The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 Movie REACTION!!
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- Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final battle that will decide the fate of Panem. Here's Nikki and Steven's reaction to he Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2.
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The attack that killed Prim was thought up by Gale and Beetee. When she went down to get her new bow in Mockingjay pt 1, she overheard them talking about a secondary explosion taking out first responders. When Snow said he didn't do it, Katniss remembered that and knew it was Coin - so she killed her.
Now that you finished Hunger Games will you go back to the Conjuring world ?
finally! been waiting for your reaction on the last film of this series... i love J Lawrence and would love for you guys to react to other films of her... RED SPARROW and MOTHER ♥
Please do a reaction to "Arrival" with Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner this movie blow me away, love your reaction guy's thanks the hunger games ride 🥰
Divergent series next!!!
One thing they left out from the books I wish they’d included: no one knew Peeta was sleeping in Katniss’ bed during the tour. In the books, they got ‘looks’ but no one said anything. When Peeta was hijacked, a big key to him figuring out that his memories weren’t reliable is that those memories of laying in her bed with her were still there. Untouched. Snow didn’t KNOW about that, so they couldn’t mess with those memories. I loved that.
Seeing comments like this makes me want to reread the books. I probably will once I finish reading and see The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Peeta never recovered, he still had nightmares, bad nightmares and they had the real/not real conversations...
I guess eventually would end, but as far as the end of the book, they still had.
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Yeah, at the end of the book it is clear that they are two very broken people, just doing their best to try and move on with their lives.
The ending paragraph of the book (quoted below) really helps sum up where Katniss was at with Gale and Peeta (then there is an epilogue which discusses having the children, but not for many many years as Katniss didn’t feel safe)…
“Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until the flashbacks are over. I wake screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale’s fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, “You love me. Real or not real?” I tell him, “Real.””
So beautiful
Great scene
That's so significant in the katniss relationship and peeta really love and suffered with that part in the books it bothers me even now that they haven't included it in some way in the movies
@@jazmininvernizzi963 yes I agree. They missed really showing just how Katniss could really only hold it together when Peeta was with her.. that intensity of the relationship was so hard to get across in the movie, but the books really described it. Katniss is portrayed as so strong, and she is, but she was also young and tortured and Peeta was the only calm she felt.
@@kiwigirljacks I don't feel like that at all, at the second movie we could see Katniss needing Peeta when she had nightmares, we could see how lost and miserable she was when he went missing, the awful worrying, and him being the only thing she cared about aside from Prim during the whole revolution. There are many other moments like that in the movie that always remind me how strong their bond was, and how much dependent was Katniss on Him, and the love that grew in them all through the saga was so emotionaly well portrayed. I bet the books are awesome and obviously show and describe a lot more, since movies only can last 2 hours, but i'm saying this being a person who only watched the movies and i understand how deep they relationship goes.
jennifer’s acting in the breakdown sequence when she’s yelling at the cat, is one of her best moments in these films. the grief of prim, the screams and yelling at buttercup. it’s chilling.
I remember reading when Prim died and feeling sad but not overly emotional. Then this part happened and I hurt so much more and ended up crying. The movie was just as emotional.
Yeah that scene hits the hardest for me
how do they film that with cats? Idk if you can train cats to not respond to that...
I swear , i can get sad at movies , never get sad reading books (no soundtrack and all that) , but i had a tight feeling in my throat at reading this part . it didn't help that i finished the book before sleeping , either.
I was reading thru my tears when I first read Mockingjay during that part
Fun fact: Suzanne Collins stated that her one regret was killing Finnick.
But the way they handled it in the movie was fantastic. Instead of finding a way to carve out time so the characters could mourn his death, the screenwriters didn't even give the characters the opportunity to process it before having to move on and run for their lives again. What a perfect way to drive home just how hellish war truly is. No time to mourn, no time to think, only time to run.
I’ve always thought this about the way it was written in the book too. He dies and they don’t get a moment to process, they just keep going. I closed the book and had to give myself a minute because I wasn’t quite sure what I had just read. Suzanne Collins is a phenomenally talented writer.
@Sab the entire ending, yeah it did. but finnick’s death specifically is what we’re talking about and that itself was intentionally rushed. That was supposed to be a fleeting, jarring moment.
I think Finnicks death is one thing they did better in the movie than in the book. It doesn't even come close to making up for the lack of Rue & Katniss' friendship, or the overall story building, but the movie definitely nailed Finnicks unfortunate end
@@ItsBasiKC Facts. In the book, Finnick is just another casualty of the Lizard mutts, but at least in the movie, he stayed behind to make sure everyone else got away(saving Katniss's life twice in the process) before dying
@Nic Name yeah tbh, first time I read it I didn't even fully realize he died. It seemed like weirdly glossed over for a character who was obviously meant to be a fan favorite
Every time I think about Prim's death, I think how all this started because Katniss volunteered to protect her and in the end she couldn't. All this rebellion simply because Katniss wanted to save her sister and her sister dies in the end. I can't imagine how Katniss felt.
like it was all for nothing :( ...
I especially love how she just stayed there while burning because she had “nothing to live for”… so heartbreaking 😩
@@j0j01192 her inner monogue describing how she feels in the book : "dead but not allowed to die, alive but as good as dead"...
@@YashamaruSensei true but if katniss didnt volunteer there would had been more hunger games and no peace for panem
@@gdesiree29 it is true, it was worth it if we're thinking about the big picture, for everyone else, but if we consider her subjective perspective, she started all this to save Prim, kinda just got dragged to be the face of the rebellion, and then the one person she wanted to save dies ... sure as hell doesn't feel like winning
Snow was absolutely honest when he was talking to Katniss. He knew what she was, and so he made the decision to never to lie to her. When I read the books, I wasn't suspicious at all of him in that scene, especially when he made that quote about agreeing to never lie. Snow is vile, despicable, and utterly ruthless, but when he says something he means it. The prequel "A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" really delves into his character, and the character of the FIRST victor from District 12.
They're making the prequel book into a movie in the future.
Thanks, man. If not for this comment, I wouldn’t even have known about the prequel. I haven’t read THG since middle school. I’ll have to check out ABoSaS.
I love Lucy Gray's character.
Where can I read "A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" for free? I heard it's about Katniss' grandmother and Snow when they were young??
@@henadelacruz8460 You could try your public library.
Donald Sutherland was the perfect casting for president snow. I remember when he won the best villian at an award show he went in stage and threw berries at the crowd, it was iconic.
he is a legend!!! I love how this movies put him on my radar and made me watch more of his work, amazing actor for sure!
The way he can smile while his eyes are not , like a psychopath , is just amazing . and of course , the way he can make anyone shut up and listen without even raising his voice
Crazy he's still alive after all this time. So many older actors from this movie series died in the upcoming years including Philip Seymour Hoffman (Plutarch) and recently Lynn Cohen (Mags).
