The Hunger Games (2012) /Movie Series Reaction
Added 2025-06-29 20:26:14 +0000 UTCComments
I remember seeing this in theaters when I was like 12, and I remember the racist moaning because Rue was a black girl even though in the book she describes her as having dark skin. I remember one comment saying "She's not the angelic blonde angel I imagined." Glad you grew attached to the character of Rue, I do like that actress she's great.
BlushAndQueer
2025-07-07 04:29:48 +0000 UTCHope you watch the next movies soon, they get better and better :)
Tara L
2025-07-04 08:00:52 +0000 UTCThey dont show It in the movies but peeta actually lost his leg at the end of the game
Laure
2025-07-03 12:48:06 +0000 UTCyes it is!
Alyssa Dyson
2025-07-02 23:17:57 +0000 UTCPeeta and Katniss man I love them
Nick
2025-07-01 21:24:41 +0000 UTCcant wait for next hunger games movie reaction for me the next movie of hunger games is the best
Haresh Gerard
2025-07-01 08:47:26 +0000 UTCso happy finally you watching hunger games
Haresh Gerard
2025-07-01 08:46:15 +0000 UTCHUNGER GAMES!!!!!!!!! I just know your reaction to this series is gonna be one of my favs
dai
2025-07-01 04:59:40 +0000 UTCAlso, If you have never seen it, I'd love to hear your perspective on "The Truman Show". It is a genius movie, came out in 1998 and was years ahead of its time. Probably in my top three movies ever.
Stella Keil
2025-06-30 22:58:27 +0000 UTCRecently I saw a video online, where Suzanne Collins talked about how she got the inspiration for the books. “The actual moment when I got the idea for The Hunger Games I was lying in bed late one night and I was channel surfing, and I found myself going in between reality television programs and footage of the Iraq War and these images sort of began to meld together in my mind in a very unsettling way. One of the things that concerns me is we see so many images coming at us on television over the internet that do they all begin to have a sameness to them. Are you really distinguishing between the different things that you see on different channels?” When I was 14 and first watched these movies, they scared me and I did not understand them. I never wanted to watch these films again. Now I see so much of our reality in them and I know how they are more relevant today then ever.
Stella Keil
2025-06-30 22:54:41 +0000 UTCAfter this reaction, I just wish the next thing Sofia would watch is The Squid Game. They're kind of different, but so similar. So I just want to say if you like the message of The Hunger Games, you should like The Squid Game.
Аделина Берсан
2025-06-30 20:09:12 +0000 UTCgreat reaction as usual sofie!! as you will see these books and movies are some of the most realistic and nuanced depictions of war, oppression, and colonialism we have. so excited for you to go on this journey with us!! also i just knew you would love peeta! 🫶
gigi
2025-06-30 14:57:37 +0000 UTCI’m only 5 minutes in but already can see your commentary is going to be excellent as usual. This is why you are my favourite reactor. 🔥
Hollie
2025-06-30 10:31:34 +0000 UTCNice spoiler! Some of the things you tell her is important for the next movies.
Thomas
2025-06-30 07:03:23 +0000 UTCEli, I can only give what's happening in Gaza now as an example.
safae mokadem
2025-06-30 03:09:40 +0000 UTCMy biggest problem with this movie is that it's afraid to make actors look ugly. The people in District 12 are supposed to be poor, dirty and nearly starving, yet the main characters there seem well-fed and always have perfect hair and make-up. Also, Haymitch, who is supposed to look like the dirtiest hobo imaginable due to his extreme alcoholism, has stylish hair and a nicely trimmed beard. I know this might seem superficial, but I think it's necessary to get a sense of the poverty to make the movie feel more real. The make-up people and hairstylists really messed this up, they either haven't read the books or they were too vain to make the actors look poor and ugly. Apart from that, this is actually a pretty good movie, though the book is obviously much better. I think I read the whole book in two days, which is very rare for me. It's an incredible page-turner.
