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'Hunger Games': Let's Dissect the Trailer!

Darren Franich freezes frames from the first full promo clip for the highly anticipated March 23, 2012 release to get a closer look; see his notes, add yours!
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By Darren Franich Updated November 14, 2011 at 06:00 PM EST
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The Hunger Games | Makovsky started building the world of Panem first with District 12. ''It has a very sort of mid-century, 1930s to '50s feel — Americana,'' sheÂ…

Welcome to District 12, the poorest little frontier village in the dystopian society of Panem. I always pictured Katniss Everdeen's hometown as an unremittingly bleak, monochromatic place — sort of like Cormac McCarthy's The Road, or like Chino on The O.C. — but I'm intrigued by the film's portrayal, which looks a little bit like Tom Sawyer's Island. Except, you know, with an electric fence and miserable poverty.

If you haven't watched it yet, click the link to check out the first full-length Hunger Games trailer!

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The Hunger Games | Behind the fence, Katniss hangs out with her not-so-platonic hunting buddy Gale. The lush visuals here should provide a nice counterpoint to the metropolitan CapitolÂ…

Behind the fence, Katniss hangs out with her not-so-platonic hunting buddy Gale. The lush visuals here should provide a nice counterpoint to the metropolitan Capitol and to the Arena — which contains a decidedly more dangerous forest.

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The Hunger Games | Check out Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, rocking some truly terrifying make-up as she cheerfully plays MC at the District 12 reaping — the eventÂ…

Check out Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket, rocking some truly terrifying make-up as she cheerfully plays MC at the District 12 reaping — the event where two young people are chosen to fight to the death at that year's Games. Fun fact: Elizabeth Banks' participation in Hunger Games seems to have been willed into existence by the singular faith of EW's Keith Staskiewicz, who declared her the perfect Effie way back in October 2010.

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The Hunger Games | The children of District 12 await the reaping. Fashionwise, we're hovering around ''Colonial Puritan'' with just a mix of ''Orwellian stormtrooper chic.''

The children of District 12 await the reaping. Fashionwise, we're hovering around ''Colonial Puritan'' with just a mix of ''Orwellian stormtrooper chic.''

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The Hunger Games | To save her young sister, Katniss volunteers to fight in The Hunger Games . It's a heroic moment of self-sacrifice. By the way, I'm lovingÂ…

To save her young sister, Katniss volunteers to fight in The Hunger Games. It's a heroic moment of self-sacrifice. By the way, I'm loving the stormtrooper polo pants.

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Fellow District 12-er Peeta Mellark gets chosen to join Katniss in the arena. Something about Josh Hutcherson's face here seems uncannily perfect: Didn't you always picture Peeta with a pained, slightly wounded expression on his face?

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The Hunger Games | Hunger Games fans know that Peeta and Katniss have a history. Many years earlier, the baker's son gave the starving Katniss some bread to shareÂ…

Hunger Games fans know that Peeta and Katniss have a history. Many years earlier, the baker's son gave the starving Katniss some bread to share with her family. The look on Jennifer Lawrence's face seems to say ''I remember you, do you remember me?'' while also clearly stating ''I guess I have to kill you now.''

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The Hunger Games | ''My whole thing for the Capitol is that everybody was gonna have these big puffy sleeves,'' says Makovsky. ''Already that's so silly, but you canÂ…

Our first peek at the Capitol, the futuristic city that forms the seat of Panem's government. Looks a little bit like Washington, D.C., doesn't it?

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The Hunger Games | Lenny Kravitz plays Cinna, Katniss' stylist. ''I'm here to help you make an impression,'' he says, as we see shots of Katniss getting waxed andÂ…

Lenny Kravitz plays Cinna, Katniss' stylist. ''I'm here to help you make an impression,'' he says, as we see shots of Katniss getting waxed and made up. You could say that the whole thing is a metaphor for the transformation of young girl into a media starlet. You could even say that it's a specific metaphor for the transformation of relative unknown Jennifer Lawrence from ''that muddy Oscar nominee in Winter's Bone'' into ''the next young superstar.''

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The Hunger Games | Stanley Tucci plays Caesar Flickerman, the Hunger Games ' very own Ryan Seacrest. Look at that hair!

Stanley Tucci plays Caesar Flickerman, the Hunger Games' very own Ryan Seacrest. Look at that hair!

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The Hunger Games | Donald Sutherland plays President Snow, the vicious ruler of Panem. Snow doesn't factor as prominently in Games as he does in the book's sequels, butÂ…

Donald Sutherland plays President Snow, the vicious ruler of Panem. Snow doesn't factor as prominently in Games as he does in the book's sequels, but Sutherland's deep voice practically steals the show here. But more importantly, can we talk about that dude's mustache?

