"It's not every week I'd let two of my kids stay up until 3 a.m. to go to a midnight movie on a school night. But the fact we were at Caldwell Cinema Thursday late instead of sleeping is a testament to how much we love Suzanne Collins' series, "The Hunger Games."

And, if the packed theater was any indication, the rest of America does too.

The movie was filled with fans - some who'd read all three books in the series, some who had only gotten through the first one. There was also one teenaged girl, was hurriedly finishing the pages of the first book, minutes before the lights went out.For book fans, the movie didn't disappoint.
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http://westfield.patch.com/articles/...games-d673b5e3