Kevin Karst
2025-06-30 02:48:35 +0000 UTCIt's interesting. I watch this and other such dystopian depictions and all I could think of is thank God we don't know a world where human life is so trivial a thing and where people have their priorities so thoroughly distorted. I must say that I find the assertion that this hell on Earth parallels our world in any way very sad. I don't think we live in a world in which we are propagandized to sweep the murder of children under the rug of "peace". We do not live in Panem. Claiming we do muddles reality and is the reason people fail to recognize it when we actually do.
Eli
2025-06-30 02:47:32 +0000 UTCI've really been looking forward to this and it did not disappoint. This is a story that requires media literacy to get the most out of it, and seeing how people react to it is VERY telling. The main three books came out from 2008–2010 and the series has held up remarkably well since then. Just so you're aware, there were two more books released after those three, so the movie series is still ongoing. The newest movie (based on the book that was just released this year) is scheduled for release November 2026.
Amy
2025-06-30 02:39:34 +0000 UTCWow wonderful reaction Sofie. You really might be the best out there.
Eli
2025-06-30 02:38:07 +0000 UTCI don't know if anyone mentioned, but in the book, the dogs had the eyes of the fallen kids with their district number on the forehead, so when they looked at them, they saw the other kids.
Peppermint
2025-06-30 02:00:41 +0000 UTCThe games are also inspired by the ancient roman games (the gladiadors in the Coliseum) and like you mentioned Reality shows. Like Big Brother or Survival.
Enzo Reis
2025-06-30 00:42:00 +0000 UTCAnd yes the tributes are collected after they die. The movies didn't show, but after a little bit after their deaths, an aircraft comes and collects the bodies. They go in a special coffin created by the capital back to their families.
Enzo Reis
2025-06-30 00:36:36 +0000 UTCThose mutts at the final weren't just designed to kill but in the books that they don't mention in the movies is that they were designed to look like the tributes who just died
Lianza
2025-06-30 00:24:45 +0000 UTCHaymitch is in a broken, unstable state in the first film because he had to kill people in his Games to survive, and watched others from his own district — people he knew and cared about — die as well. As Katniss explains in the first pages of the book, no one truly "wins" the Hunger Games. In those pages, Katniss mentions that victors can still be punished. Sometimes, with their children being deliberately chosen as tributes, as a way for the Capitol to remind the districts that even victors are not immune. This makes the children of victors easy targets. We learn that President Snow punishes victors in different ways, and it’s implied Haymitch lost his family because he won. On top of it all, every year he is forced to watch two more children go off to die.
Enzo Reis
2025-06-29 22:34:05 +0000 UTCThe Careers and The Reaping: The so-called Careers are tributes who mostly come from Districts 1, 2, and 4 — the wealthiest and most loyal to the Capitol. In these districts, participating in the Hunger Games is considered a great honor, and winning brings not only personal glory, but also prestige to one’s family and district. Promising children are enrolled at a young age in special combat academies, where they are trained by former victors and specialists until they turn 18. Upon reaching the age limit, they volunteer for the Games fully prepared and aware, often bypassing the randomness of the Reaping. The origin of the Careers dates back to somewhere between the 11th and 25th Hunger Games, a period during which the practice began to be tolerated — and eventually sanctioned — by the Capitol. It is important to note that only Districts 1, 2, and 4 have legal authorization for this type of training; in all other districts, preparing for the Games is considered a crime, punishable by severe penalties. The Reaping, in turn, is a mandatory event with deep symbolic significance. Held annually, it is treated as a national holiday, similar to Independence Day in some Western cultures. Fun fact: The Reaping happens in July 04th - The Idependence Day in the USA. Every citizen of the districts is required to attend, without exception. An unjustified absence is seen as a direct act of disrespect toward the Capitol. In such cases, Peacekeepers are ordered to break into the person’s home, drag them out in public, beat them, and in some instances, punish them with prison. Even the way people dress for the ceremony is strictly monitored. Everyone is expected to wear their best clothes as a sign of respect for the event and for the Capitol. Wearing inappropriate or sloppy attire can lead to public scolding and punishment.
