Songbirds and Snakes - Let Me Explain (A Hunger Games Ballad)

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  • @LetMeExplain
    @LetMeExplain  Рік тому +276

    What’s the best franchise to make an LME video on?
    Full Hunger Games recap coming soon

    • @treyschofield5935
      @treyschofield5935 Рік тому +7

      Best franchise to make a LME on would be one you don’t have to read a book for as well

    • @ImTMZ
      @ImTMZ Рік тому +1

      I was getting major "neolution" vibes from Dr. Gall. Wonder if the crew saw Orphan Black

    • @felicialewis7969
      @felicialewis7969 Рік тому

      Can you do the movie Foe next?

    • @mt-rr5nd
      @mt-rr5nd Рік тому

      Rise Of the planet of the Apes easy

    • @cazyjohn2005
      @cazyjohn2005 Рік тому

      i think should be two parts

  • @Liette2610
    @Liette2610 Рік тому +2704

    Lucy wasnt mad that he killed three, she was mad cause she said several times that its all about trust for her. Snow lied to her face, THATS what is the issue

    • @prappies3
      @prappies3 Рік тому +349

      Personally I think she was mad because he killed sejanus. Bobbin and Mayfair, she could write off as self defense, but Sejanus? She saw sejanus as a kind innocent boy, and Snow killed him. It was at that moment, Lucy Gray realized she was expendable. And then she decided to run.

    • @ellalalalalalalalalalalalala
      @ellalalalalalalalalalalalala Рік тому

      yuuuuupp@@prappies3

    • @vickypostsstuff
      @vickypostsstuff Рік тому +172

      I totally agree, when Lucy Grey ask who was the third he gave a cryptic answer, probably the worst thing he could have done. The biggest thing Lucy Grey valued was trust and Snow broke it. But if Snow told her that he killed Sejanus that also creates another trust issue. Snow messed up that relationship by saying he killed three instead of the two Lucy Grey knew about. (This might turn him into a pathological liar but at least he gets the girl)
      Would you trust the man that said he killed three and was shady about the third kill? That's a red flag if I ever saw one.

    • @bajabl
      @bajabl Рік тому +58

      She was also scared he was gonna turn on her too

    • @itsmomobaby7355
      @itsmomobaby7355 Рік тому +8

      @@vickypostsstuff hold on, i thought she already knew that snow killed him. So the two that he killed were sejanus and the mayors daughter. he really only did kill two right? or am i missing something? Cuz the third person he was talking about killing was his friend no?

  • @triniskittles_
    @triniskittles_ Рік тому +7284

    one thing to add, Lucy Gray WROTE the hanging tree, not just sang it. makes it that much more a slap in the face for snow that Katniss uses it in the revolution.

    • @cassiusfelix2805
      @cassiusfelix2805 Рік тому +164

      That must be pain

    • @mackenziej8980
      @mackenziej8980 Рік тому +85

      I feel like the hanging tree is a medofore for snow so she sing is before snow becomes the hanging tree and katniss sings it after he becomes it

    • @funsized837
      @funsized837 Рік тому +124

      @@mackenziej8980metaphor???

    • @elleswyth
      @elleswyth Рік тому +11

      i thought billy taupe wrote it to convince lucy to run away with him prior to his affair with the mayors daughter?

    • @nootnoot3454
      @nootnoot3454 Рік тому +31

      @@elleswythno it was Lucy do wrote it

  • @amandamoore7512
    @amandamoore7512 Рік тому +2411

    It’s almost like Snow saw how love/teamwork can be powerful and dangerous so he immediately refuses to allow it anywhere

    • @raynebeauty7444
      @raynebeauty7444 8 місяців тому +11

      I also really liked that there is a Snow origin story… but I think Snow’s descent into distrust and madness is a bit too subtle. I know many would disagree with me, but I think the movie should have made Lucy a little more aggressive … for example, I know there is symbolism with the scarf and snake hidden underneath it… but I think Lucy should’ve been the one to stab him or poison him instead of a snake bite… like from his point of view, he must feel totally betrayed and truly “used.” If there was more time, like a Netflix series, this could be really flushed out well .. like the scene when she leaves the cabin with a sinister-like smile but also carrying a knife… maybe I’m wrong but I think we could reference more of an Othello kinda theme … to make it more tragic but I found the script a bit unconvincing towards the end but the acting and chemistry was really good overall

    • @bonaventureayi1418
      @bonaventureayi1418 8 місяців тому +1

      ​​​@@raynebeauty7444I'm totally in to what you said bro. The unbalanced twist made me angry tho😂, but I saw it coming

  • @NotASnaccImAMel
    @NotASnaccImAMel Рік тому +1461

    My friend explained it that, Lucy Gray's fate is up in the air because Snow doesn't deserve that closure. He will end up wondering if she survived for years afterward, both loving and hating her, both regretting trying to kill her because he loves her, and because if she comes back, it might be his downfall.

    • @peeratatr1492
      @peeratatr1492 Рік тому +10

      snow is a real man compared to everyone else around him. he is a realist

    • @psychoticriot123
      @psychoticriot123 Рік тому +139

      ​​@@peeratatr1492 No he isn't. He's constantly shown to be a pessimist throughout the book. He only sees the worst in people, and chooses to ignore any acts of kindness he sees throughout the story, which is why he constantly looks down on those in the districts and sees them as animals. His outlook on people are the entire reason to his downfall, its his refusal to see the good in people. He thinks that the true nature of man is so horrific that he needs to be a cruel ruler to stop our apparent "animalistic instincts." It's the entire reason he continues the games and makes them more horrific each time. He believes that others are selfish and cruel because he, himself, is selfish and cruel, and doesn't hold enough empathy to understand that others do not feel or think the same way as him. He's not a realist, he's a paranoid malicious man with 0 empathy

    • @onewinter9411
      @onewinter9411 Рік тому +24

      @@peeratatr1492 way to totally miss the point, buddy

    • @peeratatr1492
      @peeratatr1492 Рік тому

      @@psychoticriot123 that’s what it takes to be a G. He’s not perfect but I prefer him to that hoe lucy.

