I will probably read the books at some point. I thought the trailer looked great, and am not sure which character you were referring to, Karen, but I thought the girl that volunteers to be in the Hunger Games, I thought she looked about 16. I don't know about the whole starvation thing, as the trailer I saw looked to be before the games started, and showed the very start of the games. I'll look around and see if I see another trailer. The trailer made me want to see the movie, though, for sure.