Katniss Kills Coin | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2

Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) makes a crucial decision between Snow (Donald Sutherland) and Coin (Julianne Moore), and lets her arrow fly.
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At its core, the story of The Hunger Games is about the power of one person to change the world.
Set in the future remnants of the USA in a new nation called Panem, one male and one female "tribute" between the ages of 11 and 18 from each of Panem's twelve districts is forced to participate in an annual competition called the Hunger Games, which is broadcast live throughout the country for the entertainment of the Capitol's wealthy residents.
Now, bestselling author Suzanne Collins and the world of The Hunger Games return in her latest addition to the series: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

[@kmoore02809]

Ironically, when Coin declared, ‘Mockingjay, may your aim be as true as your heart is pure’, she validated Katniss killing her.

[@tabora_]

I wonder if she was calling her bluff with that statement 🤔

[@bobjenko]

@@tabora_ Nah, she had no idea. Unlike Snow, Coin never really understood Katniss. I doubt she even realised Katniss knew it was her bomb that killed Prim.

[@samu1414]

Coin understood Katniss to some extent, Katniss herself mentions in Mockinjay that Coin sees her as dangerous and rightfully so, but she certainly underestimated her.

[@samu1414]

That is also not true. Boggs and Katniss talk about this very thing in the books. Coin is afraid that because Katniss doesn't like her that she won't throw support her way after the war, hence her trying to kill her with Peeta

[@mooseymcflurffycat3018]

She doesn't say that in the books. I like the addition in the movie tho

[@callum9387]

Everyone is perfect in this scene, but Donald Sutherland’s Snow is incredible. His knowing smile at Katniss’ inner turmoil, followed by the maniacal laughing at the fact she actually had the balls to shoot Coin, even when he knows he’s a dead man. So good.

[@vladixice]

In the end Snow technically won, he outlived Coin a second and she has much more potential to be another threat to Panem, Snow landed on top once again, If I was Katniss I’d rather kill a lively dictator rather than old one who’s about to die anyway because he drank alot of poison

[@JakubRosman]

Snow had the last laugh, which is ironic

[@James-Cardoso]

@@vladixicewhy did he drink poison ??

[@williamjeng441]

Snow's main tactic in wiping out his adversaries is through poisoning. But to avoid suspicion he often drink the poison alongside his enemies, then take a prepared antidote afterwards to escape death. I'm sure years of poisoning himself has finally came to bite him in the butt@@James-Cardoso

[@dejahturner16]

​@@James-CardosoHe would use poison on his enemies, but Snow would drink a poisoned drink as well so people wouldn't get suspicious. Although he took an antidote, this left Snow with sores in his mouth.

[@MB-ic3ou]

The poetic justice of having Snow killed by the people he killed, tortured, and starved while Coin was killed by the person she created, the face of her so called “rebellion”.

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes, it is a Mussolini/Ceauşescu type of death, meaning being beaten to death by the common people these monsters were wanting to control.

[@Ariana-wv4pf]

Why is it "so called"? It was more than a rebellion, it was a revolution.

[@Ariana-wv4pf]

@@antonboludo8886 I am Romanian and Ceausescu wasn't killed by the people but but members of the army. Him and his wretched wife were shot in the head on live tv. Officially. Unofficially, they were allowed to flee the country and hide afterwards.

[@Ariana-wv4pf]

Coin didn't create Katniss. Coin used Katniss, but Katniss was a self creation.

[@koczaioandaniel4014]

@@antonboludo8886 Ceausescu was not executed by the people, was condemned by a fake court to death.

[@crumpetandtea]

Love this because Katniss spends the entire book being like “I have to be the one to kill snow” then when the moment is presented on a silver platter, she realizes there is no need. She “remembers who the real enemy is”, which is anyone who thinks it’s appropriate to kill children for the sins of the parents.

[@ryaneaston3487]

Or to be used as a distraction in order for people to not become woke enough to want to solve problems.

[@finnsmom8470]

Agreed and when Katniss meets Snow for the last time, in his green house, he reassures her that he had no need to kill the capital and refugee children and that it was really Coin who dropped the bombs that killed Prim and all the other unfortunates!

[@tobiaseaton200]

but she votes for hunger games to continue with capitol kids so she didnt learn her lesson after all

[@antonboludo8886]

Snow knows the mob was going to kill him anyway. Katniss realized where to release the arrow. I think Heavensbee became President after that.

[@karoldudzinski3975]

​@@tobiaseaton200She only voted to trick Coin and make her feel like she already won. Beacuse od this Coin wasn't careful enough and Katniss could shot her easily

[@TametheShame]

I love they called her “Coin”. As in, every coin has two sides. Her public, peace focused side, and the evil child killing power hungry beast.

[@hofhofandaway]

Good catch!

[@gamerstheater1187]

I assumed it was cause she and Snow were, "two sides of the same coin"

[@namelastname8471]

@@gamerstheater1187naw lol it’s bc she’s two-faced

[@Protactiny]

Ooooh!

[@whitemistcreativestudios]

You could see it in her eyes if you know how to look

[@mckenzie.latham91]

For those who've seen and read the prequel Snow's laughing as a salute to Katniss beating coin at her own game, and the fact she won It was his way of saying to her You're Victor now...

[@aureliaavalon]

Well for one, she did all the things that Snow would've never done in his lifetime and that is what's funny to him. Every choice he made was selfish, he was a coward and he was power-hungry after being put in situations that were out of his control (poverty, forced to participate in games or die trying, forced to follow orders). Meanwhile, Katniss experiences an even bigger scale of her circumstances being horribly outside of her control but she perseveres her strength and kindness everytime. Volunteering as tribute to protect someone else, not killing Peeta just to be crowned Victor, using her one arrow on an even worser dictator than Snow rather than play into the tyranny just for sweet revenge. Snow is an old man now and sees a child burning brighter than he ever will, a Katniss that quite literally opposes his life philosophy and who actually won at life with good morals despite the world being an arena.

