The fact that Haymitch reaped in both quarter quells, 50th and 75th

he’s so real for not liking gale too much. katniss was just trying to survive and he’s like … “why don’t you love me?”😖 and people say peeta did this too but as we see on the train he immediately comes to his senses that he can’t hold that on her because she was just trying to survive. peeta showed so much growth in 30 minutes while gale just gets worse and worse. also i understand it’s annoying that katniss had to go through this again, but it’s just very accurate to how much control snow and the system has and wants to target her. peeta was the one who painted rue to honor her and also as kind of a f you to the judges.

You could tell the tributes were also protecting Peeta _for_ Katniss. They need her to be physically and mentally well and to be that she needs Peeta alive and safe. That's why that girl sacrificed herself for him.

17:19 I still find it hilarious how they tried to make Gale do something heroic in the movie, resulting in that whipping… in the book, he was literally just caught carrying a dead turkey. 😆

They’re still in District 12 but moved to the Victors Village where victors are awarded their own houses. It’s a bit further than the Seam where Katniss grew up in and a good walk from Town where Peeta lived. The Victors Village has 12 houses built for the district victors and every district have them. They were also to receive money every month (enough to support 10 families) for the rest of their lives. Which means that when Peeta said they’d give a month of their earning to Rue and Tresh’s family every year, they’d be covered for life.

51:18 Snow did something bad to Johanna, when she won her games the Capitol offers to sell her to male elites, she refuses and the Capitol punished her by slaughtering her entire family just like Haymitch.

When Sophie said about Finnick: “That’s him knowing the secrets” Boom: 🎯

This is one of those films where the sequel was significantly better than the first film. I remember watching this as a 12yo and seeing that frame change during the arena scene and being so hyped and nervous at the same time.

Haymitchs quell had double the amount of victors and won by bouncing an axe off the force field, killing the last tribute. Bc the Capitol saw this as defiance, his whole family was killed. Then he had to go on and mentor children who he watched die for 25 years. Annie survived her games bc she was a strong swimmer and everyone else basically drowned. She has immense mental trauma from it and her and Finnick bonded over their shared trauma between the capitol and games. Mentors of the games often take in a more parental form for the victors bc of how much time spent w each other. Plus w Katniss and Haymitch, he’s more of a father figure bc their trauma and Katniss lack of father figure. He’s one of the few she allows to console her. Who actually understands her. Who doesn’t forget how old she is. I love this series so much omfg.

Peeta is the one that drew the mural of Rue during the testing, knowing it would make Katniss mad bc that's when she truly shows herself

I think the 3 fingers sign was okay to do for district 12 because it's their district's tradition

Guys, they are in District 12 they just live in the victors village now. Which is in a separate part of 12.

In the scene where they show their abilities, I always thought Katniss stringing up the old game maker was her saying her talent is unaliving game makers 🤣and I just get so tickled everytime I see it

from the looks of it.. Beetie was already wrapping the wire around the Spear and I think Finnick was supposed to be the one to throw it up but obviously Beetie was electrocuted. Katniss noticed what Beetie was doing so she put it around her arrow and shot it.

Thank you for actually respecting Peeta and what he did.