    • @8-kit498
      @8-kit498 Рік тому +6

      Im still confused on WHY she backstabbed snow in the first place, the only thing i think of is Snow lying to lucy about sejanus

  • @pigpjs
    @pigpjs Рік тому +4157

    I appreciate Suzanne Collins going bold and doing a Snow origin story. She could have flushed out Haymitch's hunger games and made even more money

    • @pamelalansbury94
      @pamelalansbury94 Рік тому +676

      She still can. I would watch that movie.

    • @sugeycruz5753
      @sugeycruz5753 Рік тому +506

      I find villain origin stories so much more interesting. Humans are complex and seeing his transition from conflicted to evil is fascinating.

    • @cba7873
      @cba7873 Рік тому +29

      I would definitely read that. I found this book tedious.

    • @lexx.stormm
      @lexx.stormm Рік тому +45

      I want one that shows what snow does from his first ruling to Katniss

    • @LiveAsDiva
      @LiveAsDiva Рік тому

      Agreee

  • @mzmendy
    @mzmendy Рік тому +1143

    I also felt like the last pages of the book were a bit rushed. But at the same time..... it's fitting with the series. You're in HIS mind, of you're only taking the books into account. We have NO IDEA what happened to Lucy Gray Baird.

    • @GraduateJLN
      @GraduateJLN Рік тому +27

      probably made it to the “North”

    • @cristianoliver4447
      @cristianoliver4447 Рік тому +88

      District 13 is North so its possible she made it either there or somewhere beyond Panem.
      Panem never let anyone know what lies beyond its borders, for all we know there are thriving communities out there.

    • @st3gosaurus
      @st3gosaurus 11 місяців тому

      the rest of the world was a nuclear wasteland@@cristianoliver4447

  • @greenricky4782
    @greenricky4782 Рік тому +1687

    The soundtrack was heavenly imo and helped make it a good movie

    • @jarednichs3450
      @jarednichs3450 Рік тому +7

      hanging tree?

    • @His_radiance
      @His_radiance Рік тому +16

      Agreed. Every single song was perfection.

    • @karensmith8911
      @karensmith8911 Рік тому +8

      I personally didn’t like that almost every single scene had music

    • @ganasde65
      @ganasde65 Рік тому +29

      @@karensmith8911 normally i would dislike musicals but rachel's voice is so good that it worked for me lmfao

    • @karensmith8911
      @karensmith8911 Рік тому +5

      @@ganasde65 Oh no I liked Rachel Zegler’s songs, just the constant orchestra was bothering me💀

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Рік тому +3298

    Despite knowing that the protagonist eventually becomes the main antagonist, we're still inclined to root for him because...He was good looking? Tom will certainly become a heartthrob afterwards.

    • @bartrese
      @bartrese Рік тому +296

      You have a better understanding of why he is the way he is. He could have/should have made better choices but he didn’t start off as a bad person. Even though I knew the outcome I was rooting for him to not f him up

    • @CaulkMongler
      @CaulkMongler Рік тому +220

      It’s not about rooting for him, it’s about understanding how his mind works and why the Hunger Games make sense for him. In Breaking Bad, Walter White isn’t a good guy he’s a villain. Same concept.

    • @tdf123emcee2
      @tdf123emcee2 Рік тому +44

      There is still a good percentage of people that will just go for the good looks, he is a more mature Draco Malfoy.

    • @treyschofield5935
      @treyschofield5935 Рік тому +24

      @@tdf123emcee2if you weren’t aware this is true for literally every movie… that is why they cast attractive people

    • @ariatrent6263
      @ariatrent6263 Рік тому +33

      @@tdf123emcee2 That’s pretty true to life. People often get duped by good looking bad people the most. The world isn’t divided into ugly=bad beautiful=good.

  • @frenchtoastmafia1
    @frenchtoastmafia1 Рік тому +735

    I think not having Snows inner thoughts confused a lot of people, including myself. His motivations were so confusing and it almost seems like he had split personality disorder until he goes all in for evil at the end

    • @itsmomobaby7355
      @itsmomobaby7355 Рік тому +64

      i understand snow more than lucygray honestly. Snow is meant to be evil in his blood like his father, but this girl finds the good in him. It's only until he feels betrayed by the one person that made him feel good, that he sinks completely into the darkness. That's what i think at least. Whereas Lucygray, im not really sure why she had a sudden change of heart as to leave him. I was lowkey mad at the movie theatres when i watched this cuz i really shipped them. but theyre like both too crazy to realize that they are perfect for each other. However, a villain origin story is always interesting

    • @reworkgaming1202
      @reworkgaming1202 Рік тому +122

      ​@@itsmomobaby7355after figuring out what he had done to sejanus, she realised what he would do to protect himself, he would do anything he would betray and condemn his best and only friend to death. I think at this moment she saw the monster, as she said, trust was more important to her than love and she couldn't trust him.

    • @natalie-ximena
      @natalie-ximena Рік тому +28

      @@itsmomobaby7355 Its bc she didn't trust him after he said his kill count was 3 on accident. She said it herself, trust was everything to her

    • @kcprodigy
      @kcprodigy Рік тому +7

      Exactly!!! His acting was pretty good, but his actions/ decision-making contradicted each other.

    • @catherinecano9776
      @catherinecano9776 Рік тому +15

      ​@itsmomobaby7355 thats what I thought too but I felt bad for him because he seem genuinely hurt and confused by her betrayal. Like he was scared she left him but then he did go full on crazy on her. But he said he wanted to talk about it but when he realized she was willing to hurt him( the snake ) then he lost all hope or trust or love that he had for her. But its just scary how fast they turned on each other. And sad

  • @trippiemikee_6303
    @trippiemikee_6303 Рік тому +425

    “Snow always lands on top” 🥶🥶thats a fire saying for someone whos name is snow

    • @sebastianmo7846
      @sebastianmo7846 Рік тому +52

      It was a rebutle to being told earlier in the film “do you hear that…..snow, falling.”

    • @kaheaisaac1
      @kaheaisaac1 Рік тому +1

      Yesssss

    • @kerrin6633
      @kerrin6633 Рік тому +1

      They also said it at the beginning of the movie too

    • @unlimited3454
      @unlimited3454 11 місяців тому +2

      Snow is a top. Lol

  • @defiantaichi
    @defiantaichi Рік тому +726

    I loved this movie. I thought snow gave unhinged vibes from scene 1. Sure hes hot. but thats the thing isn't it. Real villains arent always crony old or ugly people. They are charismatic. Thats what makes them so scary. That scene in the forest. Even Lucy confronting him. Chills. How else would snow have risen to president.