[@rachelfox8108]

​​@@aureliaavalon Exactly. They both started the same way, as starving children whose fathers were crushed and snuffed out by the system, who were numbed by it, whether that was abject poverty and industry (in Katniss's case) or war and power struggle (as in Snow's), but where he sought control of the circumstances and the power it could give him within the system, through violence, death and spectacle, Katniss destroyed the system itself, not entirely without violence, but also entirely with her practical brand of kindness and compassion, ending all veneer of pretense and leaving behind only quiet authenticity. Where Snow said to himself, "this is unfair, how can I take what is mine?", Katniss said, "this is unfair, how can I help even just one other person?"

[@JacobNintendoNerd99]

​@@aureliaavalonperhaps there's a little kernel of him as he's dying that finds appreciation in the fact Katniss just completely outdid him in every regard from this PoV, essentially proving it was possible

[@dannylagangonzalez6832]

I feel like Snow laughing was more because he realised Coin was actually Lucy Grey, and he was just taking pleasure at the fact that Lucy didn’t get to take his place after trying for so many years. The way Coin took snow down was so perfect she has to either be Lucy Grey herself or Lucy Grey’s daughter. She just knew too much about Snow for her to not have at least met Lucy in the past.

[@DeeEmmeische]

@@dannylagangonzalez6832 Coin is absolutely not Lucy Gray lmao nor is she in any way related to her

[@Rachel-mq4yj]

Peeta knocking the nightlock pill out of her hand gets me every time 😭 “you could live a thousand lifetimes and never deserve that boy.” - Haymitch, Catching Fire.

[@lexderp2766]

Honestly, he’s always known how to play the game. To shoot the new “founder of the rebellion” and then take the pill would have everyone up in arms about the capitol and she just lost her marbles. Peeta knew that game. He wouldn’t let her make her move

[@WiWillemijn]

I never noticed that wow

[@eluj808]

I JUST NOTICED IT NOW?????

[@clover2739]

He’s the only one who noticed that katniss was going to kill herself like that, no one else was paying attention to her… and he’s still struggling with his hijacking as well

[@lilynigromusic]

I never noticed until reading this comment that she went for the night lock pill it was so subtle and I always found that interaction so random but now it makes so much better sense

[@coraliecadet90]

The moment Coin mentioned that the kids of the capitol should have their turn in the hunger games I already knew Katniss was gonna put a stop to her

[@04nbod]

Coin has no idea that being the only Capital child to kill a tribute in the arena started Snow's descent.

[@dannylagangonzalez6832]

@@04nbodnah she surely did know that, she intended to take Snow’s place anyway and didn’t care, for her that wouldn’t be a descent, she was already at his level or below him anyway. Coin has to have at least known Lucy Grey or could even be Lucy grey herself, the way she took snow down is too perfect and with too much knowledge of the enemy for that not to be the case.

[@LifeInPink999]

@@dannylagangonzalez6832Lucy was a show woman with natural charisma, Coin was boring and dry to the point she needed help to make her monologues exciting to listen. No way she has a thing to do with Lucy Gray plus, if something Lucy Gray had a hearth which Coin doesn’t.

[@suchadreamer9272]

​@@LifeInPink999also a girl who cried after she had to kill people in the Hunger Games WOULD NOT initiate a new cycle of the madness. Not to mention she's never been one to fight

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

After she suggested that, I was done with her. The kids in the Capitol are not responsible for the horrific decisions of their parents.

[@joewhitehead3]

Whenever I watch this scene, I can’t help but think of the fact that Katniss volunteering as tribute is what led to this. That’s crazy

[@metro4550]

Yea no shit lmao

[@rustonh316]

Sometimes it takes a small spark of rebellion to ignite the flame.

[@benjamun1121]

Katniss started this story by saving her sister's life. The story ends with her avenging her sister's death.

[@TheWefikus]

Yea man it’s called a plot

[@joewhitehead3]

@@TheWefikus You don’t gotta be a jerk about it

[@sadaderlangga17]

I really love how Snow laughs. Because in the end, he beats Coin. He's the last one standing between the two of them.

[@joewhitehead3]

Even when he loses, he still wins

[@music_and_other_random_thi1330]

Snow lands on top

[@Blurro]

"hah i lived 10 seconds longer than that bitch, still the winner!"

[@littlemiss_legal]

Snow lands on top

[@ebenezerstooge]

Snow lands on top.

[@booksrock9678]

Wish they kept the detail from the book where she only has one arrow to shoot because Coin knew Katniss didn't fully trust her

[@zwordsman]

Honeslty that would've been a lot better. I was vey much lke "...and now draw a second one and kill snow?"

[@ariqsyafwan4987]

​@@zwordsmanto be fair in the movie Snow's death was way... WAAAY worse than being shot by arrow (he literally got beat up, even possibly torn limb from limb alive by the mob) while in the book Snow laughed so hard he choked on his own blood and die before the mob could get to him

[@navarel9892]

That actually makes sense, when i rewatched the clip, i always wonder why katniss have so many arrows if it's just for executing one man She's a very good shooter, no way she would've missed or didn't put enough strength Guess it's just for aesthethic purpose

[@xavierwhitcraft1310]

the directors couldn't make the shot look cool without the full quiver. They also did that during the games because they didn't want to have to focus on arrow count like in the books@@navarel9892

[@Cherryontop10]

The fact that she only chose once to shoot an arrow, is a nod to her having only one to use anyways.

[@zosephh_]

I love that nobody was shown scrambling to help Coin

[@jacobwiles547]

That's because she was already dead.

[@jasonarmstrong9656]

yea but how many times do you see in movies shows etc people run to the dead person trying to help them because theyre in denial. @@jacobwiles547

[@jardex2275]

@@jacobwiles547 Could have fooled me. All we see is a small trickle of blood from her mouth. I know it's to preserve the rating, but a shot through the heart should leave her gushing.

[@sebastyann123]

@@jardex2275 Pierce wounds do not leave liters of blood flowing out of you especially if it is just as small as an arrow. But you DO bleed out if you remove the object that's why it's always recommended to not remove the thing lol however she would be bleeding a lot internally lmao

[@AlanCanon2222]

"Hail to Dorothy!"

[@tristancreed]

Snow is manipulative. But he's a man of his word. Not once did he lie to Katniss and he honored that to the letter.

