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@@TheDorkSideTV I don't think it's too hard. RUclips gives you the option to put it on a timer, and at say 5pm or whenever your video will premiere and everyone can chat while it plays. Not totally sure how it works but pretty sure it's an easy process.
@@TheDorkSideTV reasons why Haymitch drinks. Haymitch was in the hardest Hunger Games in general the entire arena was poisons from the rivers the clouds in the sky the bugs were all deadly and flowers that beautiful were also poisons and there were double the amount of tributes in Haymitch games. He won in way that pissed off Snow enough that shortly after winning Haymitch family and girlfriend were killed by the Capitol.
Effie grew up in the capital. Glamorizing the hunger games is all she’s ever known. That’s why she’s so chipper about them. She’s never had a victor before Katniss and Peeta. Spending all this time with them she starts to care about them more than tributes. That’s why her views about the games start to change when they have to go in a second time, because now it’s people that she cares about going in not knowing if they’ll live or die. She starts seeing the games for how they truly are. Morbid.
Yes! There’s something so sad and real about when Effie reads Haymitch’s name with a sigh of relief. I like to think she wanted Katniss and Peeta to be together and live happily ever after, and if Haymitch and Katniss went in, there was still a chance. So when Peeta volunteers, that false reality she’s been hanging onto by a thread breaks and she has to really contend with the fact that no, they can’t be together.
“No wonder Haymitch is an alcoholic” exactly… for 23 years he watched 2 kids from his home district die brutally every year and then goes home by himself
I'm generally not a romance person, but that "I need you scene" always gets me. 😚 I love how they let the audience and every other character figure out Katniss is in love before she does. I mean, girl's got a lot on her plate, of course she's confused. And unlike Gale, Peeta doesn't pressure her.
Yes! I’ve always said that…Peeta never not once ever demanded or even asked Katniss for anything. He was hurt and embarrassed after the first games, but he never expected anything from her. Gale always expected something from Katniss, crying to her about how hurt his feelings are when she’s gone through two arenas, a traumatizing as hell Victory Tour, being threatened by the damn President, losing Peeta…ugh he is the worst.
Gale is such a butthurt, desperate baby when it comes to his "Katnip". He's so much like Gaston from Beauty and The Beast along the lines of pining over a woman who would never return his affections with sincerity.
I have never seen a reactor, or really anyone who didn't read the books, understand this scene. Which to me means the scene was not set up well enough to convey what is actually happening.
Yeah, I think maybe if they mentioned Peeta's painting skills again in this movie it would have made more sense. Currently the scene relies entirely on audiences just remembering it from the first movie.
@@GuhnomeArt Peeta and Katniss slept in the same bed multiple times, she was like "did we actually do something ???" SPOILERS It's funny because Peeta wonders the same in the next book.
You're right when you say all Katniss and Peeta wanted was to survive. People tend to forget but they are still pretty young. They are both 17yo in this one. Katniss was never a rebel, she would always choose her loved ones over a rebellion. Peeta would always choose Katniss over anything, including himself. Gale, on the other side, is a true rebel. He's 2 years older, he started working in the mines all day, he knows more people, the people he works with, he's more aware of the suffering around him maybe. I mean Katniss is aware of it of course, but her focus is entirely on her family because she had to provide for them from a very young age and was like a mother to Prim. Remember this point about them and their personnality in the next movie. In the end, Katniss and Peeta are just kids who never asked for any of this.
46:20 this part is SO emotional in the book. Peeta and the Morphlings bonded during training by face painting and camouflage. After she sacrificed herself for him he was holding her and she was tracing patterns on his cheeks while he talked to her about all of the different colors around them to comfort her until she passed. It felt a lot more personal than it does in the movie 💔
It's a tiny little thread in the book, but Katniss is known for her "prudishness". As a result, several of the tributes teased her by doing things to make her blush and squirm. So, Joanna's performance in the elevator wasn't a power move: she was having fun at Katniss' expense.
From what I remember President Snow wanted Finnick to win the Third Quarter Quell. It’s why the Game-Makers picked a tropical climate for the Quarter Quell’s arena - with the Cornucopia being surrounded on all sides with water. Finnick being from District 4 (eg. the fishing District) meant he was one of the few Victors who knew how to swim. His signature weapon is a trident, and as Haymitch says he’s incredibly skilled in combat especially in water. The Game-Makers made sure Finnick had every advantage in the Games. As the youngest ever Victor Finnick had accrued a lot of fame and was a fan favourite. Unfortunately, Finnick’s good looks (along with his popularity) meant he was threatened into giving sexual favours to people high up in the Capitol. Many people would be outraged if he died because of this, as they would be losing out on ‘being’ with him. It’s why Finnick gives this vague, “my love if I die, my last thought will be of your lips” speech in his interview as many higher ups would be incensed Finnick was being put in danger, and would pay a lot of money to make sure he won (or stop the Games completely), if only so they could “service” Finnick again as sick as that sounds. Either just to use him or because they believe they’re in love. This is why Finnick tells Katniss he deals in secrets, as when he’s forced to be with someone intimately he sweet-talks them for valuable information. It’s also hinted the reason all Johanna’s loved ones are killed is because she refused to sell herself, but this is never confirmed. We know Johanna won her Games by presenting herself as foolish and cowardly so no one would target her, and when there wasn’t many tributes left she killed them all pretty brutally. The Capitol wasn’t pleased to say the least, most likely since many people had already bet against her so they lost out on money. They felt she was deceitful. Katniss most likely would have been forced to sell herself as well, if it wasn’t for Peeta and the ‘star-crossed lovers’ gimmick. We know Haymitch won the Second Quarter Quell, which was a Hunger Games with double the amount of tributes, two boys and two girls from each District. Haymitch won by throwing an axe at a forcefield, it bounced off and killed the last tribute when it flew back unexpectedly. The Capitol also wasn’t happy about this, as they felt it was a sign of rebellion so they killed Haymitch’s family too. This is where Katniss learns about force fields in the books. Katniss is also one of the rare people who can swim! She learned to swim at the same time she learned to hunt as her father sneaked them past the fences, and into the woodland, creeks and rivers. Most people in District 12 don’t know how to swim, and the Capitol had no idea Katniss could, as obviously it’s illegal to go out of bounds and no one wants to get caught.
41:09 Finnick’s shocked because up until that point he thought Katniss didn’t really care about Peeta and it was all an act but at that moment he and everyone watching could see she actually loves him so much so he understands his assumptions about her feelings towards Peeta was wrong.
look i’m a hunger games fanatic im borderline obsessed with the series so i’ve seen dozens of reactions to these movies and BY FAR your videos are in my top three favorites. i’ve never seen someone watch these movies for the first time and genuinely understand the motifs and themes going on, let alone remembering marvels name! so happy, please keep making videos
Ayeee I appreciate the love!! I will say, the actor that plays Marvel is also in a show called The Boys, which I am obsessed with… so it was a lot easier to remember him and his name because of this! But this comment made my day so thank you so much for leaving it and watching along with me! Happy to be your top 3 ❤️🙏
25:24 District 12 are allowed to do it because the symbol began in District 12 and whereas the other Districts learnt it from Katniss and it was precieved as a symbol of rebellion
I love how the first letters of each of the team members literally spell "team" T for trinket E for everdeen A for abernathy M for malark Idk if it was on purpose, but it's such a nice detail
The known clock fragments are: 12-1 Lightening strikes the tree 1-2 Blood rain 2-3 poison fog 3-4 monkeys 4-5 jabberjays 5-6 unknown 6-7 the beast (not mentioned in movie) 7-10 unknown 10-11 tidal waves 11-12 insects (not mentioned in movie)
Peeta is and always will be husband goals. Also I ALWAYS tear up and cry when they both give their speeches at District 11. Oh and when Katniss tells Peeta she needs him when they are on the beach and they kiss.
