The people up in arms about "miscasting" obviously didnt read the books or didnt read them well... they were both described as dark skinned... i personally pictured Rue hispanic for some reason... i think its the california girl in me, agricultural workers = most likely to be immigrants :s
but I really liked who they picked.
I was fine with the violence level, im not a fan of gore tho, i much prefer the cutaways. Im not sure how much i liked their watering down on how hard it was to survive, how it took her until she was almost passed out of dehydration to find water etc. Im also not sure how much I liked them cutting away from the games to show the gamemakers but it was probably the best way to explain some of the things her thoughts told us in the books.
all in all i thoroughly enjoyed it tho
wish the second ones release date wasnt all the way off in november of 2013 tho