[@onanisland6813]

Yup, just goes to show how someone with absolute rule need not beat the bush. He's used to materializing his will

[@04nbod]

He's a bad liar. You see it in Songbirds and Snakes. Lucy Gray lies for him but he can't lie to her properly.

[@zhillandewanto3599]

Manipulative but man of his word ?? I mean HOW ??

[@Smiley-57]

So if your wife’s tells you that she’s going to a restaurant and gives you no other information but when she gets there She proceeds to cheat on you. SHE DID NOT LIE but obviously she’s leaving out important information. This is how Snow can tell you the truth completely while leaving information he doesn’t want you to know out of it.

[@Smiley-57]

@@zhillandewanto3599 read my other comment it was meant for you but I messed it up

[@thekarmicbrat]

I loved the details of Plutarch being miserable and looking resigned and defeated during Coin's speech, then his subtle smile and clear relief when she lay dead. It validates the whole thing, because it's clear he knew Coin wasn't any better than Snow, but knew he couldn't do much about it directly, and so was condemning himself to another life of treading in the shadows to take down yet another dictator. And he was resigned, and sad about it. But then Coin got shot, and his relief is such a nice touch, to see his perspective so explicitly.

[@shadowfax9177]

Also Cressida filming looked pretty ticked off.

[@Adam-g01]

More like he was the most manipulative, managed to destroy either rival and now could take over

[@preciousotoakhia9789]

​@@Adam-g01why didn't haymitch or Plutarch keep prim safe if coin was no better than snow and Plutarch knew

[@osasunaitor]

​@@preciousotoakhia9789I guess Prim herself volunteered to the medical battalion, maybe they weren't even aware she was there? Idk someone who read the books should enlighten us

[@ukaikeishin8212]

​@@osasunaitor Prim volunteered to be there on the battlefield, but the book implies that her presence shouldn't have been authorised, unless someone higher up did it , signifying that Coin was perhaps, behind the entire bombing of the Capitol children.

[@Wander85942]

Even when you know it’s coming, this whole scene is just everything. One dictator down as another rises to take the arrow meant for her all along.

[@metaslavegaming9075]

damn, its everything? i didnt know there was explicit SA in this movie

[@dantebrosia]

@@metaslavegaming9075what?

[@metaslavegaming9075]

@@dantebrosia op said this whole scene "is just everything" and a SA scene is included in "everything".

[@masterdon187]

​@@metaslavegaming9075what?

[@metaslavegaming9075]

@@masterdon187 should i type the same response again? im confused myself lol. did the definition of "everything" change recently and i didnt know about it?

[@retardedvaxxedliberal]

As someone who didn't read the book before watching the movie, I almost fell out of my seat when I saw this in the theater. The happiness was overwhelming

[@rhaspodel]

That moment was exactly the same from the book... different location. In the book the assassination happened in the mansion's balcony.

[@FaultlineSurfer]

@@rhaspodel and in the book the mob doesn't kill Snow, he actually chokes to death on his own blood from laughing at Katniss finally throwing the board aside.

[@2im36]

@@FaultlineSurfer idk why but i like that ending to snow more

[@rhaspodel]

@@FaultlineSurfer well Katniss said either the mob got to him or he choked on his own blood.

[@matthewdell7439]

Going to the cinemas being the only one of my friends to know she was going out I started laughing because of their shock. Looked more like maniacal laughter at a dead character buttttt 😂 worth it 😁

[@MeredithHagan]

This scene proves just how well Snow knew Katniss, even more than the people who loved her did. Katniss and Snow both knew that Coin would continue the Games, only with Capitol children. Snow knew she would do anything to stop the Games, even if it meant her own death. The only way to end all the slaughter of innocents was to let is truly end. They had such a fascinating dynamic.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Coin would have done more (and far worse) than just run games. She would have become a dictator who would have subjugated and starved the Capitol. The Games for children of Capitol elite was just a symptom of her attitudes of revenge and control.

[@geokatongo]

Enemies who respect eachother.

[@Riateph]

I object to Snow knowing her better than the people she loved, because it's Haymitch that knew her best. They had this silent sort of language no one else had. In the books, there were no written messages on the parachutes in the Games. Katniss knew what Haymitch wanted solely by the timing of the gifts. Neither of them had that subtle language with anyone else. That's why Haymitch doesn't say "Yes". He says "I'm with the Mockingjay". He catches her message, knows what Katniss is doing by voting yes, and gets her where she needs to be - with a bow and arrows within range of Coin. It's also why he phrases it as "you don't disappoint". He was literally betting on her. Peeta doesn't get it until she does it, because as a character he's always written as too purehearted for the subtleties and machinations and plots within plots. He votes no because he morally should say no, end of story. That's why she falls in love with him over Gale, because Gale's too like her ruthless hunter side. too much a hunter, too tricky and conniving, too willing to cross the line with the human traps. Her ethical center is closer to Peeta.

[@markgarreth706]

This really shows how little Coin knows about Katniss. Not once in that speech of hers did she think that Katniss would shoot her? 😂 Regardless of whether you read the book or not, the speech itself and the moments leading up to it is a dead giveaway. “May her arrow signify the end of tyranny” - uh yeah that won’t fly past the Mockingjay, that arrow is headed straight for Coin’s ass 😅

[@xesphor1436]

She really thought that she manipulated her

[@smaay]

Katniss was smart enough to make Coin believe she was a shell of her old self consumed by grief and madness and therefore no longer a threat. If Katniss had voted "No" on the new Hunger Games, you can bet Coin would have never put herself in a position where Katniss could shoot at her.

[@thomasok100]

Not quite her ass.

[@nightmare674]

@@smaay That's a pretty smart observation. By voting yes, Katniss did made Coin believe she won.

[@mikeyr290]

I'm so happy Haymitch supported Katniss with the Yes vote.

[@bubblelicousbling2335]

If you've never known how to envision "killing two birds with one stone" this right here sums it up perfectly

[@mahbluebird]

More like she killed two Snows with one Bird

[@noahzero9380]

@@mahbluebirdclever you are

[@oliverconway6960]

I'm the kind of man who prefers to do that.