And you can tell how much Katniss appreciates and admires him when he's giving that speech. Both that he said he'd do it because it's hard for her, and how effortlessly kind and compassionate he is. Peeta and Katniss complete and support each other. Gale is just an angrier version of Katniss.
I love your comment about no love triangle because actually in the books it wasn’t In the books, she wasn’t really romantically inclined for either one of them. She was constantly fighting for her life she was putting the romance off until the war was over. And when she did develop feelings, it was only for one of them very clearly one of them. The other one was always just a friend and too much like her for her to consider them a romantic interest.
THIS. I never see anyone mention it but it just registered with me recently that Finnick's anguish at losing Mags is SO MUCH WORSE because HE KNOWS there's a plan, so he surely would have been holding out hope that she'd survive just long enough to be reduced alongside them 😭
29:44 in the book Katniss is portrayed as being very pure (In the 1st book she had to strip Peeta to clean his clothes and she was obviously uncomfortable at the idea, her mother was made to play up the idea that she had never been allowed to have a boyfriend for the media etc) and it wasn't just Johanna who stripped it was all of the victors as a way of teasing/testing her same as Finnick being flirty (especially in a deleted scene) with Katniss and Chaff kissing her on the lips
I wish the movies had included more of Peeta's paintings. After the Hunger Games he began painting scenes/memories from the games. His painting of Rue would have made more sense. So many people watch this and think the capital did it 😂
I’ve always wondered how the careers didn’t notice there was no cannon for Katniss’s “death” Throughout the games when someone died a cannon went off just mere seconds later. I’m sure it was just in the heat of the moment and pursuing Johanna, but still you would think one of them might have noticed.
Peeta handles maneuver so much better than Katniss does. Aside from his strength, he's not really the warrior that Katniss is. But he can fight on the airwaves and in ads and in the forum of public opinion like you wouldn't believe. You really only see part of it in the movies-how he connects with people and grasps what makes them tick. This actually means he's the more dangerous *victor,* if not the more dangerous Games competitor. Catching Fire starts to get into how the victors need to play politics to keep surviving and supporting their districts; how they get in trouble when they don't. Johanna has no one now because she fought the system. Finnick seems like a not-so-great guy at first because it's how he's protected himself against the Capitol. He built a persona to market to his fans. Katniss and Peeta's reality wedding show-the commodification and consumer culture surrounding their "love story"-is just the tip of the iceberg of the way the Capitol treats its victors. The victors are showered with gifts and food and money. They get new houses, clothes, etc. But the Capitol trots them around every six months to remind the districts halfway through the year about the Hunger Games, and it makes them mentor the tributes every year. Then, whenever they're in the Capitol, it's reruns of the worst time of their lives, and the citizens of the Capitol feel they own their victors, and the victors are encouraged to permit this. Katniss alluded to Capitol citizens "paying" for the privilege of Finnick's company, and he confirmed he deals in secrets-that he is accepting favors from his suitors. Keep an eye on that in Mockingjay. But Peeta would have been able to operate in the Capitol. His donation to 11; the way he handles Caesar Flickerman-he's a natural politician. Katniss feels he could work in the system to do much more good than she could. She also feels Peeta is a much better person (and she's right-it's a big point in the CF book that Peeta is an outlier among the victors, a victor who wouldn't have won if it hadn't been for Katniss, missing her killer instinct). The love triangle shouldn't have been a thing, except *maybe* as something that Snow thought was happening or something Katniss herself wanted to explore when she felt herself being railroaded toward Peeta. That might have been interesting. Katniss could have had NO feelings for Gale except friendship but have to fight Snow's suspicion that her long platonic hunting partnership with Gale-which of course still means he'd be like family and she wouldn't want him hurt-was something more. It could have also been interesting if Katniss out of contrariness or curiosity tried something with Gale only for Gale to tell her that they're not like that; Katniss is just feeling trapped. I would have liked either of those storylines a whole lot better, because the way they actually did it, it's pretty obvious that Katniss doesn't like Gale like that. Gale likes her like that, and Katniss's confused feelings are a combination of feeling she fits better with Gale and Peeta is much too good for her and guilt that she's hurting Gale. The conflict, therefore, is nearly completely imaginary and mostly promoted by Gale himself.
The games Haymitch won was actually the 2nd quarter quell (50th hunger games) where there were twice as many tributes in the games (2 boys and 2 girls).
Obviously the books are written from Katniss's POV so the movies are mostly focusing on her. So I'll add a bit about the other characters : Peeta suffers from PTSD and has nightmares too after the first Games. He can't sleep, that's why he arrives so quickly in her bedroom when she wakes up screaming. Because he's up all night walking around the train. After that, they sleep together like they did in the caves, to protect each other from the nightmares. After the Games, Peeta (who is only 16) is left pretty much alone to deal with his trauma. His family doesn't come live with him in the Victor Village, so he's living alone in a big empty house with a drunk for neighbour, and a girl who he doesn't speak to. Also, I hate that they downplayed Peeta's mother abuse in the movie. It's so much a big part of who he is, why he's so ready to sacrifice himself, why he thinks he can't do anything and nobody needs him. Haymitch is a real alcoholic. It's not shown well in the movies. People sometimes wish he was in the Quater Quell but he wouldn't have lasted very long. When they all are neighbours in Victor Village, the times before the QQ is announced, Peeta and Katniss almost play parents to Haymitch. They check on him every day, Peeta brings him bread, Katniss brings him alcohol. Obviously, Haymitch had the trauma of hiw own games, and also the 24 years after that where he had to mentor two kids. He made an effort for Peeta and Katniss during their Games but now that they won, he goes back quickly to his old habits.
The year Haymitch was in the games was a quarter quell. Instead of 24 people there were 48 tributes. And every year since he won, he has watched the tributes from 12 die.
you don't understand Katniss she will not allow herself to love anyone she won't have to send her children into the games she has built walls around her heart to protect herself.
Katniss got the idea from beetee, he had the coil around the spear so she decided thats what he was trying to do so thats what she would do. Loved your reaction! This really is the all star year its really what makes it the best, love all these victors! I do hope you plan to watch the prequel as well after mockingjay 1 and 2, you will love to see snows backstory.
I was rewatching your first Hunger Games reaction then this dropped. LET'S FREAKING GO! It's so fucked up that Finnick says that the canons are music to his ears then there goes Mags and a canon goes off.
The idea behind the 75th hunger games was one of Snow's biggest mistake, He just thought to kill Katniss there, but he didn't put into his mind that these are lileral enraging people who won the games, Johanna and Finnick alike. I love how this idea backfired on him, he was too desperate to kill Everdeen since she's the mockingjay, and she also remind Snow of his biggest regret, Lucy Gray
if you think making past victors competing again is fucked up, for the first Quell, the districts had to hold elections to vote which tributes to send to the Games. For the second, they had to pay up twice the amount of tributes, and those were the Games Haymitch won. A friend of Katniss's mother went that year, too. My theory is the Quell idea they replaced with Katniss's is that the parents of the reaped tributes would fight in the Games.
One reason Haymitch is the way he is, is because he used the force field as a weapon of sorts in his hunger game, so the capital punished him by killing his sibling, mother, and long term girlfriend. Also another fun fact, Plutarch Heavensbee fell into a punch bowl in the last book, when Katniss shot the arrow at the gamemakers before the games
29:52 when johanna strips in the lift and steps out into the corridor, she was greated by random members of the public. The crew hadnt closed the floor down so she just casually walks out into a load of random people 😂
That isn't alluded to in the movies or the books. The books allude to him being executed...the movies allude to him eating the berries 😂 where do you get he hung himself with his tie?