@@quizzlybear Did you ever realize that Donald Sutherland was in the same movie as Kiefer Sutherland in "A Time to Kill" but you don't realize they're related in the movie. They give off completely different characters and upbringing in that movie. It blew my mind that I have loved that movie but only realized this fact maybe last year...but you honestly can't recognize that they are "related" as you would consider it.
The best is that he REQUESTED the role after finding the script. Sent director Ross an essay which basically led to most of the Rose garden scene bc they wanted more of him in it bc he understood the series so well.
It’s why he’s so good.
I love how Nikki called Tigris 'beautiful' as soon as she saw her, because Capitol called her bad names for her looks, so the contrast of that coment was amazing.
My first thought as well!
i hope they react to ballad of songbirds and snakes for her backstory!
@@ranniwolvesSame!!
Peeta going into the woods and planting primroses outside Katniss' house is just the purest thing
i love him so much 😭😭
That's peeta for u
I did not like Peeta in the least at the early part of the first movie but oh boy... By the end of the series Peeta was absolutely my favorite character, even more than Katniss.
@@andersonhbk Peeta.. was always the strong one. Katniss was strong in other ways, but he had the emotional strength to face and carry everything that he (they) went through. But the two of them together represent a brilliant contrast of the costs of trauma & war.
i have really big love expectations because of him 😭
Biggest ironic thing is, Snow was the only one that give condolences to Katniss about her loss at the end.
He kind of reminds me of Voldemort but obviously of THG. He is the villain but he is not who people really hate.
Peeta did too but I get your point
@@moonlitskylight5740 Hmm..... I think everyone in the wizarding world did hate Voldemort 🤔
@@erikperhs_ Oh yes of course, but who had the most hate, or more hate at least?
@@moonlitskylight5740 i'd say that pink umbridge bitch got the number 1 spot on the most hated character in the series
*Epilogue from the book for those that only saw the movies:*
"They play in the Meadow. The dancing girl with the dark hair and blue eyes. The boy with blond curls and gray eyes, struggling to keep up with her on his chubby toddler legs. It took five, ten, fifteen years for me to agree. But Peeta wanted them so badly. When I first felt her stirring inside of me, I was consumed with a terror that felt as old as life itself. Only the joy of holding her in my arms could tame it. Carrying him was a little easier, but not much.
The questions are just beginning. The arenas have been completely destroyed, the memorials built, there are no more Hunger Games. But they teach about them at school, and the girl knows we played a role in them. The boy will know in a few years. How can I tell them about that world without frightening them to death? My children, who take the words of the song for granted:
'Deep in the meadow, under the willow
A bed of grass, a soft green pillow
Lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes
And when again they open, the sun will rise.
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you.'
My children, who don't know they play on a graveyard.
Peeta says it will be okay. We have each other. And the book. We can make them understand in a way that will make them braver. But one day I'll have to explain about my nightmares. Why they came. Why they won't ever really go away.
I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away. That's when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I've seen someone do. It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years.
But there are much worse games to play."
I love it. 🙏
"My children, who don't know they play on a graveyard." 🥲
Jesus that's grim and so real 😱
This is just masterful! Such an amazing ending! Inspiring. Thank you for posting this for the people who haven't been able to read the final book.
Katniss finally having a breakdown when she walks in and finds Buttercup waiting at the window fuckin' KILLS ME every time man. Jennifer Lawrence did such an amazing job in this role. Loved re-watching them with you guys!
Gets me everytime tooo. I cry every time I see it
as far as I know she did this in first take
I feel like this scene doesn’t get talked about enough! It’s sooo emotional
The whole cast played their roles very well. imo still one of the best book adaptations.
My favorite scene in the entire franchise. Can't watch it without crying.
That quote in the end: "there are worse games to play," hits hard. Every time
Yo that epilogue is brutal
Thats my fav line. Cause ur so right it hits like a mack truck
Everytime I hear it I get a quick shot of grief in the center of my chest that aches it’s just so emotional. (I’m not exaggerating I literally feel like my heart stops and there is a hole in the center of my chest
It always makes me cry
Nikki’s comment about a love story without sex scenes ; I can agree with that whole heartedly 100 percent.
same
Watch Mr. Sunshine!
Totally agreed. Literally I haven't seen any love story in Hollywood where there's not a single sex scene. They just can't show a love that can last without any physically contact.
@@MR-lc4wb Mr Sunshine is amazing 😍
Agreed!
I agree with peeta always being used. He was used by haymitch and Effie to make Katniss look better before the first games, used by the district one tributes to get to Katniss, then used by Katniss to get sponsorships to survive. Then he was used again, literally told he was going to get married, just to get the capitol of there back. Then they didn't save him, and left him to be tortured and used as a weapon against the rebellion, and even once he was "saved" he is straight back to being used: as a weapon for snow to kill Katniss, and as a token for coin, to prove that they got him back and that he is "fine". This is without even thinking about how his whole family died in district 12 (in the books it mentions that they did not want to leave when Gayle was getting people to run). Peeta went through so much and managed to find his way back, he is such a great character
The sad part is he said before the first Hunger Game that he didn't want the Capitol to change him.
Actually from D13 he was used to kill Katniss too. In the book it's Boggs who says so, basically that since Katniss went "rogue" and that displeased Coin, she sent Peeta, hoping he would snap and kill her, thus creating some kind of "tragic story" that would fuel the rebellion, while also getting rid of Katniss.
@@MARYWTHER aah yes I had forgotten about that! It's been a while since I've read the books, thanks for reminding me! :)
Suzanne Collins has stated that she aimed to write The Hunger Games as anti-war books and I think she definitely accomplished that.
Unfortunately I think it gave a lot of people the impression that war is okay if you’re fighting for a just cause. Propaganda is a powerful thing, it can make the most frivolous of wars seem like a noble and just cause when in reality we’re being used by people like Coin and Snow to accomplish their goals.
To be fair, Katniss also didn't know exactly what her relationships were with Peeta and Gale until very late in the story. Hard enough to figure that out without PTSD and an active war zone.
Exactly. I loved that 90% of the series is her being like, "I have WAY bigger things to think about than which boy I wanna kiss. I can barely deal with all the traumatic stuff that's already on my plate - I'm not adding MORE to the mix."
In certain situations in your life, u see who people are and them changing
@@dlweiss I hate love triangles , but i didn't feel so irritated by this one , considering that it's not thrown in my face , it lurks there behind the main events
Exactly!!! Yes, Katniss was a fighter, but she was still a teenager experiencing the worst horrors. ... PEACE.
She even mentions this when they are in Tigris‘ basement and overhears peeta and gale talking about who of them she may chooses. She’s like really guys I can live without both of you at this moment I have other shit to worry about
Years later, Finnick and Prim’s deaths still hurt and are hard to watch
They did Finnick so so so wrong :/
For me it’s Finnick and Cinna 😢 Prim’s death was super quick and unexpected while Finnick and Cinna suffered when they died.
