First Time Watching *THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2* | A BANGER To End It All! (Movie Reaction)

[@ProfessorNoName]

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[@smdownh9]

since the last movie it has been weeks or months

[@smdownh9]

all the stylist in hunger games got killed

[@isabelladalessandro3293]

One of the saddest parts to me is that this whole story started because Katniss volunteered for the games in order to save Prim. That led to this whole chain of events, which ended with her dying anyways. Its so sad.

[@Walkerscobell4L]

True but it was all for a good cause and she would have died either way

[@martinenotmartini9935]

Talk about doomed by the narrative. In the books, the first ever lines are Katniss waking up and reaching for Prim the morning of the reaping, but Prim's already slipped into their mother's bed. From the very first sentence, Katniss couldn't reach Prim in time.

[@lukebw6616]

@@martinenotmartini9935 the definition of a stretch.

[@IrinNovy]

But the changed the world. So it wasn't in vain.

[@cultureandhistorynerd6739]

@@lukebw6616 A stretch it may be, but when you get through the whole thing, it can come out as a doomed foreshadowing.

[@jacobbraun1243]

Your immediate “NOOO” when you saw Finnick join the squad. I think we all had that experience when reading/watching for the first time 😂

[@rowangoodwin9273]

Man when I was watching it for the first time I was like “YES FINNICK’S HERE!” and then he died and I was devastated lmao

[@jacobbraun1243]

@@rowangoodwin9273 haha. It just seemed too soon after his honeymoon, I knew that was going to be used to produce the most heart-wrenching death possible. But having suspicions did not prepare me for how gruesome his death was. Like? The best character in any book ever just got mauled and blown up?

[@rowangoodwin9273]

@@jacobbraun1243 the way I was enjoying the series almost made Finnick’s death worse, because I was intentionally watching the movies first before reading the books, so I had read up to the point where they had rescued Peeta in Mockingjay before I stopped and waited for the movie. Then I watched the movie, saw Finnick and Prim die and realized that I had to read that part in the book at some point. The sheer dread and sadness I felt when I realized

[@SeRenee.01]

Reading his death scene made me so sad and mad, he was one of my favourite characters. It should have been Gale and I will forever stand by this.🗿

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

@@SeRenee.01it really should’ve been Gale

[@ebberson]

"Finnick. He's just living his life, he's happy man!" Me: *already crying*

[@janeandle]

I'm so glad that you liked this series. Fun Facts: Katniss and Peeta's children are actually Jennifer Lawrence's nephews. Effie and Haymitch's kiss, wasn't part of the script. So, Elizabeth and Woody added it and the director Francis Lawrence liked it and kept it in.

[@Botanical_brinn]

Buttercup the cat had been a constant symbol throughout the movies as you've noticed. He is in the first few minutes of each movie. Buttercup is a direct reflection of katniss herself, rough around the edges. But one person loved buttercup most and the person who loved Katniss most was Prim. We see buttercup show up in 12 in the last movie, somehow he survived the bombing And came back for prim. And again, in this movie, he returns to find prim but can't. Same as katniss herself: Returning to a place she once found prim- only to find nothing. As we know, katniss protected prim, prim protected buttercup. He is a symbol of survival and a parallel to Katniss herself. Buttercup, though unfriendly, survives again and again, much like Katniss. Hope this makes sense!

[@rileyrauch9710]

omg i’ve never realized this thats so interesting

[@peikathryn]

What I didn't like is that there is a different cat between the first movie and the other movies. In the first movie it was a black and white cat and in the other movies it was a ginger cat so it noodles away in the back of my mind.. lol I cry every time that she finally has a break down when the cat is in the kitchen when she comes back home.

[@funty420]

the ending scene with buttercup always makes me cry i freakin cried here

[@meganisaverageheight]

Snow’s mouth is red and bloody because of what Finnick mentioned in the last movie: Snow poisons people’s drinks and drinks it with them as to not make them suspicious. He used an antidote, but it still give him mouth/oral abrasions

[@MTech07]

Peeta always represented the kindness that she needed. I always also felt the connection that was much more real than the relationship with Gale. Peeta is the heart of the books and her. Even after all the suffering and internal fighting. He means the possibility of rebuilding and healing. This is the last paragraph from the series: “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.”

[@charlygestern6556]

This makes me cry every time

[@AerotofuKO]

in tears rereading that ;-; this broke me reading the books and it's still getting to me hfskjdfhs

[@mistyxmarlboro]

God, these tears right now are overwhelming.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

Team Peeta forever❤❤

[@RicardoChavez-iz4nx]

Actually, Peeta never recover from the torture, so he always had episodes. It's not actually a fairy tale happy ending, but it's pretty happy considering everything that happened.

