Peeta is giving us Cakelight, Cakekeep, and Cakeboss with all these baked bread

they made peeta in the movies so dirty 😭 the way our perception of him "needing to much help" changes when we read the book and find out he doesnt have a mf leg and dont know how to walk with the prosthesis the capitol gave him and thats why he's always the "weak" link and needing that sort of help . im proud of my boy tho

It's insane unfair homophobic unhinged that I never got a prequel spin-off about how haymitch actually won

the “if it weren’t for the baby” line was a fucking reset i wasn’t team anyone but peeta was the moment, i remember reading that and thinking “they have to stop the games now there’s no way” also finnick was actually the only reason i couldn’t watch the last movie 13 year old me did not understand how to deal with what finnick odair made me feel

When Gale said "Katniss.. there IS no District 12" and the audience and Katniss were gagged... cinematic herstory.

outfit giving ratatouille food critic on his day off getting groceries ✨🤞‼️

the way effie didnt get an invite to the 2019 met gala is such a disappointment to society like as if she didnt actually invent camp

"if it werent for the baby" HAD ME GASPING OUT LOUD, SCREAMING INTO MY PILLOW, HEART RACING, MIND REELING, PALMS SWEATING

“guys these pigeons are obsessed with me” looks like someone’s the bread friend 😳

Okay but I feel we as a society didn’t talk about Effie's Butterfly Dress enough. Like I was obsessed with that for YEARS. It was iconic

The trilogy was just the pinnacle of dystopian novels.. ever since nothing could compare

my favorite line from the entire book series was when katniss saw the arena and her only thought was "this is no place for a girl on fire" ICONIC. the only mistake this movie made was not incorporating that line somehow.

Mike is giving pretentious, rich, snobby private all boys school who is also Italian and he already had a master’s degree but he still comes to the school to visit his old teachers.

The ratio transition from Katniss in the tube to Katniss in the arena is one of the top moments in cinema history along with the Twilight baseball scene.

11:58 that “everybody” yeah yeah “move your body, the fog is poisonous” is one of the best things I’ve heard in years

Ok but I also feel like we don't talk enough about how this movie, THIS MOVIE had the GALL to *switch aspect ratios* mid SHOT?????? They just full on switch from cinematic to IMAX ratio while she's in the testtube being beamed up into the arena and all the colour just sends your eyes into OVERDRIVE because so much more space is being taken up on the screen?????? Iconic down to the damn cinematography

not only was this film THE moment, joanna was everyones lesbian awkening

"Evil capitalist dictator Dumbledore" god what a name for President Snow

The book catching fire is one of the few books I've read that I remember specific lines from. Like how Katniss had referred to how in the coal mines they would bring down a canary to make sure the air quality was safe and if the canary stopped singing that meant there was danger. And she calls Wiress their canary because she kept singing about the clock and then suddenly you realize there hadn't been an interjection by Wiress this whole time and Katniss is like "our canary had stopped singing" Or at the end when Katniss is talking to Gale and she's asking about her mother and sister and asks "They're not in district twelve?" and Gale is like Oh when you shot at the sky the capitol send bombers but don't worry we got them out but it's really not sinking in for Katniss and she's like "They're not in district twelve" until gale responds "There is no District Twelve" book over. It's really an unmatched piece of literature and that's a hill I'll die on.

The fact that Lenny Kravitz is known as Zoe Kravitz's dad to gen z honestly is so iconic

Mike hating on the color orange while wearing an orange shirt is so iconic to me

what I also loved about the thg franchise was how they made sure they were immersing you in the experience. y’all remember the promo pics from mockingjay???? relevant to this day.

I think not enough people realize that when Katniss comes out to the arena, the aspect ratio of the movie changes. The black bars on the top and bottom of the screen disappear. I never understood why I was shitting my pants at the theater at that moment and when I found out that the aspect ratio is different when they're in the arena I shat my pants again.

