I LOVE KATNISS! First Time Watching *The Hunger Games (2012)* Movie Reaction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- You asked for it so now we are checking out THE HUNGER GAMES! It is already making me experience all the emotions... but mostly sadness because of that Rue gut punch. I want Katniss to take everyone off this Earth now and burn down THE CAPITOL. But Haymitch and Peeta are also great standouts! I am excited to see where the sequel goes after that cliff hangar! A nice change of pace after our fantasy marathon! Much Love - Cole
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Like this comment to pay your respects to Rue ❤🫡 thanks for watching and I’m hype for CATCHING FIRE!
Catching fire is definitely the best one, I'm just finishing the book for it right now too and it's amazing. Mockingjay 1 and 2 are great too but so excited for your catching fire reaction next!
I can’t wait to see your next reaction! The second movie might be my favorite of the Hunger Games movies!
Her death in the movie was just as soul crushing in the book 😭
This might sound weird, but I both love and hate characters like Rue, these kind, caring and likable characters that exist soully to be killed off to up the stakes. (Not saying that I hate Rue though, just the trope she falls under)
RIP Rue 💔😭
13:22 "This mentoring is very taxing stuff" "You've been doing it for five minutes!" Unfortunately, Haymitch has been mentoring the District 12 tributes ever since he won his Hunger Games many, many years ago. As you'll notice, he's the only District 12 Mentor, meaning no other District 12 tribute has survived. He has been forced to mentor a lot of kids that didn't make it.
23 years worth so thats 46 kids, big yikes
@@nope19568Not to mention he won the second Quarter quell. The rules for that game was double the tributes from each district. And Snow was not happy with how he won either...
@@KPS2311yup, killed his entire family because of it
@@rhys-halesand his girlfriend. Later in the books, Joanna saying “they can’t hurt me, there’s no one else that I love” still hurts.
He is mentored two kids every year for the last 24 years
So the bread was kind of a big deal in the books , both Katniss and Peeta were 11 at the time ( in the games there both 16). Katniss dad died in the mines and her mom fell into a depression episode and would do nothing, so the food run out and Katniss had to find a way to feed her family because they had not eaten days, but had no luck. So in the post she had given up and she sat there and was like let me wait for death, Peeta saw her and burnt the beard on purpose to give it to her, knowing his mom was going to beat him for burning the beard. That kindness gave Katniss hope and renovated her and she started hunting, so she saw Peeta as good, someone who saved her family, so she had a soft spot for him but she was quiet and reserved in the start because she want in with the mind i have to ki** who ever is reaped, her first thought when they called his name is " no not him anyone but him". Also that the deal with her relationship with her mom, she's cold with her because when she was 11 she could not rely on her mom in the hardest time for the family, Katniss had to become the provider at 11 and never stop because she could not trust her mom to take care of her and Prim.
I came to say this but you did it for me. good job. Only detail you left out that I was going to mention was about signing up for extra food. The reaping system is set up so that you can add your name one extra time for each member of your family to get extra food for your family but you have to be eligible to join the games before you can do that so she was too young to get the extra food.
Since I mentioned the food system I'll just add that the entries are cumulative. So Katniss' first year her name was in 4 times. 1 for being 12 and 3 extra for the extra food. Then the next year she has those 4 plus the new entries for more extra food and a fresh entry for the fresh year. If you don't take the extra food you still get more entries as you age theoretically so the older teenagers are more likely to be chosen.
I'll just add that the next day when Katniss saw Peeta at school, he had a black eye and a bruised cheek. She wanted to thank him but didn't know how (they're both 11 years old at that point). Then she saw a dandelion and picked it up. It reminded her of spring coming and her father teaching her which plant she could eat and how to hunt. This gave her hope and to this day, Peeta represents hope to her. She refers to him as "the dandelion in the spring". Also, Katniss really has a hard time understanding the concept of someone being nice and not expecting anything in return. That's why every time Peeta does or says something before the game, she keeps thinking "it's a strategy, he's up to something, surely he wants to kill me".
Deym, alright I'll read the books again
The dog things were so creepy in the books compared to the movies. Each one resembled a tribute who had died in that year's Games, wearing a collar marked with the district number, and they had human eyes. The resemblance was so strong that Peeta thought they had been made using the dead tributes' real eyes.
My guess is they were made with flash cloned organs since they obviously have the tech & DNA of the tributes. They might not be able to fully clone a human (or it's illegal) but if they just cloned & grew individual organs? That sounds realistic for this world.
The three-finger salute is a District 12 tradition - representing goodbye, admiration, and unity. The crowd used the three-finger salute to say goodbye to Katniss when she volunteered and show their respects. According to Katniss (in the book), this gesture was old and rarely used by this point, so you can think about the meaning of everyone in the crowd doing that when Katniss volunteered.
It was occasionally used at funerals as well according to the book. Like honoring the dead, so they were showing respect to these two that were being sent to their presumed deaths. seeing Katniss’s act of compassion had broken them out of their desensitization of the whole situation for a moment as they usually don’t see compassion for other peoples lives like that anymore
One thing I like about this series is how Katniss and Peeta have different skills that make them crucial to their continued survival. Katniss is the fighter and Peeta knows how to work the crowd.
Which is a nice gender role reversal imo
Yes, for years people have put down Peeta’s skills and act like he’s useless which shows they don’t understand how important that actually is, katniss and Peeta make a good team because both helped each other to win the games and stay alive and I think people don’t see it that way because the movies don’t make it obvious how much what Peeta did helped
@@clover2739 yeah the fact that Peeta is effectively a living ghillie suit in battle royale is super OP. Can’t be murdered if you can’t be found.
The thing is, Katniss would not have won without Peeta, and Peeta would not have won without Katniss. They both saved each other's life multiple times. People have a hard time to see it because Peeta is the reverse of classic YA male protagonist. He's not brown-haired, he's not mean to the girl, he's not a fighter. People seem to think that a man being nice is somehow a weakness... It's kind of crazy (and scary) when you think about it.
@@danielhenderson83 the thing is he saved Katniss life right before that by fighting Cato one on one after Katniss dropped the tracker jackers after he told Katniss to run and then fought Cato so she could get away, so he was badly injured with Cato’s sword cutting to the bone of his leg. So he just camouflaged himself and was waiting to die out, because he never planned on winning in the first place. Just to help Katniss and he achieved what he could.
For Katniss to mourn & honor the body of Rue, someone not even from her district, was definitely seen as defiance of the capitol even though for her it was just the obvious thing you would do for someone.