[@lilscenechick1995]

It's definitely a bittersweet ending. Prim deserved to live a happy life without fear of being Reaped 😭

[@MomoMensch]

it's a big part of my love for the series that it takes trauma so seriously. there are heroes but it is damn clear that noone can go through shit unharmed. it may fuel your will and make you fight stronger if you let it. but none of that "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"-bs. and i appreciate it so much that katniss really does not have the capacity to explore her feelings to neither Peeta nor Gale until the war and her fear is finally settled. it's clearer in the books but i think the movies did a great job too.

[@RicardoChavez-iz4nx]

@@MomoMensch yeeees. That's why I love the series too

[@RicardoChavez-iz4nx]

@@lilscenechick1995 so true

[@valery5360]

Katniss is one of the few main female characters where them having kids after saying they dont want to make actual sense. In the first movie, she said she doesn't want children because of the world she lives in. Who would want to put children into the world just for them to die in an arena at 12?? So, in the end, her and Peeta having children makes sense because they finally reached peace. Now she can have the family she wanted without feeling terrified every moment of their lives 💗 (just for clarification i didn't read the books. if you disagree with me that's fine! :] its just my interpretation of the movies)

[@Sageddegas]

I still don’t think it makes sense for her character and feels especially awkward in the movies. She wasn’t motherly ever in her life barely even with prim.

[@agnesbratzgirl11]

@@Sageddegas She was maternal, it is shown more in the books. She was specially with Prim (she basically raised her) and Rue, even the way she cared about her styling team. The only reason she didn't want to have children was because she knew they would be picked for the games. It wasn't a possibility, they would be picked, because they were her children, a victors children (that's why most of them didn't have children). Even when the games ended and Snow died, she and Peeta waited nearly 15 years to have their children, they wanted to be sure it was safe to have them

[@Sageddegas]

@@agnesbratzgirl11 I read the books. She raised prim because she had no choice. Her mom was catatonic and Rue was an actual child who she felt bad for. I didn’t get any kind of motherly vibes from her really ever and thought it was wildly out of her character to have them despite everything.

[@agnesbratzgirl11]

@@Sageddegas I don't agree, but i respect your opinion

[@also_Caati]

@@Sageddegas Even if you don't think she's motherly, (which she kind of is) it shows how far she's grown. It TOOK years since the end of the rebellion before she got pregnant so we don't know how long and what happened in between those years.

[@ElliotLowell]

I want to add that the reason Prim was there at the capitol wasn't because she was an approved doctor yet. She even last told Katniss they were only just training her. Coin purposely sent her there to where she planned to bomb, as she wanted Prim to die to control Katniss. That way Katniss's anger would be directed where she wanted, and thusly her support as well. Coin didn't bank on Katniss watching it first hand, nor Snow telling her it wasn't him.

[@Enchanteddy]

Because the actor of Plutarch dying, there's actually a few scenes missing or redirected. For example the letter from him Haymitch is reading to Katniss was actually meant to be Plutarch coming to her and saying that himself, but it couldn't be filmed anymore. The bombs were in fact Gales idea. He talks about it earlier in the movie. Katniss agreed for the games, because she wanted Coin to think she was on her side. It was her plan then and there to kill Coin as she was no better than Snow. Haymitch agreed to follow because he noticed Katniss was up to something. He's always with the Mockingjay. Woody Harrelson actually improvised the on the lips kiss with Effie.

[@alinac5512]

It's kinda ambiguous wether coin or snow killed Prim, same with the bombs. It's sure the rebels had the technology, thanks to Gale, but the Capitol might have had it too.

[@Enchanteddy]

@@alinac5512 No, it's not ambiguous. It was Gale's plan with the two sets of bombs and Coin specifically sent Prim to the front lines. She wasn't supposed to be there as she wasn't that high in her medic training yet. Snow was being truthful with the way he spoke to Katniss. He wouldn't have bombed his own people, the children specifically, because he knew he'd turn his own guards against himself. There would've been no positive side for him to throw the bombs down in that moment, in front of his own palace gates.

[@alinac5512]

@@Enchanteddy it was ambiguous. It was most likely Coin but it's never definitely determined. And it wasnt Gales plan, when Katniss asks him he doesn't know if it was them. Reread the books.

[@Enchanteddy]

@@alinac5512 I have read the books about 7 times, if not more. It was Coin. Go take your own advice, man.

[@alinac5512]

@@Enchanteddy nah, it's never clearly stated it was Coin. Katniss thinks it's most likely Coin but a) she's understandably very blinded by grief and not in her healthiest state of mind and b) even she never says "oh, it was 100% Coin. She thinks it was most likely Coin, but she doesn't know. Learn understanding, jeez.

