The Hunger Games - FULL Reaction
Added 2024-04-09 05:27:18 +0000 UTCWe are hopping off the middle-earth train and jumping straight into this dystopian life of poor Katniss and Peeta... but I did enjoy this movie! Not exactly what I was expecting with the lore behind why the games are happening. Also love the characters already. I think this next one is going to really get the ball moving so I hope yall are ready!
I also planned out some of the reactions for the rest of the year and I go over them in the Patreon homie segment. Let me know what you think! As always, let me know what you think of the reaction too! Much love- Cole
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When Peeta was "teamed up" with the other Tributes, he did that to help Katniss. There is a part where he suggests they wait Katniss out, and that she has to come down (from the tree) sometime. He did this so that they wouldn't kill her, thus buying her time. He did give her a look that was meant to signify he was helping her. I think he does that in the book too, only she wasn't sure what it meant. I forget how she worked out that he was on her side in the book. He probably wasn't more obvious because he didn't want to risk the wrong person seeing it. As to the part where Haymitch is talking to the Gamemaker (Fancy Beard, I think you called him, though I think his name is Seneca Crane) and selling Katniss to him as an underdog story. This is a little hard to get across well, so I hope it makes sense. There are thousands of videos and books on the craft of writing, and many of them explain, in great detail, not only why an underdog story works but how to do it right. Why it works is kind of complex, which is what makes it hard to explain. But it has to do with the way people tend to relate better, or have an easier time identifying with someone who is at a disadvantage, a hero who has less of a chance of winning, but still fights to come out on top anyway. It feels more dramatic for the reader, and more people are at a disadvantage in life, so it causes us to feel closer to the character, and it's easier for us to imagine we are the hero. An underdog gives us someone to root for. The people in the capital aren't at a disadvantage, but those of privielage can still relate to underdogs because most well-written underdogs are strong and tough. They are who those of high society hope they could be if they were in an extreme situation. There are more layers to it, and I'm kind of oversimplifying, but ironically, Katniss being an underdog as a character is part of what makes you and me, as viewers or readers, want to root for her. Writers will make their characters underdogs for this reason. The other layer to what Haymitch was doing has to do with the fact that, part of his job is to use the tributes he is supposed to train and help in such a way as to tell a story. It's how he gets sponsors, by putting a spin on it that makes those in the Capital want to root for and like his tribute. He was doing the same thing when he said that line about selling Katniss and Peeta as star-crossed lovers. So, when he talked to Seneca about making her an underdog, he was using a legitimate story technique that has real world applications, and is actually used by real writers, in real life. Seneca went along with it because he saw the value in it. He saw that it would make it more dramatic and keep the viewers engaged. That was really long, but I didn't know how to say it shorter. Oh, I also had to laugh at the start of the reaction when you said something about wanting to see how bad or gritty the murders are or whatever it was you said. This story is a commentary on the way we, as consumers of entertainment, like watching our characters suffer, on the way sometimes the more violent a story is, and the more twisted it is, the more many of us want to watch. I know I'm not saying that quite right, but I hope it's close. The story as a whole is actually meant to be a commentary on a real show. Survivor, I think, but I'm not one hundred percent sure on that. It was just funny because, although I know exactly what you meant, and this is a movie, so it's fine, there was kind of a dark humor to the way you said that. It was like you suddenly became a character in the story. LOL The unsettling part is that it unintentionally gave the story more weight. Anyway, great reaction. Off to watch the second movie now.
Raven Dark
2024-05-16 08:59:43 +0000 UTCI hope work flies by so you can get home soon! I'm really excited for the next one after that ending! Snow freakin sucks so far lol
The Dork Side TV
2024-04-09 19:55:44 +0000 UTCBeen waiting for this one, I can't wait to watch when I get off work today! You're gonna love the next one too, it's the best one, (in my opinion).
Briana O
2024-04-09 12:14:41 +0000 UTC
