I have watched a lot--A LOT--of reactions to this series and I have to tell you: I LOVE that you two don't ever forget that Katniss is a teenager. You may be the only ones I've seen that recognize how much that impacts the narrative, and it's the most important aspect of what drives this story. When Suzanne Collins wrote these books, she wrote them to show the impact of war on children, in all its ugliness, and I cannot wait to see your reactions to the final book in this original trilogy. AMAZING job y'all!
That’s something we tried to keep in mind as much as possible. It changes the perspective of the movie when you do that as well. It’s easy to kind of forget & easily criticize them but we tried our best to see both sides of it.
i think alot of people forget because Jennifer Lawrence doesn't look 16/17 so the visual cues lead to her seeming older, as much as i love her performance i wouldve loved to have seen them use someone who was actually 16/17 because the difference between jlaw at that age vs when she filmed is massive and i feel like that pushes the point of how horrible this is to do to a whole ass child
@@nope19568she did seem a lot younger on the first film, specially with the way they did her makeup, but also because she was younger obviously. i feel like it’s hard to do 4 movies that span the course of 1-2 years in a book without the actors getting older, specially if they are on their late teens / young adult years…
Remember in the first movie when Peeta said he didn't want the Capital changing who he is? It's extra deplorable and sorrowful how much they've changed him.
We talked about it after off camera but that’s literally one of the most important things we remember from the first movie & to see it come full circle was sad to see
@@kellysowhat88He didn’t say that line in the games. Rather, they were on the roof of the training center the night before the games. Knowing how impossible it is to really get cameras *everywhere*, I don’t know if they actually heard him say this.
@@lyricmezzosoprano5357 they were already in the games by the time they were in the training center. They would have had cameras in all the floors, the game makers would want to hear if tributes talk about anything they might be able to use. Fears/anxieties/thoughts on the games (could be used to orchestrate their death depending on what’s said). They definitely would’ve wanted to see her reactions to both the female avox in the first and then the peace keeper she knew from home avox in the second. She also mentions in the books about how she felt she was being watched in her own room there.
12:43 effie was actually barely in the mockingjay book. it was revealed that she was actually imprisoned in the capitol just like peeta and johanna. but elizabeth banks created such a lovable character through her portrayal that they kind of combined two characters in the mockingjay book and gave that role to effie. it was actually suzanne collins who finished watching catching fire and told the directors that effie needed to be in mockingjay!
The message at the end "In Loving Memory of Phillip Seymour Hoffman", that was for the actor who played Plutarch Heavensbee. He had filmed most of his scenes, but in the final movie, he was partially replaced with CGI, and in another scene, his line was filmed with Hamitch instead.
It's funny you say "they're about to see him getting beaten on camera", cause in the book, when they grab him the camera falls to the floor and they can hear him getting beaten and they see his blood splattering the tiles.
Loved this reaction you guys! Appreciate that y'all understood both Katniss and Peeta for everything that they were going through. One of my favorite moments is when they're using Katniss singing "The Hanging Tree" to Peeta. Many parts of the song are glitchy, but the one line that comes out clearly is 32:37 where she sings, "Where a dead man called out for his love to flee"...right before Peeta decides to give the warning that the Capitol is going to bomb district 13. It's SUCH a haunting parallel, because Peeta knows he is a "dead man" for his decision sacrifice his life in order to give one last call to his lover, Katniss, to flee. Gives me chills and breaks my heart every time.
Appreciate the love! And yes we try our best to try and understand each character for who they are. President Snow looks to do anything to get his way and doesn’t care who it harms. This movie had a lot of very good moments, definitely pulls on the heart strings a bit.
He wasn’t sold at 14, snow doesn’t sell them until they’re a little bit older, around 16/17, but I’m sure snow was promising him to people when he won. That’s what Johanna meant when she asked peeta how it felt knowing everyone in the capitol wants him. She refused, meaning they killed her family, that’s why she has nobody she loves anymore. 16-17 IS STILL A CHILD THOUGH
Take the time to go look up the lyrics to the song Katniss sings called The Hanging Tree. The song is sung from the perspective of a condemned person to be hung & instead of asking their lover to flee, the person is asking for their lover to meet them at the tree & hang side by side with them. I wish they went more in depth about this in the film. Because it’s the ongoing theme Katniss is struggling with. People are dying & she feels responsible for it. And by becoming the Mockingjay, she feels like the condemned person asking people to hang side by side with her. Asking them to die with her.
@florentinenice9146 Yes, but Katniss doesn't know that. Her signing that song is just a coincidental jab at Snow. Double meaning to the song which makes it even more powerful
Gale getting mad at peeta for what he said always makes me so mad. They were torturing him both physically and mentally. Gale has no idea what that’s like. So to call him a coward and say that he would never do that, how would he know what he would do? He’s never been in that situation. Like give my man Peeta the benefit of the doubt
That’s facts! We didn’t even know it was to the extent of the tracker hacker venom BUT i can also see why he felt the way he did hearing that in the moment.
