Like this comment to pay your respects to Rue ❤🫡 thanks for watching and I’m hype for CATCHING FIRE!

13:22 "This mentoring is very taxing stuff" "You've been doing it for five minutes!" Unfortunately, Haymitch has been mentoring the District 12 tributes ever since he won his Hunger Games many, many years ago. As you'll notice, he's the only District 12 Mentor, meaning no other District 12 tribute has survived. He has been forced to mentor a lot of kids that didn't make it.

The dog things were so creepy in the books compared to the movies. Each one resembled a tribute who had died in that year's Games, wearing a collar marked with the district number, and they had human eyes. The resemblance was so strong that Peeta thought they had been made using the dead tributes' real eyes.

The three-finger salute is a District 12 tradition - representing goodbye, admiration, and unity. The crowd used the three-finger salute to say goodbye to Katniss when she volunteered and show their respects. According to Katniss (in the book), this gesture was old and rarely used by this point, so you can think about the meaning of everyone in the crowd doing that when Katniss volunteered.

One thing I like about this series is how Katniss and Peeta have different skills that make them crucial to their continued survival. Katniss is the fighter and Peeta knows how to work the crowd.

So the bread was kind of a big deal in the books , both Katniss and Peeta were 11 at the time ( in the games there both 16). Katniss dad died in the mines and her mom fell into a depression episode and would do nothing, so the food run out and Katniss had to find a way to feed her family because they had not eaten days, but had no luck. So in the post she had given up and she sat there and was like let me wait for death, Peeta saw her and burnt the beard on purpose to give it to her, knowing his mom was going to beat him for burning the beard. That kindness gave Katniss hope and renovated her and she started hunting, so she saw Peeta as good, someone who saved her family, so she had a soft spot for him but she was quiet and reserved in the start because she want in with the mind i have to ki** who ever is reaped, her first thought when they called his name is " no not him anyone but him". Also that the deal with her relationship with her mom, she's cold with her because when she was 11 she could not rely on her mom in the hardest time for the family, Katniss had to become the provider at 11 and never stop because she could not trust her mom to take care of her and Prim.

For Katniss to mourn & honor the body of Rue, someone not even from her district, was definitely seen as defiance of the capitol even though for her it was just the obvious thing you would do for someone.

I've said this in the past, but it's always true: Donald Sutherland makes a really good villain as President Snow. It's kind of the same paradox with Imelda Staunton/Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter: a delightful actor playing such a vile, despicable character. Also....RIP Rue. She did not deserve the fate she was given.

46:22 "And we haven't cared about anyone else dying in the Hunger Games" When I watch reactions, a lot of people hate Cato and the other more sadistic Tributes and root for their deaths, or immediately latch on to Katniss (and maybe Peeta) as someone they sympathise with more simply because we see things through their eyes. That always makes me really appreciate what Susanne Collins did when she wrote these books. At the start, everyone watching the movie is talking about how crazy it is that everyone watches the broadcast at all times, placing bets and being invested etc. By the time Glimmer is dead, a lot of reactors say that they do not feel bad for her. Because she's a bad person, and hellbent on killing, and she's a murderer, right? But she's a kid - one of the kids in the richer Districts that is raised from birth to expect death, to train to kill, to entertain the masses with murdering other children. Their parents enrol them in that training before the children have a chance to start thinking rationally. Glimmer, Cato, that little group is 100% a product of the world the Capitol has built, where this is normal. If you were raised that way, I honestly believe there are two options - you either wouldn't have survived to this point (truly wouldn't a child go insane), or you lean into the madness to survive. That's life for the kids in the higher Districts. In the lower Districts, there is no money, no training to fight and barely an education, no nutritious food, no medicine - every day is a struggle. The children are desperate, raised for slaughter at the hands of the richer kids in the Games (99% of the time, that's the outcome). I think the book and the movie replicate the experience really well - when someone starts to root for who should live, and who should die. You stop paying attention to the fact that none of these kids should be in this situation at all. Panem.

