hunger games deleted scenes that should have stayed in the movie

i think we can all agree that we were robbed
hello, everyone!
i'm back with another thg video :D i'm also planning to make a pt 2 for both catching fire and mockingjay since i had to cut them into separate videos because of how many deleted scenes the first movie had (also because of copyright rip)
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[@SachaO-C]

Rue’s interview where she says “they can’t kill me if they can’t catch me” is actually an incredibly powerful line. Considering later in the arena that she died from getting caught in a net one of the careers set up. Very, very sad and clever foreshadowing that they should’ve included …

[@SF-pj6xv]

She didn’t die because she got caught in the net

[@elizelhuancaya9704]

@@SF-pj6xv well technically she did she cried out for Katniss cause she got caught then the careers came and killed rue

[@dexterthebeautifuldog2668]

She said that in her interview in the book just an unimportant fact lol

[@jessy7093]

That’s not that clever lol

[@noonebutme]

@@freeshavac-ado6704tributes from districts 1 and 2, they prepare their whole lives for the games and the victor is usually from one of those districts

[@pumpkinspiceedits8271]

The careers laughing at Peeta for not being able to climb also them can’t climb a tree

[@yu1.exe_]

In the books they actually said since they were stronger the branches would snap. I'm pretty sure someone tried to climb but they fell off.

[@yu1.exe_]

If the branches were stronger they would probably be able to climb, but Katniss was smart enough to notice how weak the branches were.

[@daanvlastuin7787]

I never liked that scene. Because it never happened in the books and it made Peeta seem wea while he actually did pretty good during training

[@yu1.exe_]

@@daanvlastuin7787 me neither

[@pumpkinspiceedits8271]

@@yu1.exe_ oooooh I’ve only read the book recently so now I understand thanks

[@susannahh2573]

they should've kept katniss getting the bread from district 11, that was the first real sign of rebellion we see. and katniss realising peeta saved her bc it makes more sense for why she immediately went to find him after the two victors announcement

[@wthtwice1432]

it also makes sense why she starts also kinda reciprocating those feelings for him

[@katelauderback9830]

@@wthtwice1432 did they show us peeta saving her? With the bread?

[@noemiemilelli8123]

I agree but I'm glad they didn't keep the bred bcs in the books she recognizes it's bread from district 11 by the grains and cereals on it and its crescent shape, by its special fashion, because every district has a type of bread, but here the 11 painted on it just makes it look like a prop, it makes it cheap, and takes away the beauty of this gift, which here just has its meaning, but it loses all the craft that goes into the bread showing the actual importance of the bread and how its not just a piece of bred but a really nice expensive bread

[@cyn2612]

Hmm looks like artisan bread, cheap? Gee idk

[@bishop8550]

It was two victors of the same district so she couldn't have chosen anyone else lol

[@kengineexpress]

I’m glad they cut the majority of the interviews, but I did wish they kept Rue’s interview. It’d show the audience how young and scared she was.

[@shelbyr9434]

Personally I like the interviews (with the exception of Glimmer), but I definitely agree that Rue's was the mosti mportant one EDIT: yea I just rewatched them and I'm glad they cut most of them lol, I'd like to have kept Rue and then *maybe* one career just to show how brainwashed they are

[@giovanna4540]

it's ironically sad because they only killed her because they caught her in that trap

[@ethypoo]

i would’ve kept the interviews but at least have the full tribute cast in line

[@Aisha_Luv]

Dude i was in near tears at "if they can't catch me they can't kill me" Like how it was a "cute catchphrase"

[@razminfox1787]

@@shelbyr9434 I like glimmers because it kinda foreshadows what happens yo victors … like finnick …

[@gengarcrobat1576]

Fun Fact: Aside from Katniss' and Peeta's interviews, the tribute interviews were all improvised. The young woman who played Foxface said so

[@davidtwotw6836]

oh so the guy that plays cato is an actual airhead

[@gengarcrobat1576]

@@davidtwotw6836 Where did you get that from? What they showed of him talking in the movie is what Cato would say.

[@DoubleJGamer-fy8jy]

@@davidtwotw6836no he was still acting during the interview but wasn’t given a script

[@SA-xi6gt]

ah i can tell lol no offence but it was kinda cringy

[@Sebbir]

@@SA-xi6gtbut very authentic. They are dragging random kids from the districts into the spotlight and asks them to act like super stars. Of course they are going to be cringy

[@juliasgardenparty4246]

wouldnt mind the movie being 11 minutes longer

[@Yn.taylor]

Yea

[@summerspring5930]

Me too. -_-

[@TaeTaes_Tea]

DENKI MY HUSBAND

[@reh2157]

It honestly wouldn't even be the full 11 minutes, a lot of these scenes are in the movie they're just cut shorter

[@Wolfe_daze]

I wouldn't mind the movie being an hour longer on cf aswell so many details I wish were in got cut from book to movie I still love them tho

[@doreilly7689]

It's really disturbing how legitimately nice they are being to Rue while sending her to her death... it's like they have no idea it's immoral as long as you give some platitudes

[@obish4476]

its definitely a good commentary/reflection on real issues

[@speljufcharlotte8999]

These whole interviews thing is so absurd and sickening but especially with the little kids.