Not to mention that he didn't know about district 12 in the beginning. They likely threatened his family and Katniss' family. No way that if they had Gale and said "Say this or we kill Prim" he would've refused.
while it is not mentioned in the movies, the reason why johanna’s hair got shaved off was because they mostly used electricity and waterboarding as a means of torture on her to get her to come clean,, they shaved her head because they wanted her to feel as much pain from the electricity as possible without her hair absorbing any of it. the three that were saved had spent 5-6 weeks in the capitol being tortured, where they would constantly hear the screams of each other,, as for the rest of the victors that remained in their districts, most of them had been publicly executed as they were all seen as dangerous and may be in compliance with the rebellion
just like what finnick said that when peeta's heart stop that's when he realized that the love was not an act. in that moment everyone can see that katniss genuinely cared for peeta. and you bet in that same moment president snow definitely saw it too. that's why he made peeta a weapon against katniss. he knew it was the best way to break her. peeta has always been on her side and sees the good in her, and the capitol took it from katniss. it's the best way to fck them both up.
those guys climbing the trees are from district 7 (lumber), and that’s kinda their job skill, in the books the other districts are a LOT MORE explorated ps: katniss was also very good at climbing, swimming and throwing knives (things her father tought her)
Just for a bit of further context since the part with Finnick's proppo gets a little lost in the background of Peeta's rescue, but its important to the lore lol. Finnick is saying that while Snow was putting him out, he was collecting secrets as payment, and the biggest secret was that Snow poisons his competition / people who are a threat to him, and to cover it up he takes small doses of the poison to avoid raising suspicion (hense the stand out comment about mouth sores, he uses the roses to cover the smell from the sores the poisons caused).
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1 messed up thing from the books, the entire time Peeta and Johanna were in captivity and being tortured, Peeta's prep team who got him ready for his 1st games was tortured and executed in front of him. You can see the entire team sitting on the couch with them in the 1st movie while they wait for their scores.
Actually, Peeta was stung 4 times by the tracker jackers in the first games (at least in the book). And they did start the highjacking before his last interview. In the book, he's really struggling to give them the warning because he's fighting his own brain.
President Snow's Granddaughter didnt have a mockingjay pin. She reacted to the "any symbol of the mockingjay" comment because she chose to wear her hair in a braid deliberately, inspired by Katniss - so a it would technically fall under the symbol of the mockingjay. I believe the hairstyle was trending in the capital because of Katniss' popularity and she also made comments about wanting to be like Katniss in the first movie. Really loving your reaction vids and I'm super happy I discovered your channel recently!
With the losing weight thing of Peeta, he didn’t have to lose any weight for that role, they completely used CGI the whole time to make him look like he lost weight. Josh Hutcherson said this on an interview years ago if you are curious about that one.
You’re both so impressively good at this reaction work! Intuitive. Insightful. Compassionate. Bravo! Aways impressed how you figure things out way early and put events together to synthesize info. Cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Coin not shooting back was more strategy than softness. The reason why she waited it out is because she realized the capital didn’t know exactly where district 13 had munitions and population underground. Had she shot back, the capital would have been able to locate all that and bomb right at it and thirteen would have been done for. The reason why in the end there was no casualties is in great lengths because of that.
Her actions and reactions regarding peeta were so justified especially when you remember shes only 17 years old, people always forget that bc she looks older lol
30:30 You were dead on with the slavery connection for the song. The Hanging Tree was one of many songs slaves would sing to guide themselves to a "conductor" of the underground railroad. Every community had a tree used as a "hanging tree" which the railroads often used as meeting places. Taking back a symbol of their oppression to become a source of freedom for those willing to take the leap of faith. It is a song of freedom. And an EXCELLENT choice to have Katniss sing in that scene. Very powerful song and moment.
35:28 , Finnick thinks he was wrong, but he wasn't. He was right! He said he thought the whole romance thing in the 1st game had been an act. But in the 2nd game when Peeta almost died, he realized, by her reaction, that Katniss really DID love Peeta. And he was right -- in that moment. Katniss started developing romantic feelings for Peeta around the 2nd game. She'd already thought he was a morally good person -- better than most -- but it wasn't until about then, and especially when Peeta's heart stopped, that her feelings toward him started to change, and it wasn't an act anymore. I love that moment from the last movie: directly after he resuscitated Peeta, where Finnick watches Katniss and Peeta, and realizes the feelings are real, and thinks he's been wrong. Such a fine bit of acting from the Finnick actor. So about the 1st games, Finnick was right that it WAS an act, on Katniss' end. Peeta had always loved Katniss. But Katniss didn't really love Peeta back until after the 1st game was over. I wonder why Katniss didn't tell Finnick.
19:00 3’s up 21:40 her speech was…fire 22:46 lol I love the way the whistling got to you 29:37 good song 45:16 such a crazy moment Great reaction as usual.
The folks in D11 (and D7, probably) have equipment they use to scale the trees so fast, kind of like tree climbing spikes that modern arborists use, or the ice shoes that are used by mountain climbers. D11 is the agricultural district, produce pickers, and D7 is the lumber district, so their bodies are also very used to that kind of work. Unlike the Peacekeepers who probably can't climb stairs in that uniform without getting winded
Seeing photos from certain places around the world that look like 12's devastation right now has made this movie hit differently for me. It hits harder, especially knowing those situations don't have near as easy solution.