We don't know how he really died, all we know is Snow got him killed. I have read the books more often than I can count and I know for a fact it never said in the books how he died excatly. Katniss just hung the doll with his name on it to shock the gamemakers. She also knew Peeta had done something bad in his evaluation so she wanted to do something worse than him to protect him.
I'm always so surprised/happy when people recognize Philip Seymour Hoffman, i hadn't realized he was that well known, and he grew up around my hometown/city.
Great reaction! You remember the characters name so easily that sometimes I wonder if you read the books or watched this before, I didn’t even know the guy that Katniss killed’s name and I’ve watched it a lot of times 😅
When I’m editing these movies I am going scene by scene, sometimes a few times over. It makes it a lot easier to remember names for the next movie! But also, the actor that plays marvel also plays Hughie in the boys, so it’s easier to remember him even though he’s obscure lol
51:28 I think you slightly misunderstood Joanna here - there’s no one left that she loves because the Capitol already killed them all (as punishment for her actions in the past).
59:27 I- TOO SOON. Jkjk, but I absolutely LOVED your reaction to this movie! Thank you for sharing! Can’t wait to watch along with you again for mockingjay pt1!!!❤️
Great watch!!! My favourite series of all time. So glad you’re loving it too. A couple of things to help you make sense & give some context. - Peeta’s painting of Rue during their evaluations. It’s not to trigger Katniss but to hold the Gamemakers & the Capitol responsible for killing that little girl. It’s his act of rebellion in his own way. So Katniss inspired by him joins Peeta in his rebellion and hangs Seneca Crane also hold them responsible for his death since Seneca hung himself instead of eating the berries. - the plan was always to get BOTH Peeta & Katniss out of the games. The rebellion knew the only way Katniss would cooperate was if they saved Peeta. It was her goal from the beginning to save him. Also they work better as a team. Katniss is a symbol & survivor but Peeta is also more the politician of the two so he’s great at swaying an audience. It’s the reason why one of the tributes dies to protect him in the arena. She was in on the plan. To save them. But unfortunately at the end in all the chaos Peeta is separated from the pack & captured before his tracker can be taken out when the arena is destroyed. Can’t wait for more reactions. Mockingjay Part 1 & 2 are my favourite of the series.
I’M SO EXCITED!!! I love this movie & you’re my favorite reactor so far for this series!! (Not to mention your Lord Of The Rings reactions were AMAZING!!)
Just finished watching finally! This was the BEST reaction!! I’ve been at work 6:30p til 2:05a at Amazon, but I finished watching it on the way home & I LOVED it!! Cannot wait for the rest of the series! You’re awesome!
@@mistyxmarlboro I hope it was a good day at work and I’m happy I could accompany you home! Always an honor to have my video played in one’s free time!
Joana basically won by pretending to be a none threat then began ending the others when there were only a handful of them left. She also got a low score during assessment.
3:19 "No love triangles in this dystopian-esque world" Yes, thank you ! Finally someone who doesn't subscribe to love triangles xD I actually read the first book as a teen but was put off the whole series by the love triangle. I HATE love triangles as a trope x.x The first time I watched the other movies was just a few weeks ago actually. It's a shame because they're actually great but the whole Katniss/Peeta/Gale situation still puts me off
You're right, the love triangles are terrible because someone is hurt in the end. I was in one in high school and I'm the one who suffered in the end. It was 10 years ago and I still didn't forgive them. For what I know, they're married now
0:20 Tbh, I like the prequel the most right now. And movie-wise - the first one has its own charm that embodies the aura way more. 24:15 So if Hunger Games were more about the Battle Royale part of it / the games themselves and not the moral and political implications of them, likely Haymitch would be the one to go so Katniss could be the final girl there. But as Collins wanted to tell a different story - and give us the rebellion, she had the freedom of saving multiple victors instead. 23:25 Mind you both Peeta and Katniss for their "art" got both twelve points. It was meant to put a bigger attention at them - so most other tributes would target them for challenging the judges. 56:30 Snow's big mistake was to let Plutarch come back. He should have gone for newer blood from Capitol that haven't a lot of contact with districts. If half of those victors were dead - he would have much less issues to fight the rebellion.
Oh wow, what a reaction Cole! I completely forgot Philip Seymour Hoffman was in this movie! Geez, he was such a good actor! This was the last movie I watched him in. While watching your reaction to this movie, I have a new perspective for this movie now too, that's a good thing because I had to reluctantly sit and watch these movies every year when they came out. You are right, psychological torture and the tension is getting high in this movie! This is another excellent movie reaction, and the excitement continues, I am looking forward to the next one! Peace! ☮
Loved your reaction to this one! I do agree that there is sort of a huge lore dump at the very end- There's a revolution, 13 still exists, 12 is Gone, Peeta's stuck in the capital, most of the other victors were in on a scheme behind Katniss' back, etc- but all in all I love this move. So excited to see your reaction to Mocking Jay 1, as I absolutely love that Movie
I watch tons of reactions and you are one of the few that actually notice the small details that most just skip over. You recognized that Peeta has some real strategy where as some just see him as passive participant. That plus your love for Peeta, Haymitch, and Cinna made this such an enjoyable reaction to watch! The scene with Katniss and Peeta on the beach always gets me. Him giving her the locket with Gale's picture shows how deeply he loves her and is willing to sacrifice for her. I doubt Gale would ever do the same. That inspires Katniss 'I need you' to Peeta which is deeper than an 'I love you' from her because Katniss has built her life around never needing anyone.
FYI: the 3 finger salute is a district 12 way of saying goodbye & thank you to a fallen comrade - that’s why they don’t get in trouble in 12 for doing it. The other districts do because it’s not their custom & the Capitol doesn’t like crossover between the districts, they want them to be separate intentionally so they can maintain control. The fact that Katniss partnered with Rue and called her a friend, not just ally is what got things rowdy coz that was partnered with the salute. Also, the individual assessments are to show skills - since everyone already knows the victors skills most of them were rebellious in what they did. Peeta painted Rue’s memorial that Katniss gave her because he wanted to hold them accountable for what they did to her. In the books Katniss had to wait hours for them to clean it because they’re not supposed to see what any other tribute did & he used paints that couldn’t be removed from the ground.
Gale can’t really compete w/ Peeta and what he and Katniss went through together. Even though Gale was her close friend from childhood, she’s been in the _arena_ w/ Peeta. They are each other’s peers from the _same games,_ which *never* happens. They got the same memories and the same PTSD. You go through something like that w/ somebody, it’s going to make you close, 9 times out of 10. And Gale can’t relate.
My favorite quote of Cinna's that the movies didn't include is "Get dressed you worthless thing." So every victor has to cultivate a "skill" that Capitolites can get interested in (anything from music to gardening, etc). Katniss doesn't know what she's going to choose until Cinna suggests fashion design. She doesn't have any actual talent for it, but he designs things for her to present as hers. That quote is when he first arrives, giving her her tour start outfit, and she's joking about wether she "designed" her outfit, or he did. I just love him teasing her in this moment.
Since they didn't show it, she got max score for it and peeta painted rue and also got max score. Max score is used to make you a target for everyone else, since you seem to be a danger to them, so they will team up against you. Think they didn't show it this movie cause in the first movie, they added an extra scene where snow complained about the score of 11, fully contradicting the use of such high scores as target marks on the back.
6:27 you can actually see if you watch the kiss scene again katniss' brow furrows which with her not moving in towards him, hugging him, etc that all indicates she was completely thrown off guard and didn't want that kiss. Since Peet's saw that kiss it gets me mad every time I watch this because he couldn't see how that kiss was wildly different from any of the ones they've shared lol
Finnick is good at water combat, because he is from district 4, the fishing district, grow up around water. Also Megs was doing the fishing lures since she was from four as well.