Katniss essentially sacrificed herself for Prim when she volunteered - she had no way to know she would win. When Katniss paired up with Rue, she saw Prim in her - Katniss would never have killed Rue at the end if they both made it. Katniss would have died so Rue got out.
her mentally apologizing to the people back home while thinking about that potentially happening made me tear up lol
I've said this in the past, but it's always true: Donald Sutherland makes a really good villain as President Snow. It's kind of the same paradox with Imelda Staunton/Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter: a delightful actor playing such a vile, despicable character.
Also....RIP Rue.
She did not deserve the fate she was given.
Snow was only on screen a few minutes but I could feel his overwhelming evil presence. I am exited to see how his dynamic changes now that Seneca (aka fancy beard) is no longer around. I don’t know much about Donald Sutherland so I’ll have to do some research!
Thanks for watching and leaving a great comment ❤️🙏
@@TheDorkSideTVIt's my sincere pleasure to watch along with an iconic book-to-movie franchise.
Donald Sutherland really brought the character of Snow to life. It’s evident in the later movies when they give him additional screen time and he makes Snow a real presence. Even more so than the books did. I firmly belief that it was his portrayal that influenced Suzanne Collins to write the prequel book that was about snow.
Fun fact - When Donald Sutherland received the script for the movie (which btw he kinda got by accident, as he wasn’t initially considered for the role) he loved it so much he wrote a letter to Gary Ross (or someone else involved) with the title “Letters from the rose Garden” - iconic.
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He was a perfect movie villain. A calm demeanor is what makes a villain scarier than one who easily loses their temper when they fail in their mission.
@@TheDorkSideTVthat’s Kiefer Sutherland’s dad if u know who that is🤣🤣🤣
So glad you enjoyed this movie. I'll help answer a few questions that you had.
1). When the gamemaker changed the rules they never intended to keep their word on it. It was purely meant to maximize the lover angle. They figured that it was a win-win for them either way because the only two teams left were district 12 and district 2. If district 2 won they knew that those tributes were trained to put killing over comradery. If Peeta and Katniss won they thought they'd go along with a Romeo and Juliet angle for the sake of the show. The capital completely underestimated their rebellious nature and comradery.
2). Peeta's name is actually a reference to him being a bakers son because its a silly spelling of "pita bread." Also, in the book when Katniss blew up the supplies the sound of the explosion burst her left ear drum; that's why you hear the sound get muffled in that scene. So for the rest of the game she was basically in pain and lopsided with her hearing which makes it even more incredible that they won. Also in the book Peeta's wound wasn't actually healable so they had to amputate it and for the rest of the series he had a prosthetic. Obviously that would've been too much effort and budget for the movies so they let it heal.
3). The reason Katniss missed the first arrow during her evaluation is because it was completely different from the one she uses back home, so she misjudged the angle and draw weight needed to land the shot. But she immediately adapted and landed the others, which just goes to her mastery.
4). When Cato says that he's dead anyway, he wasn't exactly referring to the fact that he volunteered for the games. It goes back to what Peeta said about not wanting to be a piece in their game and to still be himself. Basically what Cato was referring to was a metaphorical death, where he was basically raised to be a tool for the capital to use. Then after he won he wouldn't be free like he was promised, but instead turned into a mentor who would then be manipulated into being part of the system and cycle of death. Victors are also often pimped out to Capital citizens if they are deemed attractive enough, so that was another possible fate for him if he won. Fortunately, because district 12 went with the star-crossed lover angle, Peeta and Katniss were saved from that fate.
To think about the fact Katniss and Peeta literally saved each other from being pimped out…
@@rachelrosenstein9975 Did they? Or would Snow have offered them out as some sort of sick “package deal”?
@@Jayie-The-Hufflepuff well he obviously didn’t so I guess they did save each other
@@rachelrosenstein9975 It had only been one year since their Games by the time they went back in and he lost access to them for good, and in that time he was far more concerned with quelling uprisings and trying to figure out the best way to use them to do that, rather than taking up their time selling them out. If he’d had more time at his disposable and no rebellion to worry about, I could absolutely see him still selling them out together.
@@Jayie-The-Hufflepuff idk I don’t see that happening but we can agree to disagree
46:22 "And we haven't cared about anyone else dying in the Hunger Games"
When I watch reactions, a lot of people hate Cato and the other more sadistic Tributes and root for their deaths, or immediately latch on to Katniss (and maybe Peeta) as someone they sympathise with more simply because we see things through their eyes. That always makes me really appreciate what Susanne Collins did when she wrote these books. At the start, everyone watching the movie is talking about how crazy it is that everyone watches the broadcast at all times, placing bets and being invested etc. By the time Glimmer is dead, a lot of reactors say that they do not feel bad for her. Because she's a bad person, and hellbent on killing, and she's a murderer, right? But she's a kid - one of the kids in the richer Districts that is raised from birth to expect death, to train to kill, to entertain the masses with murdering other children. Their parents enrol them in that training before the children have a chance to start thinking rationally. Glimmer, Cato, that little group is 100% a product of the world the Capitol has built, where this is normal. If you were raised that way, I honestly believe there are two options - you either wouldn't have survived to this point (truly wouldn't a child go insane), or you lean into the madness to survive. That's life for the kids in the higher Districts. In the lower Districts, there is no money, no training to fight and barely an education, no nutritious food, no medicine - every day is a struggle. The children are desperate, raised for slaughter at the hands of the richer kids in the Games (99% of the time, that's the outcome). I think the book and the movie replicate the experience really well - when someone starts to root for who should live, and who should die. You stop paying attention to the fact that none of these kids should be in this situation at all. Panem.
It's similar in Game of Thrones. People start cheering for Dany & by the end just said "well she went through so much & she is anti slavery so it's Westeros' fault they don't like her, Kings Landing fell for Cersei's lies so they deserve to die so the wheel can be broken". Nope she was chronically solving her problems with fire and blood & the wheel was just going to have her on top, as more of the same. Having dragons is cool & you might be a special and important character but that doesn't default to a GOOD moral character.
@@orphanedhanyouvery well said.
You put it perfectly. The video of Five by Five Takes 'The Perfect Cruelty of the Hunger Games' is going into that which is so interesting. When I watched Hunger Games when it came out, I too was just rooting for Katniss and was fully against the Careers. Cried when Rue died, cheered when Katniss and Peeta won. But once I rewatched it now, I still was sad about Rue - but I was crying so much more at Cato's death scene. It shows the fucked up world the Capitol created in such a heartwrenching way. Yes he was always dead, that's what he was raised for. Him realizing that and we being able to see how truly horrifing the psychological manipulation of the Capitol works.. I think it's my new favorite scene now. Panem to you too
14:32 Peeta isn't happy to be there. He's playing the Game.