  • @krotemitschild301
    @krotemitschild301 Рік тому +295

    18:00 it is not about the amount of people he killed, it is about the fact that he never mentioned the third person. And when she asked about it, he told her an obvious lie, which convinced her that he was not a trustworthy person.
    And as she explained before: trust is the most important thing to her.

    • @kenobi69yearsago57
      @kenobi69yearsago57 6 місяців тому +6

      Snow comes out of the hut with one of the guns on his hand while the rest is wrapped up. He had made a decision to kill her.

    • @NeyamRye
      @NeyamRye 5 місяців тому

      He's crazy whats wrong with him

  • @cirrusB612
    @cirrusB612 Рік тому +597

    The thing is, that cabin in the end was mentioned a lot in the Hunger Games novels. That lake was a place where Katniss and Gale hunted. That cabin was where Katniss found two District 8 refugees, who told her about the rebellion. Everything about the Covey kind of lived on in Katniss through her parents. There's a fandom-wide theory that Lucy Gray (or her cousin Maude Ivory) is Katniss’ grandmother.
    And I think there’s something to it.

    • @_mark_3814
      @_mark_3814 Рік тому +25

      Hmm but I remember them not knowing a lot about the first district 12 winner I feel like she would know if she was a close relative.

    • @Pixel0429
      @Pixel0429 Рік тому +46

      @@_mark_3814or Snows influence in the capitol and in turn the districts over time straight up made the history of Lucy winning a faded memory or straight up wiped out by the time Katniss was born

    • @cirrusB612
      @cirrusB612 Рік тому +47

      @@_mark_3814 I think another reviewer said that music was eventually banned in 12? I'll have to fact-check that against the books, but that would mean that the Covey had to either settle in 12 or leave, and I think it was the former. A famous theory channel actually made a STRONG argument that Maude Ivory was Katniss' grandmother by connecting Katniss' dad (who was known for singing like an angel) to the Covey ways.

    • @ludmilamaiolini6811
      @ludmilamaiolini6811 Рік тому +22

      @@cirrusB612the Covey was banned from performing at the Hob, but I don’t think they forbade all music in the entire district

    • @cirrusB612
      @cirrusB612 Рік тому +3

      @@ludmilamaiolini6811 Ohhh. Makes more sense!

  • @shayt8871
    @shayt8871 Рік тому +266

    Lucy was alleged to be Katniss’s aunt as Maude could maybe be the great grandmother. But I’d prefer it if they weren’t related at all.

  • @buttercup3518
    @buttercup3518 Рік тому +241

    Snow got the money and power, but he was a slave to it. Lucy got no money and no power, but she was truly free. The Capitol, calls that kind of thought "extreme" .
    Seem to me that the true Snake in the story is the Mad Scientist Professor from the Elite University, she seems to be the one who poisoned Snow's mind and sowed the seed of the man he will become. Had Snow's relationship with Lucy worked out better, he would have been a kinder and gentler man. Unfortunately, his crazy mentor Professor Lady hates humanity and only sees it as evil and corrupt. Whereas, his heart belonged to the songbird, representing the good in him, but too bad she flew away.

    • @amarbyrd2520
      @amarbyrd2520 Рік тому +6

      I think you nailed it. Volumnia Gaul was the Big Bad

    • @Inkpinkierosie
      @Inkpinkierosie Рік тому +24

      Yeah but he was already evil a narcsssist she just pushed him more down that path

    • @buttercup3518
      @buttercup3518 Рік тому +19

      @@Inkpinkierosie Nature and Nurture- he was very much like his father, and he was obviously chosen & groomed to take over. At the end of the day, we make our own decisions, he chose love for money and power which corrupts even the best of us, over love for other human beings.

    • @lidyasworld3130
      @lidyasworld3130 Рік тому +1

      I really hated the Professor she was interesting but a true sociopath

    • @buttercup3518
      @buttercup3518 Рік тому +2

      ​@@lidyasworld3130 The Tyrants are more interesting than the Rebels. Some Tyrants are just pure evil, and some by poor choices they make. The logic behind their thoughts and reasoning and internal monologues tell you everything.

  • @st.aelphaba
    @st.aelphaba Рік тому +434

    this movie was actually a good adaptation of the book! of course they left things out but it still authentic to the og trilogy

    • @wiskyr6510
      @wiskyr6510 4 місяці тому +1

      Honestly a hard disagree. They changed so much and a lot of it wasn't even necessary cuts for time, just flat out character changes.

  • @DeeDeeDeeeee
    @DeeDeeDeeeee Рік тому +486

    I thought it was actually a really good origin story, flaws aside it’s definitely worth the watch.
    My ranking would go:
    1. Catching Fire
    2. Hunger Games/Ballad
    3. Mockingjay 2
    4. Mockingjay 1

    • @GH-fb9dh
      @GH-fb9dh Рік тому +19

      If it equals the first hunger games it must be so good. Will give it a go

    • @livispuzzled
      @livispuzzled Рік тому +1

      Completely agree with you

    • @peterparker9954
      @peterparker9954 Рік тому +7

      Mockingjay part 1 and part 2 would rank higher for me

    • @teresitaann8256
      @teresitaann8256 Рік тому +17

      Yess catching fire at #1

    • @catnisseverdeen
      @catnisseverdeen Рік тому

      Completely agree

  • @benjaminacuna8013
    @benjaminacuna8013 Рік тому +344

    Clemmensia was actually more sympathetic in the novel which makes this change awful; in the novel she’s so shocked with arachnes death she’s unable and unwilling to finish the assignment and Snow in a twisted act of sympathy puts her name on the assignment too much to her chagrin.

    • @PrincessLioness
      @PrincessLioness Рік тому +21

      I’m not sure if LME actually read through books himself because there were more significant changes in the movie that he didn’t discuss.

    • @jamiegdubois
      @jamiegdubois Рік тому +87

      Yeah, that was one small change that I actually didn’t like. In the book, Snow said Clemmensia wrote the proposal with him and Dr. Gaul is suspicious so she asks Clemmensia to grab it out of the tank. Gaul mentions the thing about the snakes recognising smell and Snow realises what is about the happen but doesn’t really do anything. I think it’s a great way of showing how (at least near the beginning of the book) Snow is a bit more morally grey but when it comes down to it, he’s quite selfish. I think he really only put Clemmensia’s name on the proposal to keep on good terms with her, but at the end of the day he was fine with sacrificing her (which is good foreshadowing for Sejanus). I enjoyed most of the other changes though, especially what occurred in the arena.

