Yes Haymitch is messed up. He won his own games. Then he lost his mother, brother and girlfriend because the Capitol was not happy with him. Then, because he's the only victor from district 12 alive, he had to mentor 2 kids for 24 years, so he had to watched 48 kids from his district get killed. It's understandable why he would be drunk all the time.
46 actually and then he was part of the 50th which had double the tributes in the games. Tbh, I’d probably have died long ago from either alcohol poison or doing something that got me killed. Having to see all the people in the capital year after year would make me sick.
@@alvahv47 if you count the district 12 individual from his games. Unless you remember how young Haymitch was when he won his games his entire formative part of his adolescence and early adulthood was him being a spectacle and having to watch a bunch of people from his home die. Imagine being in your teens and winning the games and then having to spend the rest of your life watching people from your district die and having to facilitate them being led to their deaths... I'd be drunk all the time too
38:19 yes he got stung, when Katniss found him camouflaged, Peeta had multiple injuries. He was stung 4 times, he had burns from the fire, and he had the bad cut to his leg from Cato's sword. Katniss could see the bone, she had to drain all the pus from it. It was disgusting. Then he had blood poisoning from the infection. Then the dog mutt bit the same leg. In the book, Cato survived all night. Katniss was forced to use her last arrow to do a tourniquet on Peeta's leg so he wouldn't die from blood lost. He did almost die, his heart stopped multiple times when they tried to save him after they won. Katniss was going insane, they had to sedate her. In the end, they were forced to amputate his lower leg, so in the following book, he has a prosthetic leg.
@@cgi_angel6001whilst I don’t agree with right wing extremists, I’d be more inclined to say left leaning liberals are the ones who are currently ruining the entertainment industry 😂
The thing with Cato, yes he was cruel and violent but he's just a product of the capital. A piece in their games. He and people from his district are brainwashed. If you think back to Gladiators, most were slaves who were trained to become and believe they were heroes/champions. As long as they played the game they could convince themselves they were warriors and not slaves. In the end, Cato's speech is him realising that he wasn't the warrior hero the capitol made him believe he was, but instead, just a pawn to be used however they want. And in that, you can feel a level of sympathy for him despite what he did in the games.
To be fair though that speech was only in the movie. In the book he was still convinced he could win. He was banking on Katniss not shooting and was gonna use Peeta as a shield to push them both off. It was cool though to see the movie humanise him a bit more
@davidfairweather3301 It's clear Cato is not a good guy but the movies gave him more depth than the books which is much better. Even that last scene on the Cornucopia is a lot duller in the books, so I'm glad they made both changes to that scene and Cato at the end.
@@davidfairweather3301 Then most of the movie didn't happened in the book too, any scene that didn't have Katniss didn't happened in the book cause in the book everything is from Katniss s point of view.
@@rim_on7362 your logic is off. Cato didn’t have the speech in the book. Katniss was there. The movie changed this detail. Other things like seeing Snow and Seneca interact could be considered canon cos it doesn’t contradict the source material.
Remember Suzanne Collins, the author of the book series was an executive producer and helped with the screenwrite for the movie. The scenes without Katniss in them are very much canon.
57:10 the poison berries are real. the "Trust me trust me" is about Katniss trusting the idea that Snow will not allow the Game to have no victors at all.
Book Katniss didn’t have that thought at all. She didn’t want them to have a winner if they were going to keep changing the rules on them. This was the way for them to go out and show the capital that they were still them, as Peeta wanted from his little speech.
It was implied that the trained kids were acting sadistic, in part, to get sponsors interested in them as well. also, I'm mad that the movie doesn't show Cato absolutely losing his mind with grief when his district partner dies. Also knife girl was being sadistic to Katniss because she was pissed about the blonde girl's death. It was revenge basically. I love the movies but they really missed out on humanizing the other children in these games. The books make it very clear that the other kids aren't the enemy, the capital is.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember Cato "losing his mind with grief" at any point in the book. I don't understand why he would, he knew that Clove would have to die in order for him to win, and he wanted to win, it was never stated that he was going to sacrifice himself for her, the career tributes go there to win, and maybe they have a backstory that we're unaware of, but it's never stated or implied in the book. And, Clove didn't even know Glimmer, they made an alliance to kill more people knowing that in the end they would have to kill eachother in order to win, so why exactly would she be so upset over her death? We never see them bonding and it's never stated or even implied in the book that she's upset over Glimmer's death.
@@lannyoneill3489 I read the book on my phone, so I don't know the exact pages to give you sadly. Clove wanting vengeance for Glimmer was Katniss's theory but not known for sure if I'm remembering correctly
@@lannyoneill3489 I know this is like late but I kind of remember him screaming Clove's name in the book when she died and Katniss was running away. It's been a while since I read the books tho
Gale is not her brother. Gale is her best friend, her hunting partner. Their dad both died in the same mining accident. They met after that, when Katniss was 12 and Gale 14. They hunt together to provide for their respective family. Gale has 3 younger siblings, all younger than Prim.
So short about Haymitch backstory is that he won in a way that the president didn't like so he had Haymitch whole family and girlfriend killed because of it which is the reason for Haymitch telling Katniss that the don't take these things lightely and that it's serious, not just for her. Also Cato (the last of the careers) telling them that he is dead anyway is when he realized how rigged the games actually are and that it's not much about your skills as he thought before, especially after the rule change that there could be two victors is where he thought that katniss and Peeta where favored to win. He had been raised his whole life just for the purpose of what he thought was bringning glory to his district but in the endis where he realized that he was nothing but a pawn for the capital. Which is why he didn't think it mattered if he killed Peeta or not because the gamemakers had already decided one of Katniss or Peeta should win, but he was just to far gone to try to be anything else but a cold blooded killer who he's been raised to be all his life.
I believe Katniss did start developing real feelings for Peeta in this one but she suppressed them because she was always in survival mode. It’s like that trope of everyone knowing she loves him wayyy before she realizes it herself…
I am reading the book and its interesting to note the things that are different and the same. Their land was North America and the Capital was in the Rockies and District 12 in Appalachia. Also, the pin came from the Mayor's daughter a friend of Katniss.
To me, this is the most outrageous change of the movie. The whole first book is about Katniss wearing the pin openly. You read the books, so you know, but to everyone who doesnt. The Pin is given to Katniss, by Madge Undersees, the Mayors daughter. (btw Katniss only friend in District 12) The Pin belonged to Madges aunt, Maysilee Donner. Maysilee was reaped at age 16, in the 50th games, the year Haymitch won. (She was killed by Paradise-birds stabbing her neck) She had the pin as a token from her district. It was later given to her sister, Madges mom, whom since that day lived a life of pain and depression. In book 2 you learn that Maysilee was also the best friend of Katniss mom. It also makes no sense, that the pin is given in secret to her, because it creates a big plothole. they know the weight of a tribute and all get the same chlothing, so the gamemakers know everyones weight to the 1000s of a gramm. A secret pin would have killed Katniss on the spot. One year, a girl lost her token while standing on the platform. That 1gramm was enough to blow her up before the games started.