It's obviously enjoyable to see the capitol & eat the food and see the luxury. I don't think it's wrong for a tribute to acknowledge that & make the best of it vs tributes that might try and claim they didn't want to eat anything & be obviously stand offish in protest or accept anything of the capitol as if it was a betrayal to their district.
@@orphanedhanyouof course! But peeta specifically isnt happy to be there and really is playing the audience. He’s a good manipulator which is what gets Katniss so wary of him.
I know the movies are different but book wise Peeta is more open about his hate for the Capitol and wanting nothing to do with it, whereas Katniss is like ‘if you’re from the captiol I don’t see why you’d run away’
Hi Cole! Great reaction as always. Congrats on recognising the fact that Haymitch's PTSD regarding his own games is what fucked him up and why he drinks so much. There's a little more to it than that. Haymitch won his games by hiding until everyone else but one person was dead and then killed the last one by using the force field at the edge of the arena to deflect his foe's own axe back against them. The Capitol didn't like how he'd won and executed his entire family. He's also forced to be a mentor because he won and has watched all these kids from 12 die every year. No wonder he's so messed up. But he's a good guy. He got into the mentoring when he realised that Katniss and Peeta might stand a chance of winning. He wouldn't be alone as a mentor anymore if one of them won. He also saw Katniss' rebellious streak. That's why he straightened himself up.
In my opinion the next movie is the best of the franchise. They lose their way a little in the final two when compared to the book, but they're still decent movies. However, the next one is amazing and I'm sure you'll love it! ❤
Haymitch told Katniss & Peeta to hide their best skills so the other tributes would know what was coming in the game or be able to prepare. That's why Katniss told Peeta it didn't matter in his case, to go ahead and show his strength, because the tributes were looking at him like he would be one of the first on their kill list & he needed to show them he wasn't an easy target & that there was more to him than they thought to give him an edge. For Katniss she still tried to hide her skill (her edge is being stealthy & survival moreso than Peeta so I think it's way more important she come off as just another scrawny girl) so she never trained with the capital made bows so she went into her evaluation with no feel for the tension or strength of the bow. She is used to homemade bows. In the books she took a couple of shots before she hit the bullseye and that is still remarkable for a note she isn't familiar with. Similar to a gun, you have to sight it in, learn how that individual gun pulls, how much it kicks, & how to compensate - even if you are a great marksman you don't magically get a bullseye with a brand new weapon you have never used the FIRST try.
Rue took a liking to Katniss because you get to see the other districts repping when they happen so she saw that Katniss volunteer for her sister so she knows that Katniss has good big sister instinct.
Actually Peeta the whole time is trying to do all to save her so she wins. He knows he has no chance and he truly is in love with her since they were 11 years old. He actually burnt the bread on purpose when he was 11 so he could feed her knowing he’d get a beating from his mom. She on the other hand hates feeling like she owes anyone anything, but at the same time knows with that bread he saved her and her family at a time when they were literally starving to death.
Exactly! Although he’s been in love with her since he was 5, it was kind of love at first sight ❤
Petta is big brain. He uses is most powerful weapons, his personality and his brain. He has already figured out how to get certain people to do bend to his will by winning them over. Katniss uses a literal weapons. Where Peeta uses a mental and emotional weapons. That's why they make a great team. #TeamPetta
Definitely!!
Something I notice a lot in these reactions and also In my own experience reading the books over a decade ago is that it's easy to not feel empathy for the Career pack (district 1&2 tributes) because of how ruthless they play the game and the fact that they volunteer but when you really take a step back and think, you realize they aren't the real villains. At the end of the day they are just kids and on top of that they have been groomed since birth to become these vicious warriors. It has been instilled in, this is all they know. Are they cruel, for sure! But when you grow up being told you are the best, being conditioned for these games. Brought up to think emotion is weakness and to be a winner you have the be brutal how else are you supposed to behave? When Cato says at the end "I'm dead anyways, I always was right? I didn't know that until now" I think that's him finally realizing for the first time that he fought this hard for nothing, it wasn't his game to win. It had never occurred to him before that losing could ever be a possibility because of he was raised to be a winner. I also believe Cato is coming to terms with the fact that he has always been a pawn in the capitols game. It didn't matter how hard he trained or how hard he fought because at the end of the day, it's a tv show and Katniss & Peeta being final two makes for a better storyline than him winning. The tributes of district 1&2 are essentially breed to be mindless killing machines for The Hunger Games. You really can't fault any of those kids for how they conducted themselves in the games because without the capitols stronghold over the districts none of them would be in that position to begin with.
you should really reread them after all this time, i did and it was amazing how much i missed at first
This is a really great comment! Thank you for taking the time to write it out ❤️🙏 that perspective was something I hadn’t really considered in that moment because I was too hype about Katniss taking him out. But realizing their whole life of training was thwarted because the capitol wanted someone else to win has to be next level existential dread. It’s not their fault they are in the games in the first place. Thanks for watching along with me and sharing your expertise!
@@TheDorkSideTV thank you for getting it and I am so hype to see your future reactions!
Great video! But what you need to understand about Cato and the careers is that they were basically brainwashed since birth to be ruthless killers, to believe their only purpose was to bring pride to their district through volunteering in the Hunger Games. In that way, they were victims of the Capitol too. I believe that's what Cato meant by "I'm dead already. . . I always was, but I didn't know it until now." They were never given the chance to be anything other than the monsters they became, and that's tragic too.
Peeta saying he'll take the bow is literally peak comedy
Now I'm off to rewatch your LOTR reactions over and over till Catching Fire happens!
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Great reaction!
I think Suzanne Collins did a good job developing her characters. Katniss is not infallible, she also possess what people would likely qualify as “male” characteristics. She’s not too outwardly emotional, she’s strong and decisive. Whereas Peta on the other hand posses more traditionally “feminine” qualities, he bakes and is in touch with his feelings. The story really plays into the two sides of a coin throughout the plot. I think you’re really going to enjoy this series. Also second movie, catching fire is a fan favorite!