My favorite fun fact about this movie is that while they were filming they kept Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutchinson separated, so Katniss’s reaction to seeing Peeta for the first time was authentic. I cant wait to see yall do part 2 and hopefully the prequel too!!
Happy to hear you guys enjoyed it so much! For some reason, there's a general consensus among the majority of viewers that this is the least enjoyable one which I don't understand at all.
This breaks my heart all over again bc the one thing peeta wanted from the first movie was for the Capitol to not change him and they’ve ruined his identity, not to mention getting beat back home and then getting beat and shocked in the Capitol then to find out they killed his family too smh peeta doesn’t deserve any of it
I don't think it's a female thing, so much as a bonding thing, I've bonded closer with my cats than I have most people, who can be so cold and judgemental. The amount of love and comfort I've received from my cat that died just a couple years back is a bond I miss every single day. Very few humans have ever been there for me or comforted me the way she did.
That’s true, after saying it i felt as if it came out differently than i wanted. I (swizz) am sorry for your cat & hope that you can find someone who can give you a glimpse of the love you two shared💙
@@DaKidsReact I have a loving husband, who I've bonded with more closely than any human or animal, but it can be hard to find good people, and much easier to find good animals. xD
Just letting you guys know, that after the month of Spooktober (when film buffs, and youtube reaction channels alike watch scary movies), there's the month of Noirvember - a time for watching Film Noir. Original film noir, aka "black cinema" due to dealing with the dark side of human nature, were made between 1941, and 1958, in black, and white. Later, a number of neo-noir films were also made, dealing with the same themes, but in color, and more modern film techniques. If you're up for it, here's a list of "must watch" stuff: The Maltese Falcon (1941) - considered the first film noir, with Humphrey Bogart, based on Dashiel Hammet's classic. The Big Sleep (1946) - Bogart again, based on Rayond Chandler's novel. Confusing, because of the Hayes' Code, which prohibited mentioning several ke elements of the plot. The Naked City (1948) - filmed on-location in New York, when other films were made in studios in Hollywood. Touch of Evil (1958) - Orson Welles' masterpiece, and the last of the original film noir. The 1998 edit that incorporates Welles' 52-page memo on how he wanted the film edited is the one to watch. Also: This Gun for Hire (1942) - Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake - especially relevant in the context of L.A. Confidential Double Indemnity (1944) - a classic. The Detour (1945) Neo-noir: L.A. Confidential (1997) - Crowe, Pearce, Spacey, Basinger, DeVito, Cromwell, Strathairn - stacked cast, and a great film. Angel Heart (1987) - Mickey Rourke, and Robert DeNiro. Body Heat (1981) - William Hurt in what is basically neo-noir Double Indemnity. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) - Denzel Washington becomes a private investigator in 1948 L.A.
What really breaks my heart is Finnick's backstory, how he was labeled a "desirable" victor at the age of literally 14 (in the books he was descibed as being shockingly handsome, even back when he won), and its likely that Snow started selling him off from 16+. His past of being s3x trafficked is just another layer of how messed up The Capitol is.
i cant recommend that you read these books after this enough, they somehow manage to be so much darker than they got here and seeing whats happening through katniss' eyes adds alot to the story via the purpose of seeing whats going on through the eyes of a child, they're absolutely amazing books and if you do read them i dont think youll be disappointed!!
These predictions though lol. Good shit. What got me about this one, was Peeta's fear of no longer being himself. Hit so much harder to see that fear come true. To be directed at Katniss especially, to be the absolute opposite of what he'd been for her.
I just found your guys’ channel this week, and am so excited I’m just in time for a new reaction! That being said, I’m hopeful you guys will react to the prequel A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes once yall finish part 2. It recontextualizes a lot of what you learned in the mainline series, you even learn the origin of The Hanging Tree song that Katniss sings!
It’s crazy when actors have to act like they’re badly acting, making their acting obvious, then go back to good acting, where it doesn’t look like they’re acting 😂
I remember watching the movies a bit after they came out. I had only just read the first book as well but never picked it up again. I remember when I first watched it how upset I was with Gale. I felt like he was letting his emotions for Katniss block what Peeta was actually doing. And also blocking what Katniss was going through. She was going through so much worse than worrying about which boy she cared for because, I felt at the time, she cared for them the same amount but just mostly wanted this to be over with. So happy to rewatch it again and I enjoy seeing what I missed through your guys’ eyes!
The little girl was Snows granddaughter. She didn't have a pin she had her hair in Katniss's style and she realized it so she was taking her ponytail out.
The metaphors in this series are so powerful and relevant to world history (Colonialism, Slavery, the Holocaust) and current events (Capitalism and how corporations and governments use developing nations for cheap labor or to steal a country’s resources) First time I watched I immediately thought that each district represented a colony or a plantation. Plantation especially with the peacekeepers aka overseers, violent intimidation and communication suppression between the districts. It’s so well written. Looking forward to watching the last one with you guys.
There is a origin story to the "Hanging Tree" song in the Hunger Games Prequel called Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Also that song always reminds me of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" which depicts violence done to Black Americans in the south during and post slavery.
I don’t know if someone mentioned it before but Peeta’s weight loss was actually largely CGI. The actor did not starve himself for the movie, thankfully!!