So glad you enjoyed this movie. I'll help answer a few questions that you had. 1). When the gamemaker changed the rules they never intended to keep their word on it. It was purely meant to maximize the lover angle. They figured that it was a win-win for them either way because the only two teams left were district 12 and district 2. If district 2 won they knew that those tributes were trained to put killing over comradery. If Peeta and Katniss won they thought they'd go along with a Romeo and Juliet angle for the sake of the show. The capital completely underestimated their rebellious nature and comradery. 2). Peeta's name is actually a reference to him being a bakers son because its a silly spelling of "pita bread." Also, in the book when Katniss blew up the supplies the sound of the explosion burst her left ear drum; that's why you hear the sound get muffled in that scene. So for the rest of the game she was basically in pain and lopsided with her hearing which makes it even more incredible that they won. Also in the book Peeta's wound wasn't actually healable so they had to amputate it and for the rest of the series he had a prosthetic. Obviously that would've been too much effort and budget for the movies so they let it heal. 3). The reason Katniss missed the first arrow during her evaluation is because it was completely different from the one she uses back home, so she misjudged the angle and draw weight needed to land the shot. But she immediately adapted and landed the others, which just goes to her mastery. 4). When Cato says that he's dead anyway, he wasn't exactly referring to the fact that he volunteered for the games. It goes back to what Peeta said about not wanting to be a piece in their game and to still be himself. Basically what Cato was referring to was a metaphorical death, where he was basically raised to be a tool for the capital to use. Then after he won he wouldn't be free like he was promised, but instead turned into a mentor who would then be manipulated into being part of the system and cycle of death. Victors are also often pimped out to Capital citizens if they are deemed attractive enough, so that was another possible fate for him if he won. Fortunately, because district 12 went with the star-crossed lover angle, Peeta and Katniss were saved from that fate.

Katniss essentially sacrificed herself for Prim when she volunteered - she had no way to know she would win. When Katniss paired up with Rue, she saw Prim in her - Katniss would never have killed Rue at the end if they both made it. Katniss would have died so Rue got out.

14:32 Peeta isn't happy to be there. He's playing the Game.

Something I notice a lot in these reactions and also In my own experience reading the books over a decade ago is that it's easy to not feel empathy for the Career pack (district 1&2 tributes) because of how ruthless they play the game and the fact that they volunteer but when you really take a step back and think, you realize they aren't the real villains. At the end of the day they are just kids and on top of that they have been groomed since birth to become these vicious warriors. It has been instilled in, this is all they know. Are they cruel, for sure! But when you grow up being told you are the best, being conditioned for these games. Brought up to think emotion is weakness and to be a winner you have the be brutal how else are you supposed to behave? When Cato says at the end "I'm dead anyways, I always was right? I didn't know that until now" I think that's him finally realizing for the first time that he fought this hard for nothing, it wasn't his game to win. It had never occurred to him before that losing could ever be a possibility because of he was raised to be a winner. I also believe Cato is coming to terms with the fact that he has always been a pawn in the capitols game. It didn't matter how hard he trained or how hard he fought because at the end of the day, it's a tv show and Katniss & Peeta being final two makes for a better storyline than him winning. The tributes of district 1&2 are essentially breed to be mindless killing machines for The Hunger Games. You really can't fault any of those kids for how they conducted themselves in the games because without the capitols stronghold over the districts none of them would be in that position to begin with.

Actually Peeta the whole time is trying to do all to save her so she wins. He knows he has no chance and he truly is in love with her since they were 11 years old. He actually burnt the bread on purpose when he was 11 so he could feed her knowing he’d get a beating from his mom. She on the other hand hates feeling like she owes anyone anything, but at the same time knows with that bread he saved her and her family at a time when they were literally starving to death.

Hi Cole! Great reaction as always. Congrats on recognising the fact that Haymitch's PTSD regarding his own games is what fucked him up and why he drinks so much. There's a little more to it than that. Haymitch won his games by hiding until everyone else but one person was dead and then killed the last one by using the force field at the edge of the arena to deflect his foe's own axe back against them. The Capitol didn't like how he'd won and executed his entire family. He's also forced to be a mentor because he won and has watched all these kids from 12 die every year. No wonder he's so messed up. But he's a good guy. He got into the mentoring when he realised that Katniss and Peeta might stand a chance of winning. He wouldn't be alone as a mentor anymore if one of them won. He also saw Katniss' rebellious streak. That's why he straightened himself up. In my opinion the next movie is the best of the franchise. They lose their way a little in the final two when compared to the book, but they're still decent movies. However, the next one is amazing and I'm sure you'll love it! ❤

Great video! But what you need to understand about Cato and the careers is that they were basically brainwashed since birth to be ruthless killers, to believe their only purpose was to bring pride to their district through volunteering in the Hunger Games. In that way, they were victims of the Capitol too. I believe that's what Cato meant by "I'm dead already. . . I always was, but I didn't know it until now." They were never given the chance to be anything other than the monsters they became, and that's tragic too.

Rue took a liking to Katniss because you get to see the other districts repping when they happen so she saw that Katniss volunteer for her sister so she knows that Katniss has good big sister instinct.

Petta is big brain. He uses is most powerful weapons, his personality and his brain. He has already figured out how to get certain people to do bend to his will by winning them over. Katniss uses a literal weapons. Where Peeta uses a mental and emotional weapons. That's why they make a great team. #TeamPetta

Great reaction! I think Suzanne Collins did a good job developing her characters. Katniss is not infallible, she also possess what people would likely qualify as “male” characteristics. She’s not too outwardly emotional, she’s strong and decisive. Whereas Peta on the other hand posses more traditionally “feminine” qualities, he bakes and is in touch with his feelings. The story really plays into the two sides of a coin throughout the plot. I think you’re really going to enjoy this series. Also second movie, catching fire is a fan favorite!