Katniss' feelings for Peeta are a lot more nuanced than it being either completely head over heals in love OR it all being an act. It's clearer in the book that she did develop genuine feelings for him, but she had to ham it up to be perceived as being at the same level as Peeta. Katniss is in too deep in survival mode to completely accept her feelings for him, so she suppresses them. But there were moments that you seemed to pick up on when she was being genuine in showcasing her budding love for him. And regarding Gale, Katniss is unaware of his feelings for her at this point. Those looks of pain are just him being possessive over her, even though he never once brought up the topic of dating before she entered the games and has a known reputation of sleeping around with multiple girls around the district.
@@OliviaTerrell-d1j it’s never mentioned in the movies, which is why I felt it was a safe, non-spoilery detail to include for strictly film reactors. But in the Mockingjay book, Gale himself tells Katniss that he would fool around with girls in secret places and Katniss noted an overlap between these instances and the time he supposedly started developing a crush on her (which he also tells her about in Mockingjay). This also calls back to the very first chapter of the Hunger Games, when Katniss tells us that while there’s nothing romantic between him and her, she often heard other girls whispering about him. While Gale isn’t explicit about what exactly “fooling around” constituted, even if it was just make out sessions, it’s quite hypocritical of him to get upset about her kissing Peeta for her survival - in addition to him never sharing his feelings until AFTER she formed a connection with someone else and therefore not having the right to feel betrayed in the first place.
@@jacobbraun1243 To be fair, he has the right to feel betrayed. Jealousy is a natural feeling. But, he doesn't have the right to be angry at her about it or burden her with it, for sure.
@@ptitepeluche05 jealousy yes, that's a natural feeling, but feeling betrayed is not warranted in this situation. There would have needed to be an established relationship for her to betray him. And like I said, even if he believed they had something budding, he seemed perfectly fine with "betraying" their relationship by sneaking off with others himself. It's a double standard.
When you win a Hunger Games… you move into Victor’s Village. You get your own house. Food. Supplies. Money. You are possibly set up for life. That’s supposed to be the rules. But as you continue to watch the series you’ll discover the Capitol doesn’t always live up to its side of the bargain.
So basically, in the first book, Katniss is very confused about her feelings for Peeta. There's a scene at the end, that is not in the movie, where Peeta learns that how she acted in the Games was moslty for the cameras. And the book ends like this : “One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me. I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.”
Yeah, I would say that the Hunger Games and Twilight are written for the same age group.... But the genres are entirely different. Twilight is a supernatural romance and The Hunger Games is a dystopian scifi that just kind of happens to have a couple of romance plot lines along the way.
The mutts (or muttations) were originally used to fight the rebels before the Hunger Games came to be. The dogs in the finale of the games were much scarier in the books. They had collars that had the districts on them and their fur resembled the dead tributes. They also had human like eyes the same color as the corresponding tributes who had died so Katniss was sure they had been taken from their bodies. She was so so terrified of them. The mockingjay that Katniss had on her pin is such a good symbol because originally the capitol created Jabber Jays which could record whole conversations between rebels and report them back to the capitol. However they mated with mocking birds and created Mockingjays which can pick up tunes and songs and play them back so accurately. They were something the capitol never planned for just like her. They come into play in the prequel as well.
And once again...Suzanne Collins was right.... even its only for a brief moment, your "Cato deserved it, kind of" Showed how easy it is to change a person. Its always the same. In the beginning You cant belief a system that would kill children for amusement and you ask "How are people into that?" And at the end? "Cato deserved it, kind of" THATS how!! Thats the scary part of her books, on first read / watch everyone falls into that trap, even for a brief moment...Thats why the games continue...
its not the same knife. the one that was thrown was a throwing knife with a hoop on the end. the one shee uses has a handle and a edge for specifically sawing
@soup_ps watch again. That is the same knife. In that scene with the backpack, Clove throws the throwing knife at the boy fixing to kill Katniss... the next knife she throws is not a throwing knife at all. It's that knife Katniss uses later.
As for the name entrees, your name get puts in once yiur first year, 2 your second, and so forth! You can put your name in again for a year's worth of food for one person. Every year, Gale puts his name in for his mother and siblings! That's why he has so many!
Good start both of you to the story. Suzanne Collins published the books through Scholastic Books to teach middle school students about politics and war. It was a followup series to The Underland Chronicles which approach the same subjects but for younger students. It was very surprising when they were optioned for movies. The actors are Peeta (Josh Hutcherson 18), Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence 20), and Gale (Liam Hemsworth 21).
Katniss was really was willing to die with Peeta eating those berries. In the book her and Peeta actually put the berries in their mouths ready to ingest them when the game maker yelled out for them that they won. Katniss and Peeta then spit the berries out and ran to the river to rinse out their mouths.
I just can never feel sorry for Gale and his little heartbroken faces between scenes of Katniss and Peeta. Gale knew her their entire lives basically. You had your shot and didn't take it. You don't get to throw attitude now that someone else is showing interest, and she's responding (whether her interest is real or not). To quote Beyonce, "if you liked it then you should've put a ring on it." Woah oh oh...lol
@@ptitepeluche05 Okay, I stand corrected. It's been a while since I read the books. Although I don't think that really changes my point. He had more than enough time to establish a romantic relationship, even the foundations of one, but he literally never left the friendzone. Did she consider him a handsome friend? Sure. But that's not enough for admission, bruh. Go cry me a river lmao (The Gale Haterade is flowing freely. Come one, come all!)
@@ptitepeluche05 I don't think I can continue this conversation without spoilers, but suffice it to say, he's dead to me. I'm still not over it. It's been over a decade.
The way Katniss got the knife was at first when she fell and the girl threw it at her and it stuck on her backpack. The age range for the games is 12 to 18 so Rue was at least 12.
katniss got the knife when it was thrown at her at the beginning. she blocked it with the backpack, and thus, gained a knife. also, president snow has a hatred for district twelve that i believe was begun in 'the ballad of songbirds and snakes', but i haven't seen it yet, just synopsis. there is no way he will ever let her alone. the age range to compete is 12 to 18, so rue has to be at least 12, like prim.