Cressida was Margery Tyrell from Game of thrones I love your reaction you don’t just dismiss katniss like I’ve seen other reactors do, you take into consideration that katniss is only 17 and has the whole war on her shoulders everyone is looking to her to save them and gale makes me so annoyed he’s so self righteous he think he would be able to hold out on the torture
That’s why she looked so familiar lol but yeah I think that’s something that can be forgotten in the mist of the chaos, is that Katniss is still a kid. She does her best in the role she is thrown in and Gale can be annoying but then again he is also still a kid that is in love with someone he knows doesn’t love him. So hard to judge any of the people for one because of the circumstances and two because most of them are still kids.
Phillip Seymore Hoffman died of an overdose during the making of the final film but luckily that had enough to keep his part. He is the game maker (in catching fire) who is now working with President Coin.
@@DaKidsReact Like Finnick said,the capital sold and basically pimped out all the victors.If you didn't comply,he killed your family. Which is why Johanna had no one left. Cinna didn't want that happening to katniss.So he bought her.No one cared what he used her for. So he kept her safe and never told her.👍 A real one
@@DaKidsReactCinna doing that wasn’t in the books, maybe in a fanfic? Another thing not in the books is the emphasis on the Peeta-Katniss-Gale love triangle (the movie omits some Peeta kissing and adds Gale kissing scenes).
This is fanfiction. This was never mentionned in the books. Besides, Cinna wouldn't have the money and there's absolutely no reason Snow would agree to this.
Just found you guys and subscribed immediately! Def keep the reactions coming. Don't know if you take recommendations... but you should definitely watch and react to The Walking Dead! I think you guys might really enjoy it.
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If you guys watch the prequel movie that was made years later after the series, you will find out where everything started. It's worth watching, TRUST ME !
I really think you guys should read this series and the Harry Potter series. They did a good job with the movies of both series but the books are even better and convey more how much all of the characters are emotionally impacted. The book is always better.
If yall haven’t seen it, Yall should watch Game of Thrones. One of the best shows ever made. Interesting storylines, complex characters, beautiful set design, brutal fights. I would love to hear yall trying to figure out the plots & theories.
I have watched a lot--A LOT--of reactions to this series and I have to tell you: I LOVE that you two don't ever forget that Katniss is a teenager. You may be the only ones I've seen that recognize how much that impacts the narrative, and it's the most important aspect of what drives this story. When Suzanne Collins wrote these books, she wrote them to show the impact of war on children, in all its ugliness, and I cannot wait to see your reactions to the final book in this original trilogy. AMAZING job y'all!
That’s something we tried to keep in mind as much as possible. It changes the perspective of the movie when you do that as well. It’s easy to kind of forget & easily criticize them but we tried our best to see both sides of it.
@@DaKidsReact That's why you guys are my favorite reactors among those who watched the movie. ❤❤
i think alot of people forget because Jennifer Lawrence doesn't look 16/17 so the visual cues lead to her seeming older, as much as i love her performance i wouldve loved to have seen them use someone who was actually 16/17 because the difference between jlaw at that age vs when she filmed is massive and i feel like that pushes the point of how horrible this is to do to a whole ass child
Philip is Plutarch heavensbee (the game maker)
@@nope19568she did seem a lot younger on the first film, specially with the way they did her makeup, but also because she was younger obviously. i feel like it’s hard to do 4 movies that span the course of 1-2 years in a book without the actors getting older, specially if they are on their late teens / young adult years…
Remember in the first movie when Peeta said he didn't want the Capital changing who he is? It's extra deplorable and sorrowful how much they've changed him.
We talked about it after off camera but that’s literally one of the most important things we remember from the first movie & to see it come full circle was sad to see
Everything about the games are recorded. I can pretty much guarantee that they knew and heard Peeta say this.
@@kellysowhat88Dang I didn't even think about that...
@@kellysowhat88He didn’t say that line in the games. Rather, they were on the roof of the training center the night before the games. Knowing how impossible it is to really get cameras *everywhere*, I don’t know if they actually heard him say this.
@@lyricmezzosoprano5357 they were already in the games by the time they were in the training center. They would have had cameras in all the floors, the game makers would want to hear if tributes talk about anything they might be able to use. Fears/anxieties/thoughts on the games (could be used to orchestrate their death depending on what’s said). They definitely would’ve wanted to see her reactions to both the female avox in the first and then the peace keeper she knew from home avox in the second. She also mentions in the books about how she felt she was being watched in her own room there.
12:43 effie was actually barely in the mockingjay book. it was revealed that she was actually imprisoned in the capitol just like peeta and johanna. but elizabeth banks created such a lovable character through her portrayal that they kind of combined two characters in the mockingjay book and gave that role to effie. it was actually suzanne collins who finished watching catching fire and told the directors that effie needed to be in mockingjay!
The message at the end "In Loving Memory of Phillip Seymour Hoffman", that was for the actor who played Plutarch Heavensbee. He had filmed most of his scenes, but in the final movie, he was partially replaced with CGI, and in another scene, his line was filmed with Hamitch instead.
"But do you see that? Fire is catching, and if we burn you burn with us" CHILLS!!!
It's funny you say "they're about to see him getting beaten on camera", cause in the book, when they grab him the camera falls to the floor and they can hear him getting beaten and they see his blood splattering the tiles.