[@yamato6114]

Anyone notice Coin’s clothes progressively get lighter the more her corruption and evil are exposed? This is the lightest color we’ve seen her wear so far. But she never wears pure white. Because she never lives long enough to become snow.

[@Lrhe]

Bars

[@jordankrzywicki9412]

From my own perspective, this scene really brings out the devil in Coin’s eyes, signifying how Katniss realized she was just as bad as Snow, and chose to kill her instead

[@DerpDevilDD]

Katniss intended to kill Coin from the moment she proposed the vote for another Hunger Games. That's the reason she voted yes.

[@manifestgtr]

I never really got behind the narrative that Coin was *worse* than Snow…more like “business as usual” which, in its own way, I guess you could see as worse due to the resultant chaos. Snow and his predecessors really set up a horribly, HORRIBLY oppressive system that was dystopian to the extent where child battle royales were “business as usual”. It would’ve taken an unbelievable effort from Coin to actually top that level of moral corruption.

[@youwhat098]

it wasn't signifying that Coin is "worse than" snow. it was the fact that Coin was going to continue the cycle that Katniss wanted to break in the first place. Coin had to die or the future was going to repeat and Katniss wanted none of that... she knew snow was going to die anyways.

[@adinom687]

I’d argue that Coin is worse than Snow. She had the knowledge of the dangers of mass murder and still resorted to choosing mass murder. If someone took Hitler’s place as leader and decided that they should torture white people because of what happened during the Holocaust, I would say that person is more evil than Hitler. Coin is definitely more evil than Snow despite not being as dangerous. Also, Snow didn’t start the tradition of the Hunger Games. He’s definitely evil for continuing it, but that doesn’t compare to starting such a corrupt tradition.

[@jessicacaron5084]

She and Snow are two sides of the same coin and that’s why that’s her name!

[@TommySalami.]

Such a revolutionary scene! Reading the books I was shocked when she made the decision, and so happy when Peeta stopped her from taking the pill. One of the highlights in Mockingjay ❤

[@amourdevie1]

i didn't read the book so maybe some things influenced u differently than me but i wasn't shocked bc she killed her sister and started to act tyranical... she didn't want another snow and she killed her sister and a lot of other innocent people

[@thestevenofsuburbia8431]

@@amourdevie1I actually didn’t notice that she tried to take her pill. I read the book, but it’s been a long time, so I forgot.

[@noobilyplus]

@@thestevenofsuburbia8431in the books, after she shot her, guards dragged her away. she tried to bite the container on her armor that contained the pill, but peeta ripped the container out so she wouldn’t k!ll herself

[@raphcrafter]

how did I only notice now that she wanted to k*ll herself. wow now this hits even more deeply

[@williamcowell1889]

I was pissed they didn’t burn half her face off like in the books.

[@jessedellross3245]

2:20-2:42 Such a powerful scene. So much said without a word being said. Snow was right: they agreed not to lie to each other

[@gorb688]

And I love how you could see her arm shaking when pointing it at snow, even though she’s so skilled with a bow, but when she aims it to coin it’s as good a shot as it could be

[@LetsMineSomeBlocks]

Snow and Katniss lowkey respect each other

[@blakevirtonis8567]

​@@LetsMineSomeBlocksThey DO respect each other. They are enemies, but they respect each other ;)

[@MichelleMackenzie-zs6qz]

Katniss face when coin told her she wanted to do a hunger games with the capitols children said it all - she knew for sure there and then that Snow had told her the truth

[@tomb411]

I love the manic laughter Snow gives during his very last moments alive, his life truly was chaos

[@b.f.s.11]

To think she volunteered for her sister to save her and she had to go through all of this a Prim still died

[@jayvfx.]

it’s the cost of war

[@venomsnakessidepiece]

i love how shooting at coin was a callback to shooting the apple out of the pigs mouth at the sponsors

[@MidwestWind]

Nice foreshadow!

[@Sergioshi_]

Would have been amazing if she whispered the "Thank you for your consideration" phrase after shooting the arrow, but the scene is powerful as well with no dialogue

[@Francis...]

How?

[@rachelfox8108]

​​@@Francis... If you recall, when she shot the apple out of the pig's mouth, it was because she pointed her arrow not at the target placed in front of her, but at the game makers and their buffet table. The act of shooting the apple also symbolised taking food out of its mouth -- as the Capitol had done to the poor folk of the Districts (12 in Katniss's case) to the point that she was forced to forage and poach illegally to feed her family, while the Capitol could eat and eat, throw it up, and eat more and more, just so they would never have to stop. (I believe this is echoing a commonly held presumption about the Romans; while they did have "vomitoriums", this is actually the area to where people leave the main hall -- from Latin meaning "to spew forth". (We would just call it a "foyer" now). In Panem though, this kind of evacuation is literally practised.) In the final recall scene here, it recasts the first scene in a new light -- it's not just stealing food from another's mouth, it's a victory that was all but bought and paid for, only to be snatched right out of grasp. Coin bought her victory, only to wind up the final price to be paid.

[@JudgeJudith]

@@rachelfox8108 Incredibly overanalyzed

[@kingkongchief1177]

Best part of this scene was Heavensbee smiling after Katniss killed Coin. He knew Katniss did the right thing. Would’ve been awesome if he was the one who became the first democratically elected president of Panem.

[@dan_38]

Honestly, heavensbee was not a person that could be trusted to the presidency. He's too calculating and untrustworthy for anyone from the old and new regimes to trust with that level of power. Better that it was Paylor, a r3bel commander who had a string of followers and victories, to be given that role

[@GaioMare]

I think Heavensbee is more of a behind the scenes planner, so it's expected that Paylor was the one who took up the role instead

[@andpeg]

Heavensbee didn’t give a damn that Coin died. I think he was tired of her bs: he’s the one who conflicted with her ideals the most. He definitely knew she was just as bad as Snow.

[@pianotimes6476]

Plutarch was fine; he was no loyalist to the Snow government. He used his position to betray Snow and knock him out. He was an exceptionally intelligent man and used his position to help the rebellion succeed.

[@haleywood8040]

In the book he came off as sadistic and cruel just like coin. He was a game maker, after all. He helped organized the bombs that killed prim.