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The Hunger Games | This is just a quick shot, but it appears to be our first glimpse of Katniss' famous ''Girl on Fire'' dress — which will presumablyÂ…

This is just a quick shot, but it appears to be our first glimpse of Katniss' famous ''Girl on Fire'' dress — which will presumably be rendered with digital effects, unless Jennifer Lawrence has a terrible agent. I'm digging the look of the Capitol — very Blade Runner.

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The Hunger Games | The trailer focuses entirely on the extended set-up for the Hunger Games, and with good reason: Once the action moves into the arena, the storyÂ…

The trailer focuses entirely on the extended set-up for the Hunger Games, and with good reason: Once the action moves into the arena, the story becomes a violent festival of kid-killing. It's still unclear how the presumably PG-13 movie will deal with the violence, but the shots of teenagers training to kill each other add an eerie touch to the preview.

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The Hunger Games | Rue, the young female tribute from District 11, is a pivotal supporting character. If you don't recognize actress Amandla Sternberg, it's probably because you didn'tÂ…

Rue, the young female tribute from District 11, is a pivotal supporting character. If you don't recognize actress Amandla Sternberg, it's probably because you didn't see Colombiana — good for you! — where she played the younger version of Zoe Saldana's character in the film's extended Parkour prologue.

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The Hunger Games | Wes Bentley plays Seneca Crane, the Head Gamemaker of this year's Hunger Games. It's a small but memorable role. Equally memorable but decidedly less small:Â…

Wes Bentley plays Seneca Crane, the Head Gamemaker of this year's Hunger Games. It's a small but memorable role. Equally memorable but decidedly less small: Bentley's absolutely bananas facial hair. Is anyone else secretly hoping that the Hunger Games movie proves incredibly influential for American fashion?

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The Hunger Games | Woody Harrelson appears for exactly half a second in this trailer, but his character — the perpetually soused tribute trainer Haymitch — is a fanÂ…

Woody Harrelson appears for exactly half a second in this trailer, but his character — the perpetually soused tribute trainer Haymitch — is a fan favorite. Harrelson was an unexpected choice for the role, but I like his look here: He looks and sounds old and weathered, but his blue eyes (and that Beatles-worthy haircut) give him a youthful air. ''This is the time to show them everything,'' he says. ''Make sure they remember you.''

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The Hunger Games | Before the Games, Peeta and Katniss share a heart-to-heart conversation on the rooftop overlooking the Capitol. This continues the year's least-remarked-upon Hollywood trend: Quick shotsÂ…
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Before the Games, Peeta and Katniss share a heart-to-heart conversation on the rooftop overlooking the Capitol. This continues the year's least-remarked-upon Hollywood trend: Quick shots in movie trailers of Jennifer Lawrence sitting down facing her emo-dude love interest while etched against an interesting backdrop. (See also: X-Men: First Class.)

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The Hunger Games | What: In the book, Katniss receives her iconic mockingjay pin from schoolmate Madge Undersee. (The pin originally belonged to Madge's aunt, who died in anÂ…

The iconic mockingjay pin was given to Katniss by her District 12 friend Madge Undersee, and serves as a visual jab at the Capitol. The mockingjay species was created by the intermixing of mutant jabberjays and mockingbirds, a genetic accident that proved that the Capitol couldn't control everything. The mockingjay pin was also the hot-ticket fetish item at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. Expect to see these everywhere next year.

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The Hunger Games | Katniss flashes the three-fingered salute of District 12. Over the course of the book, it becomes her signature — a kind of unintentional ''fight the…

Katniss flashes the three-fingered salute of District 12. Over the course of the book, it becomes her signature — a kind of unintentional ''fight the power'' sign.

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The Hunger Games | Here we find Gale sitting in nature looking sad and thoughtful. Expect lots of shots like this in the movie — the character is barelyÂ…

Here we find Gale sitting in nature looking sad and thoughtful. Expect lots of shots like this in the movie — the character is barely involved in the story after the District 12 prologue, although actor Liam Hemsworth has more to look forward to if/when the Games sequels get the big-screen treatment.

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The Hunger Games | The Games begin with a mad rush by the tributes to reach the Cornucopia, a huge horn that contains sundry weapons and supplies for thoseÂ…

The Games begin with a mad rush by the tributes to reach the Cornucopia, a huge horn that contains sundry weapons and supplies for those who can live long enough to grab them. This is where the trailer leaves off, as Katniss picks up a backpack and makes a mad rush into the forest. Is it March yet?

If you haven't watched it yet, click the link to check out the first full-length Hunger Games trailer!

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