Context for the bread scene because they butchered it in the movie : This happened after Katniss's dad died. Katniss and Peeta were 11 years old. Katniss's mom was in a depression and wasn't able to take care of her 2 daughters. Katniss was a few month from turning 12yo so she couln't take tessarae yet (when they get food in exchange for putting their name more time for the hunger games). So, the scene occurs when Katniss (and her mother and Prim) were starving. Katniss was searching the trash from the merchant area to try to find food. She was near the bakery, Peeta's mom saw her and screamed at her and threatened her so she would leave. Katniss was desperate and she basically gave up and sat there in the rain awaiting death. Peeta saw her and he burned 2 loaves of bread on purpose. Just a little bit so they couldnt sell them. It was the expensive kind of bread, that even Peeta's family couln't afford. Peeta knew he would be punished for it. His mother hit him with something and screamed at him, calling him "stupid creature". Then Peeta tossed the bread to Katniss when he mother wasn't looking. He couldn't just go outside and give it to her, his mother would not have let him. The bread saved Katniss's life as well as her mother's and Prim's. It gave them food for several days. The next day, Katniss saw Peeta at school. He had a black eye and a bruised cheek. She wanted to thank him but didn't know how. Instead, she looked down and picked up a dandelion. It reminded her what her father taught her about the woods and plants and hunting. It gave her the courage to go into the woods by herself. It gave her the hope that they would be able to survive, at least until she turned 12 and got the tesserae. To this day, she associates Peeta with hope. He is "the boy with the bread" or "the dandelion in the spring" to her. When he is reaped, the first thing she is thinking is "no, not him" and "the odds are definitely not in my favor".
I can't figure out WHY they butchered that scene so badly that most movie-only people have no idea what actually happened. Did they think only book readers would watch it? I get that it's hard to do flashbacks on film without it feeling odd because film is linear, but there had to be a better way. Even a prologue scene with them as kids (doing it when they were clearly old enough for tesserae was a mistake; half the reason the Everdeens were starving was that the mother was suffering from major depression and Katniss wasn't old enough to take tesserae or work.
I never understood why they did that scene the way they did. They both look exactly the same (I'd even go as far as they look older than in the rest of the film) and it makes zero sense. A lot of movies-only people figure out that he gave her food but the gravity of that action is mostly lost on them. And who can blame them! Without the context it just looks like teen Katniss sits in the rain looking sad. It annoys me so much. It's probably the most important moment for Katniss' evolution as a character. Everything revolves around that. It says so much about the type of people they are and it adds so much depth to Peeta as well. I like Josh, I think he did the best he could, but the movies really didn't do Peeta justice. Honestly, it's one short scene. How difficult would it be to get 2 kid actors to do it? 1 blond boy, 1 dark haired girl, you CGI her to look emaciated and tada, done. They're not even speaking roles. You get it all filmed in one day. I like the movies (especially CF) but I will never forgive them for butchering the most important scene...
@@dresden123456 i agree they should have hired kids. Also, I hate that they diminished Peeta's abuse by his mother. That's such a big part of who he is, why he is so selfless, why he has such a low sense of self-worth, why he's so good with words and would rather use words instead of strength (whereas he has the strength). But, I still adore Josh's portrayal of Peeta. Especially in the following movies (under Francis Lawrence directing).
She lost her hearing and was very disoriented after the blast. Probs why she didn’t try to pick any off but she also isn’t really the type to kill without immediate provocation.
The novels were scholastic books. Published as educational books about politics and war so they’re not as bad as some make them out to be. Just not unicorns and rainbows either. But the movies definitely weren’t toned down a lot. Just cussing and blood shown to a minimum to stay away from the R rating. The deaths pretty much remained the same and some exposition left out for the runtime.
@@zimvader25nah they were a lot worse. Glimmer was melting in the book and Katniss couldn’t barely get the bow. The wolves were way less disturbing. Cato was torn apart for a whole night inside the cornucopia.
@@zimvader25it doesn’t really show the nuance. Cato begging clove to stay alive while she’s dying of brain damage etc it’s pretty dark considering they are children
Prim's name was there 1 time. Peeta's name was probably only there 4 times. Gale's name was in 42 times. Looks like even when the odds are in your favor, it doesn't matter...
There are theories out there that the whole bowl was full of Prims name or the names of only a few people because the government doesn't let random kids into the game, but chooses them directly.
@@realglutenfree but why would they want Prim in the Games. It makes no sense. The theory that the Games are always rigged is stupid (at least in my opinion). And it diminishes the whole story. Katniss is not the chosen one. She was a nobody. This is not Harry Potter. It could have happened to anyone. And that's the beauty of it.
@@ptitepeluche05 But she would not be the chosen one either way, since she chose herself because of her sister. I think the theory could make sense under the aspect that the game makers don't wanna leave anything up for chance and they probably want a diverse cast for their show. If only 24 kids are chosen every year, the chance is high that you might get a game where most kids are 15-17 year olds or almost all are little. Maybe the game makers wanna make sure the chosen kids are diverse or they even wanna get rid of certain kids to punish someone. But everything being completely random is also kind of a nice idea imo
@@realglutenfreediverse tribute? The Capitol isn't Hollywood lol...they don't care about diversity, otherwise they would've made the age range wider. That theory is silly and has no basis of logic. Why? Because even if they were selected by the Capitol, a Volunteer can still step up to take the place of the original tribute, making their selection process moot and a waste of time.
@@UltimaTheSeraph I didn't mean the kind of diversity that you are probably talking about. Thing is, if the chance of getting chosen is higher when you exchange food for putting your name in, why were there so many young kids in there? According to probability, there is a very slim chance of a young child getting chosen, especially in poorer districts. And in rich districts older kids volunteer anyway. So basically every year you will mostly have a bunch of 15-17 year olds beating each other's head in if you don't preselect a few young kids.
She kills him in the book as well. The mutts attack him for hours because of the armor, but he is too far in the cornucopia to shoot. He finally is close enough to the edge to shoot so she uses the arrow that was acting as Peeta's tourniquet.
I am so excited for this. I know it is the year that Haymitch wins, but I don't think it will be from his pov. My guesses are Tigris, a gamemaker or Cesaer Flickerman.
If you think about it, thise career oids were basically child soldiers. They were brainwashed and trained from the very beginning to volunteer at 18 so other people's children wouldn't be chosen. They weren't taught empathy or sympathy, only that they must crush their enemy (the other districts). That's why Cato said that he was dead anyway at the end. He just didn't realize it. His life was over before it even began because he was never given a choice to become an actual person.
So in the book Peeta actually loses his leg from his severe injuries and he gets a prosthetic leg. just thought I’d mention this because he doesn’t end up as an amputee in the movies so his supposed weakness in the next one looks weird when you don’t know that detail.
Some movies where you might have seen Josh Hutcherson from : Bridge to Terabithia, Journey 1 and 2, Zathura, Five Nights at Freddy's... He also was the lead in a 3 seasons tv show, Future Man.
So I'm not sure if you all heard. Donald Sutherland (president snow) has passed away recently. Enjoy and love these movies regardless just thought some of the fans and people here would want to know.
he's right, katniss was betting on them not letting them both die at the end. that's why she said "trust me". i haven't read the first book so it may have been different in the book, but in the movie she had no intention of actually dying with peeta there.
Careers are trained, making them more than just sociopathic through conditioning. Their training would have also taught them that they shouldn't fight each other until the end. They're most likely to injure their other trained counterparts in a direct fight, making it possible for a weaker opponent to kill the survivor(s) later. Also they're teenagers, so they want to hang out with the other cool kids. HA
I would not be a reader if it weren't for these books. While this movie was great, though, it was the weakest adaptation of the movies imo. Aside from District 12, the production design wasn't how I pictured it in the book, I imagined the training center as a school gym looking kinda place with wood paneled floors, I thought the arena would be more dreary, and I imagined the weapons being more rustic and makeshift.