What😨 couldn’t imagine how much was left out from the movies that were included in the books
Loved this reaction you guys! Appreciate that y'all understood both Katniss and Peeta for everything that they were going through. One of my favorite moments is when they're using Katniss singing "The Hanging Tree" to Peeta. Many parts of the song are glitchy, but the one line that comes out clearly is 32:37 where she sings, "Where a dead man called out for his love to flee"...right before Peeta decides to give the warning that the Capitol is going to bomb district 13. It's SUCH a haunting parallel, because Peeta knows he is a "dead man" for his decision sacrifice his life in order to give one last call to his lover, Katniss, to flee. Gives me chills and breaks my heart every time.
Appreciate the love! And yes we try our best to try and understand each character for who they are. President Snow looks to do anything to get his way and doesn’t care who it harms. This movie had a lot of very good moments, definitely pulls on the heart strings a bit.
Finnick was also the youngest to win at 14 which makes it all the more fvcked, being sold and used for his body as a kid. Vile
Literally.. this also goes to show how the “government” is as well.
@@DaKidsReacthe's that universe's Justin Bieber.
He wasn’t sold at 14, snow doesn’t sell them until they’re a little bit older, around 16/17, but I’m sure snow was promising him to people when he won. That’s what Johanna meant when she asked peeta how it felt knowing everyone in the capitol wants him. She refused, meaning they killed her family, that’s why she has nobody she loves anymore. 16-17 IS STILL A CHILD THOUGH
Take the time to go look up the lyrics to the song Katniss sings called The Hanging Tree. The song is sung from the perspective of a condemned person to be hung & instead of asking their lover to flee, the person is asking for their lover to meet them at the tree & hang side by side with them. I wish they went more in depth about this in the film. Because it’s the ongoing theme Katniss is struggling with. People are dying & she feels responsible for it. And by becoming the Mockingjay, she feels like the condemned person asking people to hang side by side with her. Asking them to die with her.
Also it's the story of snows friend he betrayed.
@florentinenice9146 Yes, but Katniss doesn't know that. Her signing that song is just a coincidental jab at Snow. Double meaning to the song which makes it even more powerful
@@florentinenice9146not snow friend
Gale getting mad at peeta for what he said always makes me so mad. They were torturing him both physically and mentally. Gale has no idea what that’s like. So to call him a coward and say that he would never do that, how would he know what he would do? He’s never been in that situation. Like give my man Peeta the benefit of the doubt
Right, he was wrong for that. Peete can't tell right from wrong because they brainwashed him so bad with that ish.
That’s facts! We didn’t even know it was to the extent of the tracker hacker venom BUT i can also see why he felt the way he did hearing that in the moment.
@@DaKidsReact nah, fuck Gale all the way
Not to mention that he didn't know about district 12 in the beginning. They likely threatened his family and Katniss' family. No way that if they had Gale and said "Say this or we kill Prim" he would've refused.
Gale sucks.
while it is not mentioned in the movies, the reason why johanna’s hair got shaved off was because they mostly used electricity and waterboarding as a means of torture on her to get her to come clean,, they shaved her head because they wanted her to feel as much pain from the electricity as possible without her hair absorbing any of it. the three that were saved had spent 5-6 weeks in the capitol being tortured, where they would constantly hear the screams of each other,,
as for the rest of the victors that remained in their districts, most of them had been publicly executed as they were all seen as dangerous and may be in compliance with the rebellion
just like what finnick said that when peeta's heart stop that's when he realized that the love was not an act. in that moment everyone can see that katniss genuinely cared for peeta. and you bet in that same moment president snow definitely saw it too. that's why he made peeta a weapon against katniss. he knew it was the best way to break her. peeta has always been on her side and sees the good in her, and the capitol took it from katniss. it's the best way to fck them both up.
President Snow plays by no rules man and we were saying it during the reaction. He is willing to do anything to win the war.
those guys climbing the trees are from district 7 (lumber), and that’s kinda their job skill, in the books the other districts are a LOT MORE explorated
ps: katniss was also very good at climbing, swimming and throwing knives (things her father tought her)
Just for a bit of further context since the part with Finnick's proppo gets a little lost in the background of Peeta's rescue, but its important to the lore lol. Finnick is saying that while Snow was putting him out, he was collecting secrets as payment, and the biggest secret was that Snow poisons his competition / people who are a threat to him, and to cover it up he takes small doses of the poison to avoid raising suspicion (hense the stand out comment about mouth sores, he uses the roses to cover the smell from the sores the poisons caused).
Thanks for clearing this up for us! We were a little confused during that part but this makes sense now!
@@DaKidsReacthurry up a part two😫
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1 messed up thing from the books, the entire time Peeta and Johanna were in captivity and being tortured, Peeta's prep team who got him ready for his 1st games was tortured and executed in front of him. You can see the entire team sitting on the couch with them in the 1st movie while they wait for their scores.
Actually, Peeta was stung 4 times by the tracker jackers in the first games (at least in the book). And they did start the highjacking before his last interview. In the book, he's really struggling to give them the warning because he's fighting his own brain.