It always makes me a bit sad that the movie did not clarify well enough that Peeta wasn't helping the careers. He was actually trying to help Katniss (for example, he recognized her traps, so he pointed them in the opposite direction). When they finally stumble upon her, he can't do much, but he suggest they wait for her to climb down the tree tongive her time in hopes she comes up with something. And, if I don't remember badly, he even fights Cato after the trackerjacket attack so that she can escape and that's how he gets his leg injury. They also downplay a bit how key he really was in people liking Katniss :(

Haymitch told Katniss & Peeta to hide their best skills so the other tributes would know what was coming in the game or be able to prepare. That's why Katniss told Peeta it didn't matter in his case, to go ahead and show his strength, because the tributes were looking at him like he would be one of the first on their kill list & he needed to show them he wasn't an easy target & that there was more to him than they thought to give him an edge. For Katniss she still tried to hide her skill (her edge is being stealthy & survival moreso than Peeta so I think it's way more important she come off as just another scrawny girl) so she never trained with the capital made bows so she went into her evaluation with no feel for the tension or strength of the bow. She is used to homemade bows. In the books she took a couple of shots before she hit the bullseye and that is still remarkable for a note she isn't familiar with. Similar to a gun, you have to sight it in, learn how that individual gun pulls, how much it kicks, & how to compensate - even if you are a great marksman you don't magically get a bullseye with a brand new weapon you have never used the FIRST try.

Peeta saying he'll take the bow is literally peak comedy Now I'm off to rewatch your LOTR reactions over and over till Catching Fire happens!

(Non movie, but Canon spoiler ahead) You gotta really appreciate Haymitch, and why he is an alcoholic. He won the second quarter quell at 16 y/o. Every 25 years, there is a special rule set applied to the Games. 25 years - the districts chose their own tributes, not by reaping a name from a bowl. Haymitch won the 50th HGs, the QQ rule was instead of 24 tributes (1 B and G from each District) it was doubled. 48 Tributes, 2 B and 2 Gs from each. Haymitch ended up winning by unintentionally exploiting a "flaw" in the arena's barrier design. When something hits it, it ricochets, think forcefield. He learned this from throwing rocks off a cliff. Later down the road, he and a girl from D1 were the only two left. She had an axe and was basically in the process of hacking out his inner organs. In self defense he had stabbed out one of her eyes. She was in pursuit of him at the said cliff from before. She throws the axe, he ducks, axe hits shield and bounces back and lodged itself in her head. He won. But Snow, saw this as making the Captiol look foolish and "Beatable" so as punishment for his act of "defiance" Snow had Haymitch's Mom, Brother, and Girlfriend executed 2 weeks after he won the games. That alone ... Add to it, as the only living Victor for D12, he became the ONLY mentor for District 12 tributes started from s51 to 74 (The one Katniss volunteered for). Thats 23 Hunger Games. 23 years he had to meet, mentor and watch a boy and girl die. He watched 64 children die. When he was as young as 17 and that was after being in the games himself. The odds that he knew some of the tributes over the years, esp when he was still a kid himself were likely. And as he got older, the chances that the reaped children were kids of people he grew up with is also possible. Every year being brought back into the epicenter of the cause of all the trauma, Doing this year after year, alcoholism is def. understandable.

For context : the monster dogs at the ending (mutts) tore up Peeta’s leg bad before he could climb up the Cornucopia that’s why Cato’s beaten up state managed to headlock him. The mutts chewed Cato up until morning coz Katniss used her last arrow as tourniquet for Peeta’s leg and was also dark she couldn’t really see where Cato was. When Cato was visible enough Peeta asked Katniss to use the arrow on Cato not only to give him mercy but also to end the game and declare them winners, Peeta was so close to dying of blood loss. Katniss didn’t need to do anything anymore she already won but she refused to let Peeta die and be stuck in that arena with him for the rest of her life thinking back of how she could have saved him. Peeta ended up losing his leg. So from this point onwards, Peeta is an amputee. The movies didn’t include that detail and was one of the dirty things they did to Peeta’s character. Him having a prosthetic leg would explain some of the things that happens in the coming movies.

Primrose being picked is like the worst luck ever. It was her first year in the ballot and she only had 1 time her name. Others who used tesserae have their name added per tesserae they pick. Each tesserae equal to 1 year worth of grains and oil. That's why gale mention his name was in the ballot 42 times because he is the one bringing food and money for his family. That's also why Katniss tell Primrose not to take food from the Capitole. Having your name once per year is already bad, imagine having, like Katniss who took 3 tesserae per year from age 12 having 3x her name in the ballot.... It's alot... The tesserae system maintain poverty and control over the districts which is made less important in the movies sadly... It plays a big part in the books.