[@R0YA1GUARD]

3:07 I love this subtle irony. Intentional or not, the drum emanates the sound of the Canon when a tribute dies in the games. When he falls, Snow was the final tribute to die and to truly lose this final game.

[@aureliaavalon]

In the prequel, his cousin said 'pretend it's your name that got picked for the games'. So it's like his Hunger game is finally ending with him losing to the Victor.

[@rachelfox8108]

​@@aureliaavalon Right, and Lucy Gray Baird said herself, it's like she still had one foot in the arena -- the hunger games don't end, and nor did Snow's.

[@josannedv2570]

Snow has fallen, finally

[@dropssky]

​@@aureliaavalonAll of the district citizens running torwards him was like the start of a bloodbath

[@hofhofandaway]

I disagree. Despite the very small margin, Snow outlives Coin. He beat her. Her very own totem of the revolution killed her. Snow was going to die anyway of natural causes. Snow still outplayed Coin.

[@Tabbychu]

To this day I'm so thankful that Elizabeth Banks was cast as Effie. No one could have played this initially shallow, but ultimately layered character better than her. And I'm so thankful the movies gave her a bigger role in Mockingjay- it should have been her in the book all along, not the prep team

[@meg3670]

It could have been a super cheesy character but she did a great job with it

[@shadowfax9177]

I was thinking the same exact thing. It always makes me laugh when Katniss is trying to get Haymitch to tell her how to find shelter in the first movie and she stabs the table with the knife, Effie chimes in "that is MAHOGANY!!" 😂

[@gorrow1990]

Snow may have been a psychopathic dictator but he showed zero fear knowing his death was inevitable on that day. His laughter even made it seem like he was genuinely impressed Katniss overlooked her hatred for him and denied Coin the ability to rule over the people the way he did for several decades.

[@TeamTimeRiders]

The guy had a life well-lived at least by his own standards. 75 years of games then dies memorably, after getting to see his enemy taken out. He was on top of the world.

[@khaotictrash]

2:40-2:43 The way her gaze shifted from Snow to Coin was so smooth, chilled me to the bone before she even took the shot.

[@crispybacon91]

What shocked me, what that last look that snow gave her just before she fired the arrow. He saw her turmoil

[@Gruzzly]

Haymitch reads Heavensbee’s letter because Philip Seymour Hoffman died right before filming that scene. Heavensbee would have said those lines to Katniss directly.

[@diobrando5974]

Wow, he did die from narcotics during filming of this movie. Thanks for sharing

[@hiymecorp.258]

“You hear that? It’s the sound of snow.. falling”

[@HighSummonerBWM]

😭 Yes!

[@inomrasmith]

You ate that

[@rebelfighter5249]

Even when snow falls, it always comes out on top.

[@inomrasmith]

@@rebelfighter5249 till it melts by fire

[@elisemccorkle68]

Something I didn’t notice until after I watched the movies a few times was the symbolism of the different colors for Snow and Coin. Snow was always surrounded by white; the color of purity. He was evil, and manipulative, but he kept his word when he said he’d never lie to Katniss. He believed his actions would lead to a “pure” society in some sense. Coin always dawned gray clothing, the entirety of district 13 was gray. She was the human embodiment of “a gray area”. She led a rebellion against Snow, but only for her personal gain. She lied to everyone, especially Katniss the entire time. She claimed to want to put an end to the slaughter, but wanted to begin the new chapter with a Hunger Games full of the capitol’s children. She claimed to want to help Katniss get her revenge against Snow, which all started because Katniss wanted to protect her sister. Yet, Coin was ultimately the one to bring any harm to Prim by killing her. So, in a way Coin was darker, perhaps more evil than Snow. Hence the gray and white. And Katniss was ultimately the end to them both; hence her wearing all black.

[@cowboylikeme854]

I LOVE everyone’s comments on yt because the breakdown that people have been doing is so engaging. I’ll add this interpretation to one of them

[@Khontis]

To get into D&D morality- it's the concept of Snows Lawful Evil. I'm evil but I'm trustworthy because even if its my own code you know if I give you my word I will keep it. I have standards. Coin is Neutral Evil. I'm in it for me and me alone. Katiness is Neutral good. What is best for everyone, even if I'm not liked I can still do what's right

[@monmothma3358]

He actually did lie to Katniss in the movies - just not in the books.

[@Grimmreaper007]

@@monmothma3358what was the lie

[@monmothma3358]

@@Grimmreaper007 In Catching Fire the book, he doesn't deny to Katniss that he'd want her dead. He's actually honest and upfront with her. In the movie he says "I don't want to kill you". All the while he's plotting with Plutarch to do just that, ultimately finding the way he thinks is best by putting her in new Games.

[@BeeGeeBee]

She took 2 dictators out with one arrow.

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

Two birds one stone

[@OpalLeigh]

The woman did kind of ask for it 😂 telling Katniss “may your aim be as true as your heart is pure” 😬 she just didn’t know that.

[@hexgirl88]

i just thought of something... did Coin write her own speech? or does Plutarch write her speeches? because that may have been a nod from Plutarch that she knew what she needed to do, she just needed to have the courage to do it

[@peterparker9954]

Very poor choice of words

[@jasminecomer9436]

​@hexgirl88 ooooo good comment! I didn't think of Plutarch having his hands on the scripts like that 😮

[@tehmaimed]

@@hexgirl88good read. Plutarch most likely was the writer. Snows head was so far up her ass she didn’t even realize the double entendre of the speech itself. lol!

[@deacon_era]

I love how Plutarch smiled thinking that what Katniss did was inevitable. I’m sure he knew Coin would be as bad as Snow, but he can’t act on it because he knows Coin is not above killing Allies. At least this way, Coin was dealt with in a poetic manner and you can’t really turn the masses against The Mockingjay who pretty much is the hero of the war and the instigator of the rebellion.