In the books during the food blast Katniss goes deaf in one ear, and during the “boss round” with the dogs Peeta’s leg gets so mangled they have to amputate and give him a kinda robotic leg. I loved the relationship with Rue and Katniss because Katniss looked at Rue like she was Prim because they are the same age. During the games Katniss kept comparing them and she knew she made the right choice by volunteering. The books are really good and really dark. Definitely worth the read if your interested.
not having him loose his leg is a choice I don't mind because in the book Katniss doesn't see him & find out until their final interview and it would slow the pace of the ending which I think was just right for film - plus as we have established the audience of today is pretty dumb and unsure they would be able to understand the medication tech was so high in the capitol vs the districts that Peeta would be fine & loosing a leg never really comes up again as an issue for the plot vs "how did a guy that lost his leg do xyz in the next films i don't get it".
For context : the monster dogs at the ending (mutts) tore up Peeta’s leg bad before he could climb up the Cornucopia that’s why Cato’s beaten up state managed to headlock him. The mutts chewed Cato up until morning coz Katniss used her last arrow as tourniquet for Peeta’s leg and was also dark she couldn’t really see where Cato was. When Cato was visible enough Peeta asked Katniss to use the arrow on Cato not only to give him mercy but also to end the game and declare them winners, Peeta was so close to dying of blood loss. Katniss didn’t need to do anything anymore she already won but she refused to let Peeta die and be stuck in that arena with him for the rest of her life thinking back of how she could have saved him. Peeta ended up losing his leg. So from this point onwards, Peeta is an amputee. The movies didn’t include that detail and was one of the dirty things they did to Peeta’s character. Him having a prosthetic leg would explain some of the things that happens in the coming movies.
It also robbed us from having an evidently disabled character as one of the leads. In the books, it's the reason behind a few things that made it in the movies where they're not explained, but it's also treated well in that he doesn't get pitied for it. It becomes a thing about him, just like him being blonde or having a good heart.
@@Loweene_Ancalimon True. It adds to how great he is as a character and why he is loved by the fandom.
@@Loweene_Ancalimon not having him loose his leg is a choice I don't mind because in the book Katniss doesn't see him & find out until their final interview and it would slow the pace of the ending which I think was just right for film - plus as we have established the audience of today is pretty dumb and unsure they would be able to understand the medication tech was so high in the capitol vs the districts that Peeta would be fine & loosing a leg never really comes up again as an issue for the plot vs "how did a guy that lost his leg do xyz in the next films i don't get it".
Peeta also had probably had a fever and was septic from the cut & infection in his leg plus was not eating as well as someone like Cato that had supplies for much of the games. Peeta might have gotten some medicine but the toll on his body wasn't magically repaired. It's like people that don't understand Jaime, who was sitting tied & barely getting anything to keep him alive while imprisoned, still was able to hold his own a bit against Brienne (who needed him to stay alive so also had to be careful) due to his skill & drive to escape but still lost even though he was one of not the best swordsman in the country.
It always makes me a bit sad that the movie did not clarify well enough that Peeta wasn't helping the careers. He was actually trying to help Katniss (for example, he recognized her traps, so he pointed them in the opposite direction). When they finally stumble upon her, he can't do much, but he suggest they wait for her to climb down the tree tongive her time in hopes she comes up with something. And, if I don't remember badly, he even fights Cato after the trackerjacket attack so that she can escape and that's how he gets his leg injury. They also downplay a bit how key he really was in people liking Katniss :(
Exactly! Like the only reason the careers found Katniss is because of the fire that was started, which was to bring the tributes together. I think that shows how well Peeta was doing at leading them away from Katniss because the game makers had to intervene to force them together.
Also you’re right, Peeta runs back and Katniss is sitting there dazed with tracker jackers and Peeta grabs her and pulls her up and shoves her telling her to run, then he turns around and fights Cato and that’s why he’s so badly injured. If he didn’t do that Katniss would definitely be dead.
The movies also make it look like Peeta just never got sponsors since he wasn’t likeable, but it was because Haymitch deliberately never sent Peeta sponsors even when dying, because Haymitch and Peeta made a plan for Katniss to win, so Haymitch used all the sponsors for Katniss instead. Peeta also kept playing the love angle throughout and was was carrying the first half with the cameras on him, which had the audience on a chokehold that badly they announced the two person can win rule.
I think it's made pretty clear both from his behaviour and the fact that he runs over and yells at her to get out of there.
@@vanyadolly you’d think that but it seems to go over peoples heads since Peeta was hated on for years for being weak and useless because people seem to not understand that 😭
I mean I have only seen the movies and it was pretty obvious
@@clover2739That's a reflection of the viewer, not the movie. They did, however, neglect his strength in the games as well as his ability to manipulate the Capitol.
(Non movie, but Canon spoiler ahead) You gotta really appreciate Haymitch, and why he is an alcoholic. He won the second quarter quell at 16 y/o. Every 25 years, there is a special rule set applied to the Games. 25 years - the districts chose their own tributes, not by reaping a name from a bowl. Haymitch won the 50th HGs, the QQ rule was instead of 24 tributes (1 B and G from each District) it was doubled. 48 Tributes, 2 B and 2 Gs from each. Haymitch ended up winning by unintentionally exploiting a "flaw" in the arena's barrier design. When something hits it, it ricochets, think forcefield. He learned this from throwing rocks off a cliff. Later down the road, he and a girl from D1 were the only two left. She had an axe and was basically in the process of hacking out his inner organs. In self defense he had stabbed out one of her eyes. She was in pursuit of him at the said cliff from before. She throws the axe, he ducks, axe hits shield and bounces back and lodged itself in her head. He won. But Snow, saw this as making the Captiol look foolish and "Beatable" so as punishment for his act of "defiance" Snow had Haymitch's Mom, Brother, and Girlfriend executed 2 weeks after he won the games. That alone ...
Add to it, as the only living Victor for D12, he became the ONLY mentor for District 12 tributes started from s51 to 74 (The one Katniss volunteered for). Thats 23 Hunger Games. 23 years he had to meet, mentor and watch a boy and girl die. He watched 64 children die. When he was as young as 17 and that was after being in the games himself. The odds that he knew some of the tributes over the years, esp when he was still a kid himself were likely. And as he got older, the chances that the reaped children were kids of people he grew up with is also possible. Every year being brought back into the epicenter of the cause of all the trauma, Doing this year after year, alcoholism is def. understandable.
Peeta is THE best and in the books has so much more spunk than we saw in the first one. He gets a lil more one liners in Catching Fire- which in my opinion is the BEST out of the four- and I think you will loveeeee it! Cant wait to see!!
Facts!