[@darkestnightproductions]

You can tell that Rue didn’t want to expose too much of herself so that the tributes wouldn’t use that against her. She’s smart. She really is.

[@lexieprice438]

This! And I’m sure she WAS scared and nervous on that stage (who wouldn’t be?), but I have a strong feeling her sponsor encouraged her to play that up for audience sympathy too.

[@Cinnamoroll_129]

She is definitely the smartest 12 year old in her district for sure.

[@cloudykodi]

I'm so sad that Rue is hardly in the movie. We learn so much about her in the books that her death is actually pretty effective, but in the movie we don't learn as much about her it seems and it really sucks

[@godsonalvarado6656]

Yeah this is a issue I have with the movie adaptations, but there is only so much detail they can make include unfortunately.

[@caitlynhladky8085]

@@godsonalvarado6656 I’m ngl they could out every detail from the book into the movie and I would watch the whole thing 😭

[@homosexualitymydearwatson4109]

Or how the districts are kept cut off from one another, and how it’s our introduction to the real purpose of the games, to turn the districts against one another and keep them blind to each other’s issues and how katniss’s choice to bed her body in flowers is even more important because you don’t see that act of unity in the games because it defies the games and their purpose

[@idvdk]

she deserves more screen time

[@lowri-fz9lq]

I kinda wish they didn't kill her and petta and katniss managed to get her out of the arena

[@PeachBunny_hjk]

Imagine filming your interview scene on stage only to find out it getting cut and your screen time is then basically cut in half

[@KeybladeWielderXV]

I suppose they still got paid for their time but still, sucks to lose so much screentime

[@JorgetePanete]

your*

[@bwingbwinggwiyomi]

this is very common in the film industry though unfortunately.

[@KD-ou2np]

Pretty normal for actors.

[@monberg1000]

Imagine you are lucky enough to get a minor role in a big movie. Then imagine you be upset and act like you are the star of the movie when one of your scenes is cut.

[@buffyglimmers]

It’s the fact that even for Glimmer , someone who is in the district 1 they’re mocking her name by laughing when it’s revealed , showing all these tributes are jokes to them in a way. Even the careers are jokes to them showing all of them are victims Also she’s 17 the way he touches her arm and she plays flirty when she’s getting put in a death match thinking she’s gonna win by playing flirty with a crowd of people mocking her name, it’s sad .

[@buffyglimmers]

@Blue Browski yea her strategy going in makes her a really sad character to me like you really thought you could get by on your looks and flirting in a death battle ? She was the best out of all the girls in district 1 since they have mentors pick who they think will win and I honestly think she was just set up bc they thought Marvel would win and she’d be an easy take out for him ? Idk it’s just really sad her character is sad to me relying on pretty like that .

[@thornprick2645]

Yeah it hints more at some of the darker tones in the books that don't come up in the movies. Winning tributes were prostituted in the Capitol against their will. Katniss and Peeta only got out of that because it was of utmost importance that the appearance of their romance took center stage.

[@anaoamal8792]

@@thornprick2645 I’m pretty sure they try to force it on tributes who are super attractive, like Finnick/Cashmere/Haymitch/Johanna. It was shown that Katniss wasn’t found attractive at all by the Capitol, and they considered her as “romantic as dirt.” But they changed their mind when they saw Peeta be head-over-heels for her. So, either way Katniss would not have been made into a prostitute. Peeta? Not certain. I think it was implied Peeta was found at least more attractive than Katniss.

[@yssa1945]

@@buffyglimmers i mean technically if shes well liked by the people esp with her good looks, it can get her more sponsors and put her at an advantage

[@mistysharks]

if she won she would have gotten the same fate as cashmere ☹️☹️

[@OreoCookie324]

Should've kept the Rue and Katniss dialogue scenes😭 and when 11 gave Katniss the bread because that was the first time another district had given a gift to a tribute that didn't reside from the same district.

[@hollytaylor1379]

It would have also been the only time we saw someone receive something from sponsors other than the ones she got from haymitch.

[@dianamgdata]

I didn’t understand that part, si districts could send gifts? I did not know that

[@PhlilipeAlves]

​@@dianamgdatait's written in the books. They can't put everything from the book into the movie.

