Fans (including the many on the Amazon Books team) got their first look at the official trailer for The Hunger Games movie this morning. Based on the first book of Suzanne Collins’s beloved trilogy, the film—which hits the big screen March 23, 2012—still has to deliver on some major expectations, staying faithful to a world and characters that command a fanbase as fiercely devoted as any vampire hearthrob’s.

Judging by the YouTube comments, fan reaction so far can be summed up as a collective “OMG!” and an ecstatic sigh of relief that they seem to have gotten it right: as xoannaox89 put it, “Holy cheese and crackers, it’s almost the EXACT same thing as I imagined it to be!” One minute in, as Prim was called as the tribute and Katniss took her place, I got my first wave of chills and tears. My teammate JoVon concurred: “I started crying at 1:18 and had to turn it off to watch later (with more Kleenex).” Kevin divided us with his declaration that “we can all agree that Peeta is cuter than Gale right?” I agreed, while Upneet said that “Peeta looks like an ol’ wuss.” Ali expressed confusion over why the trailer appears to start in the 1800s and then goes all sci-fi. We expressed confusion over why she hadn’t yet read these books, all three of which can be consumed in one awesome weekend.

Watch the trailer and let us know—does it live up to your expectations? Is this a premier that demands costumes? And (most importantly) camp Peeta or camp Gale? —Mari Malcolm