The sign with 3 fingers held up is an old tradition from district 12. Because none of the districts are allowed to contact each other, this became known as the sign for revolt after katniss held it up when Rue died. Instead of its original meaning of respect and mourning
When you said no one volunteered for peeta, i was like this was exactly what the book wrote 😂😂
Sure Peeta had 2 older brothers, and one of them was 17 or 18yo so he could have volunteer. BUT there's a reason Katniss was the first volunteer in District 12. There's a big difference between 16yo Katniss and sweet 12yo Prim. There wouldn't be a real difference between 16yo Peeta and his brother. Peeta wouldn't want his brother to volunteer for him.
@@ptitepeluche05 I think the dynamic between them and their siblings is another factor, where Prim and Katniss are extremely close in the face of their mother’s neglect, Peeta and his brothers sort of have a ‘everyone for themselves’ mentality in the face of their mother’s abuse. They look away when the others are abused or hit.
@@Melanie-jy2nw i mean, we don't know that. We don't even know if his mother was abusive towards his brothers too. Katniss almost had to raise Prim. That's why they were so close. I'm sure the Mellark brothers loved each other very much. There's nothing to suggest they didn't.
Primrose being picked is like the worst luck ever. It was her first year in the ballot and she only had 1 time her name. Others who used tesserae have their name added per tesserae they pick. Each tesserae equal to 1 year worth of grains and oil. That's why gale mention his name was in the ballot 42 times because he is the one bringing food and money for his family. That's also why Katniss tell Primrose not to take food from the Capitole. Having your name once per year is already bad, imagine having, like Katniss who took 3 tesserae per year from age 12 having 3x her name in the ballot.... It's alot... The tesserae system maintain poverty and control over the districts which is made less important in the movies sadly... It plays a big part in the books.
Peeta being picked was also super unlucky. He had like 4 times his name in there. Compare to Gale 42.
Watch the video from SuperCarlinBrothers. Prims reaping wasnt bad luck. It was well planed....
Search the video "Did Coin rig everything." So well done and down to a very deep level
Peeta is playing it smart. He teamed up with them to protect Katniss. Again, he can control them. U see how they listen to him. He giving her an out. Alway watch Petta closely. What this movie doesn't show is when Peeta is telling her to go, he fights Kato and is cut with a sword in the leg really deep. He helps her with where to shoot her arrow at Kato. He is always using his brain to protect Katniss. Petta is the GOAT along with Katniss. Please read the books.
Yesss all of this yea
Katniss is one of my favorite characters of all time. She has flaws, but they’re not offputting enough to make her unlikeable. She has impressive talents and skills, but these are balanced by her weaknesses. No one can accuse her of being a “Mary Sue”. An interesting difference between the books versus movies: Katniss is very reserved and seems “cold,” but she has anger management issues. She has explosive fits of rage where she releases her pent-up feelings of powerlessness, resentment, and hatred for the Capitol. We see one particular explosion when she attacked Peeta, because she thought he was using her. She didn’t know his feelings were real. In the book, she threw a fit in her room the first night they arrived, making a huge mess. Katniss never agreed with the Hunger Games, but she didn’t want to start a rebellion. She just wanted to protect her family.
One thing I wish they didn’t gloss over in this film: the slaves in the background. Most Reactors don’t notice them, or understand what they are. The Capitol punishes all dissenters, traitors, and suspected rebels with execution OR making them “Avoxes.” Their tongues are cut out and they’re forced to serve the Capitol. No one is allowed to speak to them or acknowledge them in any way. It’s not really a spoiler, but the films don’t address this until Mockingjay Part One. Avoxes can be seen in the background in The Hunger Games, and Catching Fire.
Fun fact: the guy who plays claudius templesmith (caesars co-presenter and the anouncer of the rules) is also the voice for dobby
Katniss missed her first shot with the Capitol bow because she has never shot with this kind of bow and these kinds of arrows; Haymitch told her and Peeta not to show off their strengths during training, because he didn't want the other tributes to know what they were capable of and put targets on their backs. So this is the first time she has handled a bow and a set of arrows there were not made of wood. It's the kind of weapon that that can be VERY different in the way it reacts depending on what it's made of and what the pull weight is.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HYPE I AM FOR THIS!!! This is my all time favorite franchise and I just know you're gonna love it too. The next movie, Catching Fire, is probably my favorite movie ever. You aren't ready! Can't wait to join you for the ride!
She would have never forgiven gale if he volunteered. She needed to know someone was going to be there to take care of her family "whatever you do Gale don't let them starve." When Peeta threw her the bread it was before she started hunting and she was inches from death by starvation so its a huge fear for her.
This movie had a lot more edge to it than I thought it would have, the world building is very solod too and the tension was really well made, doubly so since all the gore awas implied.
Can't wait to see what the other films have in store
They have the advanced medicine and technology to heal those injuries, but they let the outer Districts suffer
"You're just put in a tube like you're depositing a check at the bank?" lmaoooooooo
In the Book it said rue is fond of Katniss because she saw her on TV volunteer and save her little sister. She became rue's hero and loved how much Kat loved Prim
For a bit more background on Katniss and Peta. Her dad died in a terrible accident in the coal mines when she was 11. After that, her mom broke down and mentally checked out, so Katniss had to help the family survive (hence why her relationship with her mom is so strained).
She was trying to sell a few things to get a bit of food on the black market because they were on the edge of starving. Peta had it a bit better and grew up in a slightly better part of District 12, (but still pretty impoverished, as District 12 is the poorest district). His family owned a bakery. He knew Katniss' situation when he caught her looking at the bread he was making. He burnt it on purpose, even though he knew it would mean a beating. He knew his mom would make him toss it, so he ensured Katniss got it.
It was a big turning point for her, at that time she began to realize she had what she needed and could hunt to survive. Her dad had taught her to hunt. But she never liked feeling that she owed Peta for his act of kindness and what it cost him. Now, they might have to kill each other.
When you read her internal monologue you see that she's not actually as cold as she comes across. She's just very focused on survival and practicalities. Life forced her into that.
Her mom is a healer and Katniss has literally watched her try to help people dying from starvation in front of them. It's dier where she lives. That also puts the party she attends in the capitol into context. Drinks to make you vomit so you can eat more and get around to sampling all of the delicacies? When she has watched children starve to death in front of her in District 12? The system in a nutshell.
All of this is so important and not explained at all in the movie!!
Part of the brutality of the hunger games that I don’t remember the movie touching on much was the subtle way the game was rigged specifically to decrease the higher number districts chances of winning. The closer to the capital the better food and situation you had. You get to district 12 and they’re basically starving. You have the option to collect food from weird Capitals donations, but the food they give isn’t that good for you, and the more you collect the more times your name is put in the game. It plays out with those collecting the most food still not properly nourished, but more likely to be called into the game and being too weak to win against stronger districts.