This should've been a Rated R film. Every film in this franchise should've been rated R honestly. The whole god damn concept & draw is that CHILDREN are put in an arena to fight to the death. No one should've seen that concept & thought any rating less than R was appropriate. Also since the films discarded the first person narrative (We get scenes without Katniss like with President Snow & Haymitch & this continues throughout all movies) they should've show us more of the games. Let us see Cato & Clove together forming a bound. I mean Cato is implied to have been so angry in the book that he hunted thresh down & they had an epic battle. Let us fucking SEE THAT shit. Let us see a nicer side of Cato. At the end of the film he was kind of turning on the system they could've explored that a little. Make Cato a sympathetic villain. Damn in my opinion there so much lost potential in this movie! It was lost in the book because they stupidly went first person. In a god damn franchise where world building matters like this one First person is the worst way to go! Anyway, rant over. Great reaction lol.
These films are amazing! The level of talent both in front of the camera and behind it had/has never been seen for young adult media in the states. (HP got that treatment in the UK) And I am honestly astounded that it DID actually get made because it is literally shining a light on hollywood feeding young hopefuls to that machine and getting eaten up for the government to use as a distraction to pacify civil unrest and then discard them when they are no longer serving that purpose. It's literally today. It's literally what's happening with Gaza. Think about it. Why do you think it is such a big deal when ONE celebrity speaks out against the genocide? Celebrities are hunger games winners whose "security" is contingent on their usefulness. And actor has no skills other than to make you FEELS something - preferably something other than "revolution". So to have celebrities come out and stand together WITH Gaza is (spoiler alert) EXACTLY what book/movie 2 is ALL about.
yeh imagine slathering 12 years old kid.....THAT EXACTLY what happen few days ago when US special force and IDF soldier storm in to a refugee camp in gaza, killed 240 civilians and shot death a 12 years old boy Infront of his mom!!
I’m glad someone’s saying this. The parallels in this series are wild and so many reactors say nothing but still act morally outraged by the capitol like yeah that’s what’s happening right now in Gaza and the west bank
25:34 Rue is Amandla Stenberg. She's the new Star Wars girl with the main dual roles in The Acolyte, Osha, and Mae. She's drop-dead gorgeous, a great actress, but she's a liberal whack-like most of them nowadays in Hollywoke. Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence is the best actress of all time, IMO. She's never given a bad performance. She should've won 2 Oscars for her 4 Hunger Games performances. The wokest of them all, Rachel Zegler, can't hold a candle to her.
@@AstroAvenger Thanks for your response, but I'm doing quite well. Good luck today at your brainwashing appointment. I realize Stenberg's controversial comment was from 2018 while promoting The Hate You Give, and there is no doubt that Zegler's ridiculous comments caused major changes to her movies that cost studios money, and nobody wants to hire her anymore. As usual, liberals like you just criticize while adding ZERO context to the discussion.
@@gailseatonhumbert And what are you? A mental patient? I realize Stenberg's controversial comment was from 2018 while promoting The Hate You Give. There is no doubt that Zegler's ridiculous comments caused major changes to her movies that cost studios money, and nobody wants to hire her anymore. As usual, liberals like you criticize while adding ZERO context to the discussion
She is a liberal whack. Shame to see too cos I think she’s a great actress but some of the stuff she says is fucking hilarious. If it’s not her race she’s using it’s about how she identifies now cos apparently being male or female is just too simple nowadays 😂
I never understood why? This series is a commentary on like wars and stuff that happens. This is literally what is happened before and in Palestine. That's why they talk about this series in class.
How is twilight a movie series about vampires and wolves have anything to do with hunger games, a movie series about kids having to compete for their lives?
Yes Haymitch is messed up. He won his own games. Then he lost his mother, brother and girlfriend because the Capitol was not happy with him. Then, because he's the only victor from district 12 alive, he had to mentor 2 kids for 24 years, so he had to watched 48 kids from his district get killed. It's understandable why he would be drunk all the time.
46 actually and then he was part of the 50th which had double the tributes in the games. Tbh, I’d probably have died long ago from either alcohol poison or doing something that got me killed. Having to see all the people in the capital year after year would make me sick.
@@alvahv47 if you count the district 12 individual from his games. Unless you remember how young Haymitch was when he won his games his entire formative part of his adolescence and early adulthood was him being a spectacle and having to watch a bunch of people from his home die. Imagine being in your teens and winning the games and then having to spend the rest of your life watching people from your district die and having to facilitate them being led to their deaths... I'd be drunk all the time too
When the small girl from district 1 threw a knife at Katniss on the very first day it's stuck in her backpack.
That's how she got the knife.
The girl who threw the knife was from District 2 clove
Clove and Cato are from 2.
Marvel (the guy who killed Rue) and Glimmer (the girl who died via tracker jacker swarm) were from 1.
38:19 yes he got stung, when Katniss found him camouflaged, Peeta had multiple injuries. He was stung 4 times, he had burns from the fire, and he had the bad cut to his leg from Cato's sword. Katniss could see the bone, she had to drain all the pus from it. It was disgusting. Then he had blood poisoning from the infection. Then the dog mutt bit the same leg. In the book, Cato survived all night. Katniss was forced to use her last arrow to do a tourniquet on Peeta's leg so he wouldn't die from blood lost. He did almost die, his heart stopped multiple times when they tried to save him after they won. Katniss was going insane, they had to sedate her. In the end, they were forced to amputate his lower leg, so in the following book, he has a prosthetic leg.
Katniss was so hysterical when they treated Peeta and people still had the audacity to think she didn’t love him like wth
The self proclaimed alpha dudes got to these comments fast, don't listen to them this series is amazing.
The moment someone refers to himself as an alpha you have to realize that's a beta having delusions.
Agreed. What is it with the right wing political guys on here? You don't usually find them on these movie commentaries.
@@gailseatonhumbert Well, they do have to ruin everything after all...
@@cgi_angel6001whilst I don’t agree with right wing extremists, I’d be more inclined to say left leaning liberals are the ones who are currently ruining the entertainment industry 😂
@@cgi_angel6001I’d me more inclined to say that it’s actually liberals who are currently ruining the entertainment industry.
The thing with Cato, yes he was cruel and violent but he's just a product of the capital. A piece in their games. He and people from his district are brainwashed. If you think back to Gladiators, most were slaves who were trained to become and believe they were heroes/champions. As long as they played the game they could convince themselves they were warriors and not slaves. In the end, Cato's speech is him realising that he wasn't the warrior hero the capitol made him believe he was, but instead, just a pawn to be used however they want. And in that, you can feel a level of sympathy for him despite what he did in the games.