No because Peeta was this movies ENTIRE PR team, like come on nobody gives him credit for how smart he was

Hunger games is one of the best books adaptations ever

your videos require such a deep knowledge of internet culture and slang to even remotely understand them I feel like if I showed this video to my grandma she would disintegrate

The clock arena genuinely touches some primal fear in me. The whole sense of running out of time and the dangers being hidden until they're suddenly _not_ and the fucking poison gas oh man and thE FACT KATNISS LITERALLY GOT TRAPPED BEHIND SOME FUCKING INVISIBLE WALL FOR THE MOCKINGJAY SLICE????? I... genuinely love this. my family watched the movies a few weeks ago and I was like. damn. these were actually good. also I may be a lesbian but even I was like damn Finnick is 👀 but also Johannah... step on me PLEASE- 😳😛😍

The DRAMA of Effie having to reach her hand in the middle the bowl and doing the whole presentation when there’s only ONE option is camp.

mike looks like a new car salesman. what a fancy boy. wouldn’t you buy a nice new car from him? certainly not a used car. he doesn’t look like a used car salesman. he wouldn’t sell you a used car. he just wouldn’t

the fact that they didn't include Peeta's phisical disability is my villan origin story

The fifteen “get a good lawyer” audio plays send me every single time 💀💀

Having experienced the Hunger Games at its height in the 2010s, it is SO disorienting to hear someone talk abt it using such 2020s vocabulary. I lovee

Catching Fire was the best book AND film of the Hunger Games franchise. Once again Mike knows what he is talking about. I remember being a wee high schooler and reading the part where they figure out the arena was a clock and I was FLOORED.

I was so obsessed with Johanna Mason when this came out. I used to sign letters 'Johanna' and practice throwing axes at trees in my garden. She was an iconic bestie, I was not

when i say that i was literally Obsessed with this book at age 13. so many iconic moments packed into one novel. I still remember how the "if it weren't for the baby" line absolutely gagged me. also tbh the movies did peeta so dirty, he was such an icon in the books but the casting was all wrong imo. on the flipside though finnick and johanna are the absolute mvps of the franchise they ate Every scene up and little closeted 14 y/o me was GUTTED when finnick d-worded in the last book

and can we talk about the most powerful line in the whole movie when one of Snowsty’s computer peeps tell him “ sir we’ve lost power”, after Katniss blows the entire dome thing up

I’m glad I’m not the only one who kinda admired the move made by president snow of cycling through former winners of the games for the quarter quell. Is this endangering the movie’s protagonist yes, but like in a creative way I can kinda respect and get around

For being such a boyemployee, Gale really liked to gaslight Katniss.

I laughed so much with the video, even went to twitter just to see those Finnick odar edits cause why wouldn't you??? But the thing with Peeta is that the producers of the movie did him so dirty, in the books Peeta is literally so good and kind to Katniss and his importance is that, in the months before the quarter quell and after the winner's tour, Katniss broke her ankle and had to stay like a month in bed, and Peeta was the one who toke care of Katniss and stayed with her as long as she needed (cause bestie was having a literally existencial crisis bc she felt useless while being injured), so Peeta helped Katniss development a better emotional intelligence¿? kinda thing, and helped her at like, letting her emotions come out of her and not just compress them inside of her. So yeah, Peeta has a lot more importance in the books but that wasn't showed in the movies and I hate the producers and screenwriter for that

Team Mags everyday I'm so fucking obsessed with her. She slayed her hunger games and then got slayed in the quarter. The double slayage is too much to handle. Mags and Rue are the only characters that have ever made me cry in any piece of film/literature

"these pigeons are obsessed with me" flashback to the pigeon dating simulator

the way they tried making us swoon for peeta or gale but that all went out the window once they introduced finnick, we were like "what? oh right you have two love interests, who cares, let me see what's going on in finnick's life"

I remember being practically blown away in the theatre during the premier of catching fire. I knew what was going to happen (albeit roughly) and yet my jaw was still on the ground. If cinema had not converted to this “fast fashion meets the movie industry” thing we have right now, I believe catching fire would’ve been an all time classic.