It was never really mentioned in the movies, but the year Haymitch won, it was 4 tributes per district. Little perspective on the horrors he’s seen.

In the books during the food blast Katniss goes deaf in one ear, and during the “boss round” with the dogs Peeta’s leg gets so mangled they have to amputate and give him a kinda robotic leg. I loved the relationship with Rue and Katniss because Katniss looked at Rue like she was Prim because they are the same age. During the games Katniss kept comparing them and she knew she made the right choice by volunteering. The books are really good and really dark. Definitely worth the read if your interested.

Peeta is playing it smart. He teamed up with them to protect Katniss. Again, he can control them. U see how they listen to him. He giving her an out. Alway watch Petta closely. What this movie doesn't show is when Peeta is telling her to go, he fights Kato and is cut with a sword in the leg really deep. He helps her with where to shoot her arrow at Kato. He is always using his brain to protect Katniss. Petta is the GOAT along with Katniss. Please read the books.

When you said no one volunteered for peeta, i was like this was exactly what the book wrote 😂😂

Peeta is THE best and in the books has so much more spunk than we saw in the first one. He gets a lil more one liners in Catching Fire- which in my opinion is the BEST out of the four- and I think you will loveeeee it! Cant wait to see!!

For a bit more background on Katniss and Peta. Her dad died in a terrible accident in the coal mines when she was 11. After that, her mom broke down and mentally checked out, so Katniss had to help the family survive (hence why her relationship with her mom is so strained). She was trying to sell a few things to get a bit of food on the black market because they were on the edge of starving. Peta had it a bit better and grew up in a slightly better part of District 12, (but still pretty impoverished, as District 12 is the poorest district). His family owned a bakery. He knew Katniss' situation when he caught her looking at the bread he was making. He burnt it on purpose, even though he knew it would mean a beating. He knew his mom would make him toss it, so he ensured Katniss got it. It was a big turning point for her, at that time she began to realize she had what she needed and could hunt to survive. Her dad had taught her to hunt. But she never liked feeling that she owed Peta for his act of kindness and what it cost him. Now, they might have to kill each other. When you read her internal monologue you see that she's not actually as cold as she comes across. She's just very focused on survival and practicalities. Life forced her into that. Her mom is a healer and Katniss has literally watched her try to help people dying from starvation in front of them. It's dier where she lives. That also puts the party she attends in the capitol into context. Drinks to make you vomit so you can eat more and get around to sampling all of the delicacies? When she has watched children starve to death in front of her in District 12? The system in a nutshell.

Josh Hutcherson who plays Peeta is hilariously funny in interviews. Nothing like his character.

Katniss is one of my favorite characters of all time. She has flaws, but they’re not offputting enough to make her unlikeable. She has impressive talents and skills, but these are balanced by her weaknesses. No one can accuse her of being a “Mary Sue”. An interesting difference between the books versus movies: Katniss is very reserved and seems “cold,” but she has anger management issues. She has explosive fits of rage where she releases her pent-up feelings of powerlessness, resentment, and hatred for the Capitol. We see one particular explosion when she attacked Peeta, because she thought he was using her. She didn’t know his feelings were real. In the book, she threw a fit in her room the first night they arrived, making a huge mess. Katniss never agreed with the Hunger Games, but she didn’t want to start a rebellion. She just wanted to protect her family. One thing I wish they didn’t gloss over in this film: the slaves in the background. Most Reactors don’t notice them, or understand what they are. The Capitol punishes all dissenters, traitors, and suspected rebels with execution OR making them “Avoxes.” Their tongues are cut out and they’re forced to serve the Capitol. No one is allowed to speak to them or acknowledge them in any way. It’s not really a spoiler, but the films don’t address this until Mockingjay Part One. Avoxes can be seen in the background in The Hunger Games, and Catching Fire.

"You're just put in a tube like you're depositing a check at the bank?" lmaoooooooo

Fun fact: the guy who plays claudius templesmith (caesars co-presenter and the anouncer of the rules) is also the voice for dobby

I cannot cope with the Rue scene 😭 When I saw this at the cinema, I actually shouted “NO” My fiancé coped with it quite well lol I just sat sobbing 😭 I absolutely love the Hunger Games 💯 Already having crushes on both Woody Harrelson and Lenny Kravitz, of course I loved Haymitch and Cinna 😍 Elizabeth Banks is great as Effie 👍🏻 Bring it on 🎉 xx 💋

They have the advanced medicine and technology to heal those injuries, but they let the outer Districts suffer

She would have never forgiven gale if he volunteered. She needed to know someone was going to be there to take care of her family "whatever you do Gale don't let them starve." When Peeta threw her the bread it was before she started hunting and she was inches from death by starvation so its a huge fear for her.

