Elizabeth Banks

My, how time flies! It seems like just yesterday they were caking make-up on my face and I was yelling about mahogany. Now the day has come—you can bring The Hunger Games into your home. Just the Blu-Ray or DVD version, please. Extreme sibling rivalry not condoned.

It’ll hit shelves on August 18 at midnight and include three hours of bonus material with an eight-part behind-the-scenes documentary called The World is Watching: Making of The Hunger Games. The Blu-Ray version will even come with an additional exclusive feature, “Preparing for the Games: A Director’s Process,” where you will get to see how the important scenes from the book were adapted for the screen.

Oh, you want to know how to win a signed copy? Right, right, let’s get down to business. Here’s how:

In the comments below, tell me which was your favorite scene of the movie (aka which you’re excited to watch 12,043 times once you get your hands on a copy). Six winners will be chosen at random to win!

May the odds be ever in your favor!

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UPDATE: Thank you to all of you who entered! And the winners are...

Savannah
Strangely enough, my favorite scene in the film is the scene in which we see Seneca Crane discover the bowl of nightlock berries. I think I love it because it was so completely unexpected, yet so perfect. Watching this scene for the first time, I was so shocked and horrified I felt like I'd been punched in the gut. (And hearing strains of "Abraham's Daughter" in the background only served to magnify the intensity of the moment.) I remember just sitting there with my mouth hanging open, unable to process what was happening. Adding this scene was sheer genius, so thank you to Gary Ross or whoever it was that came up with the idea!

Michael
I rented a Blu-Ray copy from our local video store on Tuesday morning. I watched it again with my daughter (10) who loves it. Then I got down to the serious business of watching all the supplemental material on the Special Features disk and watched the movie through again for the forth time - I saw it twice at the theater. I can't come up with a favorite scene from the movie there are so many great and precious moments. I do have a favorite from the Special Features where Woody gestures to Elizabeth and says (approximately), "She and I were ready to take it way over the top all the time. Fortunately we have Gary here..." You two were completely committed to the seriousness of your characters but obviously having a blast playing them. There is a very short take in the film of Elizabeth (wearing green I think) leading the tributes through their apartment where she has a smile on her face and her arms are tucked closely to her side, elbows bent, fists out, as she shuffles forward in her pencil skirt thoroughly delighted. No words, but a wonderful sense of how completely she subscribes to the Capitol mind set, oblivious to the horror her charges feel. And while I'm on the special features, no one should miss, "Letter from the Rose Garden". Donald Sutherland and Gary Ross discussing a letter Donald wrote to Gary after he got the part describing his view of the psychology of President Snow. Genius. It's interesting that after watching hours of supplemental material I have a very good sense of how Gary Ross goes about making a movie - he is very meticulous. Yet I have no idea at all whether I would enjoy going out for a beer with him. Random thought: Elizabeth and Woody are a contemporary version of Myrna Loy and William Powell. They should remake 'The Thin Man' together. (I would have tweeted this, but Woody isn't on Twitter.) Some standout scenes from The Hunger Games, in no particular order: Rue's death. Katniss shoots the apple out of the pig's mouth and bows. Kato falling apart emotionally as he holds Peeta by the neck. How Effie handles it when the crowd does not applaud but rather gives the District 12 salute. Katniss and Prim saying goodbye. Everything with Snow in it. Everything with Effie in it. Everything with Haymitch in it. It's hard to make a list like this for a movie which has only two very tiny flaws in it and so many excellent scenes. I worry about Catching Fire as the director is not nearly so experienced, and has never made a film with this level of emotional, and political, complexity.

Angua
My favorite scenes were the ones when we got to go behind the scenes with the Gamemakers- it really showed how detached they were from the fact that these were actual people in the arena who would either be killed by one another or by whatever the Gamemakers created, and that this really was just an entertaining game to them. It added an extra layer of creepy to the storyline, since that was something that we didn't get to see in the book due to it being told just from Katniss' perspective.

Anna
My favorite scene is when Katniss is placed in front of the judges to show off what skills she can bring to the arena. Because the judges do not expect a victor from District 12, they completely ignore her. But Katniss, who has used her bow and arrows to more or less survive in her district, demands their attention when she shoots an arrow through their roasted pig, proving that she is a force to be reckoned with. Then she gives a dramatic bow and leaves with a sarcastic comment. She isn't there because she wants to be, she is there because she would rather sacrifice herself than her sister, and she isn't afraid to let everyone know how much she disagrees with the Games.

Kristyn1122
My favorite part has to be the car ride to the train after the reaping. It really shows a lot about Peeta and Katniss just by showing Peeta bawling and Katniss refusing to show any emotion at all. It gives incredible insight into how each of them are going to approach the games. And they best part is that it does all of this without saying anything.

AlanFromRochester
Peeta's interview, where he FINALLY reveals his crush. I have no skill with females either, and even I think waiting 11 years is embarrassing. Lucky for him he got away with being better late than never.

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