[@Hello-pp3hl]

Honestly Snow’s death would have been far more peaceful had she shot the arrow at him. He was instead beaten to death by an angry and vengeful mob, so in a way she had her revenge while saving society

[@sailorsister211]

I think for Snow, it was more peaceful for him to die, witness Coin getting killed by Katniss being the last thing he sees before he dies. Snow knew he was gonna die either way, for him the real question was will he die in the hands of Katniss. Having him witness Coin death made him die at peace. He was able to manipulate Katniss one last time. He got revenge on Coin by bring her down with him. What Snow cared about power, Coin took that way from him. Katniss killing Coin, atleast he could die knowing Coin wont have it either. Getting killed by angry mob didn't matter to him anymore

[@kingcamelot1395]

In the books, Snow choked on his own blood long before the masses got to him. He literally died laughing.

[@plantcraftie4141]

I think he felt more satisfied dying knowing that his successor didn't last long

[@gktte2574]

@@sailorsister211not really manipulate

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Snow was laughing out of respect for Katniss The fact she beat Coin at her own game He was saluting her as a worthy opponent and was overjoyed by the fact she won.

[@KittyPieVibes]

Katniss did the right thing for the future. Of course she would want to kill Snow, it’s his fault she was in the games, his fault Peeta is traumatized. But she knows there’s something more important, that if Coin has powers things will never improve. It was a very selfless thing to do. I’m sure she knew the rest of Panem would rip Snow apart anyways

[@NikosGinsan]

You are right but also keep in mind that Prim's death was the catalyst for her decision.

[@Verylengthyapple]

@@NikosGinsanyes, that’s true. but in all fairness, coin put her trust in a child who knew her sister died bc of coins actions so coin rlly did that to herself

[@NikosGinsan]

@Verylengthyapple Yep exactly. She underestimated Katniss' intelligence. She thought she manipulated her into thinking it was Show's fault. But at the end Katniss manipulated her back. Her arrogance was her downfall.

[@cq40]

With all the rebels behind her, Snow is sure as dead, whether he is right or wrong. Snow has no other reason to lie at the end. Katniss is sure Coin will continue the games the very thing they all do not want. 😅 Funny Coin did not even thought of her being shot there huh 🤔 after she killed Prim 😢

[@peterparker9954]

She chose the greater good over herself in this scene A true revolutionary ! She set everyone free like a Mockingjay

[@luispietruck2877]

This scene somehow hits harder after reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes because you get to know Snow as a character

[@user-cn3jk4gk6p]

He was very powerful as the Main Protagonist in Songbird able to effortlessly take out multiple guards, S tier battle IQ, feats of Super Strength and speed, but alas towards the end of the movie he turned to the darkside and gave into his darkness starting the dark era of Panam for 60 years even though he was the chosen one

[@bobthet-rex2718]

Snow and Katniss had such a unique relationship throughout the series, this scene is so good, especially Snow laughing as the mob comes to murder him.

[@jakesimms9915]

It’s really not murder. It is killing. Murder means to kill unjustly. Murder is biblically forbidden, killing is not.

[@carolinereinhart5321]

I never fully noticed “the life of a victor” quote until now, but it’s beautiful. Effie is vain & spoiled, but all she’s wanted is for Katniss and Peeta to find some joy. She’s one of the very few people in Katniss’ orbit who actually cares about her happiness, even in a weird and twisted way in the beginning. Even though she finds Katniss vexing & ill-mannered and doesn’t really understand her, Effie does everything she knows how to make Katniss happy. It’s one of Effie’s redeeming qualities. Have to add: I’m talking about MOVIE Effie. Book Effie is a different character altogether.

[@joshuasmith8740]

Effie should have been executed with other leaders of the capitol. How many children did she select for the slaughter? She didn't give a rat's behind about Katniss and Peeta until they won. She had no part in their victory, but she used it for her gain and vanity. Throughout the entire series, Effie would have gone back to life at the Capitol if she could have. It wasn't till the end that she "found" herself. A few trinket gifts and selected waterworks made many feel sorry for her. I feel she escaped the punishment she truly deserved. Even at the end, she is in her wigs and fanciful attire. Death to Effie!

[@sacredseeds5240]

Katniss had to be the one to kill Coin and the people had to be the ones to kill Snow. Both personal deaths for different reasons & i loved it

[@javierclavijo722]

after learning about Snow's past, I really hope that before dying, he noticed Peeta saving Katniss from the pill. after all, Snow did everything he could to turn Peeta against Katniss, just like in his history with Lucy Gray.

[@futuremovieactor]

I love how even though he became a psychopath and a far cry from who he was when he was much younger, Coriolanus Snow was willing to not only accept defeat once it was imminent, but then also straight-up tell or imply to Katniss: "If you don't want more of the same, don't support Coin". She didn't and when she killed Coin instead, he loved every second of it. As twisted as he became and as twisted as it is, he got to go out knowing Panem was not in the hands of someone who'd as just be bad as he was.

[@austinkersey2445]

Firstly, "psychopath" implies he was born without empathy or moral comprehension. The correct term is "sociopath" as they are made by experiences and trauma. Anyway, Snow is and always was a psychopath in my opinion. Psychopaths are governed by logic and algorithms and he was nothing if not logical and mathematical in his thinking. His main issue was his arrogance (another common trait among psychopaths is narcissism). He did know people though, and he knew Katniss would not stand for the games being reinstated and more people dying. He got to go out knowing that in the end he triumphed over Coin. Secondly, as an addendum, due to his late-stage tuberculosis he possibly died laughing. In the books he actually does die laughing via choking on his own blood. The mob got to him and he was already dead.

[@futuremovieactor]

@@austinkersey2445 In the book, Katniss said she wasn't sure if he was already dead by the time the mob got to him or not. I mean he kind of knew that once Lucy Gray abandoned him because she realized he could've easily turned on her like he did Sejanus, that led him to embrace Gaul's rhetoric and let himself get molded in such a way that he thought guaranteed his family's legacy would stand tall forever (and that he also thought guaranteed there'd be no more war as well). I would however agree though that in the end, he also wanted to make sure he beat Coin in the sense of who got to live longer too as that was ultimately all he had left in the end.