[@savannahs8914]

​@@dianamgdatatechnically, it was probably the District 11 Victors/Mentors, using sponsor money. They probably get money from people betting on their kids and decided how best to use it (like Haymitch) and they used money they COULD have used for Tresh to send to Katniss, which is a big deal.

[@elizabethmicheal5590]

District 11 scene made me bawl crying. It’s from the people of 11 meaning they all pitched in their money to give her that piece of bread. It shows how little they had how strong Katniss and Rue relationship was. They knew she was their only hope

[@savannahs8914]

It was probably the Victors/Mentors, since I dont think the people at home have a way of sending money. To me, that's almost a bigger deal. Thresh is still alive, but they send Katniss bread. I dont know how much that cost, but it wasnt cheap or else Dist 5 would have had foxface hide and sent her enough to keep her alive. They sent Katniss bread and made sure it was clear who sent it and way. It's the beginning of inter-district solidarity

[@rebeccaescanilla665]

"well if they cant catch me, they cant kill mee" omg baby rue

[@rosie1ddd151]

awe

[@pumpkinspiceedits8271]

I think that was in the film

[@yu1.exe_]

@TheFrog sadly it wasn't in the books

[@delnadavid2589]

In the books, she doesn’t mention her catchphrase in the interview, but she does say it to Katniss.

[@yu1.exe_]

@@delnadavid2589 oh

[@Tonycillian5]

They should have introduced that Peeta lost his leg when the dogs bit him like in the books. Really highlights the pain the games brings and adds a different layer to Peeta

[@nova14414]

Wait what?

[@danielacontreras7664]

@@nova14414 Peeta lost his legs in the books, it got infected after cato cut him and the medicine helped but after the games the capitols doctors couldn't save it so he became an amputee

[@stinkyghost1118]

Yeah and it effected him in the later books, like he almost does because of it. I agree

[@szaria1759]

Also, the whole bit about the dogs being some twisted version of the dead tributes

[@ariannasparks298]

Fr because it’s a huge plot line in the other two books like that’s why during the quarter quell he is slow and loud walking through the arena and not to mention katniss felt really guilty about him losing his leg

[@Zitrolena]

I think leaving the scene in where you can see all the tributes in a row would have really helped making it more obvious that they were all kids And the bread from district 11 was one of the first "acts of rebellion" it was really important and should have been kept in

[@TheCrazyOrange]

The bread and hearing imo should have been redone & kept, but watching the scenes I feel like the choice to exclude them was due to the quality.

[@jadvyganoreikiene192]

I was wathing hunger games and somehow saw these scenes thoo, it felt like movie was realy long, like two times longer. Thats kinda strange.

[@camerongranger]

the scenes r in the book. well most of them, not the interviews. rues interview if they can’t catch me they can’t kill me was in the book and the bread from 11. and when rue and kart is talk about district 11

[@jaykayt44]

Right? I couldn't help thinking that they all look dressed up like they should be in a play or going to prom or something normal for their age.

[@annedg]

💯 panning down the line of child tributes made my stomach turn and my heart ache, really showcasing how sick and twisted these games are for their entertainment. They should have left that part in.

[@semogecarg]

stanley tucci can just bounce off of everyone so effortlessly watching him doing all the interviews he is so clearly perfect for caesar

[@CharBles001]

agreed.

[@sxrpenshire]

Rue's interview... When Rue tells Caesar her age, you can see Katniss react to that, because where everyone else hears Rue, she hears Prim.

[@HeyItsDaniMonique]

Haymitch telling Katniss and Peeta to fake being weaker than the other tributes was smart. That’s exactly how Joanna won her game

[@beepbeep7397]

The bread scene was really sweet. Neither of the districts really care about any of the other districts too much so that little bit of humanity and rebellion was nice to see. I wished they kept it :(

[@marylincherie1806]

also, we dont see her or Peeta getting any gift from D12. I'd think those sponsorings are extremely expensive.

[@japanssilver]

Why was it an act of rebellion??

[@lolz1296]

@@japanssilver bc usually youre not supposed to care abt other districts so the fact they sent her that was huge and showed they respected her and wanted her to win

[@Kaastengels]

@@lolz1296 it was originally meant for rue, but then they sent it to her as a thank you for taking care of her

[@flowerflower314]

@@japanssilveri don’t think it was. according to the book, it was going to be given to rue, but when she died, they decided to give it to katniss instead since she cared so much for rue. they also decided to give it to katniss since they didn’t want to waste food.