That’s his granddaughter undoing her katniss braid but imagining snow’s old ass with a daughter is funny
President Snow's Granddaughter didnt have a mockingjay pin. She reacted to the "any symbol of the mockingjay" comment because she chose to wear her hair in a braid deliberately, inspired by Katniss - so a it would technically fall under the symbol of the mockingjay. I believe the hairstyle was trending in the capital because of Katniss' popularity and she also made comments about wanting to be like Katniss in the first movie.
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“We stand…we fight…the capital ✊🏾😌”
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messed it all up🤣🤣
With the losing weight thing of Peeta, he didn’t have to lose any weight for that role, they completely used CGI the whole time to make him look like he lost weight. Josh Hutcherson said this on an interview years ago if you are curious about that one.
Snow: Nothing can survive without a heart.
Jellyfish: am I a joke to you?
You’re both so impressively good at this reaction work! Intuitive. Insightful. Compassionate. Bravo! Aways impressed how you figure things out way early and put events together to synthesize info. Cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Coin not shooting back was more strategy than softness. The reason why she waited it out is because she realized the capital didn’t know exactly where district 13 had munitions and population underground. Had she shot back, the capital would have been able to locate all that and bomb right at it and thirteen would have been done for.
The reason why in the end there was no casualties is in great lengths because of that.
Her actions and reactions regarding peeta were so justified especially when you remember shes only 17 years old, people always forget that bc she looks older lol
30:30 You were dead on with the slavery connection for the song. The Hanging Tree was one of many songs slaves would sing to guide themselves to a "conductor" of the underground railroad. Every community had a tree used as a "hanging tree" which the railroads often used as meeting places. Taking back a symbol of their oppression to become a source of freedom for those willing to take the leap of faith.
It is a song of freedom. And an EXCELLENT choice to have Katniss sing in that scene. Very powerful song and moment.
If you mean this hanging tree song, this song is a creation of Suzanne Collins, asexplored in the prequel.
@@spazzyshortgirl23 lol, the prequel explains how it went down in real time. But the actual lyrics are inspired by Strange Fruit.
the blonde with the shaved head is Margaery Tyrell thats why she looked familiar lol
That makes sense🙏🏾
35:28 , Finnick thinks he was wrong, but he wasn't. He was right!
He said he thought the whole romance thing in the 1st game had been an act. But in the 2nd game when Peeta almost died, he realized, by her reaction, that Katniss really DID love Peeta. And he was right -- in that moment.
Katniss started developing romantic feelings for Peeta around the 2nd game. She'd already thought he was a morally good person -- better than most -- but it wasn't until about then, and especially when Peeta's heart stopped, that her feelings toward him started to change, and it wasn't an act anymore.
I love that moment from the last movie: directly after he resuscitated Peeta, where Finnick watches Katniss and Peeta, and realizes the feelings are real, and thinks he's been wrong. Such a fine bit of acting from the Finnick actor.
So about the 1st games, Finnick was right that it WAS an act, on Katniss' end.
Peeta had always loved Katniss. But Katniss didn't really love Peeta back until after the 1st game was over.
I wonder why Katniss didn't tell Finnick.
19:00 3’s up
21:40 her speech was…fire
22:46 lol I love the way the whistling got to you
29:37 good song
45:16 such a crazy moment
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The folks in D11 (and D7, probably) have equipment they use to scale the trees so fast, kind of like tree climbing spikes that modern arborists use, or the ice shoes that are used by mountain climbers. D11 is the agricultural district, produce pickers, and D7 is the lumber district, so their bodies are also very used to that kind of work. Unlike the Peacekeepers who probably can't climb stairs in that uniform without getting winded
Seeing photos from certain places around the world that look like 12's devastation right now has made this movie hit differently for me. It hits harder, especially knowing those situations don't have near as easy solution.
My favorite fun fact about this movie is that while they were filming they kept Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutchinson separated, so Katniss’s reaction to seeing Peeta for the first time was authentic. I cant wait to see yall do part 2 and hopefully the prequel too!!
I love how Jennifer Lawrence sang the song "The Hanging Tree". Yes, her voice is breathy, but it works for the song.
Definitely fit in perfectly to the movie.
@@DaKidsReact Especially with the revolution against President Snow & The Capitol
48:29 Philip Seymour Hoffman was the guy who played Plutarch, the gamemaker. He sadly passed away during the filming of Mockingjay Part 2. 😢
the hanging tree song “got some slave to it” IM CRYINNNN 😭
Which makes sense since that's what everyone in this society is.
Happy to hear you guys enjoyed it so much! For some reason, there's a general consensus among the majority of viewers that this is the least enjoyable one which I don't understand at all.
We can see why it’s the least enjoyable one but we thoroughly enjoyed this & all of them. This last one though😬🔥
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This breaks my heart all over again bc the one thing peeta wanted from the first movie was for the Capitol to not change him and they’ve ruined his identity, not to mention getting beat back home and then getting beat and shocked in the Capitol then to find out they killed his family too smh peeta doesn’t deserve any of it
I don't think it's a female thing, so much as a bonding thing, I've bonded closer with my cats than I have most people, who can be so cold and judgemental. The amount of love and comfort I've received from my cat that died just a couple years back is a bond I miss every single day.
Very few humans have ever been there for me or comforted me the way she did.