One thing to remember was that during the training segment that wasn’t a memeory game. It was a test to see if you know what’s safe to touch or eat and what isn’t.
Josh Hutcherson who plays Peeta is hilariously funny in interviews. Nothing like his character.
That’s Josh hutcherson from Zathuria and journey to the center of the earth to you!
You mean from Bridge to Terabithia and Little Manhattan :D
Peeta is exactly like that. They sadly just butchered his character in the movie
Exactly like his character
You mean nothing like his character in the movies. In the books, he is funny, and in fact Katniss points it out in the sewers in Mockingjay. And Mockingjay is the least fun book of the three, especially for Peeta you know (sorry about the comment structure, I am so used to writing spoiler free from a guy that's currently reacting to the books for the first time and doesn't want spoilers)
I just found you and enjoyed your reaction. Perfect balance of commentary while not over talking and missing stuff. The next one is my favorite!
I cannot cope with the Rue scene 😭 When I saw this at the cinema, I actually shouted “NO” My fiancé coped with it quite well lol I just sat sobbing 😭 I absolutely love the Hunger Games 💯 Already having crushes on both Woody Harrelson and Lenny Kravitz, of course I loved Haymitch and Cinna 😍 Elizabeth Banks is great as Effie 👍🏻 Bring it on 🎉 xx 💋
Ho ho ho. Excellent choice for a new franchise, Cole!
I’m really exited to see where it takes us by the end! I’m happy you’re happy 🙌
I was never into YA, but this is just a good series with unique characters and really solid world building. It does what sci-fi is supposed to de by holding a mirror up to society and asking questions. And I love that Peeta and Katniss are so different from what we usually see in stories!
One thing to think about. If Gale would have volunteered then who would be taking care of Catniss’ family?
His own too… I know the movies don’t show it but Gale has 3 siblings who are all younger than Prim, one being 4/5 years old that all rely on him. With both of them gone then they’d all be screwed
yes but dude act so jealous bc of the way Katniss behave toward Peeta for the game that i would have loved to see him in their spot
@@justlive2809 Anyone would feel conflicted if they saw their significant other making out with someone else (dangerous circumstances or not). Gale had no reason to think it was all an act, nor was it. Katniss was genuinely falling for Peeta, and Gale had every reason to be jealous, lol.
OMG!!!! I've been waiting for this one - this has been one of my favourite reactions from you :) ❤Can't wait to see your reactions to catching fire all the way to ballad!! Some context for the bread scene; in the books Katniss remembers how she was starving one winter and her family couldn't afford any food as there were no animals to hunt due to the weather and what they had sold didn't make enough money, then Peeta sees her in the streets and burns the bread on purpose so that he has to throw it away (to Katniss) even though he knows he would be punished for it - Peeta can do no wrong in my eyes!!😁
I agree
He was like Rue
a gentle soul
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He can definitely do no wrong, my sweet summer child❤
8:33 “The three-finger salute first appeared in The Hunger Games and represented goodbye, admiration, and unity among the people of District 12. The salute evolved to symbolize resistance against the Capitol and became a gesture of rebellion and support for the pro-democracy movement.” This is the first thing that pops up on the web
Cole, I can’t wait until you get to #2. It’s my favorite.
I had a teacher in high school who used to say "may the odds be ever in your favor" before tests. I found it hilariously creepy, because I read the books and knew what that meant with context.
That would horrify me before the test! Hopefully they were a nice teacher and was just being cool lol
They were one of my favorite teachers of all time, very chill but strict.
It was never really mentioned in the movies, but the year Haymitch won, it was 4 tributes per district. Little perspective on the horrors he’s seen.
The reason she is so cold towards her mother is because after her dad died her mother fell into a deep depression and barely even got out of bed, so Katniss was forced to take care of and provide for Prim and her mother when she was only 11. And, she missed with the bow because the Capitol bows are very different to the bows her father made and she wasn't used to them.
Trained to kill vs trained to survive!! That’s really it!
"mix and matching" plants can be very beneficial in the wild lol
So happy you’re starting to react to this franchise. loved Lenny kravitz as cinna
57:00 Katniss killing Cato with that arrow was a mercy kill. In the book he was being eaten alive, and if I remember correctly it was extremely gruesome, so Katniss shot an arrow into his head to end his suffering
I haven’t seen this movie in a while and I forgotten how much I liked it. Awesome reaction!
The whole Katniss and Peeta throwing bread scene was in the books Katniss was starving to death and Peeta saw how hungry she was so he deliberately burns a loaf of bread so he could throw it to her. His mother beats him for it but it saves Katniess's life.
Cinna is played by Lenny Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor.
Watching for the first time. The bread is an issue because she didn't have it often - no ingredients. Prim has the option for putting in for more food, each time she does her name is submitted to the bin for the Hunger Games when she was talking to her mom, she told her to be strong because when her dad died the mom went off, didn't answer when she was talked to. Peta threw the bread to Katniss since her family hadn't eaten in 3 days.
Peeta literally saved her and her family’s lives
that was a super reaction to this - have to subscribe
I forgot how brutal this movie actually is! The scenes with no sounds at all make me hold my breath without realizing it 🤣
Awesome reaction! I really enjoyed watching this with you and seeing how you reacted!
I've read all the books, but seeing someone going into it mostly fresh sighted about it was awesome! Truly was worth the wait to get to see you watch these. Im excited to see you watch the rest of the movies.
"May the odds be ever in your favor" ❤❤❤
53:15 Gale didn't volunteer for the games because he and Katniss had struck a deal in that if one of them were to be reaped the other one would make sure their family was taken care of. If Gale had been reaped and Katniss wasn't, Katniss would have looked after Gale's family the way he did for hers.
For me the careers are the most tragic characters, they are raised to be that vicious cause in their district winning the game is the highest achievement. So they're basically raised to look the other district as animals.
The reason she missed with the bow is because it felt different, the curve, the stiffness, ect. Her handmade bow vs. a bow made by the Capitol would be very different in control, so she would have to adjust to the difference.
Have you ever seen battle royal? An entire class is kidnapped from a naughty school and they fight until 1 is left.
Haymitch is forced to mentor. Maybe the first few years he took it seriously. He grew attached to his kids, gave them good advice , and then watched them get killed every single time by stronger, more well fed kids from the rich districts. I would drink too. And Lennie Kraviz's daughter is one of Jennifer's real life besties. He doesn't even have to act like he loves her, he does.