[@fairyqueenland498]

They should have included -why people would form alliances in the game, -why it was important that Katniss blow up the food ("they don't know how to be hungry"), - Peeta fighting Cato, - the scenes with Rue, - more of the interviews (even if they just show their faces and say their district) - Madge giving Katniss the mockingjay pin (a random old woman giving it Katniss has no feeling/sentimentality tbh) - maybe Peeta's homelife and Katniss being aware of him after the bread, or the divide between Seam and Merchants

[@addiek2862]

Didn’t Katniss get the pin for Prim and said it would keep her safe? Then prim gave it back when she volunteered and said the same

[@aakash2868]

​@@addiek2862that's what they show in the movies. In the books, the mayor's daughter Madge gives Katniss the pin during the final goodbyes after the reaping.

[@addiek2862]

@@aakash2868 you’re so right

[@sabrinapinheiro205]

YES!

[@Verkehrszeichen282]

its actually not a "random old woman", its greasy sae, which is a character also existing in the books

[@ivypool2856]

I'm actually surprised that Caesar called her "Foxface" when that wasn't actually her name, it was just a nickname Katniss gave her bc she needed something to call her and thought she looked like a fox.

[@inkhwon]

Prob an added reason for why they cut the scene

[@ivypool2856]

@@inkhwon True

[@susanalopez5052]

Rue asking katniss about peeta was too wholesome it really drove home the “you remind me my sister” angle

[@EmmaAlmehairi]

i feel like them cutting the tribute's interviews was a bad choice, like it's so important to see who volunteered and who was chosen! hearing that clove volunteered changed how i see her completely!!

[@SwitchHiyyihLite]

She’s from a career district, most of them are volunteers!

[@prantikghosh8566]

Yeah she seemed even MORE ruthless and overconfident.

[@sebjoines7958]

@@SwitchHiyyihLite but she’s so much younger than the others and she did it so early

[@malyceascarlet9837]

The ambiance of Rue's interview is... Wow. You actually see Capitol people pitying her because no one as young as her ever survived. Even Caesar's demeanor is different. More gentle. It's powerful and I get why they didn't keep it because we're not supposed to empathize with Capitol people in THAT movie, but damn. It's the only interview that had death written all over it.

[@brennathecatlover4360]

Finnick was the youngest at 14 at least living to my knowledge

[@ruedillian]

@@brennathecatlover4360correction: the youngest to ever win hunger games

[@brennathecatlover4360]

@@ruedillian yea ik he was but at least on record since I don’t think they barely kept track in the beginning

[@Brooklyn_286]

What I hated about the movie is how little they put in of Katniss and rues relationship. In the book they put so much more detail, showing how they were really friends, but in the movie they put like 5 minutes of rue in all. 😢😢

[@radioactive_sunflowerz2450]

Caesar honestly was such an interesting and compelling character. Even towards the end you never find out what he exactly feels. Yes he interviewed Peeta during the rebellion but he does seem concerned and does kinda try to feed Peeta answers that Snow would approve of. In the books during hunger games and catching fire Katniss points out that Caesar is always nice to all the tributes and does his best to showcase their best traits to be appealing to the capital and thus sponsors. He could still be supportive of the capital but i still think he's really interesting, especially since the prequel trailers show that his dad or grandpa was the first host of the hunger games, so he grew up in that situation.

[@MJAYZ007]

In the books it always said that Ceaser helped you out.

[@erickruckenberg8716]

The end royally pissed me off considering how crazy it was in the book. They made the tributes into these Werewolf creatures… didn’t happen. They were weird big dogs. The gash on Catos’ head was done by Thresh who nearly killed him, but instead he gets offscreened. Katniss went crazy when she realized the werewolves were the dead tributes as one had all gold hair, another all red, and the little one, well, they were Glimmer, Foxface, and Rue. I’m glad they did better for the rest of the movies but damn I felt the end of the first film went really dull pretty quick

[@Lily-is4gt]

and also them getting rid of when peeta loses his leg

[@ice1476]

@@Lily-is4gt yeah that’s a pretty important weakness of his for book 2 as well.

[@nova14414]

@@Lily-is4gt wait what? I haven't read the books so please explain 0-o

[@Lily-is4gt]

@@nova14414 basically at the end of the first book peeta gets his leg bit by one of the hounds, and he ends up getting it amputated and has a prosthetic for the rest of the series

[@joaquin6668]

they offscreened tresh and cato's fight AND implied tresh was killed by the mutts, also tresh in the book dies before foxface

[@Lara-42069]

the careers interviews make them so much scarier than they’re portrayed in the movies… like CLOVE?? “I could kill you across this stage” GIRL 💀 i’m scurrrrred

[@vae2036]

It also makes them more human and shows how brainwashed they are

[@tanita6234]

The way the volunteers from the rich districts talk about the game reminds me to the way some kids now talk about politics, they are so ridiculous but they have NO idea

[@imanalligator]

