*INSANE FINALE!!* THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 | First Time Watching | (reaction/review)

[@pablozaleta]

we hate Snow and all that, but Donald Sutherland ATE that role

[@brianmatthews1736]

FACTS....and he left no crumbs!

[@emilyk5168]

We hate Snow but we stan Donald Sutherland. He was on a CIA watchlist for his anti-war activities (the NSA admitted this in 2017, I think). He knows what he's about here.

[@Viraxii]

oh Yes mr Sutherland delivered as usual

[@isabelledrevet5913]

He was brilliant

[@seanchesteralexisexamen5964]

And the next installment about the prequel will shed us the light behind the mystery of Snow I'm excited to know about his past

[@camilamardones4628]

“Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until the flashbacks are over. I wake screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real.”

[@sarahmoller7308]

That's one of the most beautiful and heartwrenching parts in the books hondestly.

[@brittanyyoung6501]

After I read this in the book I I copied it into my notebook of quotations. SO Good!

[@hezahaubeza]

I wish I could write as beautifully as this.

[@madeleinehoward3418]

Who’s cutting onions??

[@kellyjene77]

🧅🧅🧅🧅 their love is beautiful... 😢

[@antoinetteserrano3082]

In the book, Katniss didn’t want children because of the games so for her to become a mother is truly the ultimate sign of hope & redemption

[@scorpioj3]

Yes, she always been great with kids but she is unable to think of having her own because of the society they lived in. She had kids when she felt safe enough.

[@whiteblackhole]

If I'm not wrong, I think that they only had kids 10 years later.

[@scahearn6279]

@@whiteblackholetimeframe is unclear as she states it took 5, 10, 15 years for her to agree.

[@SuperPrestogamer]

@@scahearn6279I mean to be fair…she’s probably got ptsd even after becoming a parent which is hard to deal with while also having children…

[@ashleyj97]

I mean they kept that line in the first movie but appreciate the sentiment

[@riffranger]

As soon as Katniss said “for Prim” Haymitch knew what she was planning. That’s why they both voted yes. They saw what Coin was.

[@genny5309]

And Coin thought she’d won Katniss over… that Katniss thought Snow was responsible.

[@willback8513]

What makes this scene better is that only Katniss knows how evil Coin is, because she had one final conversation with Snow. Haymitch wasn’t previously aware, he’s figuring out right now that Coin is no different.

[@ItsAsparageese]

I get the impression that Haymitch isn't 100% sure (though ofc he catches Coin's vibe) but that he can sense that Katniss has an agenda and is happy to trust and support her on principle.

[@Florymausi]

A little "fun fact" about Prim being there in the capitol: She actually wasnt old enough. In the book, Katniss was thinking about why she was there, then she kinda realizes that Coin had to give permission to let prim go there to help. the bomb was from the rebels, which Coin also would have to approve. so, basically in Katniss´s mind, Coin planned this. you really should read the books if you have time and can get your hands on them. it´s so much more detailed and you get to know katniss´s thoughts, because it´s written from her perspective.

[@nmoney6655]

I would let you borrow my copy but unfortunately I don’t think you live where I am

[@ptolover7]

I think they did a good job with this as an adaptation (with the exception of a few weird choices), but I really wish they hadn't put that line in there about Snow not thinking Coin was gunning for Prim. They didn't have to make it as obvious as the book made it but adding a line that specifically makes it sound like it wasn't intentional took some of the evil away from Coin.

[@ranniwolves]

@@ptolover7i interpreted that as snow being cheeky, implying that she was gunning for her. i got that from the little smirk sutherland has on his face while delivering that line, but on face value i can see how it paints coin as not doing that

[@sydneypeck2488]

@@ptolover7 When he said that it sounded very sarcastic to me, especially with the smirk, like he was mocking Katniss for trusting Coin because Coin was gunning for Prim.

[@ptolover7]

@@sydneypeck2488 I always saw the smirk as a taunt. Like "you started the war I told you not to start and would you look at that, one of the casualties of that war was the person you love the most. Well that's what you get" kind of thing. I'm not saying I think anyone is wrong about this, I just think if that's what they were going for they needed a little less subtlety since that clearly was interpreted in a lot of different ways by different people

[@jinxysaberk]

The thing that breaks my heart most about this franchise? The reason she volunteered. The reason she went through all of this. Her sister prim. She died anyway.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

For me it’s also what they did to Peeta in the capitol

[@mayflyrose8195]

​@@rachelrosenstein9975yes, especially since in the first Book/movie he said he wanted to show them they didn't own him, that he was more than just a piece in their games.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

@@mayflyrose8195 at least we can say he fell in love with her twice

[@xBloodxFangx]

Yeah thats what gets me too. Katniss never wanted any of this. Sure a free world is great but that wasnt her goal. Her goal was to protect her little sister, that is it. Everything else was thrusted upon her and out of her control. And yet Prim still died after everything and never got to see that free world...

[@tigerlily2699]

@@xBloodxFangxIt’s definitely depressing, but innocence dies in war. Prim represents innocence, just as Rue did. It’s absolutely unfair and cruel, but it’s a harsh reality that the best Katniss did was buy her more time. She was doomed to die, it was just a matter of if it’ll be from competing in the Hunger Games like Rue…or as we saw with the war.

[@mrpink627]

In the book it’s Peeta who made Annie and Finnick’s wedding cake. It was Katniss’s way of understanding some parts of him were coming back

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

😍😍😍

[@nope19568]

i forgot about that and now im crying againnn😭😭

[@Blazingstoke]

Three things always jump out at me with this movie, and all toward the end: 1) The scene between Katniss and Snow is hands down one of the best in the trilogy, book or film. His last line, about "I thought we had agreed never to lie to each other", has just a touch of admonishment to it, like he can tell she's lying when she says she doesn't believe him. Absolute gold, that is. 2) The final scene with Gale really makes me wish he _hadn't_ been written as a possible love interest. The idea that the war had taken Katniss' oldest friend, her rock, her BFF, and turned him into someone she couldn't stand to associate with would have been a lot more heartbreaking. 3) I love love love the _look_ that Haymitch gives Katniss after she votes in favor of another Hunger Games, like he knows that she's up to something, but he's not quite sure what it is, but still he's going to trust her anyway, all in one facial expression. Excellent work by Woody Harrelson there.

[@nadalind]

With your Point 2: yeah, the author Suzanne Collins was pissed too. She never wanted to write the love triangle. Gale was originally written as Katniss' cousin, but the publishers forced her to change him into 'just a friend' so that they could shoehorn in a love triangle 😠it would have been so much better if Gale had just been her best friend/cousin. He could have had a love interest of his own with a girl in District 13 or Madge Undersee or whoever. Love triangles are so juvenile, but at least Collins knocked it out of the park with the way she contrasted the two guys, making Peeta the clear winner in the books, because his heart is so pure. Katniss doesn't really deserve him, but in the end they grow back together and save each other. Beautiful.

[@AnimeSimp234]

@@nadalind I actually think that love triangles can be done well. But not in the middle of a setting and scenario like this. They need to be the main focus of the conflict. The reason they're so hated is because they're very rarely done well. And the reason for that is because they're always shoehorned in, instead of with the intention of actually being written in a compelling way.