[@twdfanatic0681]

your commentary about finnick throughout the whole movie was so real.

[@whittneymccamish2155]

Just find comfort in knowing that the author, Suzanne Collins, said her only regret about the series was killing Finnick. When I read Mockinjay for the first time, I cried for almost the entire last half and was literally choking back sobs as I read Finnick's death 🥲 I had to have a serious reset after finishing the series in a span of 4 days.

[@holi117]

I cried my eyes out reading the books too, when peeta was saved and yet he wasnt safe! He was so damaged and katniss was in so much despair at his new loss…. When finnick dies… then prim… it was just a sob fest! (I also read all 3 books back to back over 4-5days while on holiday - thankfully the last book was read in my hotel room and not by the pool haha!)

[@gengen0302]

I literally threw the book across my room after reading Finnick's death. I didn't finish Mockingjay until weeks later. It was devastating to say the least.

[@philipcook8298]

Fun fact, in the book, the mutts in the sewer were designed by the Capital to smell like the roses Katniss kept finding from Snow in the previous movies. It's hard to communicate that in a movie of course, but it's always been a really creepy detail for me. "The hissing burns my ears, and the reek of roses makes the wall spin."

[@ravenlenoirr]

something you might’ve missed because it was so subtle; when katniss is getting ready to kill snow/coin she takes her nightlock pill and puts in in her shirt and then after she kills coin she goes to grab it intending to kill herself. this whole series started with her trying to save prim and she feels she has nothing to live for now that prim is dead. right when she goes to take it peeta stops her and gives her that look before she’s dragged away. people tend to miss it in the movies since you can’t hear her inner monologue like you can in the books but katniss is always determined to save the ones she loves even if it means she dies and it goes more into her suicidal thoughts. in the first one to save prim, in the second to save peeta, in the third to aid the revolution and the last one because of prims death.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

This is so important and people miss it, thanks for commenting

[@katiekirks1253]

26:41 I’d say it’s better than in the books because in the books Katniss saw the girl crying above her mom and then the little girl got mowed down by bullets. It said that bullets sliced through her chest, so you should be glad they didn’t include that in the movie.

[@hellothere2464]

the book’s epilogue felt a little more bleak because we’re in katniss’s head for the whole series, so we hear her talk about how her kids are playing on the graveyard of those who died in district twelve and that they’ll learn about it one day, and she talks about how she suffers from constant nightmares and peeta still having flashbacks every now and then. but that whole monologue at the end is exactly from the book, showing that there is still some hope for the future, which i really loved. i first read and watched this series back in middle school but i really didn’t get to appreciate it until i got older

[@dewdrop6404]

Prim was actually too young to be a medic on the frontlines but Coin basically bypassed the age restriction to get her there. So happy to hear Peeta is your favourite character just based off the movies. I’ve always felt like the movies didn’t do him justice because usually people who only watched the series and didn’t read the books hate on him. The movies did mellow him down a lot. He’s very witty and sarcastic in the books. Speaking of which, I really recommend reading them. They delve into everything a lot more. Peeta and Katniss’ relationship is a lot more fleshed out too. All in all, I really enjoyed your reaction. You caught on things a lot faster than any reactors I’ve seen. And of course, I loved your zero tolerance for Gale 😂. P.S. To answer your question about how Peeta’s appearance managed to change so quickly between the interviews, it’s because the Capitol recorded the first two when he was first captured but aired the second one later. So he’s actually tortured and hijacked for most of the time during his capture, leading up to the rescue. In the books, that was roughly 6 to 8 weeks.

[@blahblahblah02]

So Coin purposefully put her there to die? Excuse me, I'm just gonna go cry in this corner now

[@dewdrop6404]

@@blahblahblah02 She definitely had no guarantee that Katniss would be there to witness her sister's death but yes, in the book, when Katniss tries to work out whether Snow is telling the truth or not, she thinks about how Prim was too young to serve as a medic in the war based on District 13's standards (she was still 13) so her showing up on the frontlines would have required Coin's clearance. And Coin obviously knew about the bombs. I don't know if she knew specifically that Prim's unit would be the one assigned to treat the Capitol children affected by the bombs, but chances are she knew since she was in charge. Either way, she sent rebel medics to respond to the bombs knowing they'd all be killed. So yeah, Katniss did everyone a favour by voting "yes, for Prim" and getting rid of Coin.