That’s true, after saying it i felt as if it came out differently than i wanted. I (swizz) am sorry for your cat & hope that you can find someone who can give you a glimpse of the love you two shared💙
@@DaKidsReact I have a loving husband, who I've bonded with more closely than any human or animal, but it can be hard to find good people, and much easier to find good animals. xD
So excited!! You guys are SO MUCH FUN to watch movies and shows with!!
Just letting you guys know, that after the month of Spooktober (when film buffs, and youtube reaction channels alike watch scary movies), there's the month of Noirvember - a time for watching Film Noir. Original film noir, aka "black cinema" due to dealing with the dark side of human nature, were made between 1941, and 1958, in black, and white. Later, a number of neo-noir films were also made, dealing with the same themes, but in color, and more modern film techniques.
If you're up for it, here's a list of "must watch" stuff:
The Maltese Falcon (1941) - considered the first film noir, with Humphrey Bogart, based on Dashiel Hammet's classic.
The Big Sleep (1946) - Bogart again, based on Rayond Chandler's novel. Confusing, because of the Hayes' Code, which prohibited mentioning several ke elements of the plot.
The Naked City (1948) - filmed on-location in New York, when other films were made in studios in Hollywood.
Touch of Evil (1958) - Orson Welles' masterpiece, and the last of the original film noir. The 1998 edit that incorporates Welles' 52-page memo on how he wanted the film edited is the one to watch.
Also:
This Gun for Hire (1942) - Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake - especially relevant in the context of L.A. Confidential
Double Indemnity (1944) - a classic.
The Detour (1945)
Neo-noir:
L.A. Confidential (1997) - Crowe, Pearce, Spacey, Basinger, DeVito, Cromwell, Strathairn - stacked cast, and a great film.
Angel Heart (1987) - Mickey Rourke, and Robert DeNiro.
Body Heat (1981) - William Hurt in what is basically neo-noir Double Indemnity.
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) - Denzel Washington becomes a private investigator in 1948 L.A.
Heavy on the “She ain’t blink yet. I ain’t playin with you…”
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What really breaks my heart is Finnick's backstory, how he was labeled a "desirable" victor at the age of literally 14 (in the books he was descibed as being shockingly handsome, even back when he won), and its likely that Snow started selling him off from 16+. His past of being s3x trafficked is just another layer of how messed up The Capitol is.
i cant recommend that you read these books after this enough, they somehow manage to be so much darker than they got here and seeing whats happening through katniss' eyes adds alot to the story via the purpose of seeing whats going on through the eyes of a child, they're absolutely amazing books and if you do read them i dont think youll be disappointed!!
The attention to detail you both have argh I love it! I'm suscribing
they recast the cat! lol
The district twelve sign is not only a sign of respect but also a salute, to say goodbye at funerals or wish the tribute luck.
Ya’ll definitely ain’t ready for the next one but I’m patiently awaiting part two and your insightful reactions
Finished part 2 about 3 weeks ago & we definitely weren’t🔥 coming to TH-cam in 2-3 weeks!
22:44 Can't even complain about the scream jumpscaring me, that transition was fire
I screamed so loud when you said wonkru😭😭😭
🤣🤣 IYKYK
These predictions though lol. Good shit.
What got me about this one, was Peeta's fear of no longer being himself. Hit so much harder to see that fear come true. To be directed at Katniss especially, to be the absolute opposite of what he'd been for her.
Great reaction 🔥. Part 2 is even more action packed. already waiting for your reaction.
Part 2 was INSANE! Will be coming to TH-cam in about 2-3 weeks🔥
I just found your guys’ channel this week, and am so excited I’m just in time for a new reaction!
That being said, I’m hopeful you guys will react to the prequel A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes once yall finish part 2. It recontextualizes a lot of what you learned in the mainline series, you even learn the origin of The Hanging Tree song that Katniss sings!
We have it scheduled for the 30th to watch on Patreon & it’ll be up on TH-cam mid November.
dont know if you know this, but the people who were shot at 7:41 were all the living victors which was known as the victors purge in each district.
They could climb the trees fast because they had spike rigs on their boots, which strap to their calves...lumberjacks. (Joanna's district.)
Can’t wait for y’all to watch part 2 !
Finished it 3 weeks ago, will be on TH-cam in 2-3 weeks🔥
It’s crazy when actors have to act like they’re badly acting, making their acting obvious, then go back to good acting, where it doesn’t look like they’re acting 😂
I remember watching the movies a bit after they came out. I had only just read the first book as well but never picked it up again. I remember when I first watched it how upset I was with Gale. I felt like he was letting his emotions for Katniss block what Peeta was actually doing. And also blocking what Katniss was going through. She was going through so much worse than worrying about which boy she cared for because, I felt at the time, she cared for them the same amount but just mostly wanted this to be over with. So happy to rewatch it again and I enjoy seeing what I missed through your guys’ eyes!
The little girl was Snows granddaughter. She didn't have a pin she had her hair in Katniss's style and she realized it so she was taking her ponytail out.
The metaphors in this series are so powerful and relevant to world history (Colonialism, Slavery, the Holocaust) and current events (Capitalism and how corporations and governments use developing nations for cheap labor or to steal a country’s resources) First time I watched I immediately thought that each district represented a colony or a plantation. Plantation especially with the peacekeepers aka overseers, violent intimidation and communication suppression between the districts.