[@LilRedWitch]

I always read gale not as a love triangle but an emotional rebound for Katniss who couldn’t process her ongoing trauma, let alone feelings. I like that every interaction with gale that was romantic ALWAYS felt forced or out of place on Katniss’ end. Like he said “you only come to me when I’m wounded.” It felt more like a love arrow where Katniss grew to love peeta but both boys liked her. I never had a slight feeling that Gale would end with Katniss, and his character arc into such a tragic rage filled demon was soooo well done

[@otter011]

THANK YOU! I didn’t know that she didn’t want him to be a love interest. I love the character in the first book and then got annoyed by that stupid and completely needless and redundant love triangle. And then Gale turned into a jealous person in a way that didn’t fit his character from the first book.

[@LilRedWitch]

@@otter011 you also have to understand this series is from the perspective OF A teenager so it will feel tangled and confused. Katniss may want to be with Gale in an ideal world or Peeta after the first hunger games, but that can’t happen. That’s actually why I enjoyed reading the books because Katniss actually annoyed me as a teenager myself reading the books 🤣. Now at 29 I’m like “oh, yeah, I get it LOL.”

[@Canareh2310]

The scene when Katniss threw the stuff at the cat was SO well performed. Jennifer Lawrence is a gem.

[@emilyk5168]

I think that cat should get an Oscar for not running away.

[@_Pixelated]

I think the cat was a better actor

[@Shaesi.]

@@emilyk5168 Jennifer Lawrence wasn't actually throwing stuff at the cat, he was shot separately and added later on.

[@kmortensen9312]

Have read the books multiple times.. when i get to that bit i will be sobbing and crying for a rather extended period but ofcourse thats also with the whole katniss'es mental breakdown which they totally skipped in the movie

[@mariedbk]

I cry everytime at that moment. Not the moment when prim dies, not nwhen katniss is alone, waiting her sentence... But when she scream at buttercup 😢

[@kyndallboxell9284]

Peeta was sent to the front lines not only for the propo, but as a strategical move by Coin to control Katniss. Coin knows Katniss won't do anything to risk Peeta's life, and likely won't leave him behind, so having him there counteracts her reckless mindset of wanting to ditch the squad and kill Snow on her own because she's forced to take Peeta's presence/wellbeing into account

[@chelseyweber8089]

Didn't she also know there was a chance he might actually kill her, therefore eliminating her threat?

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Why wouldn't Coin want Katniss to kill Snow? She could always make sure Katniss doesn't make it out alive.

[@chelseyweber8089]

@@MoMoMyPup10 My guess, which is just based off the movies and not the books, is that maybe she saw Katniss as a bigger threat to her own power than Snow. He was hated. Everyone loved Katniss. So having Peeta go with her could possibly eliminate Katniss. Snow was already likely to die.

[@kaspiansea3997]

she was also hoping Peeta would lose it and kill Katniss

[@scahearn6279]

However, it is what brought Peeta back to Katniss. Coin was not expecting that.

[@ceceliam9014]

I love Peeta so much. I think hes such a great example of the "female gaze" love interest. The sweetness, communication, emotional availability, support of who she is without being threatened by her strength, and he's also a strong and complete person who knows who he is (and has fought through a lot to define that security in who he is). Women dream of a man like Peeta. I especially like how hes contrasted with Gale, who is a much more typical love interest.

[@AliceBunny05]

I always find this interesting considering the author of the books said that she switched the typical gender expectations on purpose. Katniss is fiery, hellbent on protecting her family, and a bit emotionally stunted when it comes to bonding with others. She is also the main provider for her family. Peeta is selfless to the point of it being a vice, calming and emotionally available, as well as being gifted in keeping up with social expectations. He's also a baker and is artistically inclined.

[@ceceliam9014]

@@AliceBunny05 Yup, Peeta is the typical "leading lady" role in a lot of ways. It's refreshing to see the other way around. There isn't anything wrong with having supportive women, but it gets old when women characters largely exist to support a male lead. The "leading lady" being considered a "lead" role hides the fact that women have only represented 7% of major motion protagonists every year since the dawn of cinema, without much improvement.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

Absolutely

[@Y3w3lz]

Gale feels guilty when talking with Katniss about the bombs because he has to acknowledge that when he so vehemently said that he didn't care about innocent civilians being killed when they bombed District 2 because, that those words could also apply to his own people. The medics had orders to help everybody no matter whether they were on the rebels side or citizens of the Capitol. His fellow rebels were in a way also 'helping' the Capitol. In the end he got what he was "wishing" for, the end of the Capitol, even if it was earned through the blood of innocents.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

Yeah, his bombs were specifically designed to target medics and other first responders. Katniss even points out to him that if he thinks that's okay to do, anything goes. Including organising hungergames. He doesn't seem to care, or maybe he hasn't really thought about it, but does show a fundamental difference in their characters. Through her experiences Katniss has come to the conclusion that she doesn't want other people to go through the same things, while Gale went the opposite way, and wants revenge and other people to experience the same trauma he has.

[@Quessir]

I think Gale has that realization as well, but too late of course. He looked broken by it, by seeing the reality of what he'd planned carried out and the real consequences of it play out before him - much different than planning it at the strategy table. Much too late for Katniss but it did look like the reality of it broke him and he regretted his part in it. For all his anger, all his rage and fire as Katniss put it, he in the end wanted no part of it.

[@tessduwel6808]

In the movie, they don’t show how depressed Katniss was when she finally went back to district 12. She would barely move and they had to hire someone to come over everyday and basically feed her. She kept describing her hair as matted and greasy because she stopped showering and taking care of herself. She was completely broken and already had to put herself back together by the time Peeta came home.

[@scahearn6279]

When Katniss returned she says she could end her life now, but it felt like she was waiting for something. When Peeta returned is what turned the page for Katniss. When she saw him for the first time her hair was matted and she was still in the same clothes from the capital. When she came back in the house from seeing him with the primroses she burned the rose and capital clothes, plus she showered and combed her hair. It was the first time she returned to the woods. Peeta it turned out was the thing she was waiting for.

[@kittykay1]

And that’s not even to mention her reaction right after prim died. She went mute for weeks and became basically catatonic. She would wander around the mansion and curl up in little places and would wake up screaming. My heart literally cries for her reading the books.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

And that’s why Peeta is perfect for her, she can’t live without him❤

[@gracie9658]

This movie does not even come close to the level of trauma our characters are left with. I understand they had limited runtime and it was PG13. That book is extremely bleak and the last few chapters particularly difficult to get through. Every time I re-read the series I feel sad for days after.

[@KaelRavenheart]

The cat, Buttercup, always hated Katniss. When her family was starving, Katniss would entertain thoughts of eating it, but never would have done it because Prim would never forgive her. So when the cat returned at the end, finally seeking Katniss's attention after Prim's death, it was not only a reminder to Katniss of how Prim was gone, but after she'd broken down and thrown things and raged, the cat remained, as if the spirit of Prim lived on through Buttercup.

[@thegrasslands4187]

Katniss planned to kill Coin way in advance. That's why she had the nightlock pill with her. She only voted yes to trick Coin and Haymitch could tell she was up to something, so he went along with it. Katniss planned to kill Coin instead of Snow which of course prevented the symbolic hunger games from being announced. Fun fact in the book they only gave her one arrow. In the movie she had a full quiver so she could have shot them both.