    • @cycy5729
      @cycy5729 Рік тому +17

      @@jamiegduboisyes also in the book Lysistrata decides about sending bottles of water to Jessup but in the movie it’s Snow that convinces her

    • @dorkability
      @dorkability Рік тому +8

      That’s not what I remember. Snow didn’t put any names on the paper. When asked, he said everyone in the class worked on it. Clemmensia did lie by saying they both worked on it, she printed it and gave it to Snow to deliver.

    • @ellalalalalalalalalalalalala
      @ellalalalalalalalalalalalala Рік тому

      nooo they changed this??? gahh i loved clemmensia and lysistratas' characters. :[@@jamiegdubois

  • @EmperorPiplup
    @EmperorPiplup Рік тому +862

    I don't even think Rachel's case deserves the "separate the art from the artist" treatment considering she hardly did anything for the kind of hate she's getting. People blame the changes of snow white on her and her remarks too, but like the studio is who wanted to "girlbossify snow white". If anything her comments were just a reflection of how the studio felt regarding the original snow white being outdated and needing a modern update. Similar comments have been made by past live action princess actresses the only people to blame really is the billion dollar corporation lol

    • @jimmylu1352
      @jimmylu1352 Рік тому +246

      No for real. All she said was Snow White, a 80 year old Disney movie, has extremely outdated values. And she’s not even wrong?? I’m pretty sure it’s been universally agreed upon that Snow White being 14 and the prince was 31 is very creepy. Do people forget that Disney has a lot of racist and problematic stuff in their past movies? But it’s suddenly wrong when a young actress called it out? You can’t convince me sexism didn’t play a huge part in it. And as someone who lives in Asia, the amount of racism that’s directed towards Rachel is disgusting

    • @radhiadeedou8286
      @radhiadeedou8286 Рік тому

      she's just very annoying, and no one likes to look at or listen to annoying people

    • @radhiadeedou8286
      @radhiadeedou8286 Рік тому +32

      ​@@jimmylu1352she is wrong, love is not an outdated idea

    • @metokur85
      @metokur85 Рік тому

      ​@@jimmylu1352F her

    • @redbitch3362
      @redbitch3362 Рік тому +1

      ​@@radhiadeedou8286wtf 😂

  • @fiskenburg007
    @fiskenburg007 Рік тому +715

    It was a terrific movie! Not one boring scene!

  • @uchihabomber1296
    @uchihabomber1296 Рік тому +115

    Man this movie was phenomenal to me and this is from someone who’s never seen a single hunger games movie or read the books. I thought it was an interesting introduction to the whole franchise for me

  • @thisisSPARTAorsprite
    @thisisSPARTAorsprite Рік тому +236

    He wasn’t unhinged he was a good charismatic manipulator with morals that are altruistic but still with the capacity to fall in love and care. The lies he tangled as a snake slowly becoming too tight and intertwined it caves in turning him numb

    • @kerrin6633
      @kerrin6633 Рік тому +4

      Explained so poetically ❤

    • @NeyamRye
      @NeyamRye 5 місяців тому +1

      Yues

  • @lilithium3940
    @lilithium3940 Рік тому +314

    My favorite part of the movie was afterward seeing all the memes and tiktoks only to notice rachel zegler religiously commenting under each and every one. Shes absolutely for the fans

    • @krustomer
      @krustomer Рік тому +21

      She is a queen

    • @radhiadeedou8286
      @radhiadeedou8286 Рік тому +6

      I'm sure it was her, not a PR team or anything

    • @lilithium3940
      @lilithium3940 Рік тому +29

      @radhiadeedou8286 yeah I'm sure its also her PR team dressing up as her and getting plastic surgery to look exactly alike to take silly little videos. I hope you have a happier day that leads you to not need to put such negativity out to feel better

    • @athaya2992
      @athaya2992 Рік тому +33

      ​@@radhiadeedou8286shes literally a gen z, of course shes active on social media LOL you're such a boomer

    • @NeyamRye
      @NeyamRye 5 місяців тому

      Yes

  • @zfr33ze87
    @zfr33ze87 Рік тому +73

    We desperately need 10+ more hunger games movies, they are amazing

    • @emm8534
      @emm8534 11 місяців тому +3

      I’d love to see the games of all the tributes in catching fire, coins/district 13’s backstory, the rebellion/war, what happens after the games stop, there’s SOOO much

    • @LE-zy2od
      @LE-zy2od 6 місяців тому

      ​@@emm8534that sort of turns us into the capital seeing death as a spectacle

  • @candybeans8545
    @candybeans8545 Рік тому +436

    They should've made this into 2 movies but the soundtrack hits

    • @bartrese
      @bartrese Рік тому +27

      I agree and slso SO MUCH happens in that book!

    • @joel-cx7hm
      @joel-cx7hm Рік тому +33

      but thn most people wouldnt watch what happens after the games with snow and lucy cause it might be deemed as more boring considered to rhe earlier 2 parts

    • @kirstenburnett4185
      @kirstenburnett4185 Рік тому +15

      Also so much of the book in the districts is snows internal dialogue so it’d be nearly impossible to make that into an entire movie and keep it interesting.

    • @ihkeseteeietos5722
      @ihkeseteeietos5722 Рік тому +11

      No they shouldn't

    • @Hi-lu5vf
      @Hi-lu5vf Рік тому +10

      imagine ballad of songbirds then ballad of snakes

  • @emxne_
    @emxne_ Рік тому +96

    17:57 I think she got scared because she thought the third person will be her since she knows his secret and he wants to save himself.