The problem with these movies is in order to sell the love triangle they upgraded Gale and downplayed Peeta. While the romance between Katniss and Peeta was a show they had to present it was actually real. However, you had a 17 year old who had big feelings she was having difficulty processing that she pushed down under a microscope being forced to be a distraction. At the end of Catching Fire Katniss says “I trusted him [Haymitch]. I put what was precious [Peeta] in Haymitch's hands and he has betrayed me.” Gale was never an actual option in the book. He was friend zoned and portrayed as Katniss’ cousin so that her only friend being interviewed during the 74th Hunger Games wasn’t a good looking male.. Peeta had rooted in Katniss’ heart with the bread that saved her and she kept tabs on him. In fact she was upset he was reaped after she had volunteered. Katniss also references several times their eyes would meet at school only to flit away from each other. I would argue if Katniss was the spark then Peeta was the air that allowed it to catch fire. There is no love triangle in the book…it was always going to be Peeta. A lot of his stuff from the book was cut of the movie. A sampling of Katniss thoughts on Peeta in Catching Fire. ***He manages to wake me and calm me down. Then he climbs into bed to hold me until I fall back to sleep. After that, I refuse the pills. But every night I let him into my bed. We manage the darkness as we did in the arena, wrapped in each other’s arms, guarding against dangers that can descend at any moment ***I wish Peeta were here to hold me, until I remember I'm not supposed to wish that anymore. I have chosen Gale and the rebellion, and a future with Peeta is the Capitol's design, not mine. ***So what should we do with our last few days?” “I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you,” Peete replies. “Come on, then,” I say, pulling him into my room. It feels like a luxury, sleeping with Peeta again. I didn’t realize until now how starved I’ve been for human closeness. For the feel of him beside me in the darkness. ***I look up into those blue eyes that no amount of dramatic makeup can make truly deadly and remember how, just a year ago, I was prepared to kill him. Convinced he was trying to kill me. Now everything is reversed. I’m determined to keep him alive, knowing the cost will be my own life, but the part of me that is not so brave as I could wish is glad that it’s Peeta, not Haymitch, beside me ***Peeta and I sit on the damp sand, facing away from each other, my right shoulder and hip pressed against his. After a while I rest my head against his shoulder. Feel his hand caress my hair. "Katniss... If you die, and I live, there's no life for me at all back in District Twelve. You're my whole life", he says. "I would never be happy again." I start to object but he puts a finger to my lips. "It's different for you. I'm not sayin it wouldn't be hard. But there are other people who'd make your life worth living." ... "Your family needs you, Katniss", Peeta says. My family. My mother. My sister. And my pretend cousin Gale. But Peeta's intension is clear. That Gale really is my family, or will be one day, if I live. That I'll marry him. So Peeta's giving me his life and Gale at the same time. To let me know I shouldn't ever have doubts about it. Everithing. That's what Peeta wants me to take from him. "No one really needs me", he says, and there's no self-pity in his voice. It's true his family doesen't need him. They will mourn him, as will a handful of friends. But they will get on. Even Haymitch, with the help of a lot of white liquor, will get on. I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me. "I do", I say. "I need you." He looks upset, takes a deep breath as if to begin a long argument, and that's no good, no good at all, because he'll start going on about Prim and my mother and everything and I'll just get confused. So before he can talk, I stop his lips with a kiss. I feel that thing again. The thing I only felt once before. In the cave last year, when I was trying to get Haymitch to send us food. I kissed Peeta about a thousand times during those Games and after. But there was only one kiss that made me feel something stir deep inside. Only one that made me want more. But my head wound started bleeding and he made me lie down. This time, there is nothing but us to interrupt us. And after a few attempts, Peeta gives up on talking. The sensation inside me grows warmer and spreads out from my chest, down through my body, out along my arms and legs, to the tips of my being. Instead of satisfying me, the kisses have the opposite effect, of making my need greater. I thought I was something of an expert on hunger, but this is an entirely new kind. ***As I drift off, I try to imagine that world, somewhere in the future, with no Games, no Capitol. A place like the meadow in the song I sang to Rue as she died. Where Peeta’s child could be safe. ***When I wake, I have a brief, delicious feeling of happiness that is somehow connected with Peeta. ***By late afternoon I lie with my head in Peeta’s lap making a crown of flowers while he fiddles with my hair claiming he is practicing knots. After awhile his hands go still. “What?” I ask. “I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever,” he says. Usually this sort of comment, the kind that hints his undying love for me, makes me feel guilty and awful. But I’m so relaxed and beyond worrying about a future I’ll never have, I just let the word slip out. “Okay,” I say. I can hear the smile in his voice. “Then you’ll allow it?” “I’ll allow it. ***When Peeta holds out his arms, I walk straight into them. It's the first time since they announced the Quarter Quell that he's offered me any sort of affection. He's been more like a very demanding trainer, always pushing, always insisting Haymitch and I run faster, eat more, know our enemy better. Lovers? Forget about that. He abandoned any pretense of even being my friend. I wrap my arms tightly around his neck before he can order me to do push-ups or something. Instead he pulls me in close and buries his face in my hair. Warmth radiates from the spot where his lips just touch my neck, slowly spreading through the rest of me. It feels so good, so impossibly good, that I know I will not be the first to let go. ***I like to watch his hands as he works, making a blank page bloom with strokes of ink, adding touches of color to our previously black and yellowish book. His face takes on a special look when he concentrates. His usual easy expression is replaced by something more intense and removed that suggests an entire world locked away inside him. I've seen flashes of this before: in the arena, or when he speaks to a crowd, or that time he shoved the Peacekeepers' guns away from me in District 11. I don't know quite what to make of it. I also become a little fixated on his eyelashes, which ordinarily you don't notice much because they're so blond. But up close, in the sunlight slanting in from the window, they're a light golden color and so long I don't see how they keep from getting all tangled up when he blinks.