[@intrrrnet5689]

@@austinkersey2445you do realise you just corrected someone and then said the exact same thing they did right 😭

[@amgates498]

They really made her walk that whole ass parade route just for the Dramatic Entrance 😂 I really like that she was flanked by the last remaining Victors. Out of all the people who have suffered at Snow's hands, it's these 7 who have suffered the most and who he must face in his final moment

[@LuluBeLulu]

Thats exactly what I was thinking, it must have been at least half a mile if not a full mile lol

[@sethcourtemanche5738]

Coin acted and dressed like a dictator. Standing above everybody, flags everywhere, fascist speech etc basically the whole nine yards

[@milesbrad9975]

I rewatched the film series and that farewell scene between Katniss and Effie broke me. It's amazing but also gut wrenching to think how much the District 12 foursome went through to this moment, only to see it end this way. The finality of the moment hits home

[@alanburns9466]

How awkward it would have been if Katniss missed lmao

[@aruiz3410]

2:12-2:49 I feel the bow purring in my hand. Reach back and grasp the arrow. Position it, aim at the rose, but watch his face. He coughs and a bloody dribble runs down his chin. His tongue flicks over his puffy lips. I search his eyes for the slightest sign of anything, fear, remorse, anger. But there's only the same look of amusement that ended our last conversation. It's as if he's speaking the words again. "Oh, my dear Miss Everdeen. I thought ne had agreed not to lie to each other." He's right. We did. The point of my arrow shifts upward. I release the string. And President Coin collapses over the side of the balcony and plunges to the ground. Dead.

[@madmarcus1709]

I love how Snow had the last laugh in this scene. That he knew Coin’s cruelty like his own and that Coin would get her own punishment.

[@samiliee5790]

My Hunger Games phase is slowly returning

[@Samantha-qj9wq]

I love and sympathize with Effie. She just wanted the best for her victors. No matter how screwed up the system was, she did what she could.

[@XxdextriousxX]

I love the use of color palette. Katniss in black with snow in white showing the opposing sides. While Coin is in the middle wearing gray. Very sneaky

[@artza23]

There’s even more depth added to Snow‘s character in this scene after watching the Ballads of Songbirds and Snakes…Wow.

[@wizzy1937]

True

[@turfachowdhury6674]

I founds it interesting how after her panic that she couldn't kill herself, she looked back at Snow getting beaten to death and she smiled at getting justice served to Snow.

[@Kittycat-mh8lz]

To be honest, I actually wasn’t surprise she killed coin. If Coin lived the hunger games would continue just using the capitals children. The cycle would continue.

[@katwilz94]

I like it how Plutarch was always on Katniss’s side

[@WishYouWereHere7572]

Katniss went through all of this to save her sister, only to face the person who ended Primrose's life. Such a shame.

[@tehmaimed]

Tragic irony

[@anonymous-hz2un]

"You missed! How could you miss? He was three feet in front of you!"

[@TianaBarker]

😂😂😂

[@sapphicgeek24]

Donald Sutherland is phenomenal. He perfectly captures the sheer madness and irony of the situation with his hysterical laughter. He saw that Katniss *finally* understood the game being played.

[@SwiftEC360]

They nailed the casting of Coin. She’s clearly flawed, and most people will naturally dislike her. Coin and snow were too alike.

[@s.danial9363]

Honest saying, The Hunger Games is truly more than a young adult fiction. The dynamic and symbolism in this movies and the books and between the characters are so in well made

[@laraduff4949]

This scene would have been better if Katniss only had one arrow, like in the book

[@joshgonzalez4898]

On what page did it say she only had one arrow? I keep seeing that but I havent read the books in a long time 😢

[@ajm7210]

@@joshgonzalez4898 Page 366 of the hardcover edition: “Gale holds up a sheath. When I take it, I notice it holds a single, ordinary arrow. “It’s supposed to be symbolic. You firing the last shot of the war.”

[@keemicas]

One Oscar winner killing another Oscar winner in the presence of another Oscar winner

[@oliviahaglund8978]

That last quote from Coin was a threat, a dare. It was her saying, "Come on, Katniss. You're no hero. Don't try to be." It's also interesting that when Katniss killed her, everyone rushed forward not to rescue her or get revenge by killing Katniss-- they just couldn't wait any longer to kill Snow, frothing at the mouth with their own rage. It's like they barely even noticed what had happened. They were ready to see Snow die, and if Katniss didn't do it, they would.

[@karicewillis]

A Poster on another Video of this scene said something like, "The crowd rushes forward towards Snow waving their fists in the air. What retarded 14 year old wrote this scene?" 🤣

[@EyedMite]

When I see President Snow laughing i feel like his laugh it saying “ hahaha how’s the revolution going now coin you bitch ! Didn’t take that long for you to fall from the top!” He didn’t care that he was dying he just cared that coin was out of the picture .

[@nellielmadness9053]

Hes laughing because Coin was the one who was brought into that position by Katniss herself. Only for her to be the one to instantly end her. All that effort just to die

[@Kasiarzynka]

I feel like if anything, he was laughing at the irony of all this. Coin was in charge of the revolution that brought down his Capitol. He knew what kind of person it took to be a political leader (and to have risen to that position) in that world. He probably had at least one conversation with her (which winning leader wouldn't want to boost their ego by toying with the defeated one?) and had her all figured out. If not before, then by the time he talks to Katniss about the final bombing that killed Prim. I also feel like in a way, he respected Katniss. It shows to me in the deal he made with her, never to lie to one another, and from what we can tell, he kept that promise. From what I understand, although I'd have to rewatch the movie and re-read the trilogy, he was the only one to offer his condolences to her after Prim's death. He also must've known how incapable of compromise and cooperation she was if it didn't sit right with her. Knowing Coin was just as bad as him, he must've found it ironic and amusing, that Coin didn't see Katniss for who she was, didn't see Katniss turn on her (not as much turn on her as keep to her true self) and enabled circumstances that allowed Katniss to take out a second, but more stupid, dictator of the day.

[@lovelyA933]

Katniss has the aura of a queen, it gives you goosbumps! Props to Jennifer Lawrence for such a terrific portrayal of such a powerful character, she embodied that power perfectly!

[@zachlewis9751]

I just want to point out that during the events of the book Katniss isn’t even 18. From a shit life as a kid to a murder game to a pawn piece she’s always a child.