It’s so well written.
Looking forward to watching the last one with you guys.
There is a origin story to the "Hanging Tree" song in the Hunger Games Prequel called Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Also that song always reminds me of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" which depicts violence done to Black Americans in the south during and post slavery.
I hope you guys watch The ballad of songbirds and snakes when you’re done with the hunger games. It’s the sequel about president snows rise to power.
I don’t know if someone mentioned it before but Peeta’s weight loss was actually largely CGI. The actor did not starve himself for the movie, thankfully!!
49:37 yeah bro... i was worried about this too. My mans payin attention ;)
Excited for the part 2 guys! Great reaction as always! :D
"that boy got the bird flu?"🤣😂💀
Love you guys, always enjoy your videos. Looking forward to watching Part 2 with you!
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@@DaKidsReact I did!! Always love the commentary haha. Prim just couldn't leave her cat behind - I get it, would have been me.
Rest in peace to Plutarch Heavensbee’s actor aka gamemaker
Great reaction as usual guys! Cant wait for Part 2. Keep up the great work ‼️ ☮️ 💜
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Cressida was Margery Tyrell from Game of thrones I love your reaction you don’t just dismiss katniss like I’ve seen other reactors do, you take into consideration that katniss is only 17 and has the whole war on her shoulders everyone is looking to her to save them and gale makes me so annoyed he’s so self righteous he think he would be able to hold out on the torture
That’s why she looked so familiar lol but yeah I think that’s something that can be forgotten in the mist of the chaos, is that Katniss is still a kid. She does her best in the role she is thrown in and Gale can be annoying but then again he is also still a kid that is in love with someone he knows doesn’t love him. So hard to judge any of the people for one because of the circumstances and two because most of them are still kids.
Been waiting for this one😌 Excited to watch!!
🔥🔥🔥 The Hungrr Games is an amazing series!
Phillip Seymour Hoffman is Plutarch Hevensbee. The blonde guy game maker.
RIP to our guy😢
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48:00 i said wonkru aswell lmao, one of my fav shows
Ain't nothing like the 100!
You not paying attention, no you ain’t, lol, love you guys
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28:56 swizz too dramatic 😂
🤣🤣 Nah that hit the heart
I can’t wait til yall watch The ballad of song birds and snakes and see how all this shit started cuz this whole series is fire
Phillip Seymore Hoffman died of an overdose during the making of the final film but luckily that had enough to keep his part. He is the game maker (in catching fire) who is now working with President Coin.
RIP to our guy😢
It's been said that Cinna actually bought Katniss so he could protect her from being sold to someone who would use her 😭
Wait what😨😨😨😢
@@DaKidsReact Like Finnick said,the capital sold and basically pimped out all the victors.If you didn't comply,he killed your family. Which is why Johanna had no one left. Cinna didn't want that happening to katniss.So he bought her.No one cared what he used her for. So he kept her safe and never told her.👍 A real one
@@DaKidsReactCinna doing that wasn’t in the books, maybe in a fanfic? Another thing not in the books is the emphasis on the Peeta-Katniss-Gale love triangle (the movie omits some Peeta kissing and adds Gale kissing scenes).
This is fanfiction. This was never mentionned in the books. Besides, Cinna wouldn't have the money and there's absolutely no reason Snow would agree to this.
Just found you guys and subscribed immediately! Def keep the reactions coming. Don't know if you take recommendations... but you should definitely watch and react to The Walking Dead! I think you guys might really enjoy it.
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PLEASE, THE LAST ONE, I NEED TO SEE YOUR REACTION ON THE LAST ONE 😭
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Y'all gotta watch a ballad of songbirds and snakes after mocking Jay part 2! It’s about snow when he was younger
Definitely will be hitting that soon on the Patreon!
Been subbed to yall patreon for a minute but I don’t get on that platform too often other than to watch breaking bad. I wanted to suggest the Dune movie series! Hopefully yall see this and can get to it sometime soon 💯
If you guys watch the prequel movie that was made years later after the series, you will find out where everything started. It's worth watching, TRUST ME !
@@One_foot_in_the_Grave 👀 coming to YT soon
Can't for them to react to the Pre-Quel
Y'all so funny!
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Cressida played Margery in game of thrones.
I really think you guys should read this series and the Harry Potter series. They did a good job with the movies of both series but the books are even better and convey more how much all of the characters are emotionally impacted. The book is always better.
If yall haven’t seen it, Yall should watch Game of Thrones. One of the best shows ever made. Interesting storylines, complex characters, beautiful set design, brutal fights. I would love to hear yall trying to figure out the plots & theories.
We’ve watched it twice off screen
I hope you guys are planning on watching the new one too
We have it set for Patreon on the 30th!
Thank you, i love your reactions. Don't forget react to the precuel, please 🥺
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did I just hear a the 100 reference
Yessir!
So in your options, do you still think catching fire is the best one?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.... to be fair, I (swizz) would say, Catching fire (slightly) above this one & part 2!
Can't wait! 😊
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Love watching some of my favorite movies with you guys ....and I cried along w/ you when mags died 😢
Mags scene hurt, she deserved better😢
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