Mags, A true Hero. Her love for Finnick and her protection of Annie by volunteering, knowing her life was almost over anyway was just so selfless. Then basically giving up her life so Finnick could carry Peeta, knowing him and Katniss were the spark of the coming revolution. What a woman
@itsrachwhoelse Жыл бұрын
In the books, Katniss is very honest with Gale and tells him she cannot choose between him and Peeta, she has no room for romantic love, the only emotion she feels 100% of the time is fear. It’s important to note that she kisses him when she thinks it’s what he wants from her or to comfort him. Also in the books, there are only two kisses that come from her feeling emotionally close to someone and actual physical desire. The first is in the first games in the cave after Peeta finally gets medicine & the infection he got from the sword wound is healing. The second is also Peeta on the beach after he basically tells her that it’s okay not to love him that way, as long as she is alive and happy. I’d have kissed him for that too lol.
@m00n_beetle Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if anyone answered this for you in the comments of your reaction to the first movie, but Haymitch has one of the saddest backstories, and I don't think I could ever forget it. He was the winner of the second quarter quell, so this movie/book takes place exactly 25 years from his victory game. The challenge for that game was that there would be four tributes from each district; which means that Haymitch was up against twice as many kids. He was only 16. At the start of his game, the tributes were amazed by the beautiful arena, and many were too stunned to get off their pedestals. Haymitch used this to his advantage and was able to easily get a knife and a backpack of choice from the Cornucopia. Eighteen kids ultimately fell during this opening act. At one point in the game, Haymitch made his way to the edge of the arena where he hoped he would find something useful. The edge unfortunately only had a cliff, but Haymitch decided to explore the edge of the cliff anyways. He ended up knocking a pebble off that unexpectedly bounced back while he rested. Curious, Haymitch picked up another rock and threw it off the cliff. The force field around the arena threw it back right into his hand, at which point he started laughing. Haymitch and one of District 1's female tributes were the final two. Despite her being larger and stronger as a Career, both sustained severe injuries during their fight. Haymitch, at one point, sliced her eye out, and he himself was hit in his abdomen by her axe. After being disarmed, a weakened Haymitch staggered through the forest while holding his intestines in, with the District 1 female in pursuit behind him. Haymitch eventually reached the cliff he found earlier just as the District 1 female tribute threw her axe, aiming for his head. Haymitch collapsed from his injuries before it reached him and it missed, flying over the cliff. With both tributes unarmed, the District 1 female tribute stood in front of Haymitch, thinking she could outlast him by staunching the flow of blood from her eye wound. To her utter surprise, the axe rebounded off the force field back into the arena, killing her when it buried itself into her head, leaving Haymitch the victor and District 12's latest in four decades. Two weeks after he was crowned victor of the Second Quarter Quell, Haymitch's mother, younger brother, and girlfriend were all killed by President Snow because of the stunt that he pulled with the axe and force field; which was perceived as an act of defiance that made the Capitol look foolish. As seen in the first movie/book, Haymitch becomes an alcoholic due to the horror of his game, his grief over his family's and girlfriend's deaths, and the overwhelming guilt he felt from being obligated to participate in the games he hated while each and every one of his mentored tributes died in them. Also, I would be in district 7 (lumber)! I'm from the pacific north west, so I wasn't too surprised to find that out lol
@plaidmoon5642 Жыл бұрын
I'm in the Pacific Northwest as well, but the Panem maps I find are all very different from each other. According to them, I'm in either District 1, 2, 3 or 7. I think District 7 makes the most sense.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this amazing backstory. I don't remember any of this from the books. But that was a very long time ago. Thanks
@smdownh9 Жыл бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMovies the kiss with Peeta in the 2nd game was the only time Katniss kissed anyone with romantic attention the others were sympathy kisses or to save her and Peeta life and first Hunger Games
@TabaquiJackal906 Жыл бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMovies And! In Haymitch's arena, everything was beautiful but completely toxic and/or deadly; all the flowers, fruit, butterflies, etc....
@BrightStick14 Жыл бұрын
Katniss aiming the arrow at the force field but it looks like she is aiming it at President Snow is one of my favorite shots in these movies!