Katniss is in the woods because she still helps Gale s family by hunting despite the fact she doesn t need those resources anymore. Gale refused to take any money from her so the least she does is hunt while he works in the mines. She lived in the Victor s village which is a part of district 12 specifically built for the victors of the games and only Peeta, Katniss, Haymitch and their families live there as of now

I was so shocked the first time I watched Hunger Games. I thought it was just going to be a typical teen dystopia movie but nahhh it just morphs into something completely unexpected. The authoritarian regime vs rebels themes in particular are so intriguing because there are elements of it reflected in real life history.

So the 3 finger salute is a district 12 symbol it's used at funerals and stuff it's a way of saying "goodbye" or "thank you for your sacrifice" but it originated in district 12 so the capitol doesn't like when other districts use it because its a sign of unity between the districts which they don't like (also why katniss's family and district can use it and not get harmed)

I remember from the book. One of the things that allowed Gale and Katniss to slip in and out of the district is because the fence wasn't electrified. When the new peacekeepers came they turned on the fence and Katniss had to find a way back in.

“He. Can’t escape her. He hate her.” OH YOU DONT EVEN KNOW THE HALF OF IT FR. 10:56

You guys will get it after seeing all the movies ( so you have the whole story ) but Peet’s was not going to let Katniss go without the shot of him being there to protect her, if they had called Peeta name Haymitch would have volunteered and nothing Peeta could have done, that’s why it was so fast… Peeta gave up everything for Katniss his life his freedom from going back in the games all cus she’s his world and thinking only one is making it out Peeta was going to make sure she was that one ☺️

the author of the books actually got the idea after watching the news and having a nightmare about what‘s going on in our world these days. The movies play in the future where panem (the old north america) is the only place that survived climate change and war. this new government (the capitol) was created by the rich people where the poor people were put into 13 districts and each has their own task to supply the capitol. The capitol lives in luxury while the districts are starving "the rich get richer while the poor get poorer“. This led to the first rebellion where the capitol then made a deal with the strongest district which was district 13 (military district that provided weapons for the capitol) where the people of district 13 had to leave panem forever so the capitol could end up bombing the place of district 13 to make it look like they‘ve killed them all to spread fear. This lead to the end of the first rebellion and after that the capitol came up with the hunger games to keep the districts in line.

I love Mair calling out Gale toxic attitude because a lot of men in real life will be like him and see no problem with it so thank you

I like how you stated that "She broke the system, figuratively and literally"! This is my favorite book to movie adaptation. The 3rd is rough to get thru bc it's so depressing but very important part of story. 2nd and 4th movie are my favorites!

"They are about to insert a cannonball!" "I think they just meant get a cannon ready cause it looks like Peeta will die" "Oh"

I was super annoyed Katniss and Peeta went back into the arena a second time when I first read the book, but honestly Catching fire ended up being my favorite of the three books. I loved seeing old victors come together in the hunger games to take down the capitol.