[@nmoney6655]

And didn’t she end up biting his arm when she killed the President

[@thegrasslands4187]

@@nmoney6655Yes, she has the pill in a hidden pocket on her shoulder and she leans over to bit it and he puts his hand over it, and she bites his hand instead. She wasn't really aiming to bite him, he just put his had to stop her from getting the poison.

[@TheLaurieJi]

@@thegrasslands4187by him you mean haymitch ? Was he standing next to her when she shot the arrow ?

[@thegrasslands4187]

@@TheLaurieJi I'm not sure what you are asking. No Haymitch wasn't standing with her when she shot the arrow. I said Haymitch "went along with it" but I meant that was the reason he voted the same as Katniss to have a symbolic Hunger games. He did it because he knew she was up to something, and he trusted her.

[@162benjamin]

​@@thegrasslands4187they're asking whose arm she bit...it's Peeta's.

[@sam_c95]

50:58 You said "that's beautiful" about the meadow they're in with the kids during the epilogue, but here's a great example of how the books are constantly darker than the movies. While Katniss is sitting here, she's contemplating how when her kids grow up she'll have to explain to them that the meadow they play in is the site of the mass grave of all the people who died in the attack on District 12.

[@GavinStone91146]

"That her children play on a graveyard." Spookiest line in the series.

[@thegrasslands4187]

The razor wire trap was separate from the tar trap. Peeta just happened to throw that guy in the right place to trigger it. The mutts in the sewer were significantly creepier in the book. They smelled like President Snow's white roses and hissed, "Katnissss" over and over from the darkness. Peeta woke up hissing along with them. Super creepy. "Kaaatniiiissss, Kattnisss, Katnissss...." shiver.

[@MacCheekz1990]

They are hissing "Katniss" here too.

[@rodrigoogaz3860]

they hiss "Katniss" in the movie too...

[@thegrasslands4187]

@@rodrigoogaz3860 They only do it a little. The hissing lasts longer in the book and also Peeta woke up hissing "Katnissssss" along with them before he snaps out of it and tells them they gotta run. I'm just saying it was significantly creepier in the book.

[@iH82H8]

They obv had to change it bc REAL mutts ca't hiss Katniss! :D

[@gracie9658]

Also they are lizard/peacekeeper mutts. That imagery is horiifying. There was some concept art of that back before the movie was in production and it's truly disturbing.

[@lornepribbeno3760]

The ending on this one is all about the futility of war. Everything she did it for and she still lost the one thing she was trying to save. Some conflicts need to be fought, but in the end, there is no such thing as winners. Yet again, great reaction to another great series. Thank you

[@lornepribbeno3760]

And yeah, the only reason Katniss went along with the symbolic Hunger Games was to take out Coin. She knew what she was doing, and Haymitch figured as much.

[@erinhaury5773]

There are no winners in war, only widows.

[@dimitrimitkov2499]

I like how you said there is no winners. Haymitch pointed out in Catching fire that in the hunger games there's no winners. There are survivors but no winners. The same thing can be said for the entire situation

[@lornepribbeno3760]

@@dimitrimitkov2499 exactly

[@antoinetteserrano3082]

Haymich saw that Katniss was working it out which is why he sided with The Mockingjay

[@thecocoacouch]

Pretty sure what made that moment powerful was him trusting in her judgment despite not agreeing. He was loyal and it paid off.

[@brianmatthews1736]

That long look at Katniss was not disapproval, it was a stare of "oh, wait...I see where you are going with this...let me go along for the ride"

[@Rainbow.Pegacorn.Cosplay]

Katniss's meltdown after Primrose died breaks my heart every time. An absolutely heartbroken heroine shouting at the top of her lungs out of grief was brilliantly written and performed. I've personally been at that level of grief where you just wanna shout at the top of your lungs as you bawl your eyes out. It feels just like what Katniss did. Also I can kind of understand the existing fan theory that Gale was indirectly responsible for Primrose's death, since he was the one who came up with the idea for the bombs that got dropped. *FULL* blame goes to Coin and her ulterior motives. She wanted Snow out of the way so she could take over as the dictator of Panem. Also, RIP to Phillip Seymour Hoffmann. I can't picture other actor who could play Plutarch any better.

[@nmoney6655]

I feel like Gale should’ve known what Coin was up to the whole time

[@sydneypeck2488]

I don't think it's really a fan theory that Gale was indirectly responsible for Prim's death, the book and movie confirmed that he was the one, along with Beetee, who designed the idea for an initial bomb, let other people get drawn in to help the wounded from the first explosion, and then have a second bomb. However, I agree with you completely that Coin is fully responsible. She approved Prim going in as a medic, and she also approved the use of Gale and Beetee's delayed explosion. I think that she did it to break Katniss so that she wouldn't be a threat anymore. However, Snow did the same thing and ultimately learned that the angrier that Katniss got, the more dangerous she became.

[@sydneypeck2488]

@@Rainbow.Pegacorn.Cosplay I'm sorry, what's your point? I feel like your comment doesn't have anything to do with what I said

[@aquileslima1282]

A fun fact, Commander Lyme (Gwendoline Christie’s role) is also a past Victor from district 2. Katniss recognizes her in the books

[@jlerrickson]

I don't actually hate Gale. He was a good person who grew up starved and oppressed, witnessed a brutal massacre, and who went too far down the road of vengeance and stepped into his own trap. We don't know what he was like after this since we're following Katniss, but I have every confidence that Prim's death was the gut punch that made him see the reality of the consequences of his attitude.

[@Skye_Writer]

I fully agree. Prim's death broke him as much as it broke Katniss. The Everdeens and the Hawthornes had become one big family by then because Gale lost his dad in the same mine collapse that Katniss lost her dad. His mother is a laundress and so she had a small income of her own, but enough to feed 4 kids on, so Gale hunted illegally in the woods outside the district fence to help support his mom and three younger siblings. He and Katniss first get to know each other when they crossed paths in the woods during their separate hunting trips (he was 14, she was 12) and they eventually warm up to each other and become friends and hunting partners; they team up in order to be able to get more game together to bring home to their families. Without Katniss there to hunt for them, her mom and sister would have starved, which is the only reason Gale stayed behind and didn't volunteer at the Reaping so he could go with Katniss and help protect her. Because he has similar coloring to Katniss--dark hair, olive skin, gray eyes--a lot of people outside of 12 think they are cousins, and Katniss passed him off as her cousin for a while after the victory in the games. They have always been close, but Gale's feelings turned romantic early on where Katniss's never did; her mom shut down mentally and emotionally after her husband died, and Katniss had to become responsible for taking care of them all, so her focus has always been on feeding the family and doing whatever she could to make Prim's life a _little_ easier than Katniss's, and out of his love for Katniss, Gale has always tried to help lighten that burden for her. He always hoped that he and Katniss would end up together, that her family would become his family, and he helped to take care of them. He made sure they were safe during the fire-bombing of 12 and got them out first. After all that, to lose Prim -- to know that everything Katniss went through, everything that she suffered through, everything she had to do to survive not one but TWO Hunger Games, to know that it was all for nothing, and that she would never ever be the same again -- I don't doubt that Gale was torn up over it. No, he didn't drop the bomb. But he probably is beating himself up for having ever suggested that idea as a tactic for 13 to use. He may not have signed off on it, but someone took his idea and used it, and to his mind Prim's death is his fault.