    • @Chario_
      @Chario_ Рік тому +61

      In the book it's kind of also implied that she ran off in part due to how she realized he killed Sejanus

    • @ControllerNormi3
      @ControllerNormi3 Рік тому +1

      Yeah, in the movie they leave it up in the air so as to make their sudden turn of each other more down to speculation or Paranoia on snows part. But the movie shows that snow is definitely the reason sejanus dies and it’s up to the viewer to break down that he’s the third victim that snow is talking about

  • @basementdwellercosplay
    @basementdwellercosplay Рік тому +62

    I havent read the book this movie is based on but i was huge hunger games book fan. How you described this game is just how the first book tell how early games evolved into the games Katniss was in. I really liked it in the book as it shows how the games went from a bunch of kids scrapping for 10 minutes to the capitol prolonging it for weeks to make it more like a sporting event such as the Olympics or fifa

  • @WeenieHutJr06
    @WeenieHutJr06 Рік тому +165

    Maybe this would have been better as a series. I enjoyed the movie but had a hard time understanding Snow's motives. I felt like he was always self interested; constantly doing things that would benefit his wants and only going with Lucy once that vision of being in the capitol was taken from him, but also always looking for a way back. Much like Lucy says to him: people aren't bad, but they need to put in the effort needed to stay on the right side of morality. Snow didn't seem willing to fully put in the effort of living a different life if he still had an option back to the capitol.

    • @skitt5396
      @skitt5396 Рік тому +62

      Seems like you understood his motives fine

    • @khlo9900
      @khlo9900 Рік тому +40

      I mean you pretty much described his motives down to a T. From the very start, he was looking out for his self-interests. The whole reason why he wanted Lucy Gray to win was because he wanted the Plinth Prize to pay for his tuition at University. Later on, he falls in love with Lucy Gray and wants her to live, therefore cheating and giving her the rat poison. At District 12, once he was offered the opportunity to participate in an elite training program, he saw that as his opportunity to rise above the ranks but since Sejanus and eventually Lucy stood in his way, he had to eliminate them. All of it boils down to his main motivation being the restoration of the Snow name, which is why Tigris made that comment of how he looks like his father at the end of the movie.

    • @thisisSPARTAorsprite
      @thisisSPARTAorsprite Рік тому +6

      @@khlo9900he wanted to love and leave with Lucy he flips back and forth he lies to Lucy she told him she cares more about truth then love which when snow lies to her her mistrust disdain and running away away flips him back to eliminating her

    • @qhsarada6648
      @qhsarada6648 Рік тому +2

      Nah you understood it perfectly. Did you read the book?

  • @erikbishop7
    @erikbishop7 Рік тому +58

    Snow’s actor Donald Sutherland says that Snow admired and loved Katniss, probably in a rather twisted way. But I consider that canon. I don’t think that in Snow’s heart, that love for Lucy Gray never really went away, and I don’t think that went completely away for Katniss either.

    • @amarbyrd2520
      @amarbyrd2520 Рік тому +6

      During promos for the original, he spoke often about how important the concepts in the films and the books are

  • @wheresbellaj2386
    @wheresbellaj2386 Рік тому +84

    Honestly the soundtrack is gold

  • @roobersmoth880
    @roobersmoth880 Рік тому +14

    when i was in year 4 (age 8-9), my class did an assembly on movies to show to our year and our parents. For one section, our teacher video-ed us all saying a famous catchphrase from a movie. I couldn't think of anything for so long, and eventually settled for "IF WE BURN, YOU BURN WITH US". Anddddddd... it was to no surprise i didnt make it into the final cut...

  • @TuckOka
    @TuckOka Рік тому +42

    Took my daughter to watch this as she read the books. She wasn’t as a fan since in the book you hear snows internal dialogue (her words ) but I loved the movie . I’m going to watch the ones with Jennifer Lawrence

  • @g.mitchell7110
    @g.mitchell7110 Рік тому +97

    I haven't seen the movie, but I did listen to the audiobook in part because it was read by Santino Fontana, who is one of my favorite audiobook narrators, and books told from a particular character's POV with a talented voice performer like Fontana can be a superior experience to actually reading it.
    It's a solid experience, and helps round out Snow's character. It also helps enhance the original trilogy by association; Snow, like most good antagonists, doesn't think of himself as a villain. In his mind, he's doing what is necessary to preserve Pan Em. He's a good man making hard decisions for the good of society (in his view).
    By the way, not really relevant to this video, but I also listened to the audiobook version of Old Yeller recently, and it's fantastic. If you close your eyes, you can imagine a middle-aged version of Travis is in the room with you just telling you stories about his childhood. I am never reading Old Yeller again; it's the audiobook from now on.

    • @krustomer
      @krustomer Рік тому +3

      Honestly, I was disappointed a bit by Santino because I expected him to try to sing the songs! The movie is a miles better experience in that regard especially haha

    • @Thepinkexotical
      @Thepinkexotical Рік тому

      I liked that I’d heard Santino narrate as Joe in hidden bodies and You. Added to the delusion and unhinged ‘logical calm’ that Snow has

    • @LiveAsDiva
      @LiveAsDiva Рік тому

      Santino Fontana is an amazing VA and singer... Love him

  • @emxne_
    @emxne_ Рік тому +144

    SOOOO before watching the video: I just came out of the cinema 3 hours ago and I really liked the movie. (8.5/10). Great performance from everyone involved.
    Obvoiusly the OG movies are 1,000/10.
    *Now I am gonna watch the video*

    • @blessedcocoa5729
      @blessedcocoa5729 Рік тому +4

      Yup. I saw it opening day and this was pretty much how I felt about it.

    • @boybriar
      @boybriar Рік тому +15

      Don’t let your nostalgia make you look stupid. This movie is better than all of the ones that came before it, and it’s only competitor is Catching Fire.

    • @emxne_
      @emxne_ Рік тому +2

      @@boybriar could be right. The longer I think about the movie, the more I like it.

    • @kindaforgot4722
      @kindaforgot4722 Рік тому +1

      @@boybriar nah the first 2 hunger games clear this one easily. The last two parts definitely but not hunger/catching.

    • @boybriar
      @boybriar Рік тому +2

      @@kindaforgot4722 the first movie definitely doesnt clear this the cinematography is awful and suffers from shaky cam, and the storyline is just a less intense symbolic and meaningful version of the new movie lol.

  • @JoshuaHenelyThornhill
    @JoshuaHenelyThornhill Рік тому +26

    They really did a number with this Hunger Games prequel. I’m glad they nailed it and it reignites the flame of this universe. Now we gonna need that Haymitch game or that Finnick game plz !

  • @trinaq
    @trinaq Рік тому +77

    It's funny that Rachel and Josh are dating in real life after meeting on West Side Story, yet they haven't actually played on screen love interests. Chino loved Maria, though maybe that doesn't count.