40:00 Snow wasn't worried about being killed by the crowd, AT ALL. He was laughing his ass off at the irony of the darling of the revolution -- Katniss -- killing Coin. Snow had told her the truth about what Coin had done and was willing to face his fate, either way. He just thought it a wonderful irony that she was to die before he did.
He was already dead. He was poisoned. That’s why he’s spitting blood when he’s laughing.
@@roems6396 wait he was poisoned??
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Yeah. You see him coughing blood right? He was already as good as dead. He had poisoned himself over the years so that he wouldn’t be suspected when he poisoned his political opponents. So he would spike the wine, and drink from it himself, but he had drugs that would keep the poison from killing him. I think it was in the flowers he wore, or something like that. I don’t remember exactly, but he was dying from poison. That’s why he was coughing blood, and is laughing hysterically when Katniss killed Coin. This little nobody from the worst district had defeated both of them.
@@roems6396 I think it's just his condition worsening
The shot of Katniss and her family out in the field, quiet and at peace, is just so important to me. Every story of rebellion should end with hope, and a found inner peace.
Wasn't in the books but it was a nice addition of what their lives were like after
@@KyleBrownsdon it was in the book. The last part. Katniss described it
But not every rebellion does and depends on what side your on. You could say it’s the yin and yang of rebellion 😉
You definitely wouldn't like the ending of the books then
Spoiler for the book version:
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The meadow the children are playing in for the epilogue is the site of the mass grave of the inhabitants of District 12. Katniss is thinking about how one day she'll have to explain that fact to her children. I'm glad the movie's version means a lot to you but just be aware they prettied it up for the big screen! I've not thought of it this way before but it's kind of ironic when a theme of the story is how deceptive TV media can be.
the fact that katniss started this entire journey to protect her sister only to end up losing her anyways is one of the many reasons why this series is heartbreaking while also being compelling. great reaction, and i'm so glad you both enjoyed the series!!! this movie is my favourite one.
It's a big part of what makes this a dystopian series. It was interesting to me as a more experienced reader, to see this series introduce them to the genre, which is one of my favorites.
It's symbolic that Katniss had been wanting to kill Snow for years now and the desire to kill him has fueled her rage - but she gave it up knowing she could only get one arrow off and she used it for the bigger threat. It's symbolic of her letting go of her need to get revenge.
You do realize Coin killed her sister lol. Like....it was absolutely about revenge. Whatever Snow did, Coin killing Prim made Katniss hate her even more.
Also coin was a bigger threat than snow. Because no had everything to lose and coin had nothing to lose so she was prepared to do a lot of things that snow in his position couldn’t. Even if he was fully capable of doing it.
@@gregdrake5069 it wasn't for revenge. the whole point was that Coin was about to restart the entire cycle and keep Panem a dictatorship, Hunger Games and all, just with her at the head. if it was for revenge only, we would've just skipped from Snow's revelation to the execution, but we had the scene in-between instead with Coin proposing a new games, and Katniss realizing what Coin's true intentions were. she wouldn't have had that realization without Prim, but that doesn't make it revenge.
@@heathersmith4042 I didnt say it was only about revenge, but revenge absolutely played a major part in Katniss killing Coin. If Coin didn't get Prim killed, there's a good chance Katniss wouldn't have killed her like that. Prim was the biggest factor.
@@gregdrake5069 yea if she hadnt killed prim, katniss probably wouldve just voted against the proposal of new hunger games and so wouldve haymitch, making it the majority
What you said about Peeta being used is especially tragic and heartbreaking when you remember his line from the first film "I want to still be me" and then he proceeds to go through 3 books of being used. It's awful knowing how much he'd hate that
Plutarch's letter was a nice way to cover for Phillip Seymour Hoffman's untimely death. It would have been great to hear him say those words himself but Woody Harrelson did a good job.
Harrelson lol.
I feel like it would have been better if they just changed it so haymitch said those things to her. It would have been more personal. A letter just seems like a copout, wasn't as meaningful as it could have been.
@@PlutozReal I don't know, it feels in-character for Plutarch.
He's pulled all the strings- and even though he may have cared for Katniss on some level, she was a means to an end. First, as the promises he made to Snow the allowed him to serve as Head Gamemaker for the Quell. Then as the figurehead of the rebellion. And finally- and less overtly- as the last piece needed to get Coin out of the way without getting any blood on his hands.
_"Maybe the country was shocked by tonight by your arrow, but once again I was not. You were exactly who I believed you were. I wish I could give you a proper goodbye, but with Coin and Snow dead, the fate of the country will be decided tonight and I can't be seen at your side... I'm sorry so much burden fell on you. I know you'll never escape. But if I had to put you through it again for this outcome, I would."_
He did as a Gamemaker does- focused on putting on a good show instead of worrying about the individual consequences (trauma, suffering, etc.). He would never miss an opportunity to be at a drastic turning point in Panem's history.
Also other thing with Plutarch was that he had to calm the hell that was Coin's death. He had to takeover and being even somehow close to the assassin wasn't ideal for him either.
A letter now - and a meeting in few weeks/months would work much better. Especially, as in books Katniss was seen as criminal and they actually had to originally cover this as a mistake of a weak crazed mind. Public was not ready to learn about Coin yet. It was also to ensure Katniss' safety - put her into the train the fastest they could.
"You love me, real or not?"
"Real."
That right there was the purest moment ever.
She needed softness and life. Peeta gave her that.
Peeta still has flashbacks and Katniss still has nightmares but they lean on eachother and that's okay, they were able to slowly move past it all... together.
🖤
One of my fav couples.
"Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until the flashbacks are over. I wake screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real."
😭😭😭😭
I AM SOBBING I FUCKING LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH I REMEMBER READING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME I WISH I COULD GO BACK
The funniest thing with Snow is that he could've chosen a quick, painless death, which he didnt deserve. But he would rather die horribly, beaten to death by an angry mob, as long as he took Coin down with him. His final laugh always makes me laugh. Coin was no better than him
It's always so emotional to me how in the end Katniss has not only one but two kids. She even says herself that she didn't feel that it would be safe to have children in that world/society, and the end is so symbolic because the kids are there to tell us that she feels safe enough to put other lives in the world now.
Or hope is greater than fear
Still one of the greatest book adaptations out there, straight from page to screen almost the whole series.
Katniss shooting Coin was heavily telegraphed in the movie, but in the book that came out of no where, I still remember the shock of reading that last line of the chapter and having to re-read it.
How was it tellegraphed?
@@cg6176 same way they saw it coming, coin's positioning and posturing, her delivery of the line "let your aim be true", and the pacing from Snow's conversation to the execution.
When reading a book everything is spaced out more and harder to visualize, your limited to your own mental interpretation of events, but when watching a movie there are cues there that people can easily pick up on like these guys did.
Not saying everyone would see it coming, but alot more would watching the movie as opposed to reading the book, it's not a criticism, just a fact of visual storytelling.