The Rue interview scene has so much details in it like the way we can see how a literally child has been send to die and even u can see the pity in the faces of the crowd, also the reaction of katniss after hearing her age AND peeta noticing and worrying about her at 6:23, I really wish they would have kept that scene in the movie

[@marieseidel4683]

Rue was by far my favorite character she's just so sweet and when I first read the book I was so shocked that she died

[@thatxxweirdxequestrianxx6999]

Same, tbh i was nearly in tears, also the way Katniss treated her like a little sister as well, I was crying when Katniss burnt her leg as well

[@partypoison5135]

how come you were shocked? she would've died one way or another it's the hunger games

[@cartilagefiend]

@@partypoison5135still super sad

[@partypoison5135]

@@cartilagefiend i know i was sad but inknew it was coming

[@giovanna4540]

im honestly glad they didnt include the "we're even" scene, katniss says in the books she can never be even with peeta and only brought this up after quite some time

[@lucymcbride3988]

Glimmers interview makes it so painfully obvious about the SA that goes on

[@rahtsnake144]

elaborate? you mean to the actors or the characters?

[@dylanverstraete5323]

@@rahtsnake144the characters. Many of the winners of the hunger games were prostituted to people in the capital f.e Finnick. Snow wanted to do this with Joanna but she wouldn’t have it and that’s why he killed her entire family and why Joanna says “You can’t hurt me I don’t have anyone” in the third quarter quell.

[@emetrules76]

the interview scene should have been worth it, showing how truely horrifying this is, and focus on the fact that this is children. even the kids who volunteered, it's insane they're that brainwashed by their society. and when he tells rue to say her "catchphrase" ? the utter fear of this child not wanting to die?

[@raven_martin513]

I don’t understand why they didn’t have katniss losing her hearing bc it’s such an important part of the book and it would’ve been great in the movie

[@eventplanner461]

I could have sworn they included it in the film because I remember thing ringing part and her rustling leaves.

[@brennathecatlover4360]

@@eventplanner461right like istg they have the scene of Cato I think it was killing boy 3

[@lilredpen]

I wish Rue had more screentime. Her character and death had so much impact.

[@velasquezapril9980]

What fox face said would have sent chills down my spine suring her death scene if they included this interview..I always thought she deliberately ate the nightlock berries not that she didn't know what it was.

[@jen-kg3do]

WOAH

[@nova14414]

I think she knew exactly what it was, she seemed smart enough.

[@TheMutant_Real]

She would ve faked that so her family wouldn't get hurt since she killed herself

[@sakuraheony]

@@nova14414 it only grew on the outskirts of 12 and 13, it makes it more sad that even thought she was studying survival skills she still died to berries

[@bootysaladd]

the night lock berries were only known to grow around the outskirts of 12 & 13, and even intentionally left out of the training game foxface had participated in. there’s even a theory that it was insinuated foxface wasn’t in her right mind due to starvation, and saw peeta collecting the berries making her think they were safe to consume

[@pinkgiraffe378]

The scene of Katniss getting bread from district 11 is the one that I hate was cut the most. That was such a pivotal and emotional scene in the books. Plus was the first real sign of the districts uniting against the capitol. Seriously added so much depth in such a short scene too, why cut it?!

[@leahimbrunone5559]

Maybe they cut it bc they'd have to include when peeta was explaining the different districts breads in the interviews?? I wish these movies were longer or even split up like they did with mockingly

[@mollybrown8361]

I like the interviews as it humanises the tributes and gives back story but I’m glad they cut them as it would have slowed down the pace. They would have made great end of credit so the audience still gets to see them. I think they should have definitely kept rue’s so you realise just how young she was. Also maybe foxface to better explain the scene where Katniss is and Peter get the berries out of her hand - better shows to the audience that she probably killed herself because she was knowledgeable enough to know they were poison. I also think they should have kept the scene where katniss realises Peter saves her - motives behind Peter being with the careers and more bonding time with rue. I love the scene where 11 sends katniss bread. So so touching - made me tear up

[@shlafrock2175]

It's Peeta

[@mollybrown8361]

@@shlafrock2175 I am aware - autocorrect

[@bootysaladd]

the night lock berries were only known to grow around the outskirts of 12 & 13, and even intentionally left out of the training game foxface had participated in. there’s even a theory that it was insinuated foxface wasn’t in her right mind due to starvation, and saw peeta collecting the berries making her think they were safe to consume

[@milacruz3970]

Oh man. Rue's interview would've made me cry

[@supergirl1390]

My baby ❤️

[@Greenfeelds]

I think every single arena scene should’ve been included it makes it so much more interesting

[@spaghettiwrynnsurpremacy]

I watched catching fire today, I love the concept of the second arena but it was very short, imo they should've started the games before ~01:20:00 and rather shorten the beginning

[@tmm4195]

@@spaghettiwrynnsurpremacy Yeah but the second movie was less about the games and more about the start of the revolution, which all lead to the second arena. However, even with the short time in the arena, I think they did well in showing how gruesome and mentally torturing it was for the tributes involved.

