I cannot wait to see it! I'm a big fan of the books, but how many of you guys are aware that the author completely stole the idea from a Japanese movie that came out in the 90s? I shouldn't really say "stole" but there is QUITE a similarity...
The movie is called Battle Royale.
Watch the trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCoPbkvyWEI
To OP, I noticed you said they didn't include a few good parts, but other than that how closely did they stick to the book?
Another reason I'm excited to see it is because I saw the first before reading any of the books. Now that I've read all the books I'm interested to see if the movie has the same effect as the first one.