Haymitch's little appreciative nod and glass raise to Peeta when he does the announcement about the baby is probably my favourite part of the movie. That was one hell of a great one to throw out there to cause a ruckus.
Maybe I was too old, but the Hunger Games didn't have even close to as much of an impact as Harry Potter, but after seeing half the movies, I feel like it should!
@@VerowakReacts The Hunger Games were pretty big when they came out. It is the first film that started the global craze for dystopian young adult book adaptations. After it came Maze Runner, and Divergent, but they are nowhere near as good. As for HP, I think it is so popular because it stretched across an entire decade, so many young people were basically raised on it. I think HP is also just appealing to the larger audience + the world is more detailed and attractive.
"Girl wake up, you never get off this train" is one of the most heartbreaking thing a character says in this series. Because Haymitch knows that Snow lied , even though he says he doesn't lie. The promise is if you win the Hunger Games, you get rich and you get to live the rest of your life in peace. But in truth, you become a slave to the Capitol and they kill your loved ones if you don't do what they say how they say it. So the winners are not really the victors because they will spend the rest of their lives re-living the hunger games over and over again and doing whatever else the Capitol tells them to do (Finnick is the greatest example). The winners are the people who died, because at least they are free
It really is! People assume that you win, retire and you're good... but that's not the case at all. I was iffy on Haymitch at the start but I like him more and more as the movies go on, he's been through lots. The winners of the games really end up having a horrible life a lot of times
Joanna may be another example of someone who prefers to defy the Capitol. She lost everyone that she loved. At least she's free to say whatever she wants.
the thing with Effie is she works for the capitol as a escort for the tributes. she is into the glamour and parties and such but can't get emotionally involved with the tributes because every year she get two new ones who just end up dead. that is what makes the difference in her between the first movie and this one. Same goes for Haymitch as mentor.
40:37 "Heavensbee? Plutarch Heavensbee?" "Is he gone?" Oh, he's _long_ gone. President Snow was watching the Games play out, watching his plans unravel, and Plutarch took advantage of the diversion to _slip away,_ _unnoticed._
I feel like the movies don’t make it clear but Peeta painted that picture of rue on the floor as his own act of rebellion, that inspired katniss to also hang up the dummy like that. It wasn’t anyone trying to mess with her, I guess it’s not obvious because Peeta only gives her a look when they walk past each other. Also in the movies they don’t show how the victors were all banded together instead made them try to intimidate her when she walks in which is why you said they look like psychos, I kind of wish they did a bit like in the book with all the victors having this close bond, they all helped each other during the training, even the ones not in the plan and they’d all sit together during lunches and joke about what they’re going to do to present their ‘skill’ and said they’ll just model or nap for 15 minutes. Then again I think maybe the movie just wanted to have them all just seem threatening? Also Finnick who was the first ally in the games is the ‘water dude’ he’s also a career because even though the movies just say 1 and 2 are the careers, district 4 which is what finnick is in is also part of the careers, which is why she didn’t trust him even more
Also Finnick was the one that was good in water lol, not the Career guy. Something else they didn’t really portray was the final character death in the Games, we hear the canon go off and think it’s for Beetee (Bernhard), but it was actually for Brutus (the bald Career) who Peeta actually managed to kill off screen before Katniss blew up the forcefield. The other Career, Enobaria (lady with fangs) survives and is taken by the Capitol with Johanna and Peeta.
This is top tier reaction Vero. Pretty much a natural it looks like. Good editing and timely and concise comments - you let the movie breathe, which is refreshing. Looking forward to Catching the next two!
Whats interesting about the books, are thier written from the first person perspective of katniss. So you get her thoughts, which unlike the books, shows shes not indifferent to peeta, just focused on survival. The books (especially 1) to the movies is much better.
5:40 "Why don't you just kill me now?" Because then he would have the _worst_ kind of _martyr_ on his hands. Everyone in Panem knows the name Katniss Everdeen. Therefore, it's in President Snow's best interests to keep her _alive._
This is one of the only books I’ve were the movie isn’t identical, but they did a really good job with this movie. Especially the arena. It looked amazing.