[@fiepkok]

Is it me or have some of these scenes actually been included in the films? The 'katniss looking out for peeta' one and the 'katniss convinced that Peeta teamed up w the careers' are in the films, like ive seen them in it.

[@amirabates3180]

Part of those scenes are in the movies. Like we see peeta twist in the rope then fall but we didn't see katniss watching him, we just saw her get up and go to him after he fell. From the 'katniss covinced that peeta teamed up w the careers' the flash backs werent in the movie but everything else from that scene was. They cut it after the careers leave and then she goes to sleep. most of these scenes are just the extended versions of what we saw in the flims.

[@juanmoyajr9102]

The katniss looking out for peeta was in the movie but this version is alot longer than the scene was in the movie

[@sebastianzietara4018]

@@juanmoyajr9102 and from another angle also.

[@thememesponge6515]

I can remember that gale taught prim to make a rabbit trap and the district 11 bread scenes were actually in thr movie also a scene in the bigginning of the movie when prim has a nightmare but you could actually see the nightmare as she gets Hunted in the forest. Also i can remember a scene where president snow takes a walk with the gamemaker in the capitols gardens

[@gatofish111]

I think that was the directors cut one

[@annab4978]

i'm sorry but the scene with rue and katniss in the sleeping bag is too cute omg

[@ericaezquerroantonanzas7890]

The "You helped me once" scéne made me cry aswell as seeing Rue with Katniss when they were in the Arena.

[@c.c.m98]

Not sure about most of them, but they should have really kept the scene of district 11 sending bread to Katniss

[@BasicBerry_]

All of the tributes' interviews were awesome! I especially liked Marvels ngl. It's a real shame that they didn't include them!

[@TheCrazyOrange]

I think including Marvels would have been helpful for background, since he is the one who got Rue.

[@gaysquid3472]

“Whenever I saw someone kill someone else I would think, that’s me” 🤨🤨

[@riverjame-sv9fo]

I feel like Clove‘s actress would have been perfect for the role of Katniss, she looks her age and description in the books almost exactly. Jennifer did such an amazing acting job tho, so it doesn’t really matter

[@rainyclouds3441]

I think she originally auditioned but they said she was too young

[@LauraS1]

She was too young for Katniss and too old for Prim so she read for Clove instead.

[@roarbekah]

I personally think Isabelle would have gotten away with portraying Katniss if she got casted to play her, despite her age at the time. Considering that Katniss is described as being malnourished in the books, I pictured her build to be more on the smaller side. But, Jennifer did a good job with the role.

[@yurika_edits]

I always felt like Jennifer looked a bit soft for the role. Isabelle might have pulled the 'girl on fire' theme better but Jennifer still did amazing.

[@stanvixxstantalent]

Katniss is supposed to be shorter then peeta after all.....

[@alex_is_out]

Some of these scenes should have been added. Clips of the interviews - like the shot of them all in a line, and Rue's "they can't kill me if they can't catch me"- which foreshadows her death after getting caught, as well as both scenes of Katniss and Rue talking. Just more of Rue, because she's a very important part of the story in the books. In the movie we hardly see/know her before she dies so while we see she meant a lot to Katniss we never really see why. She's forgettable. District 11 sending bread absolutely should have been added too (although Katniss should have said thank you!). The games feel so short in the movie

[@brennathecatlover4360]

Marvel basically admitting he’s a serial killer😭💀

[@dtermnatn7880]

thanks for all these scenes. They should've included these scenes in the real movies. Especially all the tributes interviews. It would've probably made the movie longer then they wanted, but it would've made the movies SOO much better

[@JorgetePanete]

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[@nameless....]

They should have kept the bread scene from district 11. No other tribute had received a gift from another district, and its commented that gifts in the arena are very expensive. For Katniss to receive a gift from a district that wasn't her own, especially one of the poorer districts, was a big moment. Also, in the books, bread is a reoccurring theme (not just with Peeta), and I think the movies robbed us of a lot of that.

[@the_fd_180]

Cloves interview was amazing. She and Cato are so sassy and cocky. Foxface and Rue interviews 😭

[@MotivGuy94]

I really like foxfaces interview and character as a whole, wish she had more of a role. I like the whole your brain is your strongest weapon thing. Tho... Ironically her phrase worked out as poorly as rues phrase did...

[@_InsomniacPenguin_]

Actually, it is believed that foxface committed suic1de, seeing how she saw that from a physical standpoint, her body was significantly smaller than the other tributes, and if it came down to a fight, she would die. So basically, she took her own life before someone else could.