Haymitch lives in district 12..... 😭 that was stated in the first one he just always stays in his house

I love what they did in the scene with Wiress, Beetee and Katniss, their conversation where Beetee says "There is always a flaw in the system" and looks at Katniss while she looked up at the forcefield, I always interpret that scene as Katniss is the flaw in the system 🙂 Also A really funny memory with my mum, we were watching this in the theaters and she leaned over to me, when the monkey mutts show up, she says "Awww monkeys!!!" And I leaned back over to her and shaking my head I said "NOoooooo" and laughing at her because I've read the books, she was jump scared 😂😂

If nobody told you, Joanna and some of the other people previous victors when talking to katniss or being around katniss they were being overtly sexual because they could tell how uncomfortable she was from that in the first games. Like there was some moments in the book where Peeta basically had to disrobe to get at certain wounds and whatever and she refused to look. It was even like that when. Gayle was brought back to her house after being whipped half to death and that was the intention the new head peacekeeper was intending on whipping him to death to send a message. So when they got him back to katnisses house and the mother and sister started taking care of him, they immediately took off all the clothes and started mixing up home remedies and they were told to gather snow from outside which they would mix with herbs to create something called a snow coat that they would put on the lacerations and she refused to look. She's very uncomfortable with that sort of thing. Her sister, who's 13 at this time didn't give a flying f*** that there was a naked man in the room but katniss was very uncomfortable

"There is no District 12" always gets me lol

Remember the books were written to teach 12-16 year old students about authoritarian politics and war so it's not going to go like a "franchise"

Mockingjay part 1 is my second fave of the original movies coz it has the details that the books can’t show since it’s written in Katniss’ perspective. It has more to do with how the rebels/districts react to their Mockingjay and how greatly she affects the rebellion. It has some of my favourite scenes and a really good setup for the final movie.

You can't move out of your district in Panem--all of that is restricted. The Victors' Village is specially built for the winners of the games, set aside from the main town... but only Haymitch, Peeta, and Katniss live there. And Haymitch lived there alone for two and a half decades. Of course, the real question was "What if you actually fall in love with someone who they're forcing you to pretend to be in love with?" She basically was just not interested in a relationship at all, and people on all sides with different motives were trying to force her into one.

If nobody told you yet, katniss and Peeta are both 16 in the first book The second book is set a year later right before the next hunger games and the third book is directly following the second, so there's 17 and Mockingjay too. Keep in mind these are still kids. A lot of people forget that when watching these movies

haha i can’t tell if you’re joking or not at the end… but definitely the craziest and best ending ever fr. we LOVE a good cliff hanger. also, Katniss does in fact still live in district 12, but if you saw on the sign it’s called the “Victor’s Village” which is basically where the winners of the hunger games lives. Each district has a victor’s village neighborhood. meaning Katniss, Peeta, and Haymitch all live in that neighborhood.

29:16 Peeta actually used his very limited time reserved to impress the judges to paint Rue. He knew Katniss was going right after him and knew that she's the most threatening when something touches her. He witnessed it many times; Katniss does best when she doesn't have the time to think about consequences of her actions and simply executes things. That scene is so perfect because you can see her getting fueled up at Rue's sight. You can see her go "You killed Rue? Well, in turn, with a few berries, I killed Seneca Crane, who was in your seat last year, so be careful for your life." It was definitely a threat which Peeta made possible.

The mockingjay has so much more symbolism after watching TBOSAS .. it shows why snow hates them so much besides just the fact they stand for hope

its awesome to see the cultural resurgence of The Hunger Games & all the reactors who never read the books and don't know where the story goes! So excited to see your next reactions to Mockingjay pt.1 & 2!

I liked the scene when Katniss started making theories about old lady slowing Finnick down ans Heymitch shot her down reminding her that humanity can still exist 😔

The directors were going to end the movie with Katniss being air lifted up… but they didn’t want people in so much suspense and have too many questions until the next movie that was released a yr later!!

57:28 the scream hahaha you guys are cracking me up😂

Bro, this is a YOUNG ADULT movie/book and it's sooo intense. And JLaw put everything into this role!

katniss is rich now and doesnt have to hunt but bc gale won’t take her charity her money etc, she hunts for him and his family

He’s so real for disliking gale 😂

"Oh hes(snow) a hatter" me after reading the new book and watching the ballad of songbirds and snakes: ooh you have noooo idea

😑"Sophie, if you don't throw that old lady in the water." Hilarious.

I’ve watched a few reactions to this movie, which I will admit, has many unexpected twists and turns. You both were on top of every single twist the movie had to offer. You make great content! Can’t wait to see the rest of the series

You NEVER want to be the recipient of a look like that one at the end.

