and President Snow&amp;#039;s rose garden, thereby adding a new dimension to the story. &amp;quot;Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he&amp;#039;s also brought a rich and powerful vision of Panem, its brutality and excesses, to the film as well.&amp;quot; The Hunger Games is set in a dystopian future where teenagers are forced to battle to the death for the public&amp;#039;s entertainment. The Jennifer Lawrence-starring film has broken pre-release ticket sales records ahead of its debut on March 23. &amp;amp;gt; &amp;#039;Hunger Games&amp;#039; star Lenny Kravitz: &amp;#039;I love Jennifer Lawrence&amp;#039; Watch the Hunger Games trailer below:      See a gallery of character posters for The Hunger Games below: "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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