[@davidfairweather3301]

I can empathise with his situation, and think he’s a well written character, but I definitely didn’t like him as books went on. I understand how he got the point he did, but he became such a crappy friend to Katniss. In catching fire is where we see that his resentment towards Katniss’ “love story” and status as a victor had stopped him from being there for Katniss. She’s struggling with PTSD, trying to keep the capitol and snow happy; and handle the threat Snow handed her and Gale is constantly like “yeh but…what about us?” - like I get he was young and wanted some form of acknowledgment he mattered to Katniss, but bro, your best friend has just won the Hunger Games and is battling so much, and every interaction he’s always making her feel bad or being petty. He couldn’t expect Katniss to sort her feelings on anything. She’s fake being in love with Peeta, whilst also not knowing her true feelings, battling her PTSD, and having to go through the victory tour, and he doesn’t offer any real support to her

[@nmoney6655]

@@katiedidd7825 I think you mean she but yeah nobody remembers that Katniss herself is 16 or 17 and she’s already in 2 hunger games and in a whole revolution that she had no idea that was happening right under her nose

[@melomesocks]

I don't hate him, either. He's 100% a product of his environment, just like Katniss, but he's absolutely not right for Katniss. I think they set each off, and Peeta helps cool Katniss down

[@emilyk5168]

This is a good comment. I think Gale starts out railing about the Capitol in Katniss and his walks in the woods and he gets progressively more radicalized as the books go on. We know he's a soldier at the end of the books. But hopefully he gains more perspective. Certainly there are consequences to his traps and snares. I also don't hate him because I think Katniss could easily have ended up with him if Prim hadn't been picked for the Hunger Games and he would've been a good partner for her in that scenerio. I just don't like what he says here about people mopping the floor in the Capitol and such. Oddly, Katniss has more empathy for the people of the Capitol (at least in the book) because she knew Cinna, Effie, and her prep team (the scene where they are abused in 13 was one I wished that had stayed from the book but it would've made it clear Coin was evil much earlier). Gale only ever really interacts with District people.

[@nuhsing]

Finnick is my favorite character. He was painted as being egotistical initially. As things unfolded, it became clear that he was a tragic character. He was separated from the woman that he loved. He watched as Mags sacrificed herself. Oh yeah, he was pimped out by the capitol. Then he was ripped to shreds by mutts. Quite an arc.

[@calibie]

It’s even sadder when you remember that he had a kid on the way, he died before his kid was born

[@marcellakryka]

Who says Katniss and Peeta have no chemistry? I think they both do a great job conveying chemistry! But Jen and Josh are like brother and sister in real life so maybe some people see that instead. Edit: also the prequel film will feature young Tigris so you can see more of her story! Edit edit: I really take issue with people thinking of the romance as a love triangle. I just feel like that undercuts its importance. It’s more than the typical triangle trope. It’s about Gale and Peeta representing two different sides of Katniss herself. Gale being the hotheaded, rebellious, fighter type and Peeta being peace, diplomacy, and empathy. You see her kind of flip flop back and forth between the two-the guys and the ideologies-throughout the series. And they usually parallel each other. For instance, after Gale is whipped in CF, she becomes very affectionate with him while also deciding to stay and fight. After her heartfelt speech in 11 about Rue, she gravitates towards Peeta. It’s actually really interesting how deep it goes in the narrative. I do definitely recommend the books too! They’re a quick read.

[@Skye_Writer]

Haymitch isn't actually bloodthirsty in the Council scene, and while I might argue that Katniss _is_ out for revenge, the Capitol citizens are not her target here, Coin is. Haymitch and she have come to know each other so well by this point that when she looks at him, he can tell she has read the situation correctly and knows that Coin is just another Snow. He can tell she has a plan. Btw, they don't say it in the movie, but in the book they make a point of Katniss wondering why Prim is there, because even though she has been training as a medic, she is too young to be on the battlefield. She is only 13 or 14 here, and to be out in the field as a medic, she would have had to have Coin's approval. So when Katniss talks with Snow, she initially rejects the notion that it wasn't him who set off the bombs. But then she remembers what Boggs said about Katniss being a threat to Coin and she realizes Coin had to have given permission for Prim to be in the field, and the more she thinks about it, the more she can see how it was all a set-up. So by the time she gets to the meeting, she has figured out what is really going on and she knows what she is going to do about it.

[@madeleinemarta00]

Hi. Just wanted to say that I am so happy too have found someone that really sees Peeta and how wonderful he is as a person and how perfect he is for Katniss❤️ Thank you for expressing yourself and your emotions ❤❤

[@l.vlogs26]

Couldn’t agree more. I haven’t read the books but from the movies I think Katniss learned how to love Peeta? Like the perfect example of loving what’s good for you. At first she had her walls built up considering the situation and wasn’t into him but then saw that he was genuinely a pure soul. Peeta made her feel safe, hopeful, loved, etc. Everything the capital took away from her.

[@scahearn6279]

Book Peeta is amazing and there really wasn’t a love triangle Book Katniss clearly had feelings for Book Peeta she didn’t know how to process. Book Gale was never an actual option.

[@janeldavis905]

Same! I'm shocked to learn there are people who complain that they didn't have chemistry. I thought their chemistry was off the charts! Although, admittedly, it's more of a loving chemistry than a sexual one. Katniss & Peeta have one of my all-time favorite love stories _because_ their love grows slowly and is earned rather than being based on just physical attraction.

[@scahearn6279]

@@janeldavis905 agreed. However, there was physical attraction as well the way she describes Peeta physically compared to Gale physically illustrates she was more attracted to Peeta than Gale. I mean there was a passage devoted to Peeta’s eyelashes and she has has an obsession with his arms. Plus each book she speaks of stirrings and hunger brought on by Peeta. Gale was about survival to her but Peeta was about living to her. She choose to live rather than just survive in the end.

[@lyricmezzosoprano5357]

The girl in the yellow raincoat when the rebels attack at the end haunted me both in the book and the movie. Poor child screaming for her mommy.

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

Yeah that part broke me when I read it and even more so when I saw it in the theatre. Whoever that little actress was she did good😂

[@woolfstars]

the fact that she said at the beginning of the series that she would never have kids and at the end she does have them cause she finally feels safe its so beautiful:(

[@otter011]

I thought it was really weird because I didn’t feel like their world had become safe at all 🙈

[@gracie9658]

​@@otter011It's definitely very unstable. They rebuilt the district and built medicine factories. In the book almost everyone from 12 comes back after the war and works together to build a new life for themselves. There is a lot of hope I think. Katniss' main reason to not want children was the Games, but after 15 years it's safe to assume that they will never come back. They closed off the arenas and all.

[@wildestdreamer3891]

I love how genuine your reactions are! I was crying with you too lol also let me give you one of the last lines from the book: "That what I need to survive is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers, "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real"."