To be fair though that speech was only in the movie. In the book he was still convinced he could win. He was banking on Katniss not shooting and was gonna use Peeta as a shield to push them both off. It was cool though to see the movie humanise him a bit more
@davidfairweather3301 It's clear Cato is not a good guy but the movies gave him more depth than the books which is much better. Even that last scene on the Cornucopia is a lot duller in the books, so I'm glad they made both changes to that scene and Cato at the end.
@@davidfairweather3301 Then most of the movie didn't happened in the book too, any scene that didn't have Katniss didn't happened in the book cause in the book everything is from Katniss s point of view.
@@rim_on7362 your logic is off. Cato didn’t have the speech in the book. Katniss was there. The movie changed this detail. Other things like seeing Snow and Seneca interact could be considered canon cos it doesn’t contradict the source material.
Remember Suzanne Collins, the author of the book series was an executive producer and helped with the screenwrite for the movie. The scenes without Katniss in them are very much canon.
57:10 the poison berries are real. the "Trust me trust me" is about Katniss trusting the idea that Snow will not allow the Game to have no victors at all.
Book Katniss didn’t have that thought at all. She didn’t want them to have a winner if they were going to keep changing the rules on them. This was the way for them to go out and show the capital that they were still them, as Peeta wanted from his little speech.
The ages of the tributes are between 12 and 18. That would make Rue 12 years old
It was implied that the trained kids were acting sadistic, in part, to get sponsors interested in them as well. also, I'm mad that the movie doesn't show Cato absolutely losing his mind with grief when his district partner dies.
Also knife girl was being sadistic to Katniss because she was pissed about the blonde girl's death. It was revenge basically.
I love the movies but they really missed out on humanizing the other children in these games. The books make it very clear that the other kids aren't the enemy, the capital is.
It's not said in the book that Clove was pissed about Glimmer's death. That's just a theory.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember Cato "losing his mind with grief" at any point in the book. I don't understand why he would, he knew that Clove would have to die in order for him to win, and he wanted to win, it was never stated that he was going to sacrifice himself for her, the career tributes go there to win, and maybe they have a backstory that we're unaware of, but it's never stated or implied in the book. And, Clove didn't even know Glimmer, they made an alliance to kill more people knowing that in the end they would have to kill eachother in order to win, so why exactly would she be so upset over her death? We never see them bonding and it's never stated or even implied in the book that she's upset over Glimmer's death.
@@lannyoneill3489 I read the book on my phone, so I don't know the exact pages to give you sadly. Clove wanting vengeance for Glimmer was Katniss's theory but not known for sure if I'm remembering correctly
@@alysonsinkie9296That's fine, no worries. Sorry if I came off a bit aggressive, that wasn't my intention.
@@lannyoneill3489 I know this is like late but I kind of remember him screaming Clove's name in the book when she died and Katniss was running away. It's been a while since I read the books tho
Gale is not her brother. Gale is her best friend, her hunting partner. Their dad both died in the same mining accident. They met after that, when Katniss was 12 and Gale 14. They hunt together to provide for their respective family. Gale has 3 younger siblings, all younger than Prim.
They said Thor's brother... as in one of the Hemsworth brothers
@@milu1982 oooh ok, I didn't understand well. English is not my first language so it can happen :-) thanks
So short about Haymitch backstory is that he won in a way that the president didn't like so he had Haymitch whole family and girlfriend killed because of it which is the reason for Haymitch telling Katniss that the don't take these things lightely and that it's serious, not just for her. Also Cato (the last of the careers) telling them that he is dead anyway is when he realized how rigged the games actually are and that it's not much about your skills as he thought before, especially after the rule change that there could be two victors is where he thought that katniss and Peeta where favored to win. He had been raised his whole life just for the purpose of what he thought was bringning glory to his district but in the endis where he realized that he was nothing but a pawn for the capital. Which is why he didn't think it mattered if he killed Peeta or not because the gamemakers had already decided one of Katniss or Peeta should win, but he was just to far gone to try to be anything else but a cold blooded killer who he's been raised to be all his life.
I can’t wait for his book. His story has always been interesting to me from the little we got from the book
Normally I wouldn't say spoiler alert but I guess technically with the new book coming out, that counts 😄
R.I.P. Donald Sutherland. He crushed it as President Snow
I believe Katniss did start developing real feelings for Peeta in this one but she suppressed them because she was always in survival mode. It’s like that trope of everyone knowing she loves him wayyy before she realizes it herself…
Yes!!!! You can literally see it happening. if it isn’t romantic love, %100 still genuine love.
I am reading the book and its interesting to note the things that are different and the same. Their land was North America and the Capital was in the Rockies and District 12 in Appalachia. Also, the pin came from the Mayor's daughter a friend of Katniss.
To me, this is the most outrageous change of the movie. The whole first book is about Katniss wearing the pin openly.
You read the books, so you know, but to everyone who doesnt. The Pin is given to Katniss, by Madge Undersees, the Mayors daughter. (btw Katniss only friend in District 12) The Pin belonged to Madges aunt, Maysilee Donner. Maysilee was reaped at age 16, in the 50th games, the year Haymitch won. (She was killed by Paradise-birds stabbing her neck) She had the pin as a token from her district. It was later given to her sister, Madges mom, whom since that day lived a life of pain and depression. In book 2 you learn that Maysilee was also the best friend of Katniss mom.
It also makes no sense, that the pin is given in secret to her, because it creates a big plothole. they know the weight of a tribute and all get the same chlothing, so the gamemakers know everyones weight to the 1000s of a gramm. A secret pin would have killed Katniss on the spot. One year, a girl lost her token while standing on the platform. That 1gramm was enough to blow her up before the games started.
Katniss got the knife after it was thrown at her & she blocked it with the backpack.
Katniss' feelings for Peeta are a lot more nuanced than it being either completely head over heals in love OR it all being an act. It's clearer in the book that she did develop genuine feelings for him, but she had to ham it up to be perceived as being at the same level as Peeta. Katniss is in too deep in survival mode to completely accept her feelings for him, so she suppresses them. But there were moments that you seemed to pick up on when she was being genuine in showcasing her budding love for him. And regarding Gale, Katniss is unaware of his feelings for her at this point. Those looks of pain are just him being possessive over her, even though he never once brought up the topic of dating before she entered the games and has a known reputation of sleeping around with multiple girls around the district.
That was never mentioned in the movie that he slept around with other girls, unless did he? I might of missed that…
Or is it implied in the book?
@@OliviaTerrell-d1j it’s never mentioned in the movies, which is why I felt it was a safe, non-spoilery detail to include for strictly film reactors. But in the Mockingjay book, Gale himself tells Katniss that he would fool around with girls in secret places and Katniss noted an overlap between these instances and the time he supposedly started developing a crush on her (which he also tells her about in Mockingjay).
This also calls back to the very first chapter of the Hunger Games, when Katniss tells us that while there’s nothing romantic between him and her, she often heard other girls whispering about him. While Gale isn’t explicit about what exactly “fooling around” constituted, even if it was just make out sessions, it’s quite hypocritical of him to get upset about her kissing Peeta for her survival - in addition to him never sharing his feelings until AFTER she formed a connection with someone else and therefore not having the right to feel betrayed in the first place.
