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THE HUNGER GAMES: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Reaction

Nobody asked me for this but i've been wanting to check this movie out for the longest time. I watched the other movies and loved them so I wanted to see how this one held up. I enjoyed this more than I thought! 

Really had be thinking with the themes that this movie hits on. Leave your thoughts down below! Would love to hear them. Grab a snack and something to drink cause....This is 3 hours hahaha (I talked a lot at the end) but yeah! 

Hope you enjoy! Excited to do more movie reactions on here and the channel! 🤍

THE HUNGER GAMES: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Reaction

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Hi Cait! i really enjoyed this movie, i watched from zero with you! i was a big fan of the books know i wanna read the saga again! Thank you for this reaction❤

Nataly Pecora

Lucy Gray the song- talks about a child who disappears but it’s also evident she most likely dies. And keeps roaming the country sides. The books point to a more clear route on what happens to her, (although still to interpretation) while the movie leaves it more open ended. It’s not believed Snow actually killed her himself (although again could have wounded her if not hallucinations movie wise) but it does I think help drive him mad.

L.S

Lucy said “we are born good” but human beings are truly born with evil as well, there’s actually a theory on this. The evil is stronger and foremost. The drive is an animal drive of survival, and emotions like anger and lust are actually stronger in the brain chemically. The choices to be good are harder, than falling to nature. So in this case yes snow wasn’t ever good, but neither were many. Even Lucy, or Sejanus.

L.S

Dean Highbottom 👏🏼 Peter Dinklage always delivers. Have you seen game of thrones? I would KILL for your reactions to it 😆 “It’s a bit early for Katniss” and the bow being the one thing untouched in the Games. This makes me want to rewatch the hunger games knowing snows past

L.S

I love this! Thank you for the reaction :) they really did make me root for the villain lol (we need movies like that sometimes) *not for the games, just for a success of someone going towards his goal. The character even in the hunger games was GENIUS. Hate what he does but AMAZING character. LOVE IT. The actor for snow was phenomenal, I didn’t fully like the portrayal of Lucy Gray but she did well too. I don’t believe Coriolanus was gone at the point he killed the tribute; I think when he fully thought Lucy used him the entire time post snake bite was when he chose to cross that line into evil and decided it. The paranoia was evident, betrayal is one of the worst feelings- and on her end she couldn’t trust him so it all fell apart perfectly. One thing I like to remember is these capitol kids were raised in a society used to that situation and preached that the districts were an enemy. That the hunger games are normal. It’s easy to go with the crowd. Even in our time. So I don’t blame the kids, I think the enemy is still the people who are in power making the decisions, the people are just sheep. I don’t blame Snow for what he became although he did become, not good. The scary thing is people say he was never truly good- but the reality, not one person even in real life is truly good from the beginning. (I mean the trauma from the Dark Years alone was probably what caused the severe paranoia and issues) I would love a second movie of his continued rise!!!! It’s fun!

L.S

OMG Caitlin I need to make time to watch this with you again! I wasn't into Hunger Games back then (more of a Twilight baby lol) but my sister was OBSESSED. We went to see this new film together and I wasn't expecting much but it blew my mind it was incredible! I had so many questions in the end but in a good way. Now I gotta go back and watch all the other movies. Hope you enjoyed this - I'll come back to the comments when I watch your reaction - thank you for sharing it with us!!

TaeminIsBack

Finally got around to watching your reaction to this and I LOVED it... I loved the way you interpreted the movie as well with regards to how you looked at Snow throughout the movie. I read a comment on another reaction that said a lot of people watch this movie and are looking for the turning point at which Snow becomes "evil" when in reality he was never truly a good person. He had moments throughout the movie like you said but he always had very self-serving intentions and as it was pointed out by Dean Highbottom in the movie, was conveniently able to help Lucy Gray while also winning the Games and the Plinth Prize at the same time. I didn't read the book but I know that the ending is also a cliffhanger when it comes to what happened to Lucy Gray but they do kind of foreshadow her disappearing and it being a mystery in the movie (it's the scene when they're at the lake and she's singing about Lucy Gray, herself, and Snow asks her what happens to Lucy Gray in the song). Anyways sorry for the long comment but thank you again for the reaction I loved it so much!!!

Kaila

this was so good omg caitlin you should react to the soundtrack

rae

Ngl this type of movie is not for me. It took me between yesterday and today to finish watching the reaction. Ngl thank you! For watching and sharing the commentary because otherwise I would have never known just how impactful the movie is

M

This was really good! Thank you for 3 hours of your time. I haven't seen this trilogy since 2015 so I am so glad you provided adequate commentary. I was not expecting those beautiful vocals from the female lead!😲❤️🎶 Loved Viola Davis' acting, she gave me chills when she 1st spoke. And Peter Dinklage's lines were really powerful too.

Elle E.

Yaayy Caitlin, I love the idea of doing movie reactions, although other content reactions are fun, sitting down and relating, and going crazy with you for hours (what I just did btw) sounds awesome, hope you can find movies that interest you and that you can enjoy, which we will enjoy!

Nl

your reaction when snow shot the mayor’s daughter 🤣🤣🤣🤣 girl i was in that theater gooped and gagged. i nearly screamed.

xusxkr

oh my god im so excited to watch this as a treat after a long day later lol. im glad u liked it!! i swear i was bawling every 5 minutes in theaters

clownfish

OMG THIS WAS SO GOOD, it really made me want to like Snow than I should've... until the end at least. This was incredible, I didn't think it would be this good. Such a rollercoaster of emotions.

Kendall Kerr

this movie is siiiick & also it’s ok if no one asked i love that you’re including some more things that interest you.

anthonytoo

OMGGG I've been wanting to watch this but never got a chance to go to the movies 😭 thank you sooo much for this!! 🫶

Jna

"nobody asked for this" CAITLIN. pls i know youtube would've never allowed a film reaction to fly without striking it down at some point, so in my heart of hearts i DID want this and once again, you always deliver 😭 I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTENT

Matt Vesliño

omg i haven't been able to watch this movie and now i get to with you! so excited!!

Kendall Kerr

Holy! It is a good thing I haven’t watched this yet! So excited to watch it with you!

Kevin Austria


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