@badgaltinginnit Жыл бұрын
Just a clarification from your last reaction: the 3 finger salute is a district 12 symbol that they do at funerals. It means farewell/a gesture of respect - thats why its such a big deal when district 11 uses it in solidarity. Snow does not like the districts colluding at all and this gesture spreading is an indication that hes got a problem on the rise.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
OH, very interesting thanks. appreciate that
@gunnfredriksen Жыл бұрын
14:07 Katniss doesn't love Gale in a romantic way. This is made very clear in the books, although I understand if it's not very clear in the movies. Gale's her closest friend and the only person she really feels she can be herself around. At this point she is pretty sure she won't return from the games. She's already made a deal with Haymitch to keep Peeta alive, which means she will die. The kiss is her way of saying goodbye to her best friend.
@vanyadolly Жыл бұрын
I kind of like how they've portrayed it in the movie. Katniss is understandably confused and unsure, but the audience can tell that she loves Peeta before she realizes it herself.
@kierarene6604 Жыл бұрын
This was one of the VERY few movies where I was blown away with how much it was like the book. I was so excited in the theatre.
@sharpgirl72 Жыл бұрын
Finnick and Mags are from a coastal fishing district. That's why you see Mags tying fishing lures, and Finnick's weapon of choice is a trident (3 tip spear). Their districts main accident is DROWNING. This is why Finnick knows and gives Peeta CPR. Katniss does not recognize this act. The main accidents in the Coal district are explosions and cave-ins. Burns and broken bones.
@virsaviat2325 Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the weapon you mean is called a trident
@sharpgirl72 Жыл бұрын
@virsaviat2325 oh yeah! Trighton.... Little mermaid
@virsaviat2325 Жыл бұрын
@@sharpgirl72 I'm pretty sure it's Hunger Games we're talking about ;) And yes, the weapon is called a trident. Btw, how old are you, sweetie? Like, 12? :)
@sebastianargote7494 Жыл бұрын
In the books, they go over the Quarter Quells in more detail. Each Quarter Quell is different, meaning that every 25 years there's a twist to how the tributes are picked. The 25th Hunger Games had the districts themselves elect who was going to be sent to the games. The 50th Games had double the amount of tributes, meaning that each district sent two male and two female tributes, making it 48 tributes in total. These were the games that Haymitch won. Another detail present in the books is that Katniss and Peeta watched tapes of each of the victors' games in order to better know their opponents. There is also an additional career district in the books, District 4. For what ever reason they made a normal district in the films.
@tawhneebaby Жыл бұрын
Yes that is also where the little girl that told Katniss she was going to volunteer was from as well as where Finnick is from.
@that.ll_do_pig Жыл бұрын
The naked scene in the elevator is even funnier after Jena Malone told a story about it going to the wrong floor and a guest was there: "I finally got all of the timing bits down," Malone says. "And as I turned to go, the elevator doors opened. And there was a guy holding two cups of coffee from Starbucks trying to get onto the elevator. I just walked out. I was like, 'OK, keep going!' And he was totally unfazed. It's like me, naked in all of Joanna's glory, and then Woody Harrelson, Jen (Lawrence) and Josh (Hutcherson) and the camera operator behind me."
@sharawade Жыл бұрын
You have to remember that Katniss is 17 so she's emotional and is having a difficult time understanding her feelings.
@gailseatonhumbert Жыл бұрын
Katniss Everdeen’s Three-Fingered Salute Has Become a Real-Life Symbol of Resistance in Thailand In “The Hunger Games,” a three-fingered salute indicated resistance. Now it does in Thailand and Myanmar, too.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
That's very interesting
@tgriffin8179 Жыл бұрын
District 13 hints were dropped earlier- easily missed when you are providing reactions and commentary. Re the end: Katniss figured out that Beaty was trying to short out the arena and finished the job getting zapped in the process which paralyzed her. These movies are some of the rare ones where I advise people to read the books before seeing the movie because the plot simplification can make it hard to follow. Keep’em coming!