The fact that Gale was indirectly responsible for Prim’s death while Peeta shows up and plants primroses in front of katnisses’s house. Just a good detail about how Peeta is the true love interest all along.
Honestly I feel like he knew Prim would be in the Capitol when the bombs went off. He helped make them and wasn’t ignorant of Coin’s plan to release the bombs on the Capitol.
He absolutely knew Prim may die and still helped.
I'm doubting this really hard. Gale was in the Capitol the whole time with Katniss, he didn't know Peeta was coming, it's very reasonable he wouldn't know Prim would be there. He came up with the initial idea of the bombing that Coin executed, but I doubt he knew she would use it at that moment either. A lot of people put a lot of crap on Gale saying he killed Prim, but that's equivalent to saying the guy who invented the gun is the person who killed somebody else in a shooting. Ultimately, I find Gale to be a lot more innocent than Katniss thinks, heck he saved nearly a tenth of the population of Distrcit 12 before it was bombed, but he symbolizes everything bad that happens in war to her with his soldier's mentality.
Prim dying is symbolic. It’s the cost of war. In the books, Johanna says that you have to be willing to sacrifice EVERYTHING. In the movie, she says you have to be willing to sacrifice yourself. But In the books, she says everything. While Katniss agreed, I don’t think she had the thought of her family in mind. I think she was only thinking of sacrificing herself. Which is important to note because Johanna did sacrifice everything. She has no family left.
The breakdown Katniss had when seeing prims cat was perfectly done. She’d hated the cat from the beginning because it was another mouth for her to feed, then it became a part of Prim herself. Was so heavy Jen did an amazing job
Everything about the final book/movie in this series is just absolutely devastating, but also very honest. I feel like, despite the sci-fi/dystopia fantasy setting, it's also a very realistic portrayal of war and rebellion. It doesn't pull any punches, and the grand majority of everything that happens is heartbreaking. But that also makes the moments of hope so much more genuine and touching. Have always really loved this series.
sadly the movies dont do the story justice. probably impossible tho.
Yeah the books pull absolutely fucking 0 punches. Absolutely brutal. My fav dytopian novels
Calling this series a "realistic portrayal of war" is like calling star wars a space documentary.
@@andrewhills9391 😂 true but its more realistic in the way that its hell. War is ass. Its brutal and people die. And people have ptsd. To quote star wars, rebellions are built on hope. And you know thats pretty realistic.
@@andrewhills9391 and so you know. Mad jack churchill stormed normandy with a long bow and a sword. So there ya go
Peeta was tortured in just about every way. Pain, lack of sleep, seeing people he cared for killed, tortured to death, and listening to the torture of others. Darius a former peacekeeper from 12 lost his tongue and then was tortured and dismembered supposed for information. His prep team. He sawJohanna elextrocuted. He saw Lavinia killed by electrocution. Drugging him to distort his memories. Peeta was then sent into a warzone with his grasp on reality shaky. He kept picking up the boy with the bread from where they buried him
lavinia?
The saddest twist for me is Prim's death. Because she was the reason this whole story took place in the first.
Yep, Katniss did so much for her sister only to lose her
I feel so bad for Katniss, she didn’t ask for any of this! She was just a young girl who wanted to protect her sister, the capital and 13 put her on a pedestal that she didn’t want to be on, and in the end her sister still died by the people who said they are not like the capital, she is a victim and my heart hurts for her
Well said, Emily. I love Katniss and the Hunger Games movies, and especially because it ended happily for Katniss and Peeta, and their babies. .... PEACE.
I know it’s hard to believe, but the tunnel scene is even worse in the book. Small book spoiler…..they heard the creatures first and they were all whispering Katnisssssss…like her name as a hissing snake sound. The mutts were built to hunt her down. Snow is also associated with snakes so it was extra creepy on that level too.
the final book is a horror book, it's traumatic.
The movies really dulled down the monsters compared to how they were all described in the books tbh
I'm still bitter they didn't have the Mutts of the first movie have the faces of the dead tributes as they did in the first book.
@@northwind2538 I think its because they tried to keep it at PG 13
Ya, I would have really liked to see the wolf/dog mutts in the first movie with the dead Tributes faces on them.
In the books it’s months and months of bringing Peeta back from what the capital did to him. Katniss in the books describes herself and Gale as fire and Peeta as water I think? Well basically she is like I’m fire enough I don’t need more fire. Peeta brings her peace.
Peeta was described as ‘a dandelion in the spring’… or ‘bright yellow’ or something. Someone else in the comments pointed it out and directly quoted that part from the book
Yes, Gale is fire and Peeta is hope
I loved Snow’s death because, in the books there are two characters who understand each other better than anyone else… Katniss and Snow. That’s why when Snow told Katniss that it was thirteen that blew up the children and Prim, she believed him. She knew Snow was toying with her in the last movie because she understood him and the way he thinks. He knew, by telling her the truth about the final bombs, that Katniss was going to do something and it was going to be big. As much as he hates her, she never disappoints him and he’s kind of entertained by how intelligent she is. So he laughed when she killed Coin because he knew it. He knew she was going to figure it out.
The most heartbreaking death in the series was finnick's death for me. He was an innocent boy abused from a young age but never lost his inner purity. He stayed a good man and a hero till the last minute of his life and didn't get to enjoy happy times at all. I felt so sorry for him. He deserved a happy ending so bad. I cried so hard for him.
The cat scene get me every time without doubt.
Heartbreaking scene even though that cgi-Buttercup freaked me out.
The crazy thing is that the franchise IS aimed towards teens, but that just shows you the talent of the author and filmmakers. I love it so much and how it ages better every year. PS: This was indeed one of Jennifer's best performances.
Its depressing to know that the reason Katniss did all this was for Prim, yet in the end she lost her either way.
Coin is such a phenomenal character. It's often said that those who usurp tyrannical governments are often worse than the governments that are usurped. Coin is a perfect example of that, and Julianne Moore played her manipulation and bloodlust so well.
I think with gale he could never give katniss all she needed, peeta was willing to give her whatever she needed even if it was not him- thats how much he loved her. also in the books gale had a much bigger part in the design of the weapons to look like the sponsors, he wanted the war to end and got to a point that he did not care about the means, Prim was only 14, should not have been made a combat medic!!! so sad but a wonderful story
Coin sent Prim as a combat Medic, just like she sent Hijacked Peeta to her in the battlefield. It was a punishment to Katniss for disobeying orders and if Katniss didn't die by Peeta's hand, Prim's death would emotionally manipulate her to do Coin's bidding. The problem is, Katniss realized she was being manipulated, and she does what she wants.
Plus katniss and gale were too much alike. They butted heads a few times . I never saw that with peeta
@@gdesiree29 Exactly, Katniss need someone like Peeta who brings out the best in her. He's like a ray of sunshine in this whole mess
Katniss at the ending to the book really explains it best in her own words,
“That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that.”