But they messed that up in the first movie, Katniss goes before Peeta for the assessment. I can't remember if it was also the case in the first book. Women goes first in the interview and second for the assessment.
@@ptitepeluche05in the first book she went last. Peeta got up and Katniss said something like “rememebr what Haymitch said about the weights” and then Peeta was stuck for something to say and he said “you…shoot straight”.
After another long day of work on a Sunday, but I’M BACK! Yaaaaay! Another banger in the series that you’re reacting to! RIP to a phenomenal actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman! I hope you react to “Along Came Polly”, he stars in it and he’s HILARIOUS! The smear campaign in this film is no different than it is today in media news, with celebs in this so called hunger games of the elites being protected, even when they cause harm to others, until they can’t be protected anymore. Great reaction as always 😊!
If I remember correctly, I don’t think he ever intended for Katniss to see it. In the book she never saw what he did, they covered it up before she got in. Other tributes aren’t allowed to see each others skills as a rule. It did work better for the movie that Katniss saw it though. Think Peeta alludes to the idea that he wanted to hold them accountable for what they did cos he said to Katniss “her death really was the cruelest of them all wasn’t it?” Or something like that.
People always say this but he didn’t do that for katniss to see it or to remind her of anything, he did it purely as his own form or rebellion and anger to hold the gamemakers accountable. He wouldn’t want katniss to see it or react since he’s trying to keep her alive and making her angry is the opposite of what he wants. I know book wise Katniss doesn’t see the painting but knows Peeta has angered the gamemakers but even movie wise in a deleted scene he tells katniss he never meant for her to see that Rue painting.
Peeta painted the floor mural of Rue. It wasn’t to trigger Katniss, it was another show of defiance to the Capitol. A tribute honoring a fallen tribute from another district the way Katniss did for Rue was definitely not something the Capitol liked
I'm so glad that you like Peeta. So many people complain about him being too weak or too nice when really he just has so much empathy and compassion for others. When he volunteered for Haymitch it was for so many reasons. From the PR standpoint it makes the lovers story more compelling in the sense that he'd rather die with Katniss than spend his life without her. The real reason though is that he wants to protect her and take equal responsibility for his rebellion against the Capital. One of the aspects about Katniss that the rebellion really appreciates about her is that she only kills someone when its absolutely necessary to protect her allies. She's not like the Peacekeepers who attack and intimidate. That's why its so important when Finnick tells her to remember who the real enemy is. If she lost sight of that she'd just become a Capital tool for Snow to use as a piece in his game to keep power from the people.
I think you’d like the theory that the Super Carlin Brothers made that states that Katniss’s entire story was manipulated from the very start. I really makes sense puts things into a new perspective.
Wait...I'm scrolling through here to see if anyone told @TheDorkSideTV that the ONE heroic thing he gave Gale flowers for *never happened in the book.* I'm not seeing it! So...here you go: Gale didn't heroically attack the head peacekeeper in defense of an old woman. Gale showed up at the head peacekeeper's house with a poached turkey to sell. He still got whipped. But the inciting event was entirely for money/providing for his family. To be fair, he and Katniss are conditioned, by deprivation and trauma, to be providers moreso than social activists.
Haven't read the books but at 46:52 I think it was a sacrifice knowing "half the tributes were in on it" but also being a morphling you're an addict so with being an addict victor life is shit so why not end your life & your suffering especially if it's for a good cause
Peeta drew the picture of Rue on the floor. District 11 rioted over Rue's death. He was making a statement, just like Katniss. Are you always this animated when you react to films? I enjoyed your reaction. Looking forward to the next installment.
I meant to say this earlier, but there's only 24 Hunger Games contestants because it's 2 from each district. After the first rebellion, the Capitol destroyed District 13 (or let people think they did as you'll see in Mockingjay). After the start of the second rebellion, the Capitol destroyed District 12 as well as bombing others to try and discourage siding with the rebels.
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I can't wait to see what happens in Mocking Jay Part 1 after that crazy cliff hanger! Thanks for watching along as always! Much Love!
Would you ever do a LIVE premiere for these? So we could all chat while watching the video?
@@ct6852 that is a good idea! I might try that soon!
@@TheDorkSideTV I don't think it's too hard. RUclips gives you the option to put it on a timer, and at say 5pm or whenever your video will premiere and everyone can chat while it plays. Not totally sure how it works but pretty sure it's an easy process.
@@TheDorkSideTV reasons why Haymitch drinks. Haymitch was in the hardest Hunger Games in general the entire arena was poisons from the rivers the clouds in the sky the bugs were all deadly and flowers that beautiful were also poisons and there were double the amount of tributes in Haymitch games. He won in way that pissed off Snow enough that shortly after winning Haymitch family and girlfriend were killed by the Capitol.
@@TheDorkSideTV Peeta painted Rue to hold the Capitol responsible for Rue death
Effie grew up in the capital. Glamorizing the hunger games is all she’s ever known. That’s why she’s so chipper about them. She’s never had a victor before Katniss and Peeta. Spending all this time with them she starts to care about them more than tributes. That’s why her views about the games start to change when they have to go in a second time, because now it’s people that she cares about going in not knowing if they’ll live or die. She starts seeing the games for how they truly are. Morbid.
Yes! There’s something so sad and real about when Effie reads Haymitch’s name with a sigh of relief. I like to think she wanted Katniss and Peeta to be together and live happily ever after, and if Haymitch and Katniss went in, there was still a chance. So when Peeta volunteers, that false reality she’s been hanging onto by a thread breaks and she has to really contend with the fact that no, they can’t be together.
In the book Katniss didn’t recognize that Finnick was giving cpr, and was just wildly confused why he was “kissing” Peeta 😂
She’s like read the room Finnick, its not the time for this.
@@christinestreeter8566 katniss is such a good unreliable narrator lol
Because it’s hot
I remember this haha it was so funny😂
“No wonder Haymitch is an alcoholic” exactly… for 23 years he watched 2 kids from his home district die brutally every year and then goes home by himself
And the movie doesn’t even touch his hunger games or background. Haymitch lived such a tragic life
@@limitlesslaney bro I have news
56:14 "Sir, We've lost power" god I love the double meaning of that line
..the exact same moment that Katniss electrified the nation.
Never thought of that, love it
same here
gale is so annoying. katniss is like “i did it to survive” and he’s all like “some act 🤨, love me pls” 💀
Facts, Gale was acting like a little kid as if he wanted Katniss to die in the hunger games confessing her love to him lol
😂😂😂 Exactly!
not to mention what he does in mockingjay… he deserves prison…
I know, and I live for the Gale slander. Like he has some good points but still he’s ridiculous
@@skinnyqueenslayI'm gonna come back to this comment and post a nickname I saw for Gale recently
I'm generally not a romance person, but that "I need you scene" always gets me. 😚 I love how they let the audience and every other character figure out Katniss is in love before she does. I mean, girl's got a lot on her plate, of course she's confused. And unlike Gale, Peeta doesn't pressure her.
Yes! I’ve always said that…Peeta never not once ever demanded or even asked Katniss for anything. He was hurt and embarrassed after the first games, but he never expected anything from her. Gale always expected something from Katniss, crying to her about how hurt his feelings are when she’s gone through two arenas, a traumatizing as hell Victory Tour, being threatened by the damn President, losing Peeta…ugh he is the worst.
Gale is such a butthurt, desperate baby when it comes to his "Katnip". He's so much like Gaston from Beauty and The Beast along the lines of pining over a woman who would never return his affections with sincerity.
Haha true
@@christinestreeter8566Peeta is the best
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the painting of Rue on the floor was done by Peeta, you can see paint on his hands as he walks past Katniss.
Never even realized that after watching this many times. Wow, thank you for pointing that out! ❤
It's wild to me just how many reactors miss this.
@@alexandrasloane Right ??