The thirteenth district was destroyed at the end of the Panem Civil war. Or they thought they where destroyed, until they found out they survived in their bunkers, since they produced Nuclear Weapons for the capitol before the war began.
You are in for a treat, my man! It is *rare* for a movie to be just as good as the book. In my opinion, it was. If you are going to start with the franchise, don't forget to include The Hunger Games: Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes
The 3 fingers kiss is a funeral sign of respect for the districts
I just watched the hunger games and found this in my recommended TH-cam algorithm is too good
Assuming Haymitch has been a mentor for all tributes since he won the 50th Hunger Games, that's 46 kids he's had to try and prepare just to watch them all die. No wonder he tries to keep a distance. The winners definitely do not get off the hook, they are hopelessly entangled with the Capitol for the rest of their lives.
Exactly, and his family and girlfriend were killed by the Capitol because he “embarrassed the Capitol” when he won the games.
I just want to say that I absolutely love your reactions. Usually I just search for harry potter reactions and then only watch those. But in your case I subbed to watch your reactions to other interesting titles because your reactions are just amazing.
I’m sorry but “Panem Ninja Warrior” sent me 😂😂😂
I definitely had to subscribe after watching this video. I'm not sure why, but I just love the way you react to the movie, I see so many creators overanalyzing things and criticizing every other thing. I like how you enjoyed the movie and watched it for your enjoyment, it made your reaction seem more natural.
Hey Cole! Glad u r doing this franchise, it's one of my favorites. I didn't read all the comments, but did read some. Out of the ones I read, I didn't see any history from the books covered. Panem, the world of The Hunger Games, is the USA after natural disasters, famine & wars. The country was in chaos until people got together wanting to establish a sense of order. A governing body was created which became the Capitol. It is situated in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado & is only accessible by the train Katniss & Peeta were on or an airship. There were 13 Districts. Each District provided either a natural resource/needed commodity. The Capitol was supposed to evenly distribute stuff to the Districts, but instead kept most of it for themselves. Angered by this, the Districts rebelled. @ the head of the rebellion was District 13. This was a military District that believed they could run Panem better than the Capitol. As we know, the rebellion was crushed & District 13 was leveled, so now there's only 12 Districts & The Hunger Games were created as punishment. The Capitol also kept the Districts separated so they couldn't come together to rebel again, hence the electrified fences. As years went on, they stopped sending electricity to the outlying Districts, & would only electrify them during the time of the Reaping. That is how Katniss is able to sneak of into the woods in order to hunt. The further u get from the Capitol the poorer the Districts. Katniss & Peeta's District 12 is coalmining so might be somewhere around Virginia/whereever else they mine for coal in the eastern US. Rue & Thresh's District 11 is agricultural. They provide grain, fruit, vegetables & nuts. Rue would climb the fruit trees, that's how she's such a good climber. The Hunger Games arena is changed every year. Katniss was lucky to end up in a forest setting. When Katniss missed on her 1st shot @ her evaluation, it was because she was a bit nervous but mainly she wasn't used to the weight of the metal bow & arrows. She hadn't touched the bow & arrows since getting to the Capitol because she didn't want to reveal her skill. Alright let's talk about "Mutts", they are genetically mutated creatures created by the Capitol. Those "pit bulls" are one type, & are described very differently in the book. The Tracker Jackers are called that because once u anger them they can continuously track u until u hide your scent by jumping into water/something & their stings can jack u up. I will tell u about how the Mocking Jay came about after the next movie. Ok, @ this time, the love triangle that develops between Gale, Katniss & Peeta is like this. Gale has feelings for Katniss, but Katniss just thinks of him as her best friend & hunting buddy. I personally think, Gale's whole speech about running away together before they went to the Reaping stems from it being his last one because he is 18. Peeta actually does have a huge crush on Katniss. Katniss doesn't know how she feels about either one, although she did feel something that last kiss she gave Peeta in the cave. But, being in survival mode, she pushed those feelings aside & convinced herself that they were only pretending for the show. About Haymitch's callousness & drunken state in the beginning. He watched 2 tributes from his District die every year for 23yrs so he decided to not get attached. With Katniss, he saw the possibility of having a tribute/ both tributes live so he cut back on the drinking & started working the sponsors. There's something I want to mention from the books, Katniss' respect & care towards Rue before & after her death got District 11 to sponsor a care package in it was real bread. That had never been done before because supposedly Districts weren't suppose to do that. In the beginning when Gale gave her a real bread roll & she was excited, it's because the "flour" given to them as part of there rations is course & makes these dry, hard biscuits, something akin to hardtack. The only place to receive real flour is the bakery. I can't think of anything else I want to add. Anyway, this was a great reaction. Waiting for the next.😊👍
the one thing I wish they kept from the books is that the demon dogs at the end are actually mutated from the tributes who died earlier, supper messed up but really goes to show the lengths of horror the Capitol will go to.
also in the books Cato gets dragged into the cornucopia and they have to listen to him screaming dying for HOURS its awful
In the book, Cato is left being eaten for a whole day before Katniss put him out of his misery... The dogs arent there to kill him, just to inflict pain
Because end game is to make sure other tributes kill and turn on each other. While exposure kills a lot of tributes the capitol really wants to show citizen killing citizen.
@@orphanedhanyou That was heavily implied in my comment but thanks for precising for the rest :P
They were never going to let them both win. Katniss understands this at the end. They just wanted the drama of them having to kill each other. Thry never anticipated that a tribute would sacrifice his life for another one.
Gale could not have volunteered; he and Katniss had an understanding that if either of them were ever picked, the other would keep their respective families fed. Katniss was hunting for a family of three, and Gale was supporting a family of five (himself, his mom, and his 3 younger siblings). The absolute nightmare scenario for Katniss would be her AND Gale getting picked in the same year, because not only could she never kill her best friend, but him being in the games with her would mean her family would literally starve.
And of course, Gale could not have volunteered in Katniss's place; she already was the volunteer for Prim. (Also, I don't think the boys can volunteer to go in the place of one of the chosen girls.)
He meant he could have volunteered instead of Peeta
I really love your voice. I enjoy this video so much:D thank you🥰✨
I loved your reaction. I cant wait for the next movie in the series.
Awesome! The Hunger Games! It's one of the best franchises
It started off pretty great so far!
After Rue dies, district 11 sends Katniss some bread. That was huge in the book because a district had never sponsered anything for a rival district. Also the "dogs" at the end were more terrifying in the book.
I read this series long before it became popular. I also read it multiple times so I had the characters firmly in my head. I wasn't sure how I would like the cast in the movie but the casting was perfection. Every actor played their roles perfectly.