The sign with 3 fingers held up is an old tradition from district 12. Because none of the districts are allowed to contact each other, this became known as the sign for revolt after katniss held it up when Rue died. Instead of its original meaning of respect and mourning

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HYPE I AM FOR THIS!!! This is my all time favorite franchise and I just know you're gonna love it too. The next movie, Catching Fire, is probably my favorite movie ever. You aren't ready! Can't wait to join you for the ride!

Katniss missed her first shot with the Capitol bow because she has never shot with this kind of bow and these kinds of arrows; Haymitch told her and Peeta not to show off their strengths during training, because he didn't want the other tributes to know what they were capable of and put targets on their backs. So this is the first time she has handled a bow and a set of arrows there were not made of wood. It's the kind of weapon that that can be VERY different in the way it reacts depending on what it's made of and what the pull weight is.

This movie had a lot more edge to it than I thought it would have, the world building is very solod too and the tension was really well made, doubly so since all the gore awas implied. Can't wait to see what the other films have in store

OMG!!!! I've been waiting for this one - this has been one of my favourite reactions from you :) ❤Can't wait to see your reactions to catching fire all the way to ballad!! Some context for the bread scene; in the books Katniss remembers how she was starving one winter and her family couldn't afford any food as there were no animals to hunt due to the weather and what they had sold didn't make enough money, then Peeta sees her in the streets and burns the bread on purpose so that he has to throw it away (to Katniss) even though he knows he would be punished for it - Peeta can do no wrong in my eyes!!😁

Ho ho ho. Excellent choice for a new franchise, Cole!

One thing to think about. If Gale would have volunteered then who would be taking care of Catniss’ family?

I just found you and enjoyed your reaction. Perfect balance of commentary while not over talking and missing stuff. The next one is my favorite!

I’m glad you caught on to how genuine Cinna was. And their connection. It was really big and strong in the books. And I’m afraid it doesn’t come off as such in the film. Also Cinna is played by Lenny Kravitz. When I see younger people react to the movie and they don’t know who he is haha. I mean I guess he’s a more niche musician.

57:00 Katniss killing Cato with that arrow was a mercy kill. In the book he was being eaten alive, and if I remember correctly it was extremely gruesome, so Katniss shot an arrow into his head to end his suffering

I was never into YA, but this is just a good series with unique characters and really solid world building. It does what sci-fi is supposed to de by holding a mirror up to society and asking questions. And I love that Peeta and Katniss are so different from what we usually see in stories!

Cole, I can’t wait until you get to #2. It’s my favorite.

Part of the brutality of the hunger games that I don’t remember the movie touching on much was the subtle way the game was rigged specifically to decrease the higher number districts chances of winning. The closer to the capital the better food and situation you had. You get to district 12 and they’re basically starving. You have the option to collect food from weird Capitals donations, but the food they give isn’t that good for you, and the more you collect the more times your name is put in the game. It plays out with those collecting the most food still not properly nourished, but more likely to be called into the game and being too weak to win against stronger districts.

I had a teacher in high school who used to say "may the odds be ever in your favor" before tests. I found it hilariously creepy, because I read the books and knew what that meant with context.

One thing to remember was that during the training segment that wasn’t a memeory game. It was a test to see if you know what’s safe to touch or eat and what isn’t.

The recent Battle Royale games might have borrowed some ideas from Hunger Games, but I imagine it's mostly the other way around. Hunger Games takes a lot of ideas from the Japanese film Battle Royale that came out in 1999 and became an instant cult classic.

"mix and matching" plants can be very beneficial in the wild lol

Back when the books came out, my best friend insisted I read it. I had the book for months and just didn’t pick it up. I finally did one day, and couldn’t put it down! I was obsessed lol. I usually just read at work when the hours were slow. But this one I brought home and read it into the night until I was finished. Anyway I can’t tell you how exciting and emotional it was to sit in the theater waiting for this movie to start and to see my favorite book as a movie. I read a lot. And it’s always stressful as to whether they’re going to do a good book justice as a film. This one did it right.

8:33 “The three-finger salute first appeared in The Hunger Games and represented goodbye, admiration, and unity among the people of District 12. The salute evolved to symbolize resistance against the Capitol and became a gesture of rebellion and support for the pro-democracy movement.” This is the first thing that pops up on the web

The whole Katniss and Peeta throwing bread scene was in the books Katniss was starving to death and Peeta saw how hungry she was so he deliberately burns a loaf of bread so he could throw it to her. His mother beats him for it but it saves Katniess's life.

So happy you’re starting to react to this franchise. loved Lenny kravitz as cinna

In the Book it said rue is fond of Katniss because she saw her on TV volunteer and save her little sister. She became rue's hero and loved how much Kat loved Prim

Assuming Haymitch has been a mentor for all tributes since he won the 50th Hunger Games, that's 46 kids he's had to try and prepare just to watch them all die. No wonder he tries to keep a distance. The winners definitely do not get off the hook, they are hopelessly entangled with the Capitol for the rest of their lives.