[@wittleMermaid13]

I, too, originally felt like the love triangle was being shoved in our faces. But 10 years after revisiting these movies, I think I've reconciled something - there is no love triangle. Suzanne Collins'writing is so clever with symbolism. I think the love triangle is allegory for Katniss' choice in preserving her humanity vs dehumanizing your enemies in war. We know what Peeta and Gale are from the first movie. Peeta: "I don't want them to change me...I still want to be me." VS Gale's response to Katniss saying she's only hunted animals: "It's no different." I don't hate Gale - he just shows us how someone can become radicalized to Coin's methods of "whatever it takes," commit atrocities, and after be able to say, as Gale did: "I can live with that."

[@AerotofuKO]

i think what breaks me the most about this series is that in the first movie (i would have to reread the book to see if it is there too) Peeta tells Katniss that he doesn't want the Games and the Capitol to change him, but in the end he is literally changed. Same thing with Prim, where this all started with Katniss wanting to save Prim but in the end Prim still dies. It's heartbreaking how they all came full circle in the end.

[@triniskittles_]

Yes! It is in the book. Peeta tells Katniss he doesn't want the games to change him and she really doesn't understand what he means. Then almost at the end of the games in the first book, she finally understands what he means.

[@MarieFara]

When they were by the river and Katniss was singing with the Mokingjays in the background, Gale said "now they'll never shut up". That said a lot to me.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

He’s such an a hole

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

Big contrast to Peeta, had he heard it he’d be mesmerised by her beautiful voice

[@SilverScroll]

This has been my favourite reaction series to these movies. You pick up on so many things, and don't hold yourself back. I'm glad I stumbled across this.

[@feiobsessed3821]

that "there are worse games to play after all" line gives me chills EVERYTIME i love this series more importantly i love the way it ended it is bittersweet but it stays with you

[@lurategh]

Just wanted to mention that although the movie makes it seem like they had kids relatively soon, in the books, the epilogue scene with their kids actually takes place at least 15 years after the whole series so they're in their 30s by then. I just wish that detail was made known somehow in the movie.

[@katy98x100]

Me too! "Somehow" = put on screen 15 years later 😅

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

@@katy98x100yeah like they did in Harry Potter

[@morgancason7156]

I really liked one of effies last lines, "you need to find it katniss, you need to find the life of a victor". That quote hit hard

[@cococovers1333]

the prequel is about snow when he was young and the 10th hunger games. Its about him growing up during what is called "the dark days" (the first civil war in panem, katniss was the symbol of the second civil war), his time as a "student mentor" in the 10th hunger games (that specific game was mentored by young college students from the capitol and not by former victors) and how he gained power to become president.

[@FingerPuppetSarcasm]

i didn't like Katniss when i was younger. but now that i'm older i appreciate that they made a character that is grounded in reality and isn't clueless and is always fed up with everyone trying to use her or fuck with her.

[@heathern8043]

yeah I think a lot of people don’t like her when they’re younger because they aren’t used to reading/watching about a main character like that so it feels uncomfortable therefore your brain kinda goes I don’t like that

[@manaky8742]

I think it's so tragic, that Katniss trusted Gale with the lifes of her family everytime she went into the arena and then it was Gales trap (to wound the kids (of an animal), just to lure in the main target and then kill it. In the books it's been made pretty clear. Also the mutations underground smell exacly like the roses President Snow wears all the time.

[@penguincgm489]

Lol, love your comments about Gale and funny thing for me is that, when he was captured, he told Katniss to shoot him. Likely because he doesn't want to be tortured and leak the rebel info, while back in the part 1, he looked down on Peeta when Peeta was on the TV. Gale said so confidently that he would never do things for Capital like Peeta even if he is being tortured or threaten to be killed. Well...here he is, asking Katniss to shoot him.

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

In the books she actually didn’t hear him asking her to shoot him so in contrast to the film where it seemed like she couldn’t bring herself to do it, in the book she simply didn’t do it because she couldn’t hear him.

[@madeleinehoward3418]

The rebels made it seem like the capitol bombed the children to turn the guards on snow, but they used Gayle’s idea of letting everyone rush in to help the injured and setting off secondary bombs to get those people too. It’s more obvious in the books but gayle indirectly killed Prim so that last convo holds so much more power than it seems

[@SherriLyle80s]

Gale: _smolder_ You: _"F@ck off!"_ 😂😂

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

He’s just insufferable 😂

[@alexmolina4005]

The part near the end where Haymitch gives Katniss a letter from Plutarch was meant to be be a scene with Katniss and Plutarch but he had passed away at that point so they had Haymitch deliver what he was gonna say in letter form.

[@CylusTheAllay24]

So with gale his ending is very satisfying to me because he effectively just has a pointless existence. (He’s a soldier in a world with no war)

[@KellyIsShort]

The prequel for this series has been announced! If the book is anything to go by, it’ll be good!