Enzo Reis
2025-06-29 22:24:40 +0000 UTCThe Origins and Structure of Panem After a series of devastating climate changes and natural disasters, the world collapsed, leaving only fragments of civilization in what used to be the United States, Canada, and part of Mexico. From the ashes of the old world, a new nation rose: Panem — a name derived from the Latin phrase "Panem et Circenses" (Bread and Circuses), a clear reference to ancient Roman times. Panem was structured with a powerful central government known as the Capitol, a sovereign state, surrounded by thirteen Districts. These districts operated as smaller, semi-autonomous regions, but were ultimately under the Capitol’s authority and control. The nation functioned as a totalitarian regime, modeled both politically and culturally after the Roman Empire. The Dark Days marked a turning point in Panem’s history. This was a period of rebellion when the Districts rose up against the Capitol’s oppressive rule. The Capitol responded with overwhelming force, ultimately winning the war by bombing District 13, annihilating it on the surface. Without the weapons and technology once supplied by District 13, the remaining districts surrendered. From that moment on, Panem entered a long era of strict authoritarian control. Each district was assigned a specific industry or resource — such as coal, textiles, electronics, or agriculture — which they were required to produce exclusively for the Capitol. The Capitol, in return, offered “protection” through its Peacekeepers, a militarized police force. Citizens lost the right to free movement and personal choice in labor; everything they produced was property of the Capitol. The wealthiest districts — 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 — enjoyed a higher standard of living due to their proximity to the Capitol and their production of luxury goods, weapons, and technology. In contrast, District 12, the smallest and poorest, was left with inadequate infrastructure and scarce resources, surviving mainly on coal mining. One critical element of the social control exerted by the Capitol was the Hunger Games, created as both punishment and spectacle after the rebellion. While the films glossed over certain details, the books explain the Tesserae system — a desperate trade-off for survival. Poor families, especially in Districts 10, 11, and 12, could take extra food and oil rations (enough for one year) in exchange for entering their child’s name more times in the annual reaping. This dramatically increased the child’s chances of being chosen as a tribute. Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist from District 12, had taken Tesserae each year since age 12 — not only for herself but for her mother and younger sister, Prim. By the time of the 74th Hunger Games, her name was entered 20 times, significantly increasing her odds of being selected. The Capitol represents the authoritarian state, and its citizens symbolize the elite upper class. One particularly interesting character is Effie Trinket. Though she is not inherently cruel, she is a product of the Capitol's propaganda. Effie genuinely believes the Games are a patriotic duty — a tradition that preserves peace and prevents chaos. According to the Capitol’s narrative, without the Games, rebellion would rise again and Panem would return to the ruins of the Dark Days. Thus, the Games are portrayed as necessary for order, duty, peace, and national pride. Effie’s unshaken loyalty to this idea demonstrates how deeply the Capitol's propaganda permeates its society — turning mass violence into a matter of pageantry and patriotism.
Enzo Reis
2025-06-29 22:22:08 +0000 UTCVictors are not stable usualy thecapital doesnt let ypu gp after they use u in any way they can u a prisoner and a celeberty
demonic-myst
2025-06-29 21:50:33 +0000 UTCThree f8nger salute originated at funerals its a a sort of salute out of sadness
demonic-myst
2025-06-29 21:43:46 +0000 UTCPanem is north america by way its post apocalypse ameeica
demonic-myst
2025-06-29 21:39:21 +0000 UTCOk the names thing Every year between 12-18 you name goes in one aditional time so 18 year olds normaly have 7 times but if u borrow food or suplies from the gov it goes in more Basicly u can buy welfare for exstra names in
demonic-myst
2025-06-29 21:35:00 +0000 UTCWell this is a nice Sunday evening treat
Razzer95
2025-06-29 20:27:07 +0000 UTC