I have never seen a reactor, or really anyone who didn't read the books, understand this scene. Which to me means the scene was not set up well enough to convey what is actually happening.
Yeah, I think maybe if they mentioned Peeta's painting skills again in this movie it would have made more sense. Currently the scene relies entirely on audiences just remembering it from the first movie.
36:45 the best part about this is in the books Peeta was so convincing that even Katniss herself was like hang on am I pregnant
Lol I remember when I read it for the first time and that fucking SLAYED ME
@@carniliasame lmao I thought I missed something 😂😭
i feel like she should know 😂
@@GuhnomeArt Peeta and Katniss slept in the same bed multiple times, she was like "did we actually do something ???"
SPOILERS
It's funny because Peeta wonders the same in the next book.
@@ptitepeluche05 😂 but they didn’t do “It”
You're right when you say all Katniss and Peeta wanted was to survive. People tend to forget but they are still pretty young. They are both 17yo in this one. Katniss was never a rebel, she would always choose her loved ones over a rebellion. Peeta would always choose Katniss over anything, including himself. Gale, on the other side, is a true rebel. He's 2 years older, he started working in the mines all day, he knows more people, the people he works with, he's more aware of the suffering around him maybe. I mean Katniss is aware of it of course, but her focus is entirely on her family because she had to provide for them from a very young age and was like a mother to Prim. Remember this point about them and their personnality in the next movie. In the end, Katniss and Peeta are just kids who never asked for any of this.
well said!
46:20 this part is SO emotional in the book. Peeta and the Morphlings bonded during training by face painting and camouflage. After she sacrificed herself for him he was holding her and she was tracing patterns on his cheeks while he talked to her about all of the different colors around them to comfort her until she passed. It felt a lot more personal than it does in the movie 💔
rereading that last year had me sobbinggggg
@@nope19568 just recently reread the books and had completely forgot about that part- it’s soul crushing 😭
Oh wow, hope they explore more of the tribut in the movie. This is make alot of sense
It's a tiny little thread in the book, but Katniss is known for her "prudishness". As a result, several of the tributes teased her by doing things to make her blush and squirm. So, Joanna's performance in the elevator wasn't a power move: she was having fun at Katniss' expense.
i love joanna so much
I'd argue it's both lol
From what I remember President Snow wanted Finnick to win the Third Quarter Quell. It’s why the Game-Makers picked a tropical climate for the Quarter Quell’s arena - with the Cornucopia being surrounded on all sides with water. Finnick being from District 4 (eg. the fishing District) meant he was one of the few Victors who knew how to swim. His signature weapon is a trident, and as Haymitch says he’s incredibly skilled in combat especially in water. The Game-Makers made sure Finnick had every advantage in the Games. As the youngest ever Victor Finnick had accrued a lot of fame and was a fan favourite. Unfortunately, Finnick’s good looks (along with his popularity) meant he was threatened into giving sexual favours to people high up in the Capitol. Many people would be outraged if he died because of this, as they would be losing out on ‘being’ with him. It’s why Finnick gives this vague, “my love if I die, my last thought will be of your lips” speech in his interview as many higher ups would be incensed Finnick was being put in danger, and would pay a lot of money to make sure he won (or stop the Games completely), if only so they could “service” Finnick again as sick as that sounds. Either just to use him or because they believe they’re in love. This is why Finnick tells Katniss he deals in secrets, as when he’s forced to be with someone intimately he sweet-talks them for valuable information. It’s also hinted the reason all Johanna’s loved ones are killed is because she refused to sell herself, but this is never confirmed. We know Johanna won her Games by presenting herself as foolish and cowardly so no one would target her, and when there wasn’t many tributes left she killed them all pretty brutally. The Capitol wasn’t pleased to say the least, most likely since many people had already bet against her so they lost out on money. They felt she was deceitful. Katniss most likely would have been forced to sell herself as well, if it wasn’t for Peeta and the ‘star-crossed lovers’ gimmick. We know Haymitch won the Second Quarter Quell, which was a Hunger Games with double the amount of tributes, two boys and two girls from each District. Haymitch won by throwing an axe at a forcefield, it bounced off and killed the last tribute when it flew back unexpectedly. The Capitol also wasn’t happy about this, as they felt it was a sign of rebellion so they killed Haymitch’s family too. This is where Katniss learns about force fields in the books. Katniss is also one of the rare people who can swim! She learned to swim at the same time she learned to hunt as her father sneaked them past the fences, and into the woodland, creeks and rivers. Most people in District 12 don’t know how to swim, and the Capitol had no idea Katniss could, as obviously it’s illegal to go out of bounds and no one wants to get caught.
41:09 Finnick’s shocked because up until that point he thought Katniss didn’t really care about Peeta and it was all an act but at that moment he and everyone watching could see she actually loves him so much so he understands his assumptions about her feelings towards Peeta was wrong.
It always destroys my heart when the "Peacekeepers" attack Cinna right in front of Katniss as she's being lifted into the arena.
look i’m a hunger games fanatic im borderline obsessed with the series so i’ve seen dozens of reactions to these movies and BY FAR your videos are in my top three favorites. i’ve never seen someone watch these movies for the first time and genuinely understand the motifs and themes going on, let alone remembering marvels name! so happy, please keep making videos
Ayeee I appreciate the love!! I will say, the actor that plays Marvel is also in a show called The Boys, which I am obsessed with… so it was a lot easier to remember him and his name because of this!
But this comment made my day so thank you so much for leaving it and watching along with me! Happy to be your top 3 ❤️🙏
I second this sentiment 🩵
Same I love your commentary!
25:24 District 12 are allowed to do it because the symbol began in District 12 and whereas the other Districts learnt it from Katniss and it was precieved as a symbol of rebellion
I love how the first letters of each of the team members literally spell "team"
T for trinket
E for everdeen
A for abernathy
M for malark
Idk if it was on purpose, but it's such a nice detail
Nice catch lol
The known clock fragments are:
12-1 Lightening strikes the tree
1-2 Blood rain
2-3 poison fog
3-4 monkeys
4-5 jabberjays
5-6 unknown
6-7 the beast (not mentioned in movie)
7-10 unknown
10-11 tidal waves
11-12 insects (not mentioned in movie)
Peeta is and always will be husband goals. Also I ALWAYS tear up and cry when they both give their speeches at District 11. Oh and when Katniss tells Peeta she needs him when they are on the beach and they kiss.
And you can tell how much Katniss appreciates and admires him when he's giving that speech. Both that he said he'd do it because it's hard for her, and how effortlessly kind and compassionate he is. Peeta and Katniss complete and support each other. Gale is just an angrier version of Katniss.
Yesssssss
I love your comment about no love triangle because actually in the books it wasn’t
In the books, she wasn’t really romantically inclined for either one of them. She was constantly fighting for her life she was putting the romance off until the war was over.
And when she did develop feelings, it was only for one of them very clearly one of them. The other one was always just a friend and too much like her for her to consider them a romantic interest.
44:20 The worst part about mags dying is that because of the escape plan she could have made it out of the arena alive
THIS. I never see anyone mention it but it just registered with me recently that Finnick's anguish at losing Mags is SO MUCH WORSE because HE KNOWS there's a plan, so he surely would have been holding out hope that she'd survive just long enough to be reduced alongside them 😭
in the books Katniss and Peeta both receive score 12 by capital, so they'll became target by other victors since they would be consider letal
29:44 in the book Katniss is portrayed as being very pure (In the 1st book she had to strip Peeta to clean his clothes and she was obviously uncomfortable at the idea, her mother was made to play up the idea that she had never been allowed to have a boyfriend for the media etc) and it wasn't just Johanna who stripped it was all of the victors as a way of teasing/testing her same as Finnick being flirty (especially in a deleted scene) with Katniss and Chaff kissing her on the lips
The way when Effie says that they're a team and their LAST NAMES SPELL TEAM LIKE ITS PERFECT
I like the fact she really cares about them
The aspect ratio of the whole movie changing when she goes into the dome for the first time is sooo good. This is the best movie!