[@badgaltinginnit]

Great cast too. Cannot wait to see viola Davis kill it! Same for hunter

[@madeleinehoward3418]

Ooouuu I didn’t know that!! I loved the book

[@josephdevaux6175]

Discovered your channel with this hunger games series and i'm loving it

[@Lannisen]

Stick around, it's a good channel

[@lexajewel]

26:42 "was that necessary movie?" lmao they couldn't shoot the scene the way it happened in the books because it would've given the movie an R rating 😅 it's so much worse

[@Hayzelle]

I think these are some of your best reactions! I preferred Gale when I read the books but Peeta in the movies. The thing about the books is that it’s from Katniss’ point of view and she’s not really interested in either of them. She’s just trying to keep herself and Prim alive. To her, there isn’t really a choice to be made until after the war because any of them may not make it so why deal with it now? Once she sees it was a double bomb that killed Prim and there’s no way to know if it was from the rebels or the Capitol, she’ll never be able to choose Gale as she’ll never know if it was his design that killed Prim. In the end, she could’ve chosen to be alone, but there was no choice between Peeta and Gale anymore. That choice was made by the death of Prim. One thing I wish they had found 5 minutes to include in Part 1 is a montage of scenes with Katniss and Johanna. In Dist. 13 they are uneasy roommates and both want to join the war effort as fighters. To do so they have to pass the same training test as all the other soldiers. They train together annd support each other and Katniss notices Johanna never showers and thinks it’s weird. Katniss ends up passing the test but Johanna fails due to one part that involves water. We come to learn that the way she was tortured while a prisoner of the Capitol was being soaked in water and then they’d use electricity on her. The montage I wish they’d had in Part 2 is Katniss’ complete mental breakdown after the death of Prim. In the books, it is not a short amount of time between Prim’s death and Snow’s execution. There are trials and Katniss is catatonic for all of it. She already had PTSD and after Prim’s death her mental health issues compound and the book is full of scenes of her hiding in closets, being sedated, freaking out, etc. I wish they had done less of the forced love triangle and more of the psychological effects of war, since that was the focus of the books. “Collins' idea for the “Hunger Games” came from her own experience with desensitization related to the Iraq War. She became inspired by her own meshing of reality television and heartbreaking news. Then, she chose to write a story to help young readers understand the harsh reality of becoming desensitized to mass death.”

[@A5xxxxx]

C'mon now, Katniss did not end up with Peeta because of the death of Prim. She even says in her inner monologue that it wasn't Gales fire that she needed, and that ending up with Peeta would've happened anyway. The love story with Peeta was always in the story. Originally Gale actually was her cousin but SC was encouraged to change it.

[@snow_fire13]

“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.” - Katniss Everdeen

[@elisalopez9324]

i think is really interesting how the love triangle in this series, at the end, is part of the representation of Katniss chosing between war (Gale) and peace (Peeta) throughout the story she before constantly choose to fight because she didn't have the option to not if she wanted to protect her loved ones, but at the end, she finally has a choice since they finally won against the capitol, and that's why she kills Coin, who just wanted to replace the system instead of destroying it, and stays with Peeta, who despite everything that has happened, still offers every day the option to start again and heal to Katniss, which is something that Gale was never able to do sadly, since he's so full of hatred (which, given his story makes sense, but although understandable does not change the fact Katniss doesn't need more of that, she says in the books that she already has a lot of that on her own)

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

Gale represents hatred and bitterness while Peeta represents love and happiness, hence why she chose him🧡💚

[@alessandragarcia587]

the only thing i would have liked to see was the small detail that in the book, katniss only had ONE arrow in the book, whereas she has a whole set of 12 in the movie. and because she only had one arrow, and everyone knew katniss never missed, they knew it was intentional and not a mistake. the only thing that breaks my heart, is that we never see how johanna ends up. we see her proud of katniss, as she promises to kill SNOW. although she makes a split decision to kill COIN, which could totally leave us to believe that johanna feels angry, and betrayed. the capitol really did take everything from her, i just picture her with a happy ending, because she really was the character that had it the worst.

