I bought The Hunger Games Blu-Ray last week and watched it this weekend. The movie itself holds up quite well and Jennifer Lawrence is as astonishing as I remembered.

The extras though -- disappointing. The thing I was most curious about was the issue of what to keep in and what to cut, the faithfulness vs. flexibility of adaptation, especially for a popular book like this one. There is a ton of material in the bonus disc, but rather than talking about the fine points of the adaptation, the discussion is frustratingly general. And extremely self-congratulatory. It's all about how awesome everybody was and how well they did and they all but canonize Gary Ross to a degree where I found it a bit off-putting. Likely, how will they ever film the sequel with some other guy at the helm, when Ross was SO AMAZING ELEVENTY!!!

Also, they really liked the shaky-cam because they thought it was important to keep it "vérité" in order to minimize the glossiness and reduce the likelihood that the violence was being glorified. That's all well and good, but not if it sends a sizable part of your audience running to the bathroom to vomit (I really hope that they cut down the jump-cuts and shakiness in the next movie.)

AVClub's review of Much Ado About Nothing:

The best part of Joss Whedon’s adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing is probably when Fred and Wesley finally get to be happy together, despite the villainous machinations of Simon Tam. Or wait, maybe the best part is when Topher, Dominic and Agent Carlson conspire to play matchmaker. Or when Andrew and Captain Mal show up as bumbling cops.

So basically all of it?

They go on and answer your question:

The point is this: There’s a very strong possibility that a viewer’s enjoyment of Whedon’s take on William Shakespeare will be affected by how much of a Whedon fan he or she already is. It’s not a requirement, mind.

Linda Holmes of NPR says Much Ado About Nothing is delightful.

COULSON.

You don't remember Larry, Son of Carl?

His first name is Agent!

There’s a very strong possibility that a viewer’s enjoyment of Whedon’s take on William Shakespeare will be affected by how much of a Whedon fan he or she already is.

So, PASS.

With Strega. I find I'm not that eager to see what Joss does to Shakespeare.