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

My favourite paragraph in all the books❤❤

[@jacqueline5092]

I became one happy marshmallow when I saw this in my notifications :)

[@caio9420]

Me tooooo 😍

[@randeecarreno4289]

Great reaction! 😊 RIP always to Philip Seymour Hoffman(Plutarch Heavensbee)!!! The reasoning for there not been very many scenes with Plutarch Heavensbee in this movie aside from the beginning was because he had passed away while they were in the middle of filming. This was a great conclusion to the "Hunger Games" movie series. But it was sad that we lost three of my favorite characters in this one: Boggs, Finnick, and Prim. I am glad that Finnick and Annie were able to get married. However, it made his death sadder. The scene towards the end when Haymitch reads Katniss the letter from Plutarch was supposed to have been voice overed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. But after he passed away, it was changed to Haymitch reading the letter. Fun Fact #1: The kiss between Haymitch and Effie before Haymitch and Katniss go back to District 12 was improvised by Woody Harrelson. Fun Fact #2: The little kid and baby that played Peeta and Katniss' kids at the end of the movie were played by Jennifer Lawrence's(Katniss) nephews. You definitely need to watch the "Maze Runner" trilogy next. You would love it. Looking forward to your next reaction. 😊

[@marleinasmom]

Actually, fortunately for us, Philip Seymour Hoffman only had two scenes left to film when he died - the scene where they CGI'd him onto the stage with the new president and the scene where he was supposed to say the lines they changed to a letter that Haymitch reads for her. The rest was him.

[@flowersinapril4952]

Gale is a great example of a good person loosing his core morals through war. Peeta is a great example of someone not letting war get to his core morals.

[@kathrynbaker7278]

The bombs are his fault, but it is important to remember he is 19 yo and horribly traumatized by the death of his father, years struggling to feed his large family, Katniss going to the hunger games twice, and the bombing of his district. He clearly lack the maturity to take a lead in the development of battle strategies and was so overcome by his own losses that he completely vilified all Capital citizens. His trauma is now multiplied ten fold by the death of Prim and all those children as a result of his bomb design. I tend to see Kale as an imprudent young man who will never recover fully from his losses, particularly the losses that resulted from his actions. I’m glad to hear you will read the books. There is a wonderful internal monologue by Katniss as she reviews the reasons she chose Peta. I won’t try to summarized, but it is a beautiful piece of writing. Hope you enjoy the books as much as I did.

[@GabriielOliveiraa]

I feel like every single video reacting to mockinjay part 2 needs a comment with this quote from the last chapter of the book Mockingjay because tbh it is one of the most beautiful quotes in the whole trilogy: "Peeta and I grow back together. There are still moments when he clutches the back of a chair and hangs on until the flashbacks are over. I wake up screaming from nightmares of mutts and lost children. But his arms are there to comfort me. And eventually his lips. On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would've happened anyway. That what I need is not Gale's fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that. So after, when he whispers: "You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him: "Real" "

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

You’re absolutely right

[@genny5309]

Patina Miller is excellent as Commander Paylor. She breathes realism and fire into a small role. She is an accomplished theater actor, with a Tony Award (2013) Pippin, for Best Actress in a Musical. She also starred in the theatrical production of Sister Act, and was nominated for an Olivier and Tony. Very talented!

[@antoinetteserrano3082]

If Gail wasn’t so preoccupied with pursuing Katniss as a romantic partner instead of being the reliable friend & protector of her family, maybe, MAYBE she’d have found some level of forgiveness for him.

[@j0j01192]

She never would have forgiven him… her sister died thanks to his own plan which she was vehemently against from the get go.

[@antoinetteserrano3082]

@@j0j01192 I’m meant more about just MAYBE not hating him forever but yeah he knew she was against such plots & he did it anyway on top of not ensuring Prim’s safety but even IF Prim wasn’t involved she’d have seen him in a different light anyway.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

True

[@tatianacaillaud]

To add to the Gale "argument", I think since we didn't really see it we tend to forget that he literally saw his entire district get killed and for me the whole point of his arc in the last 2 movies, is to show that grief and trauma can make you forgot humanity and that violence only bring more suffering and it does to him too. And you can see him snapping out of it in the discussion with Katniss when he doesn't argue and accepts the blame and Katniss' reaction and decision!!

[@christined6321]

I completely disagree! Peta and Katniss absolutely have chemistry!!! That kiss on the beach?!? 😘 Peta offers a soft but deep love. The kinda of love that sneaks up on you. I was team Gale and before I knew it I was rooting for Peta. I still love Gale. He’s a warrior at heart and I don’t blame Gale, they are at war. Glad you enjoyed it. I love this series!! It is triumphant and heartbreaking at the same time. Great reaction! 🙃

[@aquileslima1282]

Tigris is actually Snow’s cousin and they grew up so close that they felt like siblings. It just makes the results worst for her

[@theilluminatibenefactor]

"What do you think?" - Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow "I think... you look... just like your father, Coriolanus." - Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow

[@Crite_Wrangler]

When I read the book, I wanted to throw it across the room when Prim died. All that Katniss went through and her sister died anyway. It broke my heart. But I love that she ended up with Peeta even with the challenge that their relationship brought because he spent the rest of his life fighting the conditioning that Snow had programmed into him. I may have to re-read the books again this weekend now. Thank you, once again, for sharing, Oscar!

[@calmwaveofchaos1878]

Same for me, but when Finnick died. I spent a good several seconds staring at the page in disbelief, put a bookmark in, threw the book at my bed, then paced around for a while afterwards. By the time I got to Prim's death I was so firmly in denial and depression that I just set the book down on the pages, then looked at the ceiling without seeing it for who knows how long. There are many books that have made me greatly upset at a character death, but I don't think any series has or ever will affect me like The Hunger Games did.

[@mayflyrose8195]

Threw it both times, for the deaths of Finnick and Prim lol

[@eynicsto]

No matter how many times I've rewatch these 4 movies, that ending will always makes me cry and feeling empty. The Hunger Games is truly a great series

[@lexilex297]

You're literally the one reactor I've watched that actually stuck around long enough to hear Prim and Rue's Lullaby at the end. Got me crying! Thank you for this reaction. You always articulate yourself beautifully and I genuinely enjoyed every minute! 💘💘

[@xBloodxFangx]

I think Mello did too

[@meghanmonroe]

I swear I've grieved many fictional characters, but I consistently lose my shit over Prim. Full body sobs no matter how many times I read or watch it.

[@lilscenechick1995]

Same! I literally can’t watch a single reaction without crying every time. Prim and Rue’a deaths both destroyed me emotionally. Finnick’s death just enraged me.

[@Svadilfare]

It's kind of amazing to watch Effie Trinket through the movies and books, as they go through very different journeys. Effie from the books is basically as shown in the first movie. Over the duration of the books, she does show signs of personal evolution and attachment to Katniss and Peeta, but this is mostly due to the prestige assosiated with being their guide. Book Effie does not join Katniss and the rebels in district 13 either, so she is virtually completely absent from the last book, other than a throwaway line or 2. The Effie from the movies starts out as entirely indifferent to the suffering caused by the hunger games and the Capitol in general, but over the movies her eyes are opened to the pain and torment they cause and begins to resent what they stand for. She also begins to care about Peeta and Katniss as friends, rather than tools for her own promotion. In the end, she is a completely changed person. I prefer the movie version way more.