It was never a love "triangle" because in the end, it would always be Peeta.
@@abbythyst that's exactly what I was referring to! I love this quote
What a fantastic ride! This has single-handedly revived my love for the series. May the odds be ever in your favor Nikki and Steven!
I knew Peeta was going to end up with Katniss in the end, the moment I read that Gale knew about Coin's plan to bomb the children. He might not have known until the last moment that Prim would be there, but it wouldn't matter to Katniss. In her eyes, he will always be responsible. But, also, Peeta understands the trauma of what they endured in the first two Hunger games better than Gale ever could. She was never going to end up with Gale, who was always looking to fight and be a part of war.
Great reactions to one of my favorite stories (movie and books). Happy New Year! Hope you all are feeling better.
Oh gale was a pain in my a.. during the books and movies. He was always so jealous and never willing to understand why she acted that way in the games. she was just trying survive and gale just be like "u kissed peeta, that hurted me". 🤣🤣
@@snotchy1 LOL! Yes. I get what you're saying. I never really liked Gale. It always seemed like he never really tried to understand the "game" Katniss & Peeta *had* to play in order to survive. He said the right words to Katniss, but I never really believed that even he believed what he was saying. Peeta understood Katniss on every level, not just romantically. This is why, I always figured that if they both survived, she would end up with Peeta. But, like Steven, I started to worry that Peeta wouldn't be able to come out of his trauma. I was so happy he was, at the least, able to control it.
@@snotchy1 also as soon as katniss kisses peeta and their love story began, gale now confess and kisses her .
Like now? All this time he didn't say anything. He was just butthurt that peeta got to her first..
Peeta had a crush on her and he was brave enough to say it during the games.
I don’t care about the love triangle i just evaluate them as individuals and Peeta brought the least to the table. Less than prim, and way less than Finnick or Joanna. In fact it was Gale who saved Katniss family in catching fire and that’s the only reason she has any family left at all
@@realSimoneCherie if u haven't read the books, u would grow to dislike him . He made katniss felt guilty in catching fire and he was acting like q jealous brat, war hungry guy. It doesn't matter if he saved her family, he made those bombs to kill the innocent and katniss couldn't look at him the same . He even asked katniss why she was so close to her prep team, just cuz they were from the capitol. He had a hatred towards the capitol citizens even the innocent ones . Peeta saved her life multiple times in the series . The books give peeta justice. At the end, gale was just toxic .
Katniss knew the insanity had to stop. Coin wanted to start the whole cycle over again and someone had to stop her. Brilliant ending with Snow laughing.
Gale's turning point was when he witnessed the fire bombing of 12. It changed him and turned him dark.
Agree. I don't hold that against him as much as other people do though
he always had a bad taste in my mouth but efter reading that he was the mind behind it KNOWING HEALERS WOULD COME AND HELP THE PPL aswell as knowing prim was becoming one of the doctors in D13... he knew prim was going to die.
@@lexxwippel he was fine in the first book. The second and third book, he got toxic and annoying.
He was dark Even before the bombings. Earlier in CF, he was just annoying and toxic . Somewhat heartless too, to certain people
@@lexxwippel he didn’t know, prim should’ve never been on the front lines she was only 13 and in the books a child had to be 14 to even start training to become a solider so coin approved her to go to the front lines then just to make sure she died sent the bombs gale and beetee made because she’s heartless. I’m not saying gale making the bomb was ok in anyway but he had no way to know it would kill prim.
Such a great series of books and films. I think too many people assume they are kids films and don’t watch them. They’re definitely some of my favourites to rewatch. So much emotion and content to think about plus great acting and agree this is Jennifer Lawrence’s best work for me. Haymitch reading Plutark’s letter gets me as they had to rewrite that with him reading his words due to Philip’s death before filming, so it feels quite emotional. I vaguely remember hearing that scene was the last thing filmed (I think) too. So pleased you enjoyed them. Definitely consider The Maze Runner trilogy, as I think you’d enjoy them.
I agree with you on Hunger Games but truthfully I don't really see them enjoying the Maze Runner, at least not beyond movie 1. Maybe time will tell though :)
Gale “lost” Katniss as soon as Peeta was reaped really. What P and K went through together, how they had to look out for each other - so much trauma bonding. Would he ever have had a chance otherwise? Maybe.
But ultimately it’s not about the love triangle at all; that’s just a distraction from the corruption at the heart of this country. The way the Capitol got hooked on it: it was just a part of the “circuses” in “bread and circuses”. Panem, pan, bread, the way bread works in each district and the reaping - all deliberately calling back to the Roman empire’s dissolution.
Agree wholeheartedly with your first point. From the first book, I thought she'd end up with Peeta, unless they died first.
My big thing is that Gale obviously had a thing for her but never outright admitted his feelings until AFTER he saw how she was with Peeta during the games. He was so jealous of Peeta yet he never made a move on her. It was like he expected her to eventually figure it out.
Trauma bonding DEFINITELY played a major role in Katniss and Peeta’s relationship, it’d be impossible not to form some kind of bond after dealing with the hunger games together.
Not only that, D12 marriage ceremony is “toasting bread” and feeding their partner, the way Peeta and Katniss met was Peeta BURNING BREAD, and feeding Katniss. They were endgame since page 50
In the book, Prim actually isn't the one sent in to talk to Peeta, it's an old school friend precisely for what you mentioned, that seeing anything related to her too strongly wouldn't work. Granted it still didn't work entirely but there's multiple characters in the books that they didn't put in the movies so those are alterations for movie's sake.
If I recall correctly, in the book Coin was the one who actually bombed the wounded as if they were the capitol to fully sway the remaining people to her side, and worse Gail was the one who designed the bombs for it.
in the book it was speculated by Katniss and Gale could not deny it might have happened. Katniss inner thoughts and Coins actions are suppose to lead us to believe in the books it was Coin's calculated decision.
You’re right. That’s how it is in the film too it’s just harder to understand because snow is the one who confirms it and he’s not very reliable. They mention the trap that gale invented earlier in the movie, set one bomb off and then when it causes them to flee to another area set one off there too. They knew the capital population was going to come to the mansion, it was broadcast on tv. They did it to make the capital citizens think snow had done it to his own people
This was supposed to be why Katniss 'chose' Peeta over Gale in the end. She could never forgive Gale for being one of the reasons that Prim is dead.
The reason isn't quite right, that was just what Snow thought. It was unnecessary, Coin would have easily won without it. In the book Katniss comes to the conclusion that Coin feared that Katniss would turn the people against her. Coin hoped for Katniss to die (which is why she sent Peeta with them), but when she didn't die, Coin wanted to emotionally destroy Katniss by making it look like Snow killed Prim. She even allowed Katniss to kill Snow so Katniss' hatred was full on Snow and she didn't care about Coin. But we have no confirmation whether that happened, it's just very likely.