I haven’t seen this movie in a while and I forgotten how much I liked it. Awesome reaction!

Watching for the first time. The bread is an issue because she didn't have it often - no ingredients. Prim has the option for putting in for more food, each time she does her name is submitted to the bin for the Hunger Games when she was talking to her mom, she told her to be strong because when her dad died the mom went off, didn't answer when she was talked to. Peta threw the bread to Katniss since her family hadn't eaten in 3 days.

the one thing I wish they kept from the books is that the demon dogs at the end are actually mutated from the tributes who died earlier, supper messed up but really goes to show the lengths of horror the Capitol will go to.

The reason she is so cold towards her mother is because after her dad died her mother fell into a deep depression and barely even got out of bed, so Katniss was forced to take care of and provide for Prim and her mother when she was only 11. And, she missed with the bow because the Capitol bows are very different to the bows her father made and she wasn't used to them.

Trained to kill vs trained to survive!! That’s really it!

53:15 Gale didn't volunteer for the games because he and Katniss had struck a deal in that if one of them were to be reaped the other one would make sure their family was taken care of. If Gale had been reaped and Katniss wasn't, Katniss would have looked after Gale's family the way he did for hers.

The thirteenth district was destroyed at the end of the Panem Civil war. Or they thought they where destroyed, until they found out they survived in their bunkers, since they produced Nuclear Weapons for the capitol before the war began.

The reason she missed with the bow is because it felt different, the curve, the stiffness, ect. Her handmade bow vs. a bow made by the Capitol would be very different in control, so she would have to adjust to the difference.

Cinna is played by Lenny Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor.

I definitely had to subscribe after watching this video. I'm not sure why, but I just love the way you react to the movie, I see so many creators overanalyzing things and criticizing every other thing. I like how you enjoyed the movie and watched it for your enjoyment, it made your reaction seem more natural.

I forgot how brutal this movie actually is! The scenes with no sounds at all make me hold my breath without realizing it 🤣

Awesome! The Hunger Games! It's one of the best franchises

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Hey Cole! Glad u r doing this franchise, it's one of my favorites. I didn't read all the comments, but did read some. Out of the ones I read, I didn't see any history from the books covered. Panem, the world of The Hunger Games, is the USA after natural disasters, famine & wars. The country was in chaos until people got together wanting to establish a sense of order. A governing body was created which became the Capitol. It is situated in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado & is only accessible by the train Katniss & Peeta were on or an airship. There were 13 Districts. Each District provided either a natural resource/needed commodity. The Capitol was supposed to evenly distribute stuff to the Districts, but instead kept most of it for themselves. Angered by this, the Districts rebelled. @ the head of the rebellion was District 13. This was a military District that believed they could run Panem better than the Capitol. As we know, the rebellion was crushed & District 13 was leveled, so now there's only 12 Districts & The Hunger Games were created as punishment. The Capitol also kept the Districts separated so they couldn't come together to rebel again, hence the electrified fences. As years went on, they stopped sending electricity to the outlying Districts, & would only electrify them during the time of the Reaping. That is how Katniss is able to sneak of into the woods in order to hunt. The further u get from the Capitol the poorer the Districts. Katniss & Peeta's District 12 is coalmining so might be somewhere around Virginia/whereever else they mine for coal in the eastern US. Rue & Thresh's District 11 is agricultural. They provide grain, fruit, vegetables & nuts. Rue would climb the fruit trees, that's how she's such a good climber. The Hunger Games arena is changed every year. Katniss was lucky to end up in a forest setting. When Katniss missed on her 1st shot @ her evaluation, it was because she was a bit nervous but mainly she wasn't used to the weight of the metal bow & arrows. She hadn't touched the bow & arrows since getting to the Capitol because she didn't want to reveal her skill. Alright let's talk about "Mutts", they are genetically mutated creatures created by the Capitol. Those "pit bulls" are one type, & are described very differently in the book. The Tracker Jackers are called that because once u anger them they can continuously track u until u hide your scent by jumping into water/something & their stings can jack u up. I will tell u about how the Mocking Jay came about after the next movie. Ok, @ this time, the love triangle that develops between Gale, Katniss & Peeta is like this. Gale has feelings for Katniss, but Katniss just thinks of him as her best friend & hunting buddy. I personally think, Gale's whole speech about running away together before they went to the Reaping stems from it being his last one because he is 18. Peeta actually does have a huge crush on Katniss. Katniss doesn't know how she feels about either one, although she did feel something that last kiss she gave Peeta in the cave. But, being in survival mode, she pushed those feelings aside & convinced herself that they were only pretending for the show. About Haymitch's callousness & drunken state in the beginning. He watched 2 tributes from his District die every year for 23yrs so he decided to not get attached. With Katniss, he saw the possibility of having a tribute/ both tributes live so he cut back on the drinking & started working the sponsors. There's something I want to mention from the books, Katniss' respect & care towards Rue before & after her death got District 11 to sponsor a care package in it was real bread. That had never been done before because supposedly Districts weren't suppose to do that. In the beginning when Gale gave her a real bread roll & she was excited, it's because the "flour" given to them as part of there rations is course & makes these dry, hard biscuits, something akin to hardtack. The only place to receive real flour is the bakery. I can't think of anything else I want to add. Anyway, this was a great reaction. Waiting for the next.😊👍