@Parallaxus Жыл бұрын
I watched the first movie, which then enticed me to read the next two books while waiting for the movies to come out and I definitely agree with reading the books too. The movies follow the books closely, but the books explain much more that isn't told in the movies. One of the scenes stands out where Katniss sees Peta touch the force field in Catching Fire and, in the book, she doesn't understand what finnick was doing when he was giving Peta CPR and thought finnick was kissing Peta and was about to attack him. This of course, can't really be shown in the movie as it is her thoughts. She just has to show confusion in the movie.
@kathyastrom1315 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite images in the entire series is here, the painting that Peeta made of Rue for his assessment. I would have loved to find out if his and Katniss’s assessment tasks were the only “f-- you” ones done by the tributes.
@babs3241 Жыл бұрын
I can certainly imagine Johanna giving them a glimpse of the full moon as a talent...
@MissAPierce Жыл бұрын
I know. I really like Peeta's portrait of Rue, as well, and have wondered the same about the other tributes' assessments. I like to think Mags just took a nap.
@clover2739 Жыл бұрын
All of the tributes were saying they are going to do stupid stuff for their assessments before they went in, one said they’d just model and mags said she’ll take a nap for 15 minutes. Which got Katniss thinking about what she’ll actually do. If they actually did anything like that, I’m not sure.
@noelleanglade1412 Жыл бұрын
The second one is even better than the first one because it’s more accurate to the book! (I think they got a different director for Catching Fire…) Also it has even better songs on the soundtrack than the first one! My favorite song on the soundtrack is Atlas by Coldplay, (it also has a really beautiful lyric video as well with stars and constellations!) my second favorite song is Who We Are by Imagine Dragons, and my third favorite song on the soundtrack is Everybody Wants To Rule The World (original song by Tears For Fears-covered by Lorde!)
@XFactOG Жыл бұрын
Fun fact- the snow scenes were filled in oakland/ringwood NJ
@alisong826 Жыл бұрын
“That(!) is a nice caboose!” I started cracking when I went back and saw how nice that TRAIN caboose was! Highlight of my Monday! 😄
@aleatharhea Жыл бұрын
Hello. I live in Austin Texas. I looked it up on a Hunger Games district map, and I'm underwater. 😁
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
OH NO!!!! Really.... I'm so sorry. That is super funny though.
@UncensoredScion Жыл бұрын
The slip at the start makes no sense in the film for a very important reason. remember in the first film how Peta hurt his leg and Katniss got the cream thing to heal it? Well it wasn't a perfect healing but it was working. Then Cato at the end uses the machete to slice open Peta's leg - right on the part where it was healing and worse it was down to the bone this time. They had to amputate it because they couldn't fix it and it was already going gangrenous. So when he and Katnis meet at the start of the 2nd movie in front of the cameras, he's walking on a blade foot in the book and doesn't know yet how to navigate on ice (it's very hard to walk on ice at all with a prosthetic, trust me I know) and he steps on ice, slips, grabs Katnis and the both of them go down in a heap. I don't know why they cut that revelation out as it remains a big part of his character that he's injured and Katnis blames herself for his frailer body.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
Well that is a HUGE change. I'm sure they took it out so they didn't have to deal with the CGI or him limping things like that.
@tawhneebaby Жыл бұрын
I don't know which district I would be in. Maybe others can help. I am in the Northern California. Also, what's interesting about Joanna is that in her games, during her training and evaluation, she underperformed on purpose so no one would think about her during the games but since she is a skilled axman she killed the last tribute and won. She was always outspoken and was warned about running her mouth, by Snow. He threatened to kill her whole family if she didn't stop. She didn't stop, and saw her entire family wiped out. She lived as a recluse until the 75th game. Like Katniss, she was the only surviving female and that's what we see in the movie.
@sharpgirl72 Жыл бұрын
You see Katniss throwing rocks into the forcefield while walking along the arena perimiter trail. In the book, they are a type of acorn she uses, and they get yummy roasted and Mags fills her cheeks like a chipmunk. 🐿
@tia2d381 Жыл бұрын
Ha! Some of the maps think I would be living in the wilds.