I wish the movies had included more of Peeta's paintings. After the Hunger Games he began painting scenes/memories from the games. His painting of Rue would have made more sense. So many people watch this and think the capital did it 😂
Same!
Joanna cut out Katniss's tracker and smeared the blood on her neck to make her appear dead
I’ve always wondered how the careers didn’t notice there was no cannon for Katniss’s “death” Throughout the games when someone died a cannon went off just mere seconds later. I’m sure it was just in the heat of the moment and pursuing Johanna, but still you would think one of them might have noticed.
@@calebk8202 in the book, sometimes they don't hear the cannon because of the noise around.
@@calebk8202maybe they did, but seeing katniss all bloody they just left her since she’ll die anyway in blood loss
Peeta handles maneuver so much better than Katniss does. Aside from his strength, he's not really the warrior that Katniss is. But he can fight on the airwaves and in ads and in the forum of public opinion like you wouldn't believe. You really only see part of it in the movies-how he connects with people and grasps what makes them tick. This actually means he's the more dangerous *victor,* if not the more dangerous Games competitor. Catching Fire starts to get into how the victors need to play politics to keep surviving and supporting their districts; how they get in trouble when they don't. Johanna has no one now because she fought the system. Finnick seems like a not-so-great guy at first because it's how he's protected himself against the Capitol. He built a persona to market to his fans.
Katniss and Peeta's reality wedding show-the commodification and consumer culture surrounding their "love story"-is just the tip of the iceberg of the way the Capitol treats its victors. The victors are showered with gifts and food and money. They get new houses, clothes, etc. But the Capitol trots them around every six months to remind the districts halfway through the year about the Hunger Games, and it makes them mentor the tributes every year. Then, whenever they're in the Capitol, it's reruns of the worst time of their lives, and the citizens of the Capitol feel they own their victors, and the victors are encouraged to permit this. Katniss alluded to Capitol citizens "paying" for the privilege of Finnick's company, and he confirmed he deals in secrets-that he is accepting favors from his suitors. Keep an eye on that in Mockingjay.
But Peeta would have been able to operate in the Capitol. His donation to 11; the way he handles Caesar Flickerman-he's a natural politician. Katniss feels he could work in the system to do much more good than she could. She also feels Peeta is a much better person (and she's right-it's a big point in the CF book that Peeta is an outlier among the victors, a victor who wouldn't have won if it hadn't been for Katniss, missing her killer instinct).
The love triangle shouldn't have been a thing, except *maybe* as something that Snow thought was happening or something Katniss herself wanted to explore when she felt herself being railroaded toward Peeta. That might have been interesting. Katniss could have had NO feelings for Gale except friendship but have to fight Snow's suspicion that her long platonic hunting partnership with Gale-which of course still means he'd be like family and she wouldn't want him hurt-was something more. It could have also been interesting if Katniss out of contrariness or curiosity tried something with Gale only for Gale to tell her that they're not like that; Katniss is just feeling trapped. I would have liked either of those storylines a whole lot better, because the way they actually did it, it's pretty obvious that Katniss doesn't like Gale like that. Gale likes her like that, and Katniss's confused feelings are a combination of feeling she fits better with Gale and Peeta is much too good for her and guilt that she's hurting Gale. The conflict, therefore, is nearly completely imaginary and mostly promoted by Gale himself.
Facts
The games Haymitch won was actually the 2nd quarter quell (50th hunger games) where there were twice as many tributes in the games (2 boys and 2 girls).
And we will have the book and movie now yay
32:48 Peeta painted the picture of Rue, both to send a message to the Capitol and to give Katniss strength
32:40 A lower rating makes her less of a target, as she’s less of a threat. A higher rating makes her a target.
Obviously the books are written from Katniss's POV so the movies are mostly focusing on her. So I'll add a bit about the other characters :
Peeta suffers from PTSD and has nightmares too after the first Games. He can't sleep, that's why he arrives so quickly in her bedroom when she wakes up screaming. Because he's up all night walking around the train. After that, they sleep together like they did in the caves, to protect each other from the nightmares. After the Games, Peeta (who is only 16) is left pretty much alone to deal with his trauma. His family doesn't come live with him in the Victor Village, so he's living alone in a big empty house with a drunk for neighbour, and a girl who he doesn't speak to. Also, I hate that they downplayed Peeta's mother abuse in the movie. It's so much a big part of who he is, why he's so ready to sacrifice himself, why he thinks he can't do anything and nobody needs him.
Haymitch is a real alcoholic. It's not shown well in the movies. People sometimes wish he was in the Quater Quell but he wouldn't have lasted very long. When they all are neighbours in Victor Village, the times before the QQ is announced, Peeta and Katniss almost play parents to Haymitch. They check on him every day, Peeta brings him bread, Katniss brings him alcohol. Obviously, Haymitch had the trauma of hiw own games, and also the 24 years after that where he had to mentor two kids. He made an effort for Peeta and Katniss during their Games but now that they won, he goes back quickly to his old habits.
25:12 Effie’s stare here really shows how much she cared about Haymitch, like she seemed so relieved.
The year Haymitch was in the games was a quarter quell. Instead of 24 people there were 48 tributes. And every year since he won, he has watched the tributes from 12 die.
"Did anyone elses close friends or family get the fuuu beat out of them before we came out here or is that just me?" LMAOOOOO
you don't understand Katniss she will not allow herself to love anyone she won't have to send her children into the games she has built walls around her heart to protect herself.
New reaction AND merch?!? What a glorious Sunday it is.
While the reactions aren’t every day, merch is available on every day that ends in Y 😎 I hope you enjoy my friend ❤️🙏
Team Peeta all the way! Glad you loved this one so much! This is my favorite movie from the franchise for sure, happy to see you’re enjoying it 🥰
Yay team Peeta forever❤
Katniss got the idea from beetee, he had the coil around the spear so she decided thats what he was trying to do so thats what she would do. Loved your reaction! This really is the all star year its really what makes it the best, love all these victors! I do hope you plan to watch the prequel as well after mockingjay 1 and 2, you will love to see snows backstory.
And they split Katniss & Peeta up so that each one of them had a guard with them.
I was rewatching your first Hunger Games reaction then this dropped. LET'S FREAKING GO!
It's so fucked up that Finnick says that the canons are music to his ears then there goes Mags and a canon goes off.
The idea behind the 75th hunger games was one of Snow's biggest mistake, He just thought to kill Katniss there, but he didn't put into his mind that these are lileral enraging people who won the games, Johanna and Finnick alike.
I love how this idea backfired on him, he was too desperate to kill Everdeen since she's the mockingjay, and she also remind Snow of his biggest regret, Lucy Gray
if you think making past victors competing again is fucked up, for the first Quell, the districts had to hold elections to vote which tributes to send to the Games. For the second, they had to pay up twice the amount of tributes, and those were the Games Haymitch won. A friend of Katniss's mother went that year, too. My theory is the Quell idea they replaced with Katniss's is that the parents of the reaped tributes would fight in the Games.
Hate to be the district where the kid wins…he or she is coming home pissed the F off.
@@christinestreeter8566 Probably a career. Maybe they were even trying to get votes to be picked 😭
One reason Haymitch is the way he is, is because he used the force field as a weapon of sorts in his hunger game, so the capital punished him by killing his sibling, mother, and long term girlfriend.
Also another fun fact, Plutarch Heavensbee fell into a punch bowl in the last book, when Katniss shot the arrow at the gamemakers before the games
29:52 when johanna strips in the lift and steps out into the corridor, she was greated by random members of the public. The crew hadnt closed the floor down so she just casually walks out into a load of random people 😂
Johanna’s my girl and the fact she uses an axe just makes her that much sexier
All of the victors on stage joining hands was such a moment!