I love how you can tell when Mike has a reaction clip he's currently obsessed with because he keeps using it throughout the video. The editing is always top tier but that Taylor "get a good lawyer" clip had me rolling EVERY TIME

katniss single handedly made me attend bow and arrow classes at an old people’s club.

this is the best movie review for the best sequel period

“ If it wasn’t for the baby” line has me so gagged in 8th grade. I was pirating the books on my laptop and I got to that line right before I had to leave for school. I legit could not think of anything else the whole school day.

the fact that i still remember exactly where i was when i read the ending to this book and how i felt says a lot imo. I was on the way to see family and i finished the book just as we pulled up to their driveway and i remember gasping out loud and just going like omg how am i supposed to function normally after reading that lmao

mike continuously reminding us to get a good lawyer while lowkey giving lawyer looks

god teenage me did NOT know what to do with all the emotions Finnick Odair made me feel.. i wanna say it’s such a shame he doesn’t get more screen time but honestly idk if the world even deserves that

Favourite line of the video: "If a monkey roared in my face, I think that would be it for me" 🤣

The overuse of Taylor saying "Get a good lawyer" is the cherry on top of this video

mike you sure have a lot to say about the color orange for a guy boldly wearing an orange shirt on camera

if you added a moustache you'd look like a trailblazing journalist for a small town newspaper in a 70s movie

no kidding, this movie is AMAZING. Jennifer Lwarence was on her shit and so many other supporting actors excelled as well. The budget was obviously huge and they used it the right way, the cgi and general look of the movie great. The music?? Top tier. The costumes?? Slay boots the house down. The storyline?? Plot twist👏🏻after👏🏻plottwist👏🏻 while still making sense. I was a crazy hunger games fangirl when this came out and I legit cried in the theater bc I was so amazed and I still remember the day the movie came out on DVD and I immediately watched it two times in a day lmao

I was 13 when the movie came out and I remember leaving the cinema feeling absolutely blown away and ready to take down the government lmao. I still get chills every time I see it

bestie you didn't even mention the BONKERS soundtrack??? they got absolutely everybody together for that movie truly

"katniss, peeta, and finnick are having sashimi on the beach" WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY TO ME

The terminology, the humor, the Nicki memes sprinkled in… iconic viewing experience 😂 This is thee best book and best movie of the series. One of the best book to movies adaptions imo…The attention to detail, The quarter quell plot twist, introduction of the victors, the development of peetas and katniss relationship… the ENDING !!??? I couldn’t deal

in the book, the little sound katniss does for rue that ends up symbolizing the rebellion, was actually something from district 11 that rue taught katniss. not sure if that’s how it is in the movie

Can we just discuss how Katniss’s hair always looks right? The chick gets electrocuted and she still looks like a glamazon ready for the runway, her power is unmatched

Johannah was my favorite in the whole series HANDS DOWN. She was absolutely feral and also had pretty intense wlw vibes. Respect.

im so happy to find someone as passionate about this movie as i am

Your reenactment of Rue and Katniss' bird call is my favorite thing I've ever seen in my entire life

Ok but you’d totally have a job bc you’d definitely replace Caesar Flickerman and get to interview everyone

several points were made... none were lies

"she's in the white lotus" IM DYING (I've seen this review 4 times now)

Couldnt stop laughing while watching this💀💀 I will NOT take this Peeta slander though

the finnick fan edit compilation is exactly what was needed, only complaint is that it shoulda been longer

Matilda's father would certainly be very jealous of the blazer mr michael sir.

This was as gripping as how I first read the Hunger Games trilogy. You are a master of this gen delivery of commentary same as how Suzanne Collins is a genius gamemaster writer when she came up with the details 75th hunger games.