@couch.patati-patata Жыл бұрын
Speaking of Boot of Shame, do you know about the Cone of Shame? You like dogs, you'll like Doug. If you watch the movie Up.
@specialagentweener1073 Жыл бұрын
I live in hawaii... which makes me district 14. Lol I just created it. We're awesome. We make hula skirts for their tropical theme parties in the Capitol.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
Love it!
@3DJapan Жыл бұрын
RIP Philip Seymore Hoffman
@bobapjok4241 Жыл бұрын
I cant remember, but i feel like there was much more info about Snow spitting up blood in the books that clarified all that.
@karenlackner192 Жыл бұрын
Philip Seymour Hoffman 😢 such a loss
@shallowgal462 Жыл бұрын
The 13th district was destroyed before the first film, for rebellion, as an example.
@laniesullivan2605 Жыл бұрын
District 3 here, same as Wiress and Beetee.
@nancyomalley6286 Жыл бұрын
The victors having to be reaped is a direct violation of the Treaty!
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
Oh it is???? That's interesting, they made it appear like this happens every 25 years so I was very confused they didn't see this coming.
@ambera7159 Жыл бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMovies Well, every 25 years there’s a new twist, not necessarily that the victors will get reaped. For example: Haymitch’s game was the last Quarter Quell, and they reaped double the amount of tributes for it.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
@@ambera7159 I don't remember any of this info from the books. That's crazy. So there was like 50 people in the games? CRAZY!
@nancyomalley6286 Жыл бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMovies The Quarter Quells do BUT for this particular Quell, Snow is violating the treaty just to 'legally' kill Katniss. The last Quarter Quell, that Haymitch was in, they had twice the number of tributes, but it didn't violate any treaties. This one did because winning tributes are promised a life of peace afterwards
@jettqk1 Жыл бұрын
Based on the maps I've seen, I guess I would be in Dstrict 12 in Northern Virginia, but I never understood why the maps were so big. If everyone in each district is supposed to show up to the Reaping each year, there's no way people in poorer districts could travel from hundreds of miles away. I always imagined District 12 in the book as being somewhere in the Smokies and there just being a lot of distance between each of the districts.
@rebeccagibbs4128 Жыл бұрын
i was under the impression that due to war and stuff the districts were all centralized after the population took a massive hit due to weapons of mass destruction. In the books the 'no mans land' where Katniss hunts is surveilled by drones etc which i think is a good way to keep the population largely contained to their districts and allow for easy reaping every 12 months
@bobapjok4241 Жыл бұрын
I always felt the twist in this was amazing.
@celiashen5490 Жыл бұрын
JENNA MALONE!!! 16:40 Sassiest wink I ever saw.
@goldieschooch85129 ай бұрын
Crazy twists!
@Blaskor314 Жыл бұрын
District 8 here (I think...depends on which map you find) (Nebraska) District 13 was supposed to have been destroyed (it was mentioned in the first movie) by the Capital during an rebellion that started the Hunger Games (75 years ago)
@buckbeak727 ай бұрын
Loving the reactions. One of my favorite book series. Big sushi fan here, since you asked 🍥 🍜 🥢
@babs3241 Жыл бұрын
There are various maps (none in the books; they just give hints). The districts don't all join up, so there's a lot of unaccounted for land out there that just belongs to Panem, which is like the woods outside D12, where Gale and Katniss poach game.They don't just leave 12 and go to 11 in the train. The leave 12--cross the fenceline--in 12, then travel for quite a long ways before they get to the fence of 11; all of that is outside either district. I think I'm outside 2, probably to the south (I'm guessing d2 is in Colorado from various hints, and the Capitol almost has to be in Utah). D4 makes the most sense around the Gulf of Mexico, so I'm probably right between them. I grew up between 12 and 13. (I once did a whole essay on where the districts would have to be. Because I am that OCD about it. ;p)
@christopherb501 Жыл бұрын
Obligatory algorithm-boosting comment.
@ElliotLowell Жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for you to drop this!
@robzzf Жыл бұрын
THE BEST MOVIE
@hgijanto Жыл бұрын
I love this set of films so much. My husband even gets excited for your reactions which is saying something cause he generally avoids KZfaq. Thank you.