@@jacobbraun1243 To be fair, he has the right to feel betrayed. Jealousy is a natural feeling. But, he doesn't have the right to be angry at her about it or burden her with it, for sure.
@@ptitepeluche05 jealousy yes, that's a natural feeling, but feeling betrayed is not warranted in this situation. There would have needed to be an established relationship for her to betray him. And like I said, even if he believed they had something budding, he seemed perfectly fine with "betraying" their relationship by sneaking off with others himself. It's a double standard.
Yes you explained it perfectly. She did develop feelings for Peeta from the beginning, she just didn’t understand it at the time.
When you win a Hunger Games… you move into Victor’s Village. You get your own house. Food. Supplies. Money. You are possibly set up for life. That’s supposed to be the rules.
But as you continue to watch the series you’ll discover the Capitol doesn’t always live up to its side of the bargain.
So basically, in the first book, Katniss is very confused about her feelings for Peeta. There's a scene at the end, that is not in the movie, where Peeta learns that how she acted in the Games was moslty for the cameras. And the book ends like this :
“One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.
I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.”
I think she did start to have feelings for him in the first book but she suppressed them because she was in survival mode.
"Orange-haired girl." Too funny.
When she grabbed the backpack, a girl threw a knife and she shielded herself, so then SHE had the knife.
Absolutely love this reaction, so many times it seemed like she wanted to just blurt out information but caught herself instantly every time lol
The Hunger Games are mandatory viewing for the districts.
36:34 a girl threw a knife at her and it stuck on the backpack, that's how she got it. i love small details
Yeah, I would say that the Hunger Games and Twilight are written for the same age group.... But the genres are entirely different. Twilight is a supernatural romance and The Hunger Games is a dystopian scifi that just kind of happens to have a couple of romance plot lines along the way.
The mutts (or muttations) were originally used to fight the rebels before the Hunger Games came to be. The dogs in the finale of the games were much scarier in the books. They had collars that had the districts on them and their fur resembled the dead tributes. They also had human like eyes the same color as the corresponding tributes who had died so Katniss was sure they had been taken from their bodies. She was so so terrified of them.
The mockingjay that Katniss had on her pin is such a good symbol because originally the capitol created Jabber Jays which could record whole conversations between rebels and report them back to the capitol. However they mated with mocking birds and created Mockingjays which can pick up tunes and songs and play them back so accurately. They were something the capitol never planned for just like her. They come into play in the prequel as well.
And once again...Suzanne Collins was right....
even its only for a brief moment, your "Cato deserved it, kind of" Showed how easy it is to change a person. Its always the same. In the beginning You cant belief a system that would kill children for amusement and you ask "How are people into that?" And at the end? "Cato deserved it, kind of" THATS how!! Thats the scary part of her books, on first read / watch everyone falls into that trap, even for a brief moment...Thats why the games continue...
The knife she uses to cut the branch is the one that the girl from 1, Clove throws at her at the beginning of the games in the cornucopia
its not the same knife. the one that was thrown was a throwing knife with a hoop on the end. the one shee uses has a handle and a edge for specifically sawing
@soup_ps watch again. That is the same knife. In that scene with the backpack, Clove throws the throwing knife at the boy fixing to kill Katniss... the next knife she throws is not a throwing knife at all. It's that knife Katniss uses later.
Clove was from District 2, Glimmer was from District 1
Katniss got the knife from Clove during the cornucopia scene. Clove threw a second knife and katniss blocked it with her backpack.
As for the name entrees, your name get puts in once yiur first year, 2 your second, and so forth! You can put your name in again for a year's worth of food for one person. Every year, Gale puts his name in for his mother and siblings! That's why he has so many!
+ it stucks for every year slip, so in year 2, your name is in there 3 times.
Good start both of you to the story.
Suzanne Collins published the books through Scholastic Books to teach middle school students about politics and war. It was a followup series to The Underland Chronicles which approach the same subjects but for younger students.
It was very surprising when they were optioned for movies.
The actors are Peeta (Josh Hutcherson 18), Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence 20), and Gale (Liam Hemsworth 21).
And in the books, Peeta and Katniss are 16 years old, Gale is 18 years old. This is Gale's last year in the reaping.
Katniss was really was willing to die with Peeta eating those berries. In the book her and Peeta actually put the berries in their mouths ready to ingest them when the game maker yelled out for them that they won. Katniss and Peeta then spit the berries out and ran to the river to rinse out their mouths.
I just can never feel sorry for Gale and his little heartbroken faces between scenes of Katniss and Peeta. Gale knew her their entire lives basically. You had your shot and didn't take it. You don't get to throw attitude now that someone else is showing interest, and she's responding (whether her interest is real or not). To quote Beyonce, "if you liked it then you should've put a ring on it." Woah oh oh...lol
Gale and Katniss have known each other for 4 years at this point of the story. So definitely not their entire life.
@@ptitepeluche05 Okay, I stand corrected. It's been a while since I read the books. Although I don't think that really changes my point. He had more than enough time to establish a romantic relationship, even the foundations of one, but he literally never left the friendzone. Did she consider him a handsome friend? Sure. But that's not enough for admission, bruh. Go cry me a river lmao (The Gale Haterade is flowing freely. Come one, come all!)
@@meghanmonroe haha, I'm not much of a Gale fan myself. But I don't hate him. He just annoys me (a lot, especially in the books).
@@ptitepeluche05 I don't think I can continue this conversation without spoilers, but suffice it to say, he's dead to me. I'm still not over it. It's been over a decade.
Agreed!!! He acted too late and he has the audacity to make her feel guilty for having feelings for another guy like wth
The way Katniss got the knife was at first when she fell and the girl threw it at her and it stuck on her backpack. The age range for the games is 12 to 18 so Rue was at least 12.
She got the knife in the beginning when the girl threw the knife at her it stuck in the backpack
If I’m not mistaken the knife is the one the girl threw at her at the cornucopia that she blocked with the bag
The knife was thrown at her as she was running away from the cornucopia. It stuck into her bag when she used the bag to block her face.
I never realized this til now, but her saving Peeta is her way of saving Prim. She wants to save who she can, which makes her a good Mockingjay.
Can't wait for Catching Fire, my favorite of the serie. I hope you won't wait too long before uploading it :-)
katniss got the knife when it was thrown at her at the beginning. she blocked it with the backpack, and thus, gained a knife. also, president snow has a hatred for district twelve that i believe was begun in 'the ballad of songbirds and snakes', but i haven't seen it yet, just synopsis. there is no way he will ever let her alone. the age range to compete is 12 to 18, so rue has to be at least 12, like prim.
Context for the bread scene because they butchered it in the movie :
This happened after Katniss's dad died. Katniss and Peeta were 11 years old. Katniss's mom was in a depression and wasn't able to take care of her 2 daughters. Katniss was a few month from turning 12yo so she couln't take tessarae yet (when they get food in exchange for putting their name more time for the hunger games).