[@joieknox6447]

I feel like peeta and prim are such similar people, they’re both so sentimental and empathetic and before the games innocent and that’s exactly what katniss needed. I love the way it’s put in the book, katniss has the same fire and passion as gale, she needs someone calm, someone who loves and empathizes with others

[@deusa_maah]

I love when Katniss tells the rebel "I'm done being a piece in their games" because that's what Peeta tells her in the first movie... 😭 goddammit. Also killing Finnick is the one thing Suzanne Collins says she regrets in the trilogy. And, of course... Thank you so much for your great reaction, they really entertained me from beginning to end! ❤️ I hope you read the books, the politics and Katniss/Peeta moments are amazing, some things are better explained and some characters get more screentime! Really happy to have found your channel and I'll check your other reactions soon 🥰❤️

[@AnxietyRat]

Her regretting killing Finnick is actually just a fan rumor. There hasn't actually been ANY interview where she has said that from what I've been able to find. So yeah, that's probably not true.

[@deusa_maah]

@@AnxietyRat Really!!! Thank you for telling me! I always saw people talking about it from years back so I thought it was in an interview or something lol fake news will be fake news I guess. Thanks again!

[@RammerHammer]

I don't remember if its mentioned in the movies so forgive me if I'm saying stuff you already know but in the books Katniss deduces that the reason Coin sent Peeta to the front lines and specifically to Katniss's unit was because she knew Peeta was unstable and she was banking on him snapping and killing Katniss. At that point Katniss was more useful to Coin dead than alive because 1) her death would make her a martyr which would rekindle the rebels' resolve and 2) Katniss was starting to notice that Coin was just as bad as Snow and was really only out for absolute power and Coin couldn't have that because she's obsessed with control. But Katniss was a rogue element that could ruin her plan entirely (and did in the end) so she gambled on Peeta's instability combined with the shock of being forced into the battlefield as a civilian and hoped that would trigger him to lose it and take out Katniss, essentially killing two Mockingjays with one stone. Pretty sick and twisted.

[@RammerHammer]

The way I see it, Gale might not have given the order, he might not have directly killed Prim, he might not even have known that the order to drop the bombs was given in the first place, but none of that matters. Even if he was only responsible for the idea of the bombs and not designing or implementing them, when you are creating a tool with the specific purpose of murder you have to take full responsibility for the casualties and collateral damage that come about as a result of you helping to create that tool. There's a very good moment in the end of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes that I think exemplifies this perfectly. I won't spoil it in case you're planning on watching it but here's the gist: the Hunger Games were thought up by two people, one of them being Snow's father Crassus, but we also learn that the second person responsible for the Games had suggested it as a joke and Crassus ran with it. The second guy was so overcome with guilt and shame for contributing even indirectly to such an atrocious idea that he started taking a ton of Morphling (a super potent drug) so that he could ease his pain. Meanwhile Gale instead doesn't take responsibility for the bombs, simply saying "I don't know" as if he had nothing to do with it in the first place and then screwing off to go be a general in 2. So in summary he killed Katniss's sister, denied any wrongdoing and then spent the rest of his life murdering innocents but with a paycheck this time. Gale is awful.

[@babyphoenix246]

I also love the ending especially when you remember back to the beginning of the first one, Katniss said she is never having kids because of the mess of a world they live in. But in the ends she has them because she and the rebels changed the world for the better and she can raise them without the fear of standing on the side of the square watching her child walk up on the stage at the reaping.

[@madeleinehoward3418]

I have seen this movie so many times but I STILL bawl my eyes out every time she says “but there are much worse games to play” 😭😭

[@pink_alligator]

I don't remember much of the books but damn I remember that sewer scene and how heartwrenching it was and how extremely annoyed I was with Katniss, the Gale or Peta thing is much more in focus in the books, I think she was even going on about it during or right after the sewers. I remember going like "Ffs people are dying horribly around you and you're torn over what stud you want? fix your priorities girl!"

[@katpiercemusic]

This whole series is about the senselessness and brutality of war. In the book, Katniss is never sure whether it was Coin or Snow that killed her sister. She suspects, but she’s not sure. And that’s enough. She knows Coin is capable of it and that’s enough. It all goes back to what Haymitch tells Katniss about the games. There are no winner. Only survivors. Same is true of war. And even if your cause is just, the things you do in war can still be evil. The themes of this series are hitting me extra hard these days with what’s going on in the world… with the wars we’re watching and the ones we don’t care enough about to pay attention to.

[@AnnekeOosterink]

The bombs Gale designed are a literal war crime. The bombs specifically target first responders, so medics mostly. And it is a war crime to target medics, because they aren't combatants. In the same way that bombing civilians, in this case children, very very young children, is a war crime. Not that Snow and his government haven't been committing war crimes in the form of punishment for a rebellion by murdering children too, but Katniss says it in the book, if you can give yourself reasons to do anything and everything to win, you can excuse murdering children in hungergames to keep the districts in line too. Gale also basically wanted to commit genocide when they were trying to fight that mountain fortress. He was cool with just letting an entire district worth of people, civilians and children included, suffocate to death underground. Katniss tells him at least twice that she is not okay with the things he wants to do. He is willing to do anything and everything to win, and Katniss is not. In the book she says that she and Gale wouldn't have worked together, and especially not after all the trauma she went through. Gale is a fire, and what Katniss wants and needs is not fire ("I have plenty of fire myself"), what she wants and needs after all she's been through is Peeta and his gentle character. She wants peace, and Gale wants revenge. It's kind of weird that the marketing focused so much on "team Gale vs team Peeta". When it's pretty clear that Katniss and Gale have fundamental moral differences that would make a relationship basically impossible, or the very least, very difficult, even if Prim had not died. The love triangle is made way more important in the movies than in the books. Most of the time in the books Katniss does not feel any romantic interest towards anyone, she is basically forced into an arranged marriage and is in several traumatic and life threatening situations. She only starts to feel something in the second book, but that's really a beginning of an attraction. So the focus the movies put on the love triangle is weird. There isn't really one. At first Katniss doesn't want a romantic relationship because any possible children could be reaped, then she acts in love to survive the games, then she is forced to keep that act up for what she thinks will be the rest of her life. And then she is thrown into a second hungergames and then a war. Even though she says she feels something when she kisses Peeta, she doesn't really know what that is, and she doesn't really have time to actually examine her feelings, so she shoves them away to deal with later.

[@Rikrik1138]

The book makes this ending even more heart wrenching.

[@SkidmoreTx]

Katniss was the one shooting the arrow but Peeta was the one hitting us in the feels

[@larissab.2001]

The ending really isn't the traditional "happy ending. They lived happily ever after." The ending is one of relief. Relief that the worst is over. They will carry the trauma and losses of friends and family for the rest of their lives. This is the scar of a war. I think that was the purpose. An ending that ends with melancholy, "a punch in the stomach" and relief/a little joy. All mixed up.😔

[@theanithusiast1478]

I just realized that their favorite colors are kind of complimentary colors, which is a small detail I never noticed, and makes me wonder if they were always meant to be together. Also, it was a small "mundane" detail that he remembered, which is kind of poetic. It's the small everyday things that you remember most.