    • @drartemisa21
      @drartemisa21 Рік тому +7

      The irony is funny. Two movies, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

  • @ItsMeRhaine
    @ItsMeRhaine Рік тому +26

    They really need to hop on making a Hunger Games series because there's so much lore we're missing out on

  • @ameliaarrows2790
    @ameliaarrows2790 Рік тому +32

    This video only cements my opinion that in the books, President Snow's characterization gave me such WHIPLASH lol Like he starts as a romantic only to become someone who is a brutal cynic - like who says - " Aww they're holding hands -- I want them dead."

    • @ninagrace-lee8323
      @ninagrace-lee8323 Рік тому +7

      Yeah the movie also has that effect on the viewer. My family and I actually discussed this at length - Snow may have been flawed but in many cases, justified in his approach. He was acting in his own best interest, but realistically so was everyone else. So for him to go from putting himself and his family first to homicidal villain is a huge jump, that character arc needed more time to flesh out.
      I think this would’ve been a good HBO show

    • @sarahlpw
      @sarahlpw Рік тому +7

      I think this is the brilliance of the writing, though. Ask any woman who has been with an abuser. This was a brilliant portrayal of the confusion that is bred in survivors, because their abusers SEEM like such good people (when they're not abusing). Their actions can be justified or rationalized, no matter how it escalates. Lucy had such strong boundaries, though, that she left at the first lie instead of the 1000th.

    • @ControllerNormi3
      @ControllerNormi3 Рік тому +4

      Also they brilliantly hint at this motive of selfishness and self preservation right from the start with the dude eating someone else due to hunger, snow from a young age sees that humans will do whatever necessary to survive and he applies that to his own goals throughout the movie.

  • @adrianaspeis
    @adrianaspeis Рік тому +62

    It was amazing - the soundtrack, the cast, lucky’s punch lines… I loved it

  • @calliemacedo
    @calliemacedo Рік тому +8

    i meeeeeaaan, lucy gray WROTE the hanging tree and it got outlawed after one performance (in a peacekeeper party, so the only people there FROM the district were the covey) so the only way for katniss(‘ dad) to know the song would be if he was a descendant of one of them so maybe they are related (personally i love the theory katniss is maude ivory’s grandkid and that’s how her dad knew the song and the lake and sang to mockingjays like the covey did)

  • @a.songb1rd
    @a.songb1rd Рік тому +19

    *lucy gray, not just lucy. in the book, she corrects the newscaster like she does in the film. rachel (the actress) also corrected people on set.

  • @emm8534
    @emm8534 11 місяців тому +7

    Such an amazing book, i wish there was a disclaimer at the beginning of the movie that you will likely miss a lot of details and be confused if you haven’t read the book. So much about snows intentions and thoughts is incredibly important to the plot and is just not in the movie.

  • @mariaaa3157
    @mariaaa3157 Рік тому +17

    without all the cool technology it is much more brutal and way harder of a watch imo. especially the way they treat them beforehand, the cargo trains, the zoo cage, the fact that half of them could starve before getting in the arena. it all just sits so wrong with me. it’s so much more.. morbid and ruthless

    • @roxanne_
      @roxanne_ 8 місяців тому +3

      Yeah it was meant to be shown as depressing rather than entertaining because that was one of the goals Snow had to do in the movie; make the Hunger Games THE Hunger Games we see Katniss fighting in the future. It’s the 10 annual event after all and Snow’s changes made it what we saw in the original film.

  • @albataliephillips4271
    @albataliephillips4271 Рік тому +3

    The fact that you went so much in detail, says alot!

  • @ritahamm9419
    @ritahamm9419 Рік тому +35

    I believe the old woman in the seam during the original hunger games (who gave katniss the pin) was Maude Ivory - Lucy's cousin.

  • @eddyawesomes
    @eddyawesomes Рік тому +83

    I liked the movie. Sometimes I feel like fandoms are just so toxic. I think the Catching fire, Hunger games and this are the best in the series in that order.

  • @rockersheart
    @rockersheart Рік тому +13

    I agree and said the same thing, if only this was a 6 episode one hour series would we get a real adaptation to the book. My wife added on, if you make snow break the 4th wall then you'd get such rich character development for snow. Hearing him be dismissive to sejanis n then immediately greet him as a friend would have been awesome to see ! =)

    • @ControllerNormi3
      @ControllerNormi3 Рік тому +3

      I like that we don’t see snows thought process. It adds to how jarring his decisions are and eludes to his paranoid self preservation instead of us seeing his thoughts and potentially making us more sympathetic to his actions

  • @mariaaa3157
    @mariaaa3157 Рік тому +14

    i loved flickerman, they picked the perfect person to play caesar’s past relative

  • @Andy-r9t6g
    @Andy-r9t6g 3 місяці тому +3

    5:29 They made a habit of shooting below people’s eyelines throughout the film. I think it’s more noticeable with Lucy Gray because she’s constantly on screen and in the company of much taller individuals like Coriolanus. Rachel Zegler is only 5’2,” so there’s a ten inch height difference between her and Tom anyway…

  • @Zk21303
    @Zk21303 Рік тому +18

    "But once it catches fire, it melts" went hard

  • @annamariejones2837
    @annamariejones2837 Рік тому +76

    It wasn't a bad movie but the pacing was definitely off from cutting a decent amount of moments from the book.

  • @insertnamehere08
    @insertnamehere08 Рік тому +20

    I thought it was great. Amazing casting, incredibly book accurate and a good representation of an amazing story

  • @abrahamrodriguezpineda1848
    @abrahamrodriguezpineda1848 11 місяців тому +4

    10:50 “sending in more drones than Obama” has me wheezing😂

  • @naturalbadger5258
    @naturalbadger5258 Рік тому +19

    I want to see a movie or two about the war that led us to the creation of the Hunger Games

  • @jackier1726
    @jackier1726 10 місяців тому +1

    Oh my days the way you ended this video was PHENOMENAL. Had me saying the catchphrase along with Katniss

  • @dragonfly12
    @dragonfly12 Рік тому +3

    13:27 Lucy singing on her eras tours. I got that 😅 and love it

  • @poetryoftruth-j2g
    @poetryoftruth-j2g Рік тому +18

    Just watched the movie it did change quite a bit of the material but I feel like they got the general plot across well and the changes they did make I think made the movie more entertaining

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga Рік тому +25

    Certainly the last prequel I was expecting to happen.