Why Rue took a liking to Katniss - in the books it explains this a lot better. Rue is from District 11 where they grow a lot of the food for the Capitol, and use a lot of child labor to harvest it. Rue is tiny and nimble, and her job was to go to the very top of the trees and pick fruit. Their district uses the Mockingjays to communicate a lot (like Rue shows Katniss to do). Since her job was up in the trees, she would be the first to see the flags that communicated when it was time to quit. She’d sing her notes, and the Mockingjays would repeat it so everyone knew. When Rue saw Katniss’ mockingjay pin, she saw it as a sign from home, and trusted her for it. Conversely, Rue reminded Katniss of Prim, and she felt very protective of her. So when she chose to memorialize Rue with the flowers, instead of leaving and letting the hovercraft take her body, it was a big F-you to the Capitol. She reminded everyone that Rue was human, a child. Not just a tribute. Although the movie doesn’t show it, Rue’s district took a collection and sponsored a basket of bread that was sent to Katniss in the arena as a thank you. District 11 was extremely poor like district 12. Sponsoring anything was exorbitantly expensive (higher value items like medicine required multiple sponsors), and Katniss understood that. It was a massive change to the culture of Panem bc the Capital kept the Districts pitted against each other. Katniss and the people of District 11 showed the first sign of the districts being aligned.

You are in for a treat, my man! It is *rare* for a movie to be just as good as the book. In my opinion, it was. If you are going to start with the franchise, don't forget to include The Hunger Games: Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes

Awesome reaction! I really enjoyed watching this with you and seeing how you reacted! I've read all the books, but seeing someone going into it mostly fresh sighted about it was awesome! Truly was worth the wait to get to see you watch these. Im excited to see you watch the rest of the movies. "May the odds be ever in your favor" ❤❤❤

In the book, Cato is left being eaten for a whole day before Katniss put him out of his misery... The dogs arent there to kill him, just to inflict pain

For me the careers are the most tragic characters, they are raised to be that vicious cause in their district winning the game is the highest achievement. So they're basically raised to look the other district as animals.

Have you ever seen battle royal? An entire class is kidnapped from a naughty school and they fight until 1 is left.

After Rue dies, district 11 sends Katniss some bread. That was huge in the book because a district had never sponsered anything for a rival district. Also the "dogs" at the end were more terrifying in the book. I read this series long before it became popular. I also read it multiple times so I had the characters firmly in my head. I wasn't sure how I would like the cast in the movie but the casting was perfection. Every actor played their roles perfectly.

If you haven’t seen “Battle Royale” add it to your list ASAP. Same concept, more or less. Extremely well done.

I just want to say that I absolutely love your reactions. Usually I just search for harry potter reactions and then only watch those. But in your case I subbed to watch your reactions to other interesting titles because your reactions are just amazing.

I wouldn't say Haymitch was traumatized from what he had to do. He's the only living member of district 12s winner's. He had to mentor kids every year since with no Victor.

I was so excited for this!!!! I was totally obsessed with Jennifer Lawrence after this movie. I can’t wait for you to watch catching fire

Yaaaaaayyyy!!! I’m excited for this! I know you’re going to love this series! So good having time to sit for a second and watch your reaction! I’ve been so busy working and hustling, I haven’t been able to watch your channel like I used to, but here I am! 🎉😂

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Haymitch is forced to mentor. Maybe the first few years he took it seriously. He grew attached to his kids, gave them good advice , and then watched them get killed every single time by stronger, more well fed kids from the rich districts. I would drink too. And Lennie Kraviz's daughter is one of Jennifer's real life besties. He doesn't even have to act like he loves her, he does.

The first actual appearance of this plot was by Stephen King in a book called The Running Man in 1982 that was made into a movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger of the same name in 1987. Battle Royale the novel was not published until 1999 and the movie came out in 2000.

23:20 it blows my mind how everyone is always surprised thinking the score is out of 10. It’s out of 12. There are 12 tributes. These are what their rankings are.

I’m sorry but “Panem Ninja Warrior” sent me 😂😂😂

I loved your reaction. I cant wait for the next movie in the series.