[@justlive2809]

that's a bitter sweet ending all of that start because Katniss wanted to save Prim and at the end the reason why died because she wanted to help others .. but i'm glad she end up with Peeta he was a way way better choice for her cause he's her opposite if i can say... and yes Gale is not a good guy im' sorry but he's not he was ready to kill innocent people just for revenge when Katniss clearly didn't want that

[@JeM130177]

I remember seeing this in the cinema the whole underground bit was so loud and stressful 🤣

[@thecocoacouch]

Those quiet screeches in the dark Katniss hears first I had nightmares about later 😆

[@madeleinehoward3418]

About your comment about Johanna being similar to Katniss but not being as inspiring, Peeta is what made Katniss soft enough to be inspiring in the first place. He’s the one who made her look desirable by saying he had a crush on her, all of her soft moments in the games were for him. He did the baby thing. Katniss and Johanna are extremely similar but what made Katniss the mockingjay and not someone like Johanna was that Johanna didn’t have a Peeta

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Johanna has let herself too focused on her pain and revenge, that’s why she wanted the Capitol games. If she had anyone around her maybe it would not have happened.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

Omg yes❤

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

Katniss is so lucky to have Peeta❤

[@GaeArchFey]

Out of every reaction to this series you have undoubtably had the best I've seen. Your emotions and comments have been amazing and simply perfect. I can honestly say, no other reactor has been able to bring out the emotions in me that you did! Also the horror section had me laughing I cannot lie, they got you good lmao

[@turntsnaco824]

He's amazing, was so glad to see this video pop up in my feed.... watched it as soon as I got home, did not disappoint!

[@artistic_ravens]

One of the few things I miss in these films that was in the books, is Katniss' friendships with the other Victors being showcased. How she started to pull away from Gale a bit and spend her time with Finnick, became roomates with Joanna, talked at times with Annie etc.

[@Pink-Computer]

the whole reason Katniss even entered the Hunger Games was to save Prim. She fought and bled and killed so Prim wouldn't have to. She endured the Hunger Games twice (three times if you consider the war the 76th Hunger Games) and she did it for Prim. And Prim died anyway. She was taken away from her in the most violent way possible, live on camera, orchestrated by the woman that Katniss was standing behind during the war. I cannot imagine the level of betrayal that Katniss felt when she realized that Coin was the one who killed Prim and not Snow. Killing Coin must've been the most satisfying thing she's ever done. Snow put her through the games twice. Snow tortured Peeta and turned him against her in an attempt to kill her or break her. Snow destroyed District 12. Snow was the one who orchestrated every second of trauma in Katniss' life, but Coin was the one who look the person Katniss loved most away. That made Coin the most evil person in Katniss' eyes. Coin bombed innocent children, intentionally sacrificed Prim so she can trample over their bodies and take Snow's place in the Capitol. Katniss would rather spare Snow, the person behind all her suffering, in order to kill the one who sacrificed her dear little sister

[@katebartel5851]

You sweet summer child. I wanted to give you a hug. When he talks about Finnick and how unfair it was, especially after he just got married! And then when he was like, “Ah, they’re bringing the children forward. Oh look! It’s the things from the sky like the hunger games”. I’ve read too many dystopian novels. It’s like when Lupin and Tonks have a kid in HP and he tells Harry he’s going to be the godfather. Immediately started crying because I knew that line was their death sentence.

[@BhaktiRosin108]

As someone who didn't read the books, when gale said shoot me & when coins airplane flew over with the bombs it all makes sense because he knew what was going to happen to him being caught & knew about the bomb plan because coin asked him to help make them earlier on in the series. I absolutely despise gale so damn much no matter if he was just trying to survive or whatever

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

35:22 I love how she was so afraid to lose Peeta so she didn’t let him come with her but she took Gale instead 😂 as if she didn’t mind losing him lol

[@TopsyTriceratops]

Cats are surprisingly good at responding to people who suffer loss/ grief, at least in my experience. I have a cat to rushes to my side the moment she thinks I'm about to cry (even my laughter) and tries to clean my face of tears constantly while purring until I'm spent. That piece is perfectly reflected in Buttercup, who purrs once in Katniss' arms as she mourns.

[@mayflyrose8195]

58:21 Ironically the love, particularly the love triangle, becomes the "hope", the thing we "root for" while watching the movies, just as people from the districts clung onto the starcrossed lovers from district 12 while watching the 74th and 75th Hunger Games.

[@plutoandpolaris]

Gale is such a good character. I dislike him, but I understand him and how he got on this path. Everyone in this series is so well written, they all feel like real people with their own complex inner lives and reasons for the things they do. I’ve never been a fan of love triangles and I’m still not, but this series still did it better and more satisfyingly than anything else I’ve ever seen attempt one.

[@Spiderlass]

"only an evil dictatorship broadcasts killing the enemy" Oof. This hits different these days. 😔🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@felixwood5]

Fun fact: the tiger lady is snows cousin from the prequel

[@arrowprincess12]

So happy you showed your reaction to Jennifer singing in the credits. So many people skip it but I love listening to the rawness of it and to see other react to it as well ❤

[@ptolover7]

I'd highly recommend the books for many reasons (some great characters that had to get cut, living in Katniss's mind and watching her fall in love with Peeta before she even realizes it, some stuff that was so much more complex and waaayyy darker in the books, etc) but possibly my favorite is a whole storyline with Johanna from this movie that had to be cut. ***Mild spoilers*** In the book, Katniss doesn't randomly try to sneak over to the front lines. She and Johanna ask to go and they're told they need to go through training first. Them rooming together and training together is one of the best parts of this book and I so wish they'd had time for it.

[@Licoryce14]

And then Katniss passes the training, but Joanna fails because there was a water element in the test. She had been waterboarded repeatedly by the capital and she had a breakdown and wasn't able to complete the test.

[@anamartin6113]

The ending of THG is perfect because both Katniss and Peeta get the life of "victors" that they wanted and deserved, which is peace and a good life. I also imagine that it is for time, but in the books their relationship does develop more. The others also manage to find a life in their respective place and Panem begins to have order and not be in a dictatorship in which only the capitol benefits and dident existe more the hunger games. Coin does not come to power as he wanted and Snow as he says always falls on his feet because in the end he had a good life and achieved what he wanted. Beautiful reaction just like the previous three ❤️

[@mindajane]

I love Tigris so much! You see more of her in the book than in the movie but you see even more of her in the prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I'm really excited for the movie. The book was so good and they've got an amazing cast for it and I'm really hopeful it's going to be very good! As far as Katniss, Gale, and Peeta, it was never supposed to be a love triangle. When Suzanne Collins was working on the books, she didn't plan for there to be anything between Gale and Katniss but friendship but the editor pushed her to include a love triangle. In the book, it's much more apparent that Katness doesn't really have romantic feelings for Gale but I feel like they played it up a little more in the movie(for good reason). Loved your reactions to this series so much!

[@denisel1553]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for reacting to the lullaby in the credits. No one else does. It's perfect.

[@Ohall558]

Tigress is actually Snow's cousin! He forced her into retirement because she was too old. She's being played by Hunter Schafer in the new Songbirds and Snakes movie

[@mariafernandagalvao5638]

I hope you see the next movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It tells about young president Snow and why he becomes who he is, and why he hates Katniss so much.

[@heatherdianeclark]

I hope so too! I want to see it in theaters

[@EncryptedBear803]

Snow thought Coin bombed the children to have a quicker victory, but Katniss realized that it was all about her. Coin had hoped Katniss would die in the capitol (which is why she sent Peeta with them), because she feared that Katniss would speak against Coin to be president. So she tried to break Katniss by making her have blind hatred towards Snow for killing Prim and appease her by letting her kill Snow. Or so we think. It's very likely for this to be the case considering the circumstances, but we still have only Katniss' POV even in the books, so there's still that slight possibility that Snow lied.