The gamemakers have to cheat and introduce threats. Otherwise, whats stopping the players from just camping it out and be friends?

Yessss I’ve been waiting for y’all reaction to this one! It’s the best of the franchise by far ❤

29:07 Peeta Mellark painted Rue as his Talent to inspire Katniss Everdeen to do her best work.

I love that you're not feeling Gale at all haha 🤣 he's such a FLOP!

Omg Mair screaming in a higher pitch than Sophie I gagged lol

I'm loving these hunger games reactions. The hype when Katniss broke the game 😭

this is basically mair falling for peeta over 1h

I love how you described Peeta and Katniss’s time on the beach as “real…all real” when Katniss later helps Peeta determine was is real and not real.

One thing I've only now noticed... Remember in the first movie when Rue died and we saw a man start a fight/riot in District 11 and we supposed it was Rue's father? Now when her family is shown... we don't see a dad in there, only the mom and kids. He was probably executed for starting that fight back when Rue died.

So Gail's beating was different in the books. It was for a different reason and whatever what happened was after he had his argument with katniss. He goes back to the town square with his kill which was a wild turkey and he brought it to the head game maker who he didn't know was just replaced by Commander thread. The previous head game maker was a good customer of his and his favorite thing to buy was turkey so he naturally after shooting a turkey came to him to a It is fresh as possible and the other guy having just taken over caught him red-handed with something he shouldn't have had cuz he'd have to go outside the district gate in order to get it. So he was basically red-handed poaching so the guys like okay. Let's take him to the square and make a example of him. He beats this man and tell he his back is just in shreds and he is unconscious other peacekeepers go up to him like hey the kids already unconscious. We're done here and he proceeds to punch those people and knock them. Unconscious and actually they come back in the series as people who have had their tongues removed for treason (avox)

They surrounded the area in water because they didn't think Katniss could swim because district 12 doesn't have water like that. But when she was little her dad took them to a swimming hole in the woods ( where they technically aren't allowed to go) and he taught her how to swim

57:29 😭😭😭💀💀💀 HIS REACTION

what the heck, I literally just watched your reaction to hunger games 😭 I’m so early

A lot of the victors get forced into prostitution after winning the games (Finnick is one of them, Joanna too but she refused so they killed everyone she loved). Keep in mind that every tribute is reaped from a pool of under 18s so they're all essentially minors. It's ironic Katniss was initially against the starcrossed lovers storyline Peeta created for them in the first movie, because them being a public couple saved them both from being forced into sex slavery.

The way Bedee Joanna and Finnick all wore gold during the training. Bedee a gold armband Joanna gold lipstick and Finnick gold body paint were trying to show Katniss that they were supporting her even before the games began

So baboon story. When my kids were little we lived in Portland Oregon and before we moved to Michigan we took the kids to the zoo. My son was 1 1/2 and in a stroller. At the baboons the big daddy (it was a mom a dad and a baby) came over and stared at my son for a solid 5 minutes, then made a kissy face at him and left. It was amazing. Just so you don't take away this game version of baboons. Also, Katniss and Peeta: shared trauma. Movie 1 I liked here much better with Gale but the love is understandable.

Your reaction to Katniss breaking the dome was so funny hahaha

Im so glad you guys are doing these movies.

22:47 Peter relax --ITS PETAAAAAAAA

This was a brilliant movie adaptation of the books. The ONLY thing I wish they’d at least touched on was how Haymitch’s win in the second Quarter Quell where he had to survive TWICE the number of tributes (47 others) and how the Capitol punished his use of the forcefield to win by killing his entire family 2 weeks after he got back home.

Please stop trying to make Gale and Katniss a couple. They're not. They never were.

Love these reactions guys! Really is fun hearing your theories

It doesn't say in the movies but in the books it confirms that former Vic tors if they have children, their children are not immune from being reached when they turn 12. I don't know if it's ever happened, but as you'll see in this movie, some families have been hit more than once like that pair from. I believe district 2. They were a boy and a girl who were reaped in back to back years I mean just think about what that would do to their family. They just potentially lost one of their children and by some miracle they come back alive. Then the next year their other child goes and what are the odds they get them back

The fact that when sophie starts talking about killing Snow, Mair goes into a coughing fit - it's kind of an unintentional foreshadow lololol

Loved y’all’s reaction! One of my favorites of the Hunger Games! Y’all definitely gained a subscriber, and I can’t wait to see what y’all have in store!!