So, the scene occurs when Katniss (and her mother and Prim) were starving. Katniss was searching the trash from the merchant area to try to find food. She was near the bakery, Peeta's mom saw her and screamed at her and threatened her so she would leave. Katniss was desperate and she basically gave up and sat there in the rain awaiting death. Peeta saw her and he burned 2 loaves of bread on purpose. Just a little bit so they couldnt sell them. It was the expensive kind of bread, that even Peeta's family couln't afford. Peeta knew he would be punished for it. His mother hit him with something and screamed at him, calling him "stupid creature". Then Peeta tossed the bread to Katniss when he mother wasn't looking. He couldn't just go outside and give it to her, his mother would not have let him.
The bread saved Katniss's life as well as her mother's and Prim's. It gave them food for several days. The next day, Katniss saw Peeta at school. He had a black eye and a bruised cheek. She wanted to thank him but didn't know how. Instead, she looked down and picked up a dandelion. It reminded her what her father taught her about the woods and plants and hunting. It gave her the courage to go into the woods by herself. It gave her the hope that they would be able to survive, at least until she turned 12 and got the tesserae. To this day, she associates Peeta with hope. He is "the boy with the bread" or "the dandelion in the spring" to her.
When he is reaped, the first thing she is thinking is "no, not him" and "the odds are definitely not in my favor".
I can't figure out WHY they butchered that scene so badly that most movie-only people have no idea what actually happened. Did they think only book readers would watch it? I get that it's hard to do flashbacks on film without it feeling odd because film is linear, but there had to be a better way. Even a prologue scene with them as kids (doing it when they were clearly old enough for tesserae was a mistake; half the reason the Everdeens were starving was that the mother was suffering from major depression and Katniss wasn't old enough to take tesserae or work.
I never understood why they did that scene the way they did. They both look exactly the same (I'd even go as far as they look older than in the rest of the film) and it makes zero sense. A lot of movies-only people figure out that he gave her food but the gravity of that action is mostly lost on them. And who can blame them! Without the context it just looks like teen Katniss sits in the rain looking sad. It annoys me so much. It's probably the most important moment for Katniss' evolution as a character. Everything revolves around that. It says so much about the type of people they are and it adds so much depth to Peeta as well. I like Josh, I think he did the best he could, but the movies really didn't do Peeta justice.
Honestly, it's one short scene. How difficult would it be to get 2 kid actors to do it? 1 blond boy, 1 dark haired girl, you CGI her to look emaciated and tada, done. They're not even speaking roles. You get it all filmed in one day. I like the movies (especially CF) but I will never forgive them for butchering the most important scene...
@@dresden123456 i agree they should have hired kids. Also, I hate that they diminished Peeta's abuse by his mother. That's such a big part of who he is, why he is so selfless, why he has such a low sense of self-worth, why he's so good with words and would rather use words instead of strength (whereas he has the strength). But, I still adore Josh's portrayal of Peeta. Especially in the following movies (under Francis Lawrence directing).
Thank you for explaining, this was so important and they really butchered it!
R.I.P. Donald Sutherland A.K.A. President Snow 🌹
She lost her hearing and was very disoriented after the blast. Probs why she didn’t try to pick any off but she also isn’t really the type to kill without immediate provocation.
Tristan.
District one and two were not into the killing they were groomed into being killers.
the movies were massively watered down from how brutal the books are in order to make it more pg13
The novels were scholastic books. Published as educational books about politics and war so they’re not as bad as some make them out to be. Just not unicorns and rainbows either. But the movies definitely weren’t toned down a lot. Just cussing and blood shown to a minimum to stay away from the R rating. The deaths pretty much remained the same and some exposition left out for the runtime.
@@zimvader25nah they were a lot worse. Glimmer was melting in the book and Katniss couldn’t barely get the bow. The wolves were way less disturbing. Cato was torn apart for a whole night inside the cornucopia.
@@zimvader25it doesn’t really show the nuance. Cato begging clove to stay alive while she’s dying of brain damage etc it’s pretty dark considering they are children
At the end of the day they're all children
Reminds me of Battle royale. Similar to the hunger games, just more brutal though
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who noticed the platinum doorknobs 🙌🙃
Prim's name was there 1 time. Peeta's name was probably only there 4 times. Gale's name was in 42 times. Looks like even when the odds are in your favor, it doesn't matter...
There are theories out there that the whole bowl was full of Prims name or the names of only a few people because the government doesn't let random kids into the game, but chooses them directly.
@@realglutenfree but why would they want Prim in the Games. It makes no sense. The theory that the Games are always rigged is stupid (at least in my opinion). And it diminishes the whole story. Katniss is not the chosen one. She was a nobody. This is not Harry Potter. It could have happened to anyone. And that's the beauty of it.
@@ptitepeluche05
But she would not be the chosen one either way, since she chose herself because of her sister. I think the theory could make sense under the aspect that the game makers don't wanna leave anything up for chance and they probably want a diverse cast for their show. If only 24 kids are chosen every year, the chance is high that you might get a game where most kids are 15-17 year olds or almost all are little. Maybe the game makers wanna make sure the chosen kids are diverse or they even wanna get rid of certain kids to punish someone.
But everything being completely random is also kind of a nice idea imo
@@realglutenfreediverse tribute? The Capitol isn't Hollywood lol...they don't care about diversity, otherwise they would've made the age range wider. That theory is silly and has no basis of logic. Why? Because even if they were selected by the Capitol, a Volunteer can still step up to take the place of the original tribute, making their selection process moot and a waste of time.
@@UltimaTheSeraph
I didn't mean the kind of diversity that you are probably talking about. Thing is, if the chance of getting chosen is higher when you exchange food for putting your name in, why were there so many young kids in there? According to probability, there is a very slim chance of a young child getting chosen, especially in poorer districts. And in rich districts older kids volunteer anyway. So basically every year you will mostly have a bunch of 15-17 year olds beating each other's head in if you don't preselect a few young kids.
55:30 in the books Cato is ripped apart and tourtered for hours before Katniss finally shoots him. That's what he got for being so brutal and cockey
In the book Cato was mauled to death but in the movie Katniss puts him out of his misery and shoots him
She kills him in the book as well. The mutts attack him for hours because of the armor, but he is too far in the cornucopia to shoot. He finally is close enough to the edge to shoot so she uses the arrow that was acting as Peeta's tourniquet.
Another prequel is also coming, the book early next year and movie the year following. The 50th and most brutal of all Hunger Games
I am so excited for this. I know it is the year that Haymitch wins, but I don't think it will be from his pov. My guesses are Tigris, a gamemaker or Cesaer Flickerman.
If you think about it, thise career oids were basically child soldiers. They were brainwashed and trained from the very beginning to volunteer at 18 so other people's children wouldn't be chosen. They weren't taught empathy or sympathy, only that they must crush their enemy (the other districts). That's why Cato said that he was dead anyway at the end. He just didn't realize it. His life was over before it even began because he was never given a choice to become an actual person.