  • @Domekarl
    @Domekarl Рік тому +6

    I didn't know the story before. When I was sitting in the cinema, I wouldn't have been surprised if there had been a fourth chapter where he puts on a hoodie and they record a rap album together

  • @redgenerall28
    @redgenerall28 Рік тому +85

    It was the first time I wished that they would split one movie into two cause the plot had no room to breathe whatsoever
    But holly shit Rachel Zegler can sing
    If this movie achieved anything is to create some excitement for that Snow White movie

  • @imWillJ
    @imWillJ Рік тому +178

    was this hunger games bad, or does it seem bad because the previous hunger games are so good, this friend is the question.

    • @alexboismont314
      @alexboismont314 Рік тому +7

      Cool it on the Christianity its cooking youre brain.

    • @narnia_eclipse389
      @narnia_eclipse389 Рік тому +40

      i watched it and its genuinely really good

    • @diegogomez2052
      @diegogomez2052 Рік тому +15

      I feel this one is far better than the original 4 artistically I think it was done far better, and I think story it was kind of more interesting you get Waymore world building

    • @2001eloc
      @2001eloc Рік тому +5

      It's good, it's condensed tho, 3 hour movies are becoming a thing, this could have done so much more with another hour

    • @blessedcocoa5729
      @blessedcocoa5729 Рік тому +10

      ​@@alexboismont314what in the world?

  • @kitkat88816
    @kitkat88816 11 місяців тому +5

    I like that it was a small dig that Lucy would sing and it would charm snakes and snow was charmed by her singing and then revealing towards the end he was a snake by ratting in his friend just a small note I got from the movie

  • @badgaltinginnit
    @badgaltinginnit Рік тому +18

    Youre a litte mistaken. The song lyrics are, "they strung up a man, they say who murdered 3". This scene was the first execution in the third act, not sejanus' scene.

    • @LetMeExplain
      @LetMeExplain  Рік тому

      What’s the mistake

    • @badgaltinginnit
      @badgaltinginnit Рік тому

      ​​​@@LetMeExplainaround 16:50 you imply it's sejanus hanging that is detailed in the hanging tree song &again around 17:45

    • @LetMeExplain
      @LetMeExplain  Рік тому +2

      The first mention is the peacekeepers hanging 3
      The second is just a play on the poem’s lyrics

  • @minx7270
    @minx7270 Рік тому +7

    “While the district kids ar getting capped the other ones are getting gowns” Bro😂

  • @shilohscott
    @shilohscott Рік тому +5

    I just realized that they were all competing for the same scholarship meaning they all needed it to afford University tuition. They were all putting up a front, not just Snow.

  • @donsolo7860
    @donsolo7860 Рік тому +15

    I went to a screening where we were allowed to talk during and we were all silent throughout because it was that engrossing. The ballad of Lucy Gray is my favorite song but the soundtrack hits. 3rd act could’ve been a separate movie.

  • @Zitrolena
    @Zitrolena Рік тому +5

    A mini series would have actually fit perfectly. I didn't like the proposition of 2 movies cause i wouldn't know where to part it, but a mini series would fit perfectly

  • @delilahherrera9586
    @delilahherrera9586 Рік тому +9

    I just noticed the flower snow gives Lucy is one he wears in the hunger games on his suit💀

    • @eligirl100
      @eligirl100 Рік тому +5

      Roses are just his family thing

  • @naomitrazilien3870
    @naomitrazilien3870 4 місяці тому +1

    What makes this villain origin story so much different than others is that fact that you get to see his internal struggle and motivations for power vs. other villain origins films which often show something bad happening to the villain to make the characters sympathize with them

  • @Edpeb
    @Edpeb Рік тому +55

    My biggest problem with this movie is that it breaks the first principle of filmmaking: Show, don’t tell.
    From the beginning to the end, we always have some character to tell us many plot points that could easily make the movie more enjoyable and could fix the quite bad pacing, especially the third act.
    Also the fact the movie goes around how the life is in the capitol, but not showing us anything of it besides the school, just 1 cage in the zoo with two kids, and the games arena itself well it doesn’t kinda show us how is it really inside does it?.

    • @ControllerNormi3
      @ControllerNormi3 Рік тому

      I think it focused more on the show part for the character’s progressions, like snows change in character feeling sudden/random to some people in the comments because it wasn’t explicitly shown to them or when lucy suddenly betrays snow. And I think it just being one movie made it so they had to sacrifice some of the world building or pacing to really get the character development across because that is the driving point of the movie, us witnessing snow become the darkness we see in the future.

  • @kennaa173
    @kennaa173 Рік тому +1

    Such a good movie. The makeup, casting, sets. I loved it

  • @bajabl
    @bajabl Рік тому +6

    I feel like lucy felt she was in danger because snow was already showing that he’ll do anything to survive and climb the ladder, so it was only time that she’d be his target too. Like maybe he’d turn her in

    • @ControllerNormi3
      @ControllerNormi3 Рік тому +1

      They showed that when they talked about her being the last loose end to snows secrets, and just by facial reactions alone they both realized they couldn’t trust each other anymore

  • @erinfrazier1439
    @erinfrazier1439 Рік тому +29

    Highbottom had valid reasons not to like snow to be fair

    • @eligirl100
      @eligirl100 Рік тому +8

      Sins of the father are not the sins of the son.

    • @erinfrazier1439
      @erinfrazier1439 Рік тому +7

      @@eligirl100 I wouldn’t say it was because of that exactly I think it was because he could tell snow was a bad person

  • @Marauders4EVR
    @Marauders4EVR Рік тому +5

    "Capitol says keep rolling" *Video cuts to a commercial*

  • @Lord_Procrastinator
    @Lord_Procrastinator Рік тому +12

    Lucy Gray WROTE A SONG for him. She didn't play him!

  • @daarmonet
    @daarmonet Рік тому +28

    the way this movie had me simping for president snow 😭😭😭

    • @dariel7001
      @dariel7001 Рік тому +1

      seek professional help

    • @lidyasworld3130
      @lidyasworld3130 Рік тому +3

      He’s objectively attractive but when you read the book and understand his inner dialogue….the attractiveness becomes very irrelevant!!!