[@johnwilson1762]

Also not sure if you picked up on it or not, but Gale and Beetee designed the bombs that killed Prim. Specifically the strategy of dropping an initial small bomb to draw in medics/other soldiers followed up by a much bigger bomb to kill as much life as possible

[@sangriad.938]

That was amazing watching one of my fav series with you! Edit: Btw at 2 when a fire shot, your first reaction being "Wh...Gale?!?" killed me LOL LOL LOL

[@jade3259]

it’s Gale slander Sunday

[@brandibastian4193]

a ballad of songbirdsand snakes is set in hunger games 10 when snow is 16 and shows him turning from a well intentioned kid to a monster

[@lukem5604]

i fucking LOVED your reactions to this whole series this was great dude

[@entrcpy]

Maybe Collins made Gayle so unlikeable for the people with no context clues who didn’t realize that him being her cousin was a lie for the Capitol. 😂

[@TheTotorokage]

This is the perfect way to enjoy Gale Slander Sunday 😌

[@A5xxxxx]

I've just finished binge watching your HGs reactions. My favourite book/movie series and I just wanted to thank you because I've watched a fair few reactions to these films but none have made me laugh as much as you did. You have good humour. Your dislike for Gale had me laughing everytime😂 I honestly never felt like she was ever going to be with Gale either, he was just always trying to involve himself. Definitely a bittersweet ending as so many lives were lost and so many characters deserved better. And don't even get me started on Finnick 😫 he was one of my favourite characters, and he had a heart of gold. I've never actually watched his death scene as I refuse to, but I read it in the books and no death got me like his did. I don't know why but when Finnick showed up for the star squad and you instantly knew he was going to die, I couldn't not laugh. It's not funny but when you were like "Nooo. Son of a bitch" that was literally me when I first read/watched this. Thank you again.

[@lynn2574]

One thing the books bring up as Katniss contemplates if Snow is telling the truth, is that to be a “soldier” in district 13, and be anywhere near battle, the kids had to be 14 or 15 (can’t remember in the moment). Prim was 13, and Katniss couldn’t figure out why she’d have been allowed to be there. That’s when Katniss realized that Coin placed Prim there to take her out. Hope you’ve watched the prequel. It’s such a great backstory on the games, and on Snow. I’m going to check now…

[@katieb.024]

36:20 nooooo. You have to hear her sing the song to the baby, comes full circle🥹💔🫶🏻

[@strawberryshortcake3043]

Been waiting for this to drop heheheh. Started watching other reactions to this movie in the mean time, couldn’t wait 😂

[@333decopas]

"I love how everything else around them is just absolute despair; war, katniss losing peeta, GALE" PLSS

[@jay_____ber]

Loving your reactions. You seem like a chill dude. Hopefully this stays up!

[@MsPsychedelia]

I LIVE for him 1) Loving Finnick. 2) Hating Gale. 3) Defending Peeta. Great reactions, I loved them. About Katniss being hated in the fandom, I personally haven't seen any hate towards her. I love the character in the books, her perspective is really interesting and she's just a good character for me. I wish they had chosen a different actress for the movies, because I don't like JLaw at all, but what's done it's done, and that still doesn't make me hate the character. What I don't like is the whole team thing, I couldn't care less about that triangle but I admit, the way the media turned out to be just like the Capitol (focusing on a love triangle while being presented a story about a totalitarian government forcing kids to kill kids), will always be interesting to me. I don't know if that was on purpose or not, but yeah, it's always been one of my favorite parts of the whole Hunger Games experience, because of how fascinating it is. And now I'm off to binge the Maze Runner's reactions. I'm so glad I found this channel. Keep it on, you're doing great!

[@wronqa]

1:49 your reaction at gale killed me 😂

[@imadeadgoat8252]

I am only recently getting into books, but I listen to audiobooks, and when I was listing to the part where Katniss is yelling at the cat, I broke down crying I was heaving sobs

[@laurenmalone8335]

I knew as soon as you instantly loved Finnick in Catching fire that you were going to be heartbroken in Mockingjay part 2. Prim’s death is still the worst for me, Katniss volunteered to save her life and she still ends up dying while trying to help injured Capitol citizens. Mockingjay part 2 is an excellent movie, definitely one of if not the best of the series. The scene with Buttercup and Katniss always makes me tear up.

[@masterarrow2768]

One thing with prim is that when Katniss saw her before the bomb prim was probably shocked that katniss was still alive because everyone still thought she was dead. And their mom either got news that both her children were dead, or that katniss was alive but prim was dead. 😢😢😢😭

[@CarlosFlores-yk8jt]

I love how much he hates Gale LMAO

[@anasofia.florez]

"and now it's over... dude...! ...(*emotional*) banger"

[@ariellestump3105]

The constant Gale slander 🤣🤣🤣 loved these reactions!

[@emr0se]

Love that you point out how good the music soundtrack is. One of my favorite parts of the movies lol

[@cairothetiefling_]

Can't wait for the prequel to come out, that book is incredible. Show's how snow made the games to what it is, and how he was the one to help the very first tribute from twelve win her games. She eventually realizes how evil he is and turns against him. It's why he hates Katniss so much.