@emilysmith259 Жыл бұрын
I am from Oregon so that puts me in Joanna's district of Loggers- that would be District 7.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
That makes sense.
@dabegmister Жыл бұрын
You should definitely check out Captain Phillips. It's a movie about a cargo ship that Got Hijacked near the coast of Somalia it's a true story and Tom Hanks plays the captain you would really like it
@cinemacodey Жыл бұрын
I would be in District 10 apparently. Livestock, Farming and Fishing, makes sense I live in Oklahoma.
@js67296 ай бұрын
The events in these movies is the very reason we (in the U.S) have the 2nd amendment...
@russellward4624 Жыл бұрын
I'm definitely a sushi fan. 寿司を美味しいです
@kellyb3211 Жыл бұрын
May the odds be ever in your favour
@amandadgl3936 Жыл бұрын
District 2 here
@TabaquiJackal906 Жыл бұрын
I love these movies and books so much. It's been fun watching you react! But please - think about it this way...Katniss is 17, she has PTSD, she knows if she doesn't 'love' Peeta enough/correctly she, him, her whole family will die, Gale will die (since Snow knows about him) - maybe her whole district. She's in total fight-or-flight at all times, her emotions are all over the place. She can't 'make up her mind' - she doesn't CARE about having a romance or a relationship, she only cares about convincing Snow and saving her family. Plus - she doesn't owe either boy a 'relationship' or 'love' - that's a them problem.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
Very good perspective
@tylerelfling8430 Жыл бұрын
Sushi? No thank you Fish and chips? Yes please haha
@geekasaurusrexy Жыл бұрын
I don't care for the texture of sushi but it does taste good if prepared right.
@Metal_89 Жыл бұрын
Assuming I found the correct map (there are TONS of different ones...) it looks like I'd be in District 3.
@3DJapan Жыл бұрын
Since you asked, I am a sushi fan. I had some of the best when visiting Japan.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
I just don't think I've been exposed to "good" sushi. Iowa isn't know for it's aquatic life.
@couch.patati-patata Жыл бұрын
The baby.
@kathybrown6763 Жыл бұрын
Hello, Hope you are all well. Enjoy!
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
Thanks, you too!
@badgaltinginnit Жыл бұрын
I know you say you want katniss to make up her mind, but next time try looking at the differences in the way she kisses gale vs. Peeta. The way her intimacy is started with each is also an indication of where her head is at. Katniss is hard to read, but theres def clues.
@couch.patati-patata Жыл бұрын
Watch Divergent, Irreverent, Revenant. It's a series, they stopped doing it after the third one. The fourth was supposed to be the finale but they got bored with it.
@QuinceyG Жыл бұрын
The next few really are exciting with the revolution against the Capital. And yes, Cena is more than beat up :(
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
oh man :-(
@niepieisme9830 Жыл бұрын
❤❤
@philipholder5600 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps she just enjoys hunting.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
Maybe, it is very peaceful even if you aren't hunting. Just being out in the wild with your thoughts.
@tarzapopohead Жыл бұрын
Without Harrison, Hoffman a and funny dress lady there would be no good acting in this movie. Like normal the books add the info that clears up confusion.
@ranniwolves9 ай бұрын
crazy thing to say when jenna malone, donald sutherland, sam claflin, josh hutcherson, and jennifer lawrence are in this
@FestivalFacePaintArtist Жыл бұрын
Technically she is not with any guys at this point.
@tia2d381 Жыл бұрын
Remember she is only 16. She shouldn't have to commit at that age.
@MoMoMyPup10 Жыл бұрын
@@tia2d381 the point that everyone seems to forget
@harveythepooka Жыл бұрын
You seem really frustrated by this movie, lol.
@AwesomeUSMovies Жыл бұрын
I just really don't like the they boy that boy thing? I hope they put a stop to that in the next one.
@ranniwolves9 ай бұрын
@@AwesomeUSMoviesto be honest, no one does. it was forced not only by suzanne collins’ book editors, but by the hollywood movie executives too. gale was never supposed to be a love interest