Gale could not have volunteered; he and Katniss had an understanding that if either of them were ever picked, the other would keep their respective families fed. Katniss was hunting for a family of three, and Gale was supporting a family of five (himself, his mom, and his 3 younger siblings). The absolute nightmare scenario for Katniss would be her AND Gale getting picked in the same year, because not only could she never kill her best friend, but him being in the games with her would mean her family would literally starve. And of course, Gale could not have volunteered in Katniss's place; she already was the volunteer for Prim. (Also, I don't think the boys can volunteer to go in the place of one of the chosen girls.)

Katniss and Gale made a promise, if one of them got chosen, the other could not volunteer so the other can protect both families. Sorry if is written incorrectly, English is not my first language 😂

I just watched the hunger games and found this in my recommended KZfaq algorithm is too good

I really love your voice. I enjoy this video so much:D thank you🥰✨

The 3 fingers kiss is a funeral sign of respect for the districts

YES! You're gonna LOVE this series! It's so good and brutally real though it's dystopian. Can't wait for the rest buddy! 3:22 LOL Do you know the quote from Shawshank Redemption "It's safe to say that I liked Andy from the start"? Well it's safe to say I didn't like Gale right from the start.. LOL Just my opinion don't come at me for it! lol 17:42 Since you commented so much about it here it is.. Katniss is in survival mood 24/7 since childhood and mainly since her dad passed and her mom went into a funk due to greave and she was left to be the sole caregiver of the house.. she's a mom, a dad and a very clever hunter she's a survivor that's why she dealt pretty well with the games mood because she's already in that phase on a daily bases! Gale very obviously likes her but they never pursued a relationship due to Katniss not having the mentality to think about love, marriage and absurdly having kids in a world like that you get it? That's why she's always in "let's get this done and over with and be quick and clever about it" mood. 19:34 I LOVE THAT SCENE! Katniss liked it and was grateful too! but no one talks about it much! Here Katniss was in the lowest of all very hungry and helpless literally on the brink of dying and giving up, that was sometime after her dad died, Peeta here saw her, as we all know and you'll come to know for sure that Peeta is TOO NICE to be true! very kind soul, he wanted to help her, his family owns the bakery, he burnt the bread a bit on purpose to have an excuse to go feed it to the pigs outside in order to give some to Kat and that was the first food she gets in daaaaays, his mom yelled at him and hit him for it but he' s just so kind to care he'd have done it even if he didn't like Katniss from afar for years! 20:50 YES! Haymitch is drinking his sorrows away.. note he's won this once and his year was one of/if not the worst of years, means he killed people, kids.. The games destroyed his life. He's suffered for years no end while watching year after year his two tributes dying and he could do nothing to prevent it.. kids like Rue he mentored.. he hated to get attached to them then watching them die.. There was no winners in D 12 after Haymitch.. BUT! He saw a spunk within Katniss and a potential to really get out of this alive and really liked Peeta's true self and kindness that's why he focused with time and even started to decline liquor like you saw while talking with them! 21:40 She just needed a tryout shot with that new fine bow! she's used to the aim of her handmade wooden bow. 24:40 Well that's right they're competing against each other eventually BUT that's not the case here! Peeta is a good man to the very end kind of person.. he just wanted to strategize on his own away from Katniss judge-y eyes how to protect himself and when/if it came to it, her. He was being honest when thinking he had low chances of surviving.. Katniss is waaay quicker on her feet that he is! 28:28 ALTHOUGH it would work like a charm as a strategy.. Peeta was being TOO honest right there! 43:05 It is! See.. The Capitol uses endless kinds of weapons and spreads fear to maintain control over the Districts. Long before the events of the movies, when the initial war that led to the Capitol being in power started, the one mentioned in the reaping, The capitol genetically engineered animals to do its bidding. They called them muttations like the weird dogs you see at the end killing Kato which btw in the book the were engineered to have the fallen tributes features and eyes! Anyhow This muttations included a lot of stuff amongst them were the jabberjays. They were only males and had the ability to remember and repeat human speech. The Capitol would release them in the rebel camps to collect information. That was quite effective until the rebels caught on, using the jabberjays to their favor by leaking false information. That led the Capitol to abandon them as they became useless, and since they were all males, the capitol officials thought that with time the species would die out. BUT.. the Capitol underestimated them! Instead of dying out they mated with female mockingbirds, creating a new species called mockingjays. That's the symbol of it. People like the old lady who gave it to Katniss used to like them, they meant new hope, striving despite of the circumstances, turning bad situations in your favor; rebellion. The Mockingjays were also able to mimic as well, but only human tones though not actual speech. So people used song patterns and tones to pass messages and share information through codes like Rue showing Katniss here that she used to sing to mockingjays to tell the other people in District 11 that it was time for the work day to end and such. Katniss as described in the books was a very good singer, she got it from her father, and the Mockingjays liked listening to songs and were able to mimic the melodies.

most ppl don't notice that peeta told her to shoot kato's hand