I spit out my water at, "you musty crusty fool"

cannot believe you skipped over when the wedding dress turns into a mockingjay... thats the shit

hunger games catching fire introduced us to *THEE* finnick odair so yes, it is the best movie to have ever existed😌

Now that youtube lets you see what's the most rewatched part in a video, I can see that the one in this video is the Finnick edit and I honestly love that for him

Ngl I feel like Haymitch and Katniss as a duo in the games would have slayed so hard. Also Finnick literally owned every part of me when this book came out lmfao

i was so obsessed with the hunger games' political machinations all the time like the part where she came out in her wedding dress?? because she and peeta were gonna get (politically) married??? and she wanted outrage from the entire capitol full of everlark shippers??? i was screaming. that was inspired. they really gave us everything

When she comes out of the tube into the arena, the aspect ratio changes and when I tell you my jaw DROPPED... that's movie of the century shit right there

The " Why does this man always need savings " for Peeta is so truee

mike saying "are there actually people who's favorite color is orange" while wearing an orange shirt and standing in front of an orange light...?

I've never watched the hunger games franchise but Mike makes me want to watch it all, buy all the blu rays, get a degree is filmmaking, find the set, and then recreate it in Mike's image

The scene where she enters the arena is literally one of my favorite in all of cinemas. ALL film departments are at an absolute 10.

the chaos in this video is actually the exact vibes i felt watching catching fire in the cinema

I love how I’ve seen this movie 1000 times and know every scene in detail, but still need a full recap. Truly Iconic ✨

I literally just finished rereading catching fire last night so this was impeccable timing. Anyway: 1. You are not wrong this is the best movie full stop 2. Katniss was real excited in the book that her ointment for her blisters from the fog also had sunscreen. Like yessss spf queen 3. This movie is the perfect example of what it’s like to make correct changes to movies to quicken what is said in the story but without leaving out vital parts. They kept a lot of things exact but changed where needed. An actual masterpiece some would say

I used to count how many times Peeta almost dies in this film every time I watched it

The hunger games trilogy is absolutely incredible, literally every book had me at the EDGE of my seat, hanging on every word.

a few months ago I rewatched it bc I was wondering of it still holds up now that I'm not a 14 year old whose entire life purpose is annoying her family with thg trivia and crying while listening to the score. And tbh it's such a great movie still. Not even just in the YA-adaption realm, but just as a sci-fi/fantasy movie in general.

“guys, these pigeons are OBSESSED with me” -BaddieB Brbtingz

Literally Catching Fire is in my top five favorite movies. It DOES NOT miss at all. Every second of this film is perfect.

I literally started this video, remembered how much I love Catching Fire, paused the video, went to watch Catching Fire and then came back and finished the video. Love this by the way; you're hilarious

Trust me the books are really good especially the first one, because it actually adds more detail on the deaths and Katniss’s survival plus her relationship with Peeta

"pigeons are obsessed with me" violent flashbacks to the pigeon dating simulator

Joanna Mason is an iconic legend. She has the most iconic entrance and she did what she had to do.

Not me remembering everything from the books while watching this absolutely cracked review of the movies-

Your commentary videos (storytelling? Narratives? Retelling of the actual thingamajig??) are the most entertaining thing on the internet, and the only reason I’m still here. Keep it up mike.

literally I just want it to be 2013 and to go see Catching Fire at a midnight premiere. Nothing has made me feel like that since.

Crazy viever: "I will not fulfill my contractual obligation to leave a like" Mike: "Eh, get a good lawyer"

3:18 Mike says “but then I wouldn’t have a job” like he’s not the very embodiment of Caesar Flickerman

The book is somehow, even more incredible than the movie. Like the movie was absolutely amazing! There's just even more information in the book that of course couldn't all be included in a movie. I've always felt like Catching Fire could have been split in half easily. 1 movie for the tour and the drama bomb drop about the quarter quell and then the 2nd movie all about the prep for the games and the actual games. It would have allowed more to be included but this is still hands down my favorite movie of the 4 and my favorite book of the trilogy!