[@nevaehwilliams6200]

@@_InsomniacPenguin_she didn’t know the berries were poisonous

[@sparkles6861]

they should've kept in rues interview and district 11 sending bread. both scenes were powerful and included forshadowing

[@jeancarlodelaluz6415]

Marvel being a psychopath and groomed to be it a bit more than everyone. Cato on the other hand was just straight out brainwashed. Difference is that marvel must've hunted animals and loved it way too much, gets creepier when they start at a younger age and don't feel remorse.

[@tidela4714]

The district 11 bread was so important, I wish they’d kept it

[@Alina_Schmidt]

Whoever wrote the lines of the career tributes interviews was just right on point about this society and the american dream.

[@addielingafelter8152]

I think it was just the actors improving

[@betsytheonion8751]

The shouldn’t have deleted prims dream, it would’ve looked so good

[@sebastian8922]

The shakey cam was horrendous but Prim looked badass

[@whitetailhuntress979]

I actually think that the right decision was made with the dream. The way the movie is written, Seneca Crane is opening his mouth to answer the question, "What is your personal game signature?" and Prim's scream shatters the quiet interview as the screen goes to dreary District 12. It startles the audience and is such a distinct juxtaposition from fancy and "reserved" to dingy and real. The question, followed by the dream and the comforting words of Katniss, just would have seemed out of place. The scream reminds the audience immediately, "

[@fairyqueenland498]

Agree with you, I think they did that well

[@louise6957]

Also, it sounds like Prim's scream is the answer to the question. What is his personal game signature? A 12 year-old child screaming in terror, that is his signature.

[@thelastwish558]

Even the audience was shocked at how young and small Rue was in the interview

[@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594]

Amandla’s performance in that interview is so hauntingly sad. Like these people are clapping and cheering for a little girl who’s been sent to die.

[@rickkinki4624]

I love this! I wish they would release a "director's cut" of all the films, with nothing cut out, everything intact! But I wish the volume were higher.

[@Maudddddd]

Marvel’s interview was so funny I can’t “I would see someone kill someone else and I just thought… that’s me :)”

[@0_CHERRY]

All of these were so good. In the books, Katniss and Rue are together for much longer than in the movies. If you haven’t read them, it’s much better there. They get to know each other, they tell stuff about themselves. You also get to know Rue as a character much better, and she talks about district 11. I wish these things were in the movie too, it would’ve made it so much better! There are also much more stuff in the books that weren’t in the movies.

[@FilmedByLala]

I wish Prims nightmare would’ve stayed. I feel it would have been showing the audience that even your deepest, darkest, thoughts can happen at the mercy of the capitol/the movie.

[@gaysquid3472]

It honestly makes me sad seeing the interviews from the careers and seeing how brainwashed and groomed they are in believing that’s what they wanted

[@superslytherin8525]

Rue’s interview was heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Kind of glad they didn’t keep it cause I wouldn’t have been able to watch the movies over and over again. She was too sweet, to little and to good for that fate :(

[@hidansektas]

i cant even begin to say how much i loved rue both in the movies and in the book. the actress did such a good job. rue supremacy

[@444erna]

they should’ve shown the interviews, info about district 11, her realizing peeta saved her, and getting the bread

[@inkheart151]

I forgot Katniss going partially deaf was a thing. Wish they kept that….

[@michaelweiskopf7771]

Foxface could of easily paired up with katniss, Rue, and Peeta as an alliance

[@elsakent7794]

omg the interview with a career and he says how when he was a little kid he'd see a person kill another person and think "that's so me"... i found that genuinely chilling coz he even compares it to simple hunting

[@metallicmaiden409]

Not me crying with Rue's interview 😭💔

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

While the interviews themselves don't add much, I think the backstage parts where they're waiting in line add a lot to the whole absurdity of the process. That stuff could have been salvaged by clever montage edits.

[@avocadomangos9581]

rue's interview:(

[@user-yl8nn8xj2f]

Most of these parts actually come in the book! But sadly other details in the movies are not in the book! Im willing to see the movie once im old enough

[@ellacurran9403]

yess i wish they kept all the book details because it just helps with backstory and character development. you should def see the movies though they're still really good!

[@FreyjaShartSquad]

These scenes not being added irritates me so much. I've read the books and seen clips from the movies but I've noticed that people who've only watched the movies tend to hate katniss and gale a lot more than they would if they read the books. So many of these scenes are important moments that add to the story.

[@downwindfish1]

6:09 ah yes Caesar, a gun, definitely gonna help her in the games

[@LauraS1]

Hey, they had no idea what kind of weaponry, if any, would be provided in the Games. Really, the possibilities were endless. In any case, it was all horrific when we consider the "players" and the "game" itself.