16:24 he was locked in a room with the berries but instead of eating them, as was intended, he hung himself with his tie
I didn’t know that! (I didn’t read the books). Very interesting.
That isn't alluded to in the movies or the books. The books allude to him being executed...the movies allude to him eating the berries 😂 where do you get he hung himself with his tie?
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Hmmmm I don't remember reading that in the books...
We don't know how he really died, all we know is Snow got him killed. I have read the books more often than I can count and I know for a fact it never said in the books how he died excatly. Katniss just hung the doll with his name on it to shock the gamemakers. She also knew Peeta had done something bad in his evaluation so she wanted to do something worse than him to protect him.
I'm always so surprised/happy when people recognize Philip Seymour Hoffman, i hadn't realized he was that well known, and he grew up around my hometown/city.
Great reaction!
You remember the characters name so easily that sometimes I wonder if you read the books or watched this before, I didn’t even know the guy that Katniss killed’s name and I’ve watched it a lot of times 😅
When I’m editing these movies I am going scene by scene, sometimes a few times over. It makes it a lot easier to remember names for the next movie! But also, the actor that plays marvel also plays Hughie in the boys, so it’s easier to remember him even though he’s obscure lol
He definitely hasn't
@@TheDorkSideTV ah truue! With all the editing! I didn’t think about that. I was very impressed 😅
for a bit of extra info, Mags was the 11th victor of the Games, and is likely the oldest surviving victor thus far.
That makes sense
That seamless product placement in the middle of the vid deserves an award. Respect.
51:28 I think you slightly misunderstood Joanna here - there’s no one left that she loves because the Capitol already killed them all (as punishment for her actions in the past).
59:27 I- TOO SOON. Jkjk, but I absolutely LOVED your reaction to this movie! Thank you for sharing! Can’t wait to watch along with you again for mockingjay pt1!!!❤️
Great watch!!! My favourite series of all time. So glad you’re loving it too.
A couple of things to help you make sense & give some context.
- Peeta’s painting of Rue during their evaluations. It’s not to trigger Katniss but to hold the Gamemakers & the Capitol responsible for killing that little girl. It’s his act of rebellion in his own way. So Katniss inspired by him joins Peeta in his rebellion and hangs Seneca Crane also hold them responsible for his death since Seneca hung himself instead of eating the berries.
- the plan was always to get BOTH Peeta & Katniss out of the games. The rebellion knew the only way Katniss would cooperate was if they saved Peeta. It was her goal from the beginning to save him. Also they work better as a team. Katniss is a symbol & survivor but Peeta is also more the politician of the two so he’s great at swaying an audience. It’s the reason why one of the tributes dies to protect him in the arena. She was in on the plan. To save them. But unfortunately at the end in all the chaos Peeta is separated from the pack & captured before his tracker can be taken out when the arena is destroyed.
Can’t wait for more reactions. Mockingjay Part 1 & 2 are my favourite of the series.
I’M SO EXCITED!!! I love this movie & you’re my favorite reactor so far for this series!! (Not to mention your Lord Of The Rings reactions were AMAZING!!)
Ayeeee thank you so much ❤️ that just made my day!! I hope you enjoy watching along with me!!
Just finished watching finally! This was the BEST reaction!! I’ve been at work 6:30p til 2:05a at Amazon, but I finished watching it on the way home & I LOVED it!! Cannot wait for the rest of the series! You’re awesome!
@@mistyxmarlboro I hope it was a good day at work and I’m happy I could accompany you home! Always an honor to have my video played in one’s free time!
“ oh yea snow, shit your pants in your chair” LMAOO😂
Absolutely begging you to watch the rest of the films!! You're so entertaining to watch along with.
Joana basically won by pretending to be a none threat then began ending the others when there were only a handful of them left. She also got a low score during assessment.
3:19 "No love triangles in this dystopian-esque world" Yes, thank you ! Finally someone who doesn't subscribe to love triangles xD
I actually read the first book as a teen but was put off the whole series by the love triangle. I HATE love triangles as a trope x.x The first time I watched the other movies was just a few weeks ago actually. It's a shame because they're actually great but the whole Katniss/Peeta/Gale situation still puts me off
You're right, the love triangles are terrible because someone is hurt in the end.
I was in one in high school and I'm the one who suffered in the end.
It was 10 years ago and I still didn't forgive them. For what I know, they're married now
0:20 Tbh, I like the prequel the most right now. And movie-wise - the first one has its own charm that embodies the aura way more.
24:15 So if Hunger Games were more about the Battle Royale part of it / the games themselves and not the moral and political implications of them, likely Haymitch would be the one to go so Katniss could be the final girl there. But as Collins wanted to tell a different story - and give us the rebellion, she had the freedom of saving multiple victors instead.
23:25 Mind you both Peeta and Katniss for their "art" got both twelve points. It was meant to put a bigger attention at them - so most other tributes would target them for challenging the judges.
56:30 Snow's big mistake was to let Plutarch come back. He should have gone for newer blood from Capitol that haven't a lot of contact with districts. If half of those victors were dead - he would have much less issues to fight the rebellion.
Just finished watching the first movie reaction to find that he just posted the next one😂👌🏽life is great sometimes.
Trinket
Everdeen
Abernathy
Mellark
= TEAM
Oh wow, what a reaction Cole! I completely forgot Philip Seymour Hoffman was in this movie! Geez, he was such a good actor! This was the last movie I watched him in. While watching your reaction to this movie, I have a new perspective for this movie now too, that's a good thing because I had to reluctantly sit and watch these movies every year when they came out. You are right, psychological torture and the tension is getting high in this movie! This is another excellent movie reaction, and the excitement continues, I am looking forward to the next one! Peace! ☮
PEETA “BABY BOMB” MELLARK IS HIM 😤
You're quite on a roll with awesome franchises! Keep it up and you'll possibly turn into a pop culture legend.
I remember watching Catching Fire in theaters and having to wait for the next movie😭 that cliff hanger was like no other
Yay!! Was looking forward to this being released, and I didn't know it was gonna be out today. Awesome surprise! Thanks for doing what you do. 👏😄🎉
Loved your reaction to this one! I do agree that there is sort of a huge lore dump at the very end- There's a revolution, 13 still exists, 12 is Gone, Peeta's stuck in the capital, most of the other victors were in on a scheme behind Katniss' back, etc- but all in all I love this move. So excited to see your reaction to Mocking Jay 1, as I absolutely love that Movie
I watch tons of reactions and you are one of the few that actually notice the small details that most just skip over. You recognized that Peeta has some real strategy where as some just see him as passive participant. That plus your love for Peeta, Haymitch, and Cinna made this such an enjoyable reaction to watch!
The scene with Katniss and Peeta on the beach always gets me. Him giving her the locket with Gale's picture shows how deeply he loves her and is willing to sacrifice for her. I doubt Gale would ever do the same. That inspires Katniss 'I need you' to Peeta which is deeper than an 'I love you' from her because Katniss has built her life around never needing anyone.
FYI: the 3 finger salute is a district 12 way of saying goodbye & thank you to a fallen comrade - that’s why they don’t get in trouble in 12 for doing it. The other districts do because it’s not their custom & the Capitol doesn’t like crossover between the districts, they want them to be separate intentionally so they can maintain control. The fact that Katniss partnered with Rue and called her a friend, not just ally is what got things rowdy coz that was partnered with the salute.
Also, the individual assessments are to show skills - since everyone already knows the victors skills most of them were rebellious in what they did. Peeta painted Rue’s memorial that Katniss gave her because he wanted to hold them accountable for what they did to her. In the books Katniss had to wait hours for them to clean it because they’re not supposed to see what any other tribute did & he used paints that couldn’t be removed from the ground.