[@karicewillis]

A Critic said something similar, something like,"Katniss volunteered to save her only little sister from certain death, had Clove cut her forehead, had to watch a little girl die in front of her, almost got killed by Glimmer's bow, almost got killed by Marvel's spear, got struck by lightning, got strangled by Peeta, went back to the arena, got shot, had to become the Mockingjay/Face of the Rebellion,, saw Prim die in front of her , etc, and she's only 16 and 17! 😱😳😵‍💫💡

[@caitlin5624]

After watching and reading the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, I finally see a type of similarity between Snow and Katniss. I won’t go into detail but broadly.. Impossible decisions, survival, and living up to an image.

[@jadetsannie1291]

Snow was laughing like “you go bestie! Take that win for both of us” cause Coin played them both

[@nicolemosende4648]

I love how katniss never listens to hamich giving them advices during the games but in this scene when hamich reads the letter to her she asked him what to do next~ and he says home and they both did go home 🥹🤍 i love their friendship so much

[@lauramunson7763]

I love the irony of Coin’s whole speech being about katniss’s arrow “ending tyranny” and “ending war”, and then the arrow kills Coin.

[@HereForTheShips]

I screamed when Haymitch kissed Effie ❤❤ I shipped them so hard and I was so happy they kissed in the movie at least bc they don't in the books.

[@brandon074]

Gives new meaning to "killing two birds with one stone." In a way, I hope sequel of some sort (book or movie) happens like 20 or so years later to see if her shot actually started the real rebirth of humanity....or if it just delayed the final end of it.

[@ToeShimmel]

Plutarch smiling slightly is just perfect

[@kuraito1346]

Katniss ended both enemies. She killed Coin and let all the districts kill Snow for her.

[@cloudstreets1396]

This is why you don’t stand behind someone being executed by firing squad.

[@undead.rising]

President Snow's (Sutherland) final trick that he pulled off was to make it clear that he wasn't the ultimate manipulator, but rather, his and Katniss' fixation on each other was all of President Coin's doing. He never said it outright - but made Katniss know - Coin is just me, but even better. Do you really want to just replace one master manipulator for another? He wasn't sure, but he knew that there was a very good chance that Katniss did what she did. He took a gamble and it paid off. The icing on the cake was Coin's ridiculous notion to have another Hunger Games. That is when she signed her own death warrant.

[@Chuck12312]

Snow lands on top again! President snow was able to witness an upcoming dictator being killed before he was beaten to death. But you could definitely tell that what Snow told Katniss about Coin and recent events such as rebel bombing was able to trouble her mind and make her realise who the real enemy was

[@JeremyJenner]

This moment is so much better in the movie than in the book. Every addition, from Katniss' walk down the chariot path to the framing of the victors around her to the double entendre of Coin's speech, is an improvement.

[@pongo5000]

Everyone else in my theatre gasped when Katniss shot Coin but I was gasping when Haymitch kissed Effie

[@marianogarcia2709]

Man, the moment at 2:25 gave me insane chills when I first watched. At this scene, you think of everyone who died to get to this moment. Clove, Cato, Thresh, and Rue.

[@CheezDoodlezz]

Mags, Wiress, Finnick, and Prim too

[@J_C_CH]

Always loved how Snow basically got the last laugh.

[@LifeInPink999]

To be fair I kinda admire Snow giving up his quick and painless death just to see Coin lose to him.

[@ophiescurse]

no cause the way the district citizens start SPRINTING towards snow and proceed to maul him was so deserved. he made their lives hell, so it was only fair that he’d die as brutally as those underneath his rule did.

[@M.Linoge]

This one scene made the whole series worth watching, even if you weren't part of the target audience. Legendary.

[@Verylengthyapple]

apparently, her tugging at her shoulder is her reaching for nightlock pills to kill herself. Which is why peeta stops her. very cool subtextual stuff 2:55 here

[@davidchism6081]

Why'd he stopped her though? Peeta had no way of knowing whether Katniss would be put to death or not.

[@bobjenko]

@@davidchism6081 Because he loves her and didn't want her to just die? Sure, they could execute her, but there's a chance she survives.

[@clover2739]

@@davidchism6081for the same reason why katniss stopped Peeta from killing himself despite knowing he’s a danger to himself and others and would probably be better off

[@shanirahrogers8709]

I know this has been years and years ago but sometimes i sit and think about the succession of events that led to this. How katniss was used but at the same time she somewhat willing allowed herself to be used because she knew it was for change, the greater good. I remember after finishing the last book, for weeks i asked how someone could honestly live a full life with so much pain. I still get choked up watching this. Insane how movies/books can have such an impact.

[@Koekiepoekie]

Snow never lied. Coin did. Easy picking for Mockingbird.

[@anniewallace3601]

Because of her closeness built with snow through the story she witnessed that coin's actions and behavior was just as evil as snow. She knew if she was in charge things would just be the same defeating the whole purpose of all she suffered and the people she loved who either died or were hurt by snow.

[@choppersworld5094]

Such a good scene. Jens amazing in this role , the detail she put in like The moment just before she release the arrow her eyes move a few inches up. Just few secs b4 she lifts the arrow up and lets it fly .

[@MrsZari]

In all truth, Katniss was the type nobody could read. Snow understood her to some extent, but Coin didnt understand her at all. So, it was A true surprise that Coin was shot instead.

[@kanicshep]

Effie's character development is so good. She started as a "snow" but grew to a good person.

[@gerardcollins80]

The ever so subtle tilt of Katniss's eyes upwards is one of my favourite details of the movies.

[@artuselias]

R. I. P. Philip Seymour Hoffman

[@CraySockBroski]

I like how she gave the people the chance to take him out

[@alvaomega56]

Imagine katniss missing the arrow when shooting coin 😂😂

[@jacobwiles547]

I'm glad that Snow got one last moment of satisfaction. 3:13-3:18 was Philip Hoffman's last on-screen appearance.

[@MichelleMackenzie-zs6qz]

Sad that he died during filming

[@kierannf99]

I still wish they gave here 1 arrow like in the book. Because it was more significant that she only has one arrow. That’s who you know her choice really mattered