The reason district 12 can make that sign with their fingers is because it originated there. It didn’t have a rebellious meaning at first.

43:20 you got me with that reaction 🤣 poor Finnick lmao

The sign they do with the 3 fingers is from the district 12, so when other districts do it it’s seen as an act of defiance, cause they’re not supposed to know it or communicate with other districts. That’s why nothing happens when they do it in 12s reaping. Also, it’s said in the books they do it in funerals, to pay respect to the ones fallen, but in the second movie they kinda use it as a sign for hope

A cool character trait about Katniss is how she's all about survival for her sister. She needs to survive to help provide for her sister and district. So it makes sense for her to be dismissive about her love triangle with Gale and Peeta.

Yay! Glad i subbed at a great time y’all are just getting started here for the journey✌🏾✨ my favorite movie of the franchise.

24:38 As a gamer, watching Peeta sit up into the stereotypical "serious business time" position when they start talking about Finnick always gets a laugh out of me 🤣😂🤣😂

Peeta has always been my favorite. Book to screen❤

This was a top tier reaction from yall!!

Peeta painted the picture of Rue

Gale and Katniss aren't together but he does like her that way, and did before the events of the first movie. Maybe it was his vibes you were picking up on. There is a part of District 12 (and every district) called "Victor's Village" with nice houses. That is where Katniss, Peeta and Haymitch live now. But it is still District 12. It's a bit crazy because most of them are empty and people freeze to death and sh!t. The movie doesn't really explain it besides one quick moment when Katniss passes under a sign that says "Victor's Village." Peeta painted the image of Rue as his "skill." He does it to "hold them accountable." Katniss doesn't see it in the books. It doesn't really make sense that the Capitol would allow her to see it. But movies are a visual medium. Beetee (the Smart Guy) did not attempt to kill himself. He said his plan was to electocute the Careers but his real plan was to short circuit the force field (as Katniss did with her arrow). When he drove his knife into the force field to connect it to the wire, he was blown back like Peeta was earlier. He never said his real plan aloud so Snow wouldn't know but Plutarch (the Gamemaker) made sure the wire he needed was among the weapons.

The peacekeeper knew who she was, he was just so angry he didn't think and check who he was hitting.

I live for the Gale slander

Love seeing someone immediately clock how annoying Gale is lol

I’ve been waiting for thisss yesss

They don't literally say it in the film but it's obvious when you think about the physics of fog - when the fog was inhaled it burned their throats and lungs too not just their outer skin. They had to gargle in pain just like when you laughed at Finnick to clear it out.

56:00 The way Mair is listing off the events 😂

Katniss also is dismissive of any romantic relationship because 1) she doesn't want to bring kids into a world they may be tributes in 2) the pain she saw her mother go through losing her dad

A little bit late here, but yes. The Victor's Village where Katniss, Peeta and Haymitch lives in is in their district. So yep. They're in District 12!

Winners of the hunger games live in their distric still, but in their own little suburbs street with mansions for them. Its usually empty because not everyone for every distric wins. So its only a couple winners per distric. Their prize kinda sucks, but compared to squirls and wet bread in the rain... its something.

the hype when she shoots the roof of the arena

Ok so when Katniss saw the painting of Rue on the ground before her “score audition” or whatever, the artist was Peeta. The tributes audition in order by district, male then female. But Peeta was showing defiance towards the Capital, and maybe intentionally spurring Katniss to do something crazy and boy she delivered 😂

They’re in District 12, the Victors Village. All districts have a victors village for the winners.

You guys figure things out so well!

She’s hunting with Gale because his family needs to eat, and also it’s who she is so yeah that too

Watching people watch the hunger games for the first time in 2023 is crazy to me 😂😂😂 where was y’all in 2011?? In my opinion, I think Katniss did love Peeta, she just didn’t know it and capturing Peeta to hurt Katniss is what did the trick.

She is still in her district in a nice house