@@maryrabinson3132 I remember the design of the bombs differently. Gale was good at making traps because he was good at knowing how others would react to things. The bombs were designed to prey on empathy. The idea was to set up a light bombing among enemies, just enough to wound but not kill. Then, when other enemies came in to help the wounded from the previous bombing, they would set off another set of bombs to obliterate everything and everyone in the area. The wounded were the bait, and the idea was to use human empathy against their enemies.
Take a drink every time Steven says "Intense"
Damn it I'm still hungover from the last reaction
Many people criticize "Mockingjay" as one of the weakest in the series. I felt that way after I read the book the first time, then I decided to re-read the book. After a second read, it became my absolute favorite book. The story goes really in-depth into the five stages of grief, PTSD, death, but also life. The third book is the most emotional and tries to transcend the games and take you into thinking more about how endless violence doesn't solve anything. My only complaint about the movie was that I think they shouldn't have made two parts and it should've been rated-R...
That scene with the little girl in the yellow coat was A LOT bloodier and violent in the book... it was the little girl who was shot, not her mother. Katniss describing the yellow coat sprayed in dark red blood was so f'ed up!
I completely agree with you! The first time I read this series, Catching Fire was my favorite. But I have now read these books 6 times and have grown up to truly understand that real meaning and symbolism throughout this series. Mockingjay is by far the best in the series especially with the very real depiction of war and society and what it means for humanity. I feel like people don't like Mockingjay for a few different reasons. One is they might be young readers, and also it doesn't have a Hunger Games in it. This book is much more mature and real. We are no longer in the "child's play" hunger games but in a very real war. In the end, the first two books were only setting up this one. (I absolutely love them all though). The new book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes might very well be my second favorite in the series.
Yeah it felt like in the movie they tried to downplay the rebels collateral damage or the damage the rebels do when they open fire on a open street full of civilians
cause they were worried how it would look to make the rebels not look too bad, even the bombing at the end can be blamed on Coin herself...
whereas in the Book Collins stressed that both sides had blood on their hands,
"weakest in the series" is not an insult. it's like "fourth best NFL quarterback of all time"
@@melaniemason1085 Interesting take, I can see how more mature readers would find more to appreciate in Mockingjay while teens would be all about the excitement of the Hunger Games and Catching Fire. Personally I can't put any of them ahead of Catching Fire though, the drama is so good and so intense and the story was never predictable.
@@bobdonda I think the movie was weak but not the book. But that was my interpretation of the book.
I think what makes this series of books/movies so sad is remembering how young that Katniss and Peeta are supposed to be. She’s like 16 at most and has witnessed so many people die, to hurt her or to antagonize her, while the adults around her are too busy plotting to really help her deal with her issues. Like she’s always in the line of fire and she’s unable to stop herself because this is what she does. No matter how broken she is Katniss continues to stick her neck out for others and you can see her wearing down further and further.
Pretty sure shes 18 bc its her last reaping right? In the first book/movie
@@championsgaming1 she was 16. Mockingjay she was like 18.
@@championsgaming1 Gale was 18. Katniss and Peeta were both 16.
@@Lill2895 right ok
Thank you for the perfectly timed "BONK". Got a hearty laugh out of me.
Same! 😂🤣
also same and I needed it
Same lmao that was too funny 😂 Such a tense/distressing scene, the perfect opportunity for a silly edit.
The thing that makes this series so great is that Suzanne Collins wasn't afraid of Killing main character I don't say I liked the fact that Rue, Finnick or Prim died but I also know that these deaths were necessary.
Promise me you'll find it
- Find what?
The life of a victor
I always get chills from that scene
It was definitely weird for it to be Prim (in the book, it's a character named Delly Cartwright who was a friend of Peeta's in D12, but I guess they didn't want to introduce another character this late).
Nikki's reaction to the sewer mutts was perfect. Just one long, extended, "Fuck No."
Katniss realized that the trap Gale invented to trap rescuers was exactly what happened, which tipped her toward realizing that it was the rebellion who did it. Snow was out of power. Coin was the one who might have continued to do damage.
Another thing I like, as a YA librarian, is how damned INTELLIGENT these stories are. Collins expected teenagers to understand that there was more than a random love triangle going on, and she used it symbolically so much better than the average YA dystopia--it wasn't just about Peeta vs Gale, but about what kind of life Katniss was going to embrace. Would it be a peaceful life at home, or was she going to keep burning up with Gale? There's the theme about how the media works, about how war keeps feeding on itself, how easy it is to slip from one dictator to another... it's almost the default result of revolution. Almost, of course. There are a couple of prominent counter-examples, but they are, historically, weird. And Collins just trusted teenagers to understand what was going on, and didn't talk down at any point. She just let the story happen. And I like how the mental stress isn't played down. Katniss is not automatically okay, she still has nightmares years later, but learns to be happy despite it, because it can happen.
I recommend the books. These are good adaptations, but there's a lot _more_ going on in the books. (You get to know Johanna better, for one thing, and she's a blast.)
Yeah, a seriously underrated story and YA novels. The brief craze it had, had many people believing it was just another teen movie. The fact that this, Twilight, Insurgence, etc. get lumped together because they all came out at the same time is ridiculous.
@@Helldog6 Yeah, I read a lot of YA, and there is no comparison between Hunger Games and any of those series.
I don't know if I took Rue or Prim's death worse the first time I watched these. I'm so incredibly happy you two decided to give these a go - I've loved every minute of watching you two react to The Hunger Games series and look forward to a New Year with you two bringing me lots of laughs!
RECCOMMENDATIONS: Interstellar, Scream series, Divergent, and The Strangers 2! I'd love to see your reactions and commentary to those films. Thanks again for the entertainment :)
I second all of those films and would also add The Edge of Seventeen for something funnier!
I recommend the Maze Runner series
I'm still not over Rue. Everytime I see her face I start crying
Prims death didn’t hit until the cat scene at the end
Honestly I was always more endeared to Rue
Idk if anyone explained this so I’ll try my best. This is also mostly a very respected fan theory, Prim is like 13 or 14 and in district 13 that isn’t old enough to be a medic in the field but yet we see Prim in the capital helping (you might be wondering how??) well Coin is the only person who could sign off on an order to put prim in the capital before she’s old enough. But why would Coin do that? Coin knew about the bombs that would be dropped and she knew they’d take out the first responders (Prim is a first responder). So Prim dies but why did Coin want that? Coin wanted that firstly to make Katniss agree to the symbolic hunger games bc she would want revenge. However Coin didn’t know about katniss’s conversation with Snow where he hints that it was Coin who called for the order to drop the bombs. So when katniss agrees to the symbolic hunger games it’s only so coin still thinks katniss is on her side (which she’s not since she later kills coin) and haymitch agrees as well bc he realizes katniss had a plan. And secondly Katniss is competition in Coins eyes if killing Prim would break Katniss’s spirit she might not challenge Coin because her mental state is so fragile therefore coin is “getting rid” of someone who might challenge her and keep her in line so she doesn’t become another president snow
Also I’ll leave this quote from the book where Katniss explains why she chose Peeta over Gale.