[@morcellemorcelle618]

He didn't lie. The two part bomb didn't come from the capitol. It came from Gale

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

@@morcellemorcelle618true

[@PedroHFernandesF]

Tigris was not only an important person in the capital, she was essential to Snow's rise, in the last film we will learn more. I can't wait for the 4th film to come out of the cinema and go to streaming to see your reaction

[@tori623worth]

So many things I could say, but I think everyone else has said them 😄 I will add, I LOVED your comment about people being too hung up on chemistry. One of the things I love so much about Katniss and Peeta is how it’s their choices that strengthen their relationship. It’s not just chemistry, it’s not lust. It’s two people choosing each other over and over.

[@ChimeratAlpha]

I'll admit it: I winced a bit, due to hindsight, when you mentioned how the children going first was a good thing, that they were safest there and wondering what supplies were being dropped. Poor Prim...

[@A5xxxxx]

Just binge watched all your HGs reactions. Wanted to say thank you! It's one of my all time favourite book and movie series. The ending was so bittersweet, but I have always been happy that Katniss and Peeta got some kind of happiness. The books are a lot more obvious in terms of the love triangle. It's very clear that she's going to be with Peeta over Gale. It was more Katniss coming to terms with her feelings if anything else. She didn't want love after seeing what it did to her mother when Katniss and Prims father died. Finnick 😭💔 will never get over his death. Like you basically summed up, after all he's been through he deserved his happy ending with Annie and their Son. Even Suzanne Collins herself says she regrets killing him off. Think she said something along the lines of she didn't realise how much of a fan favourite he would be. It's like, what?!?!? How can anyone not be a fan of Finnick! Literally every reactor I've watched it mad/sad at him dying. Can't even watch that part, I have to skip it everytime😫 Thank you again! Think you're a top reactor 😅

[@emilyk5168]

The Mockingjyas are interesting to watch given the current news landscape. I mean, the books were inspired by actual wars (Collins' fathers was in Vietnam and the idea came during the Iraq war). But every now and again I see a news story about bombing hospitals or whatever and I think about this. Lately I've been yelling at people on Twitter to "stop being such a Gale!!" regarding violence against the other side. No one knows what I'm talking about and I appear crazy.

[@labrynna87]

Finnick's death hits so hard... ;( He's a great character and a good guy and the fact that he just married and would have been a father (if I remember correctly) makes it even worse. He and his wife already went through so much, considering they're both survivors of a Hunger Game.

[@touchstoneaf]

People have posted segments from it, but literally the last two chapters of that third book are among the greatest things I've ever read as far as depictions of real life psychological harm, depression, grief, PTSD, and just amazing writing in general. It's too bad the last scene with Plutarch had to be just a letter, but we lost one of the greatest actors of our age with Philip Seymour Hoffman passing away during production, so that's what we had, and RIP to him. It's kind of haunting that he passed away basically from complications to depression, because of how this story ends, w/ the characters getting through the most impossible depression and loss and somehow coming back to embracing life again, as symbolized by being willing to have kids, growing new thing, remembering the past with warmth where they can, & find a new version of life together. So glad you got so much out of this series, it's definitely worth more than just being dismissed as a "another young adult series like all of its clones, like the Divergent series, which in my opinion just don't carry nearly the same weight.

[@evelynrosas665]

I don't know if someone else already mentioned it, but with the black tar pod in the beginning, in the book the weird wires were a separate pod that got activated at the same time as the tar and it was just meant to trap someone. (If I'm remembering that right lol) Anyways, I LOVE your reactions and this series! Thank you!

[@GVMakesMusic]

43:45 notice how he bever says "yes" 'cause he knew Katniss had a plan

[@dancingsun2]

I loved your reactions to the movies, you're one of the few reactors who genuinely picks up on things and understands the meanings, sentiments, messages, and characteristics displayed throughout each film. I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)

[@Zeni222]

"What is it? Just like water and stuff?" Famous last words

[@oolgadiez]

i absolutely adore this series and your genuine reactions made me live these movies all over again like it was the first time. thank you so much, I truly had just a blast watching these

[@thedragon12]

The ending song always gives me goosebumps and tears to my eyes... You see the ending with Kat and Peeta with their kids and then you're with this song that appeased Primrose at the beginning of the first movie.

[@nmoney6655]

And one thought: Katniss herself is 16-17 around the times of the rebellion and eventually she has to realize what type of dude she really needs and eventually she realizes that she needs Peeta not Gale because Gale is all about hatred and violence and Peeta is all about peace and love and she really needs that

[@scorpioj3]

Gale had the fire she already contains. She needs softness and peace. So she chose Peeta.

[@poogie_]

To answer your question about the net, it has barbs in it which is why he dies. He’s snapped up in the net and it constricts and pierces him with the barbs. There’s another death in the book that horrified me and I’m glad they didn’t show it in the movie. Someone gets caught in a beam of light and then their skin melts off like candle wax. I was dreading seeing that playing out.

[@dianedodd8944]

I actually got off my couch, went to the kitchen and turned on my computer just to comment. You helped me kill several hours with these movies one day while I was sick. I have seen many ppl review these movies but you caught things I did like when Peeta made the painting of Rue to honor her, and when Plutarch walked out you said he left-I realized he left the capital, something I didn't realize before. There were several other things, but I cant recall now. I will check out some of your other videos!

[@pavelslama5543]

1) Coin didnt plan 100 years of hunger games, she only planned a last single event. Even though it can be speculated that her personal bloodlust would drive her to making even more later. 2) Katniss was aware that if she let Coin live, Coin would sooner or later get rid of her. Katniss was younger and much more popular, she was in perfect place to usurp her position and became another president in the same way. Katniss wouldnt do that, but Coin and people like her always assume that everyone plays by the same rules as them, so she would get rid of her just to be sure. 3) Katniss voted "yes" not because she wanted another hunger games, but because she wanted Coin to trust her at least for the short while needed to get rid of her. 4) The series depicts very well that in a war, sooner or later both sides start with systematic elimination of enemy civilians, in order to get rid of enemy economy and reserve manpower. The easiest way to start with that is the argument of revenge, kinda like what western allies used during WW2 to mass bomb German civilians. "If they did it, we can do it more."

[@zoew_]

38:58 the girl on fire is actually on fire

[@angieahite2597]

I JUST found your channel and I'm loving your videos, and enjoying this finale vid so far! 😊

[@theilluminatibenefactor]

21:54 In case you didn't realize until now, my guy, it's a lot worse. Those were harpoons. Peeta Mallark pushed him onto a submerged pod that activated a complete separate trap that was rigged with a set of harpoons that would target and pierce through the body of the unlucky victim. Then, they would be hoisted into the air and bleed to death. In this guy's case, he burnt to death because he was pushed into the tar, which I believe was steaming hot, then he bled to death after he was hoisted into the air by harpoons. As for stab wounds he gained from those, they allowed the hot tar to seep into his body. That's what happened.

[@anniegreenwind971]

That song she sings at the end makes me cry every time, because I think of poor little Prim so scared in the first movie and Katniss singing to her. I also think of poor little Rue dying in Katniss arms. The worst part is that these wars are happening in real life just not how the movie tells it. The school shootings and the current war in Ukraine or wherever it is. 😪 🙏🏾💓

[@whatiswhat8061]

21:55 from the sound effects earlier the wires were probably barbed. he was probably shredded and he drowned