Gale can’t really compete w/ Peeta and what he and Katniss went through together. Even though Gale was her close friend from childhood, she’s been in the _arena_ w/ Peeta. They are each other’s peers from the _same games,_ which *never* happens. They got the same memories and the same PTSD. You go through something like that w/ somebody, it’s going to make you close, 9 times out of 10. And Gale can’t relate.
Also she never really saw Gale as a potential boyfriend
My favorite quote of Cinna's that the movies didn't include is "Get dressed you worthless thing." So every victor has to cultivate a "skill" that Capitolites can get interested in (anything from music to gardening, etc). Katniss doesn't know what she's going to choose until Cinna suggests fashion design. She doesn't have any actual talent for it, but he designs things for her to present as hers. That quote is when he first arrives, giving her her tour start outfit, and she's joking about wether she "designed" her outfit, or he did. I just love him teasing her in this moment.
2.18 am in the UK 🇬🇧 Great time to watch this reaction 👍🏻 I’ve been waiting 🥳
definitely the best hunger games movie, excited for your reaction cole! i think u will appreciate the extra badassness more than most XD
loved this reaction cole - so happy you enjoyed catching fire, its defo my fave❤️
Since they didn't show it, she got max score for it and peeta painted rue and also got max score.
Max score is used to make you a target for everyone else, since you seem to be a danger to them, so they will team up against you.
Think they didn't show it this movie cause in the first movie, they added an extra scene where snow complained about the score of 11, fully contradicting the use of such high scores as target marks on the back.
6:27 you can actually see if you watch the kiss scene again katniss' brow furrows which with her not moving in towards him, hugging him, etc that all indicates she was completely thrown off guard and didn't want that kiss. Since Peet's saw that kiss it gets me mad every time I watch this because he couldn't see how that kiss was wildly different from any of the ones they've shared lol
Finnick is good at water combat, because he is from district 4, the fishing district, grow up around water. Also Megs was doing the fishing lures since she was from four as well.
I love your reactions! What exactly is a “scrub?” I’ve never heard anyone called that before.
Scrub is a internet term from the early 2000s, mostly used in PC Games. It refers to someone who is horrible at something, or more poignent, a loser.
Thank you so much! That was much more fun than Googling.
32:35 Katniss always goes last just because she’s the female Tribute from District 12. Last district, and the men get called first for assessment.
But they messed that up in the first movie, Katniss goes before Peeta for the assessment. I can't remember if it was also the case in the first book. Women goes first in the interview and second for the assessment.
@@ptitepeluche05in the first book she went last. Peeta got up and Katniss said something like “rememebr what Haymitch said about the weights” and then Peeta was stuck for something to say and he said “you…shoot straight”.
@@davidfairweather3301 oh yes, you're right, thanks :-) so they messed that up in the first movie.
Yesss! I knew you'd like this one a lot, based on what I know of you! I am excited to see what you think when it's all over. :)
After another long day of work on a Sunday, but I’M BACK! Yaaaaay! Another banger in the series that you’re reacting to! RIP to a phenomenal actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman! I hope you react to “Along Came Polly”, he stars in it and he’s HILARIOUS!
The smear campaign in this film is no different than it is today in media news, with celebs in this so called hunger games of the elites being protected, even when they cause harm to others, until they can’t be protected anymore. Great reaction as always 😊!
32:57 it was Peeta as a way of reminding Katniss of what she was fighting for and to basically tell the capitol Fuck you
It was also so the gamemakers targets him in the arena and not Katniss.
If I remember correctly, I don’t think he ever intended for Katniss to see it. In the book she never saw what he did, they covered it up before she got in. Other tributes aren’t allowed to see each others skills as a rule. It did work better for the movie that Katniss saw it though. Think Peeta alludes to the idea that he wanted to hold them accountable for what they did cos he said to Katniss “her death really was the cruelest of them all wasn’t it?” Or something like that.
People always say this but he didn’t do that for katniss to see it or to remind her of anything, he did it purely as his own form or rebellion and anger to hold the gamemakers accountable. He wouldn’t want katniss to see it or react since he’s trying to keep her alive and making her angry is the opposite of what he wants. I know book wise Katniss doesn’t see the painting but knows Peeta has angered the gamemakers but even movie wise in a deleted scene he tells katniss he never meant for her to see that Rue painting.
great reaction ❤❤ this one is my favorite movie, can't wait to see your reaction to the hunger games ballad of songbirds and snakes 💓
Peeta painted the floor mural of Rue. It wasn’t to trigger Katniss, it was another show of defiance to the Capitol. A tribute honoring a fallen tribute from another district the way Katniss did for Rue was definitely not something the Capitol liked
Def my fav of the series! I cant wait to see you enjoy the remaining two films.
I'm so glad that you like Peeta. So many people complain about him being too weak or too nice when really he just has so much empathy and compassion for others. When he volunteered for Haymitch it was for so many reasons. From the PR standpoint it makes the lovers story more compelling in the sense that he'd rather die with Katniss than spend his life without her. The real reason though is that he wants to protect her and take equal responsibility for his rebellion against the Capital.
One of the aspects about Katniss that the rebellion really appreciates about her is that she only kills someone when its absolutely necessary to protect her allies. She's not like the Peacekeepers who attack and intimidate. That's why its so important when Finnick tells her to remember who the real enemy is. If she lost sight of that she'd just become a Capital tool for Snow to use as a piece in his game to keep power from the people.
We love Peeta in this house❤
I’m so happy lmao you posted this while I was loading up my bong 🙏🏻🤣
BROTHER I LOVE YOUR REACTION.
48:15 😅😂 right lol
I think you’d like the theory that the Super Carlin Brothers made that states that Katniss’s entire story was manipulated from the very start. I really makes sense puts things into a new perspective.
I dislike these sorts of theories because it essentially turns it into a “chosen one” trope when Katniss is the complete opposite.
I know it’s just a theory but that theory is actually massively hated by the hunger games fandom…
I love that you see who Peeta is and how amazing he is!
Ikr? He’s honestly the best
“Is he my favorite dude in all of fiction right now” fact. We all love Peeta. He’s the 🐐
GREAT REACTION!! Can’t wait for the next one!!
They should have figured out the time by finding the big tree. That's 12 o'clock, so it was kind of pointless to spin the cornucopia.
In the books, Katniss thought of that but she realised there was a big tree in every segment, just to throw the tributes off.
Wait...I'm scrolling through here to see if anyone told @TheDorkSideTV that the ONE heroic thing he gave Gale flowers for *never happened in the book.* I'm not seeing it! So...here you go: Gale didn't heroically attack the head peacekeeper in defense of an old woman. Gale showed up at the head peacekeeper's house with a poached turkey to sell. He still got whipped. But the inciting event was entirely for money/providing for his family. To be fair, he and Katniss are conditioned, by deprivation and trauma, to be providers moreso than social activists.
Haven't read the books but at 46:52 I think it was a sacrifice knowing "half the tributes were in on it" but also being a morphling you're an addict so with being an addict victor life is shit so why not end your life & your suffering especially if it's for a good cause
Peeta drew the picture of Rue on the floor. District 11 rioted over Rue's death. He was making a statement, just like Katniss.
Are you always this animated when you react to films? I enjoyed your reaction. Looking forward to the next installment.
I meant to say this earlier, but there's only 24 Hunger Games contestants because it's 2 from each district. After the first rebellion, the Capitol destroyed District 13 (or let people think they did as you'll see in Mockingjay). After the start of the second rebellion, the Capitol destroyed District 12 as well as bombing others to try and discourage siding with the rebels.
Imagine going to the district of the tributes you killed as a victory lap.