[@lolatellier6337]

I don't know if someone already said this, but the fact that Prim was on the battlefield was probably planned by Coin, because Prim was only 13 at the time, and the minimum age for going into battle in district 13 is 14 years old, so the fact that Prim died is again a punishment for Katniss, but this time, the punishment is inflicted by Coin. Prim could have lived, but Coin showed that she was "worse" than Snow, because she made the call to kill all of those children, but also the medic people that were going to check on them later, while she knew that Prim would be in there

[@LeaVionne]

so after the whole revolution, Commander Paylor became the president, Gale settled in district two and worked as a trainer for capitol’s peacekeepers, Effie is back in the capitol where she came from, Katniss’ mom moved to district four and worked in a hospital. leaving only haymitch, peeta and katniss in district 12.

[@antonybeney]

The hunger games movies are the best adaptations of ya novels I’ve seen and read! Love both the book and movies can’t wait for the prequel 🤓

[@mariapaz7233]

Prim's death was very symbolic and purposeful. Katniss volunteered when her sister's name was drawn and was willing to sacrifice her life so that her sister could survive the Games. Ultimately, she was the victor of the 74th hunger games. Except, like Haymitch said, "nobody ever wins the games". And since Katniss' first win was saving Prim, her death symbolizes Katniss finally meeting the faith every citizen of Panem must face: loss to the Games (in this case, as a precursor for the Games that Coin wanted to enact).

[@BASAMATHEUS]

OMG I just love so much how you catch - since the begining - how Peeta and Katniss relationship is strange but beautiful. All the things happening around them, the world burning, but their "stay with me. Always" was ever true. Even in Mockinjay Part 1 when he's being tortured, he succeed in warning them for good. They are THE BEST young adult couple from their time (the 10's). And Katniss??!! A great protagonist!

[@rosalocalinda]

Snow tortures and kills countless people, has a reign of terror and suffering for decades over an entire country and you're like "hes a cool guy, cool villian" Gale dares to walk into a scene and youre like "oh my God i hate this dude!" 😂😂😂❤

[@paigenoelle02]

fun fact: the author said she really regretted killing finnick😭 also 2 things: 1.) the bombs were gales idea so he was directly responsible for prims death 2.) when katniss kills coin u can see her reaching into her shirt pocket for the night lock pill which peeta slaps out of her hand, she was going to kill herself

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

I’m so glad Peeta stopped her. It was literally the first selfish thing he’s ever done in his life, he did it because he couldn’t live without her🧡💚

[@justlive2809]

the dude who told Katniss she couldn't enter in the place were Snow was is a French famous singer David Hallyday and the son of one of the most famous french singer Johnny Hallyday

[@lovesmusic19]

the constant gale hate is so relatable lol. your "f off no one asked" and the idea of framing "goodbye Gale" was so funny 😂and your whiteboard! too good. loved your reactions to these movies, agreed that catching fire is the best and mockingjay part 1 isn't as good as the others. very excited for the prequel! i think it's about president snow which will be interesting!

[@biancamitchell2064]

Love your love for Finnick 😊💯 He needed more face time for sure cause I do like his face 😂 and also, he's just genuinely sweet. I remeber crying when he died, book and movie version 😢

[@calliewardle9155]

The prequel is about snow when he was younger and the 10th hunger games, i recently read the book and its so good, and it makes everything that happens in the originals make so much sense

[@addisonhunt2066]

Her name is coin to say that she is the other side of the same coin. She is just like snow.

[@elvirarosenlund6232]

I love the way these books/movies end, even thought I've always felt like the epilogue could've been cut. I love the bittersweet realness of it all, it's not all good as soon as the war is done. The scars and the trauma is still very much there, but they find some kind of peace in the new. When cinema therapy watched this, Jonatan in the end references to a series (don't remember which one lol) with the quote "The war is done and we kind of won?" - and I feel like that is a perfect way to describe this ending. They get what they fought for, they won the war and there's no more games, but you still have the feeling that for them personally the loss was almost not worth it. They all lost almost everything, but each other. I've always thought this last movie has gotten too much slander, I think i'ts beautiful and I'm happy you liked it. Thank you for watching it

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

Why would you want the epilogue cut?? It’s beautiful!

[@Lolahelm]

“Finnick is just living his life man. Good for him” 👀

[@InstruMentalbreakdown.]

BRO IM SO HAPPY THIS VIDEO IS OUT! Love your videos dude

[@loreandlight]

Since you liked Snow as a villain so much (yes, he's a fascinating one!), you might enjoy knowing that the prequel you mentioned at the end is actually from his perspective, when he was 18! Kind of his villain origin story, so to speak. I thought the book was really good, hopefully the upcoming movie will be too!