So in the book Peeta actually loses his leg from his severe injuries and he gets a prosthetic leg. just thought I’d mention this because he doesn’t end up as an amputee in the movies so his supposed weakness in the next one looks weird when you don’t know that detail.
Can anyone explain to me how was leading the careers to Katniss helping her ?
Peeta was also hit in that bee hive attack.
I didn't know when i saw it how blind i was to who Josh Hutcherson is (didn't see Bridge to Terabithia til 5 yrs after Hunger Games).
Some movies where you might have seen Josh Hutcherson from : Bridge to Terabithia, Journey 1 and 2, Zathura, Five Nights at Freddy's... He also was the lead in a 3 seasons tv show, Future Man.
So I'm not sure if you all heard. Donald Sutherland (president snow) has passed away recently. Enjoy and love these movies regardless just thought some of the fans and people here would want to know.
I wanna say that Peta was working with those kids JUST to get Katniss the bow that they had.
He was doing it to steer them away from her and to protect her.
39:51 rue is 12, not 10
The hunger games are for the ages of 12-18
47:20 It’s only weird for your modern mind, that scene wasn’t creepy at all.
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I love this series of films, very enjoyable. A rollercoaster ride of emotions. :)
Top 5 movie series ever
he's right, katniss was betting on them not letting them both die at the end. that's why she said "trust me". i haven't read the first book so it may have been different in the book, but in the movie she had no intention of actually dying with peeta there.
In the books she actually puts the berries in their mouths and they have to throw it up and wash out their mouths
Careers are trained, making them more than just sociopathic through conditioning. Their training would have also taught them that they shouldn't fight each other until the end. They're most likely to injure their other trained counterparts in a direct fight, making it possible for a weaker opponent to kill the survivor(s) later. Also they're teenagers, so they want to hang out with the other cool kids. HA
In the books they tell us that it's set in a not so distant future of North America
I would not be a reader if it weren't for these books. While this movie was great, though, it was the weakest adaptation of the movies imo. Aside from District 12, the production design wasn't how I pictured it in the book, I imagined the training center as a school gym looking kinda place with wood paneled floors, I thought the arena would be more dreary, and I imagined the weapons being more rustic and makeshift.
For me it was actually pretty accurate, I guess everyone has their own interpretation.
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This should've been a Rated R film. Every film in this franchise should've been rated R honestly. The whole god damn concept & draw is that CHILDREN are put in an arena to fight to the death. No one should've seen that concept & thought any rating less than R was appropriate.
Also since the films discarded the first person narrative (We get scenes without Katniss like with President Snow & Haymitch & this continues throughout all movies) they should've show us more of the games. Let us see Cato & Clove together forming a bound. I mean Cato is implied to have been so angry in the book that he hunted thresh down & they had an epic battle. Let us fucking SEE THAT shit. Let us see a nicer side of Cato. At the end of the film he was kind of turning on the system they could've explored that a little. Make Cato a sympathetic villain.
Damn in my opinion there so much lost potential in this movie! It was lost in the book because they stupidly went first person. In a god damn franchise where world building matters like this one First person is the worst way to go! Anyway, rant over. Great reaction lol.
Y'all talkin' about Leonard Kravitz?
man i love this movies but damn the books are much much more dark
Great books😊
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These films are amazing! The level of talent both in front of the camera and behind it had/has never been seen for young adult media in the states. (HP got that treatment in the UK)
And I am honestly astounded that it DID actually get made because it is literally shining a light on hollywood feeding young hopefuls to that machine and getting eaten up for the government to use as a distraction to pacify civil unrest and then discard them when they are no longer serving that purpose.
It's literally today. It's literally what's happening with Gaza. Think about it. Why do you think it is such a big deal when ONE celebrity speaks out against the genocide? Celebrities are hunger games winners whose "security" is contingent on their usefulness. And actor has no skills other than to make you FEELS something - preferably something other than "revolution". So to have celebrities come out and stand together WITH Gaza is (spoiler alert) EXACTLY what book/movie 2 is ALL about.
yeh imagine slathering 12 years old kid.....THAT EXACTLY what happen few days ago when US special force and IDF soldier storm in to a refugee camp in gaza, killed 240 civilians and shot death a 12 years old boy Infront of his mom!!
I’m glad someone’s saying this. The parallels in this series are wild and so many reactors say nothing but still act morally outraged by the capitol like yeah that’s what’s happening right now in Gaza and the west bank
Not so fun fact: Peter Rodger, father of Mass Murderer Elliot Rodger, worked on this movie as a Second Unit Director.
Gale is in the friendzone
Because how can anyone pick annoying Gale over sweet Peeta?
Judging by how many details had to be explained in these comments, the reaction won’t be enjoyable😭😭
25:34 Rue is Amandla Stenberg. She's the new Star Wars girl with the main dual roles in The Acolyte, Osha, and Mae. She's drop-dead gorgeous, a great actress, but she's a liberal whack-like most of them nowadays in Hollywoke. Meanwhile, Jennifer Lawrence is the best actress of all time, IMO. She's never given a bad performance. She should've won 2 Oscars for her 4 Hunger Games performances. The wokest of them all, Rachel Zegler, can't hold a candle to her.
And what are you? A sleep walker 😂
You need help, I hope you get it, have a good day.
@@AstroAvenger Thanks for your response, but I'm doing quite well. Good luck today at your brainwashing appointment. I realize Stenberg's controversial comment was from 2018 while promoting The Hate You Give, and there is no doubt that Zegler's ridiculous comments caused major changes to her movies that cost studios money, and nobody wants to hire her anymore. As usual, liberals like you just criticize while adding ZERO context to the discussion.
@@gailseatonhumbert And what are you? A mental patient? I realize Stenberg's controversial comment was from 2018 while promoting The Hate You Give. There is no doubt that Zegler's ridiculous comments caused major changes to her movies that cost studios money, and nobody wants to hire her anymore. As usual, liberals like you criticize while adding ZERO context to the discussion
She is a liberal whack. Shame to see too cos I think she’s a great actress but some of the stuff she says is fucking hilarious. If it’s not her race she’s using it’s about how she identifies now cos apparently being male or female is just too simple nowadays 😂
I don’t really love this series, but I’m here for your reaction …
Why
I never understood why? This series is a commentary on like wars and stuff that happens. This is literally what is happened before and in Palestine. That's why they talk about this series in class.
I'd say this is on the same level as Twilight, it's main audience is women but they throw enough action to get the men audience.
People just feel emboldened to dismiss any media created with a female audience in mind. It’s just really basic sexism
How is twilight a movie series about vampires and wolves have anything to do with hunger games, a movie series about kids having to compete for their lives?
You’re just saying that bc the main character is a woman
You need the react the Maze Runner too! Better than this bs
@@treysantana tf that's supposed to mean🤨
What complete aggressive nonsense
Absolutely not 😂
Maze Runner is good but to call this bs is crazy.... have you even watched this series??
@@MaddyB-ot4be I have not and not planning to watch it because quality looks bad