I think all of the movies work very well as a whole- I agree I didn’t love the shakey cam of the first movie and on its own didn’t like it nearly as much… but watching it again as part of the full series it’s grown on me a lot. The series caught me by surprise and has become one of my favorite series overall.
I wasn't expecting to like the series this much, I'm glad they stopped the shaky camera though or else I would not have been able to continue. I'll definitely rewatch it in 2023!
Part of the reason the shaky cam only appeared in the first movie was because it had a different director than the last three. Gary Ross directed the first one, and Francis Lawrence (no relation to Jennifer) did the rest. Apparently, Ross was not available when Catching Fire was in production.
I think the shaky cam was supposed to represent the sensation of feeling sick, that's why they did it like that, but yeah, it's harder to people with motion sickness I guess.
I'm so glad you liked this! Completely agree this is much better than the first, more accurate to books also! I'd definitely add them onto your read list but be wared, these movies EASILY could have been rated R cause the books...well they are brutal. Love your reactions :D
@@VerowakReacts its surprising cause what kicked off the "YA dystopian" novels was genuinely a great series😅 also I 100% agree the first movie just looks...cheap? Ignoring shakey cam even the weapons just look like they were gotten for fanfilm😅
@@m1sslunatic803 completely. Reminds me of the first Twilight was very much an indie movie, thankfully they didn't have to rely on a ton of fight scenes like hunger games
Finally i found another great reaction channel. It's so hard to find a good reactor. Great reactor i find so far: Cultured Bubble Movies with Mary Dont Trust Hannah QueenTofu (her reaction to GoT is the best).
I suggest SCENE'crly, K.S.O., but I love her more for her Harry Potter reactions (though if you don't like long analyses that go on for minutes, it might not be your cup of tea). She also reacted to the Hunger Games series, though she doesn't react to a lot of super popular movies
I would also suggest Nikki & Steven, they’re both wonderful people and they reacted to the full Hunger Games series about a year ago, and then Yanniverse had very long reaction videos to this series as well! Those 2 channels were definitely some of my faves
Yes. Verowak's sarcasm is right up my alley. I also like Veggie Gamer and Awesome US Movies as reactors. Veggie was quite entertaining (and excitable) during HP and is currently doing an HP book review every so often (looong vids) - I believe we're in PoA.
Peeta is really good at getting people to like him. He says and does the right thing in the moment. You see it in the first movie when they arrive at the Capitol and he's waving at the crowd, and again when he and Katniss join hands in the chariot. He didn't tell Katniss about their marriage and baby in the second movie because he didn't know beforehand that he was going to say that.
In case you want to know a little bit more about Johanna since you seemed to like her: She won the 71th Hunger Games by acting weak (not showing any skills during training, getting a bad score on purpose) so people wouldn’t think of her as a treat and not care much about her. Then when there was only a few tributes left, she revealed her "true identity" and killed all the remaining tributes. Since she was judged attractive by the Capitol, President snow asked her to become a prostitute, which happened to Finnick and Cashmere (blonde girl from district 1). However since she refused, Snow killed all her friends and family, which is why in the movie she says something about not having anyone left that she loves. All of this is mentioned in the books but very briefly so I thought I’d make this little paragraph lol. Glad you enjoyed this movie! It’s my favorite of the franchise.
I know it wouldn’t have helped the storyline but if peeta would’ve died in the water at the beginning of the games imagine the tone it would’ve set for the movie and the intense emotions thereafter. I understand he holds important to the story and the rest of the series but just saying
@@VerowakReacts The Divergent series is like your modern day Twilight series. It strays a bit away from the source material which triggers some of the fans of the Divergent books. Some people either like the movies or they don't, depending on how you perceive the events on the books. Same perception goes through another books to movies that I'd highly recommend called The Maze Runner series.
I would love to see Wolverine in The Hunger Games and that Peacekeeper shoot him and Wolverine go Savage on all of them ripping them apart like they're nothing