“But his arms are there to comfort me, and eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him "Real.”
The theme "Remember who the real enemy is" also echoes in the pre execution bits
@@paulwagner688 oh definitely! I love that recurring theme
I really recommend reading the books - from a different Katniss/first-person perspective and involving many more interestiing characters. Someday I hope they reboot this as a TV series, injecting past games (explaining, in-review/flashbacks like a sports documentary, how each Victor won their games) and personal narratives (especially such as Haymitch's win in the 50th /2nd Quarter Quell and why he burnt out mentoring 23 years of losing tributes, and how Annie survived the games only to go crazy and how Finnick originally didn't like her, or the fact that children were a rare thing in Panem while the human race was on the verge of extinction, etc) Lots more story-telling potential (and a prequel novel came out a few months ago.)
yes yes yes YES
Agreed, Netflix should do a tv serie
The books were actually a lot worse in terms of deaths and conditions. Finnick unfortunately was decapitated by those monsters. When I read that part while on flight, I actually yelled out loud!
You should understand where Peeta is coming from. He should NOT have been out there but it is not his fault. He was clearly suffering a PTSD induced panic attack when the guns went off. That culminated in him being triggered as a weapon. He was literally a POW. And the brainwashing he endured was not something you just overcome. He had literally been brainwashed into thinking everything he experienced up until then was a lie. And only what the Capitol told him was true.
I hate when reactors say he should die or doesn't deserve to live. Poor guy's been through enough.
Edit: I realize by the end of it Steve had warmed back up to Peeta but it just broke my heart hearing him say "he should have died." SO many reactors who watch this series have said that or other such sentiments and it breaks my little Empath heart. 🥺😭
And before somebody @s me...... violence during PTSD panic attacks or nightmares is Not abuse. Many soldiers with PTSD will hurt their SOs in their sleep or during a panic attack. They literally cannot help it as they literally feel like they're back in the battle field. It's why they get therapy and help.
Cannot agree more!! ❤️🔥
@@boredandwatching3140 ikr???? I literally had to stop watching White Noise's reactions to this series and their reactions overall because they just bashed on Peeta so hard. Even at the end. Said they thought he was irredeemable and should have died.
Peeta pretty much got Winter Soldiered, it's not his fault.
Also the whole reason he was there was because Coin made sure of it, hoping he would kill Katniss to eliminate a rival for her.
This series really makes you understand the hefty price of revolution, necessary as it may be.
I mean this is why we hold our founding fathers and every one related to the revolutionary war in such a high regard. Now you have people wanting to tear them down :/
@@noticemesenpai6585 Isn't that a good thing then? Isn't part of the point of the Hunger Games that blind hero-worship is bad? In my country we celebrate what our founders/liberators did... but we still treat the people themselves as just humans. And humans have flaws.
@@Painocus I mean you go onto say tearing them down is a good thing, but then talk about humans having flaws. So 99% of their life was amazing and worth praise but that 1% (their flaws) is the reason why people are wanting to do it. That's interesting.
@@noticemesenpai6585 I think owning slaves (in the US situation) or banning Jews (in my country's situation) are more than just a 1% flaw. People can be part of a good thing even if they themselves are severly flawd, we shouldn't confuse the people for the thing or let one make us blind to the other.
@@noticemesenpai6585 the founding fathers were terrible people though lmao They were all elitists and most of them had slaves and/or indentured servants. They refused to give women rights regardless of race, and they pretty much rebelled because they didn't want to do what rich White men still don't want to do (pay higher taxes to the government which was the monarchy at the time). There is no praise where stolen land and genocide (Native Americans) is concerned. Pointing out that they were mostly awful people isn't tearing them down. It's being honest about history and who they were as people. You can do great things and still be a terrible human being. It happens all the time. There are civil rights activists that I don't like as people but they did some good things for the group (civil rights covers a lot of different groups of people and every community has bad people).
That kiss between Haymitch and Effie was unscripted. Woody Harrelson leaned in to kiss her on the lips and Elizabeth Banks just went with it. Perfect moment that they left in the final cut.
Suzanne Collins is a genius to have conceived the “Hunger Games” books. Amazing. It must be quite something to know her in real life….
The moment when I cry the most is Katniss’s lullaby in the end of the last part. Like you are finishing this AMAZING story with what it all started. Her lullaby for Prim and then for her kids and Rue in these flowers around…
"Welcome to 76th Hunger Games" gives me chills every time too
I love the hunger games because of how real trauma is portrayed. It's incredible how each character shows a very genuine type of reaction to trauma, and this story literally nails it, from Katniss's mother, Haymitch, Peeta, Gale, Katniss herself...everyone's trauma reactions were on point and I love this story for it. Then there are the deep, complex questions that run throughout...like what is the role of the media and propaganda? When is a revolution justified and how many terrible things are you willing to do to accomplish your political goals? Where is the line between justice and revenge? Just so many really deep questions that remain relevant. Gotta love a story that can do that and make it so natural you enjoy every moment of it.
In the books it's said that Snow died by drowning in his own blood laughing at Coin's death
Somethings thats always got me about these movies and the general public is that they turned the hanging tree song into some sort of pop song on the radio and thats exactly what the capitol would do and its honestly just so powerful on suzanne collins part because shes thought it through so much and shes so right on how far society and money will go.
Just remember Snow got a more painful death than he would have by Katniss shooting him. He ended up being beaten and ripped apart while choking on his own blood. He didn't deserve a quick arrow to the chest.
I dunno but losing Prim is probably one of the hardest fictional deaths I've ever experienced. I grieved for her with the same intensity that I did for those at The Red Wedding.
Prim is honestly in my opinion the most brutal and shovking desth ive ever read. It came from left fucking field. I was not expecting it at all when i read the books. I had to put my book down for hours
@@championsgaming1 Same. I was not ready at all. I'm still not over it.
@@meghanmonroe im 22 i read it in 8th grade and i cant remember that moment vividly 😂
@@championsgaming1 lol I read the first book in 2011 or 2012, I believe. Right around the time when the movie was released. That would've made me 27 or 28 lol
I was also just digging into the Game of Thrones book series around that time.
@@meghanmonroe yeah game of thrones doesnt really do it for me. Im more about the lotr and the witcher tbh. But ive been trying to ger into the got books
i havent watch the movies in YEARS but rewatching with you guys made me want to re-read the books again cuz it definitely holds up.
I wish Catching Fire had 2 parts as well, would've loved to see Haymitch compete in the 50th Hunger Games in a flashback.
Yes!!!!!
There's a pretty good fan film on RUclips of Haymitch's games you could check out
Just imagine having to read about Finnick’s death… devastating! So glad you liked the series!!