  • @tasha3757
    @tasha3757 3 місяці тому +2

    1:45 He doesn’t drink, he’s addicted to the Morphling drug

  • @Querviinho
    @Querviinho Рік тому +11

    Lucy Gray’s destiny is unclear because it really doesn’t matter what actually happened to her. Dead or alive, her ghost lived on in Snow’s memory till the day he died, his last moment of true happiness in his life was with her, his last genuine feeling of love was to her, his last feeling of betrayal was from her.

  • @morganyoung3557
    @morganyoung3557 Рік тому +26

    I don’t know how likely it would be, but I think think it would be deliciously ironic if Coriolanus left Lucy pregnant with his child and that child is the parent of Katniss’s father. Basically the poster child of the rebellion to overthrow President Snow is his great granddaughter and no one knows it.

    • @LaReinaZorra
      @LaReinaZorra 11 місяців тому +2

      Very unlikely, considering they were young & hardly ever alone. It’s a YA story, not a telenovella.

  • @hiddenechoes
    @hiddenechoes Рік тому +7

    I loved it honestly. I usually am obsessed with Suzanne Collins' writing but there were a few critiques I had with this book and from what I recall of those thoughts the film did satisfy the slight changes I had hoped for. I liked it quite a lot.

  • @JadaSnacks
    @JadaSnacks 2 місяці тому +1

    more drones than Obama...
    I love your jokes omg.
    you even said one earlier, something about how the district kids get capped while the capitol kids get gowns.
    I love your wittiness and that's why I appreciate this channel

  • @roramoya
    @roramoya Рік тому +4

    from Snow White to Snow fight lmao

  • @oswaldobetarelli4776
    @oswaldobetarelli4776 2 місяці тому +1

    One kinda crazy and kinda nonsense theory i love is that Lucy escaped to District 13 and ended up being the mother to Alma Coin, although the only real precedent for this is the ages between the two lining up well, thematically it fits SO well! Like, her entire snake motiff, specially the snakes on her skirt, are a nod to a Mayan goddess who birthed the Mayan god of war, and in a way she 'birthed' the 'god of war' in Snow with her manipulation, and with that theory she also birthed the two women who banded together to kill him ( one metaphorically and the other literally ), Alma Coin who is just as much as a 'war god' in the making and Katniss, who brought him and Alma down for good in one strike. Lucy Grey birthed two problems, Snow when she 'betrayed' him, Alma ( very literally ) and birthed the solution, Katniss, a girl who used all the tools Lucy used to build Snow into the monster he is to smite him down.

  • @getdaholywtr1853
    @getdaholywtr1853 Рік тому +3

    I also like how this movie stays that were forced to root for snow, but at the same time, despise him.

  • @ryanepic6577
    @ryanepic6577 11 місяців тому +2

    Just watched the movie and I honestly loved it. Personally found it better than all the other hunger games movies. Without Snow’s inner dialogue that appears in the book, the 3rd part (mainly the switch up that he has on Sejanus and Lucy) does feel a little too fast, but aside from that I thought it was a phenomenal movie. The beautiful music definitely helped a bit too.

  • @AinsleyMichelle
    @AinsleyMichelle Рік тому +6

    Plinth Drops on My Guitar 😭😭😭

  • @sabrinathayer6819
    @sabrinathayer6819 9 місяців тому +1

    I read the book first and haven’t seen the movie yet but have to say that when reading the books first it’s better than just watching the movies and then reading the book

  • @LL-lz6kh
    @LL-lz6kh Рік тому +10

    Literally just watched this film 20 minutes ago in the cinema needed an explanation straight away

  • @lonelyjokers4
    @lonelyjokers4 5 місяців тому +1

    “Went from being a heart-throb to a dictator, as they do.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @monimon4418
    @monimon4418 Рік тому +5

    im in love with the nepotism in this world

  • @DjHeslop1
    @DjHeslop1 Рік тому

    Getting blizzard by the snow man. Getting blizzard by the snow man that is toooo funny bro you your reviews are on point and the jokes make it just that much better had to comment on this one!! Thanks for the 5 star content

  • @cloudii_6ix
    @cloudii_6ix Рік тому +12

    I havent read th Ebola’s but today I just came back from watching it a 2nd time and it’s good like especially the lake scene and hanging tree scene and Rachel singing it were absolutely chills witnessing it in imax

  • @waterywingz
    @waterywingz 11 місяців тому

    Ahhh I luv ur script!!!
    Ur lines in the end gave me goosebumps n made me tear up.
    D@mn Art, u r an artist 🤩

  • @yadommmmm970
    @yadommmmm970 Рік тому +28

    There's no reason to separate the art from the artist. She's not Kanye West and she's not any douchebag out there in ur industry doing absolute shi. She just said u ain't need no man but like time and time again y'all love to hate on women in every chance u get n got traction with this one. She's amazing and better than most men out there hating on her including u

    • @artheaux666
      @artheaux666 Рік тому +3

      Girl relax 😂

    • @yadommmmm970
      @yadommmmm970 Рік тому

      @@artheaux666 boi stfu it's a comment section

    • @LetMeExplain
      @LetMeExplain  Рік тому +2

      It’s not disparaging. Relisten.

    • @yadommmmm970
      @yadommmmm970 Рік тому +5

      @@LetMeExplain doesn't it make it any fancier. I'm saying everyone would jump on the benevolent hate train if it meant clout. She did nothing wrong

    • @LetMeExplain
      @LetMeExplain  Рік тому +1

      For sure. Just commenting on the first post.
      Making assumptions is the same type of hate made towards her.

  • @autumnmoonASMR
    @autumnmoonASMR Рік тому

    just watched and loved it but it was soo much info i needed this recap!

  • @katehache
    @katehache Рік тому +3

    I wish they would remake all of the Hunger Games movies into limited series and make them exactly like the books.

  • @lovemunster18
    @lovemunster18 Рік тому +1

    Everyone complaining about the singing, it’s literally called the BALLAD of songbirds and snakes, like it’s in the title!!

  • @_joslynjohnson
    @_joslynjohnson Рік тому +3

    like i get how snow gets to his villain arc, but at the same time how did a semi good kid turn into a heartless person.

  • @magicsteve5523
    @magicsteve5523 Рік тому +2

    I love the detail that District 12 residents have a southern accent as District 12 is supposed to be Appalachia.