[@joaoalbinoneto7054]

The ending of the book was actually when peeta says "you love me, real or not real?" and she says "real" That last scene was exclusive to the movie and i think it hits soooo much harder

[@Bluedoe542]

The last scene was actually an epilogue in the book! But I'm surprised in the film they didn't put it after the credits

[@rachelrosenstein9975]

Umm excuse me it was the epilogue in the book, the film didn’t make it up

[@ande__shhh]

Love that Katniss being President Snow’s only friend is canon

[@joncarpenter-smith9801]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it yet but the bombing of the children was done by Coin’s orders using a ship with the capital symbol on it to turn the last of the guards but the method (half explode then the rest catching anyone who rushes in to help) was actually Gales idea at the beginning of the movie so in effect Coin uses Gale to kill Prim

[@ultear_yunan]

I understand it was Coin dropping bombs because they blew up twice, that was Gail`s idea. He and Katniss fight over it earlier.

[@cassieopea]

the whiteboard in the back aged prettttyyyyyyyy well. a brief synopsis of the prequel (which was AWESOME): its all about snows backstory. It takes place with him, 16ish(I think), mentoring the female tribute from the 10th hunger games. They fall in love....

[@imane1480]

The movie coming in november is about the tenth hunger games! It shows president snow when he was eighteen. He's a mentor for district 12's female tribute, Lucy Gray Baird, and a buuuunch of shit happens... I won't spoil too much lol. I hope you'll enjoy it!! The book certainly was very very good

[@reysgotplans5005]

I've loved watching you watch this series 😂🥰 great job!! Rip Finnick, Cinna, and all your faves 🫡

[@MELTEDBUHTTER]

Haven’t finished the video but peeta in fact does not have every peeta memory😭 he forgot A LOT about his life. He’ll remember some things over time but a lot of the memories he does have of katniss are altered so he remembers them differently.

[@annienoelle4964]

Suzanne Collins said her only regret in the series is Finnick’s death :(

[@katacassio]

Just binged all your reactions. I love hunger games, still after all these years. And I am in the rabbit hole again. Thanks for watching. I don’t know, if others mentioned this… but little insiders: Finnick and Cashmere were sex trafficked, and in catching fire Finnick and annie and cashmere and gloss were picked to get the favoritism away from peeta and katniss. It was rigged. Joana‘s family was killed because she refused to be sex trafficked. And haymitch is an alcoholic because he was in the 50th games, doubled tributes (48) and he used the shields as a weapon. He won. The capitol didn’t like that so they killed all of his family. I would love to see a film about finnick, haymitch and joana. Also cashmere.

[@isadora5826]

I wish you saw some of the credits because Katniss sings a beautiful rendition of the song she sang to Rue when she passed away, and to Prim in the first movie. ❤

[@ceceb6762]

this is an awesome reaction to the hunger games series!!!

[@giorgia.m]

Katniss and Peeta were both disabled by the end of the first games. Katniss was deaf in one ear and Peeta’s leg had to be amputated after injuring it in the first games. I wish they would’ve included that, a visual representation of their mental suffering. In general, I do like that they never get back what they lost, it’s realistic, but they do grow and find something different than what they had.

[@mariasofie876]

The way prim died (bombs dropped on children, medics rush in to help, second round dropped to kill double people) was gales idea

[@diegoarias2507]

I started watching your videos 2 hours ago (the whole THG reaction saga), it's so satisfying to see it already complete.

[@nessyneshka]

IVE BEEN CHECKING YOUR ACCOUNT EVRY DAY FOR THIS. LETS GOOOO

[@Howdidyouknow04]

One thing I think was done well is that it isn’t a happily ever after. They found peace, but they’ll never fully recover from that trauma and I think that was realistic.

[@altairtrujillo8623]

No spoilers but, the prequel will be about the 10th Hunger Games, which are nothing like the ones we saw in the first two movies. I have high hopes so we’ll see how it plays out on November 17th.

[@declanroe]

Something I’ve always found interesting that I haven’t yet seen anyone talk about is Coin’s speeches. In Part 1, Plutarch says that a flame is extinguished when it’s smothered and Coin says it’s when you ‘use up all the oxygen in the room’. Snow would give grand speeches but they would be rather straightforward and direct. Notice that her speech at the execution is full of metaphors and flowery language. Made me think she’d be even worse than Snow. Just my thing I’ve noticed 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Cerberus9324]

In the end of the book (and the movie) it was said that Gale moved over to District 2 to help lead the armies of Panem. I wanna say he probably met someone and now has a family but it's been a while since I've seen these movies Also I watched literally all of your reacts to the first 3 movies last night and was excited to see you react to this. Thought it would take a while for it to come out but I was very surprised that it came out today. Such an amazing movie and great reactions.