Even after all these years after reading the books and watching the films this series will always be so close to my heart. Prims death Still chokes me up to the this day. Katniss’s breakdown with buttercup is absolutely gutting and heart wrenching. It always made me so sad that All Katniss wanted to do was save her sister and no matter how many hoops she jumped through and the sacrifices she made at the end of the day she still couldn’t save her
The amazing part of watching this in the theater was the fandom, a mean in Catching Fire when Katniss gave her speech in district 11 you can hear people sniffing, in the reaping scene when they were headed for the Quarrel Quell EVERYONE A MEAN EVERYONE IN THE THEATER DID THE THREE MIDLE FINGER SALUTE. At the end in Mockingjay with Coin and Snow death there was a lot of cheering. There's nothing so cool to watch this movies with people who truly LOVED this story.
35:08 Nikki is spot on.. When I first watched the series I thought the same thing.. You can have a beautiful love story play out and you don't need explicit sex scenes and in your face nudity. One of my favorite series of all time and I thoroughly loved you guys reactions to it. ❤
RIP and long live Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 - February 2, 2014), aged 46
You will always be remembered as a legend.
I love this movie because it depicts the war (even though it's fiction) as realistic as possible. There are monsters on all sides. There are no winners, only survivors.
I feel so sorry for Katniss. The whole thing began because she wanted to save her sister and she failed...
At the end, you can FEEL the trauma she's having. Very good acting on her part. Even though she has a husband and kids. You can see it in her eyes, that she's half-dead anyways, as expected from all the traumatic shit she had to go through... Honestly, it's a miracle she didn't go insane...
That boop noise added during the goul scene had me in tears! 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
Jennifer Lawrence is amazing in Winter's Bone. Definitely catch that as she is SO good in it (her first Oscar nomination) and it's a great, intense film.
Took too long to find this comment, hope they see this! It’s a good movie, I think they’ll enjoy it.
When I first read these books, I was katniss' age and my little sister was rue/prim's age so it was traumatic reading that for me and still makes me emotional to this day 😭. I just don't even want to imagine losing my sister.
Loved your reactions 🥰🥰
The Games and the war had a lasting effect on everyone. Gale never got picked to fight but it still brought him to the point where he chose violence and revenge. The fact that he may have been involved in creating the bomb that caused Prim's death is one of the most tragic parts of this story. As Katniss said, "killing is always personal". Gale learned that the hard way 🥺😭💔
Ironically Snow is one of the few people that you can trust in the series.
He’s a garbage human being but he never gives you any reason to distrust him either.
Yes he does lol. Look at the quarter quell. The one and only saving grace to the games for people forced to play was if they managed to win, they were free from ever going back. Snow changed a rule that had been in place for 74 years to eliminate threats, and pretended it was in the quell rules.
@@gregdrake5069 He was only ever 100% honest to Katniss about what his intentions were. Meanwhile, Coin was the true snake -- making promises she had no intentions on keeping and gaining the trust of the vulnerable.
@@Zack-bt3mk Honest when it suited him. Honest because he knew the best way to get Katniss to cooperate with him was to show his cards. I just find it so funny that people act like Coin is worse because Snow is "honest" lmao. They're equally awful. They're the same exact person. Power hungry monsters who will kill anyone or do anything to keep people in line. The only difference is Snow is more sadistic. He seems to enjoy causing pain
You are aware his signature move is poisoning people and drinking the poison himself nobody would suspect him lmfao. Honest, really?
@@Zack-bt3mk He was honest to Katniss alone. Thats it. His famous act was poisoning people, and drinking it himself to make himself look innocent. He was just as much a two faced snake as Coin. Hell, even when he says he doesn't kill children wastefully is a lie. He killed Haymitch's girlfriend and brother because Haymitch used the force field in his games.
This shit was intense! That was an incredible journey. It was really awesome to see you guys exciment for each one of these films of this amazing saga.
The Hunger Games is such a good film series. It’s definitely one of my favorites. I strongly recommend the “Maze Runner”. It’s also such a good film series, with a lot of emotions, unseeable twists and great acting. You guys should definitely give it a shot. I also recommend “Inception”, one of Christopher Nolan’s best works.
Can we all just stop and appreciate how bruised Steven's bicep is going to be with Nikki pinching the heck out of it throughout the movie?
You guys are really on point. In the book Katniss actually chooses Peeta exactly because of what you said. Gale is too much like Katniss, he's too much into war, into the end goal whatever means necessary. Peeta is the peace Katniss needed and that's why she chose him.
There's a prequel book to the series called 'The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes' that the studios will adapt into a movie in the next 2/3 years. The book is a masterpiece, everything Suzanne Collins writes is amazing.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes which is the prequel book to The Hunger Games is gonna be released as a movie in 2023 from the same director of Catching Fire/Mockingjay! you guys should react to that when it comes out
Just wanted to say thank you for reacting to these movies!! I found your channel from the first hunger games reaction and I’m so glad I did. The Hunger Games is one of my all-time favourite franchises so it was so awesome watching these reactions on RUclips/Twitch. Everyone wants that feeling of watching their favourite movie for the first time again, and this was about the closest I could get to that haha. Getting excited all over again when you reacted to things the same way I did, and finding it interesting when you have different opinions/takes on it. I watch a lot of movie commentary RUclipsrs and you guys have become one of my new favourites :)
Also! It’s great that you showed such interest in Snow as an antagonist because there is a prequel called “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” which follows a young Coriolanus Snow as he “mentors” the district 12 female of the 10th hunger games (at this point they obviously didn’t have enough victors to make them be the mentors so they appointed Capitol students). It adds SO much depth to the story, his character, and his hatred for Katniss and everything she represents. It also shows you how the games began and it’s interesting to see how much they’ve changed and evolved. If you’re into reading I would HIGHLY recommend it, as well as the original trilogy while you’re at it. It has been confirmed to be made into a movie which is super exciting!!
Anyway, looking forward to the wrap party on twitch☺️🥳
I haven't heard that many F-bombs in a row since Steve Martin was at a rental car counter in Planes Trains and Automobiles...lol. Thanks for the video, loved this reaction series.. Looked forward to the finale coming out :)
It was amazing to experience these movies again through your reactions! So much fun, Thank you ❤
in the first installment katniss said that she wouldn't want to have a child (or something like that), not because she didn't want a child but because she couldn't think about having a family. it wasn't safe to add a child to the equation when the capitol would made sure they lived in poverty or would eventually taken her babies and had them fight to their death for entertainment. the subsequent installments also introduced the threat of her being forced into a relationship and pretending to be a celebrity couple for the sake of pacifying the masses on both sides of the rebellion.
so in the end when she could safely and consensually decided to build a family and had children with Peeta is an absolute winning for her personal agency.
Welcome to the fandom! This is by far my favorite book to movie series. It’s done so well. You should absolutely read the books if you loved the movies. You feel for Katniss the whole way through and Peeta is the best.