[@downwindfish1]

@@LauraS1 but if you think about it, not only would guns be really boring for the people in the capitol watching, a gun doesn't fit in with all the other weapons used in either movie or in previous games we know about, AND a gun would be way overpowered for anyone who had one

[@Luke_05]

@@downwindfish1 yeah I agree with you totally. I’m pretty sure none of the games have ever had a gun in them. it makes sense too, as they’d be far too overpowered and it’d ruin the “watch” for the capitol citizens as all the tributes would be dead pretty quickly

[@hollykidson]

I think they did a great job with editing, but that scene where she sees the impact of her alliance with Rue - getting bread from the people of 11 - that was powerful and short. I would have left that in.

[@girlscarf]

rue is so precious in her interview i wish they kept it

[@carsonblount1182]

Interesting how during Rue’s interview, when she says she’s 12 and Katniss is clearly disturbed because she’s thinking of Prim, Peeta looks at Katniss probably concerned for her. Another detail of how much Peeta cares for her

[@m.tandme4176]

I wish they got Katniss’ inner monologue into the movie ‘They hate me they all hate me they think I’m the woooorst. OMG HE TOLD EVERYONE HE LOVES ME TO MAKE THEM THINK IM WEEEEAK HOW DARE HE’

[@sarahborino]

Ohhhh the Glimmer interview was sooo creepyyy

[@siennaskye_journey]

100%! But it showed the reality talked about in the books. Winning tributes were prostituted against their will.

[@deluluismyalterego]

“with the gratitude from the people of district 11” made me cry lol

[@Mockingjay975]

The “throw that metal thing over there” one is in the movie. I know because I watched it last night.

[@ThotWaffle]

5:35 Foxface: 👁👄👁 Caesar Flickerman: Do you have any special skills you can tell us about? Foxface: *blinks furiously* I'm smart. ✨👁👄👁✨ I believe that no weapons can match a brain. Also Foxface: *dies from deadly berries*

[@rusher4ever_]

in the scene where peeta falls from the climbing thing,i’m pretty sure that’s in the movie just a lot shorter

[@Sophiaschau4]

Watching this I felt so bad for Rue because she was so young and scared, it wasn’t fair to make someone that young fight to the death

[@McButtsTheCrimeDog]

This kinda shows an unseen portion of the filming process. The massive amounts of editing. The glimmer interview is so raw it still has green screen in it with the sound not synced correctly and the levels off. With the lighting looking off as well. Just shows that cameras can only do so much

[@anaribeiro6615]

They really should've kept the interviews, it really humanizes the other tributes

[@veradavampire4861]

why do i remember all of these scenes watching it for the first time?

[@willowweaver8465]

They absolutely should've kept the district 11 bread scene. So so important.

[@iMAY0]

The scene with all the tributes in line dressed up and with the make up on i think it was a magnificent way of represent a part of the Games that is cruel and no one talks about as much. They were dehumanizing. Not because the Capitol saw people from the districts as inferiors, but because they were a show. Their pain was a show for all Panem to look and laugh at. They dressed up starving opressed childrens and present them on a show to make an even more "fun" circus.

[@sussy_sammy3356]

yeah she lost her hearing throughout all the books and had to get, technically, a genetically modified one 😂

[@madeleinep.828]

I really enjoy the interview scenes (also, am I crazy or was there a clip of Thresh’s interview somewhere too?) but understand why some of them had to be cut. At the very least though, I wish they had kept the part where we get a look at the tributes in line just so the majority of them weren’t totally unknown and faceless to us. The scenes with Rue definitely should’ve stayed in the movie, as I rewatched it recently and was disappointed in how little we actually got to know her before she died.

[@egb3100]

There's also a deleted scene where rue tells katniss about a boy she likes back home🥺

[@karicewillis]

I have a deep feeling that maybe Rue's crush wasn't a boy and that's why she couldn't tell Katniss on camera who that special girl crush she had was because she was afraid she'd be judged by the audience for being a Lesbian.... Add to the fact that Amandla likes girls in real life and my theory makes a lot of sense. 🤔

[@hi-pg9bp]

@@karicewillisno ur theory doesn’t make sense at all you freak

[@youhaveenteredthecomedyarea]

@@karicewillisBruh sound effect #2

[@emagalociova]

@@karicewillis rue is a child, tf. No need to post such grooming comments m8

[@ophiescurse]

“if they can’t catch me, then they can’t kill me.” “i’m here, i’m there, i’m everywhere- but you can’t catch me now.”

[@Peetas_girlfriend]

They should’ve totally kept Rue’s interview, it adds more to the story

[@pinkgiraffe378]

The full interview scenes really displayed the stark differences between the capitol and the districts and honestly even the careers districts and the poor ones.