I wouldn't say Haymitch was traumatized from what he had to do. He's the only living member of district 12s winner's. He had to mentor kids every year since with no Victor.
He’s traumatized by both. Snow had his family & girlfriend killed after he won the Games (not a spoiler). Surviving the Games, having his family killed, then having to mentor kids for more than 20 years, watching them die… so much trauma. No wonder he drinks.
most ppl don't notice that peeta told her to shoot kato's hand
I was so excited for this!!!! I was totally obsessed with Jennifer Lawrence after this movie. I can’t wait for you to watch catching fire
If you haven’t seen “Battle Royale” add it to your list ASAP. Same concept, more or less. Extremely well done.
23:20 it blows my mind how everyone is always surprised thinking the score is out of 10. It’s out of 12. There are 12 tributes. These are what their rankings are.
The first actual appearance of this plot was by Stephen King in a book called The Running Man in 1982 that was made into a movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger of the same name in 1987.
Battle Royale the novel was not published until 1999 and the movie came out in 2000.
Rue’s death is a major tipping point as Katniss’ actions in laying her to rest are respectful and normal to any human being watching the movie, but in the world of the film it is a political act (not deliberate on Katniss’ part) because it HUMANISES the child. Normally the dead kid is carried away by a drone. But to see her there, with flowers and love - a funeral - it wakes people up. It tells them that yes, the pain in their heart and the thought that this death is WRONG is the right thing to be feeling. And so, riots. Normally they don’t. Everyone is numb to these losses at this point. Rue and Katniss change that. The Capitol uses the children of its citizens to control the population. It’s twisted by design. You want to rebel? Look what happens to 24 of your children every year. Well, what if we did it to all of them? They manipulate hope and condition the people to live in fear from a young age.
Not the check deposit tube 😭😂
Yaaaaaayyyy!!! I’m excited for this! I know you’re going to love this series! So good having time to sit for a second and watch your reaction! I’ve been so busy working and hustling, I haven’t been able to watch your channel like I used to, but here I am! 🎉😂
Ayeeee nothing wrong with hustling!! I’m happy to see you again 🙌 I hope this franchise is just as fun as our Saw marathon and that you enjoyed this much needed moment of relaxation! Always much love on my end for you, Smiley ❤️🙏
Pressed the video 14 seconds after the video was up. 😂 Loved your reaction to this as usual. I'm looking forward to the reactions to the next parts 🙌🏼
I'm so glad I caught this notification Cole! Watching the beginning of your reaction I am reminded how horrified I had felt when I first learned what this movie is about. I went in blind not knowing anything about this movie when we watched this in the theaters, my husband loved it, great storyline he said and told me it was three books! I never read them, because he loved the movie, we watched all four of them, because my husband liked it that much and I was left wanting to know how will Katniss deal with it in the next movie? The third movie was split into two parts. Man, I remember Rue, poor dear didn't have a chance out there in the wild for so long. LOL, you know, that was the only time I cheered for Katniss when she aimed the arrow at the people who were not paying attention to her next aim, and it was good enough to make them all look then she bowed and thanked them for their consideration! Ha! I liked that part! Stanley Tucci as Flickerman, that was the second time I've seen him in the movies! Yes, President Snow is not happy about the outcome. Peeta grew on me eventually. Cole, watching you react to this movie help me understand what I couldn't remember about this movie, but I am caught up with it now. Catching Fire is next! Looking forward to watching that! Peace. ☮
you gotta read the books! theyre so amazing! and if youre not the reading type they have a great reader for the audiobook which is really nice, shes very immersive
Nice reaction. I think the movies suffer because a lot of the storytelling in the books happens in Katniss's head. Jennifer Lawrence and the cameras have a heavy chore to depict Katniss's conflicting feelings: she can't know for a while if Peeta genuinely likes her or if he's playing an angle-he is actually very good with people, better than she is, so it's a possibility. Why does he ally with the Careers? Because he sees her as a threat? (No, he's trying deliberately to lead them away from her because he knows they see her as a threat, but Katniss doesn't know that!) To what extent is the affection she shows Peeta to get sponsors or avoid social ostracism when she returns home, and to what extent is it genuine? It's a negotiation Book Katniss is still making in her head at the end of the first story. She honestly doesn't know. Peeta means something to her. Far from not knowing he existed, he is actually a symbol of hope and kindness to her and has been for years, though she knew Gale much better. But her priority is her own survival, her own family. Right until the very end, she buys into the Game's mindset.
While Katniss inspires the nation from the start with her courageous act of love and self-sacrifice for Prim, and that action reminds the districts just how inhumane and cruel the Hunger Games are and inspires the district audience to resistance, first shown in the goodbye they give Katniss, it's actually Peeta and Rue that subvert the Hunger Games first, actively working for someone else's survival.
Rue could have killed Katniss when the tracker jackers had her under. She could have just ignored her. She knew how to survive in the wilderness, unlike many of the other tributes. Instead, Rue actively worked to keep Katniss alive, to heal and help her. It was an enormous defiance of the spirit of the Games, where alliances are only ever temporary and everyone understands that if someone's not useful, you kill them or break the alliance off and hope someone else takes them out. Rue had no chance against a healthy Katniss. She also could have survived without her, so working to help her had little purpose. In fact, Rue's helping Katniss ends up getting her killed.
Rue isn't the only person who works against the Games. Peeta is also working to keep Katniss and not himself alive-conspiring with Haymitch, actually, who, as the only mentor for two tributes, had to pick one of them to focus on saving. But Peeta is also doing what he does because he loves Katniss. Rue-while perhaps inspired by the fact that Katniss volunteered to save Prim, a girl Rue's age, acts to help Katniss mostly because she's a wonderful person.
It's Rue's rebellion that sparks the greater revolution, imo. Rue's friendship for Katniss inspires Katniss to honor her remains, which is also a signal that the death of these children is a tragedy and an atrocity. It wims Katniss friends across the districts (which have been set up by the Capital as rivals to maintain control) and inspires an all-out revolt in 11. Katniss's respect for Rue is what saves her life from Clove. Thresh, Rue's fellow tribute from 11, honors it by killing Clove and sparing Katniss-another subversion of the way the Hunger Games are supposed to work.
You can see both Rue's subversiveness and Haymitch's suggestion that the Capital needs a winner in Katniss's final decision to deprive the Capital of its happy ending if the Gamemakers undo their own rule change.
Man, I'm so glad I get to watch another one of your videos. I'm not a fan of Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. So it's been awhile since I've gotten to watch your reactions.