The Reel Rejects - THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (2013) IS AN INCREDIBLE FOLLOW-UP! MOVIE REVIEW!

Episode Date: August 31, 2025

THE BEST HUNGER GAMES MOVIE?! The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Full Movie Reaction Watch Along:   / thereelrejects   Get your New Customer offer + 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at https://www.mintmobile.com/REJECTS Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Aparrel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ With The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping on the horizon, Aaron & Andrew continue their journey giving their The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Reaction, Recap, Analysis, & Spoiler Review! The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), directed by Francis Lawrence, continues the epic dystopian saga based on Suzanne Collins’ bestselling novels. Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook, X-Men: First Class) returns as Katniss Everdeen, who finds herself once again thrust into the deadly Hunger Games arena after her defiance in the previous installment inspires rebellion across Panem. Josh Hutcherson (Bridge to Terabithia, The Kids Are All Right) stars as Peeta Mellark, her fellow victor and partner in survival, while Liam Hemsworth (The Last Song, Independence Day: Resurgence) plays Gale Hawthorne, torn between loyalty and revolution. Donald Sutherland (The Italian Job, MAS*H) returns as the chilling President Snow, joined by Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote, The Master) as the sly new Gamemaker, Plutarch Heavensbee. Supporting performances include Woody Harrelson (True Detective, Zombieland) as Haymitch, Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect, The Lego Movie) as Effie Trinket, and Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada, Spotlight) as the flamboyant Caesar Flickerman. From Katniss and Peeta’s unforgettable Victory Tour to the shocking Quarter Quell reveal, the film builds to one of the franchise’s most iconic cliffhangers. With stunning visuals, political intrigue, and the unforgettable “girl on fire” moments, Catching Fire set the stage for the Mockingjay films while cementing Katniss Everdeen as one of cinema’s most enduring heroes. Join Aaron Alexander & Andrew Gordon as they react, review, and break down the most emotional, action-packed, and game-changing moments of this blockbuster sequel. Follow Aaron On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealaaronalexander/?hl=en Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Agor711 Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And also, if you are listening on Apple or Spotify, please give us a five-star rating. We would appreciate it. And as always, we're just going to jump right into the questions here. I believe we have like seven or so. So, yeah. From Jordan, Lewis Griffin, thank you for being a Royal Reject for the question. How would you compare catching fire to the first Hunger Games? Well, I would say the first Hunger Games. I mean, I love them both. both. I probably say I like catching fire a little bit more, but I would say, you know, the first Hunger Games is it's the foundation. It's the world building. It's this tense world building film. And, you know, obviously Katness is the main focus of the film and like her sacrifice or

her selflessness for what she did to save her sister. And this dystopian future that we are, again, the swirl billion i would say the second movie is like the escalation and um yeah it's just it's a more i feel like it's a more complex film even you know and there's a lot more uh political uh um just under or undertones in in the film too it's uh definitely yeah i would say that's how i would compare the two films and it's got a lot more scope i would say a lot more it really ups the stakes in every single way it doesn't fall into the you know sequel if you will so i would that's how i would compare them but i truly love them both but i would probably put catching fire a little ahead of it how about you i would say the same no this does

everything a great sequel should do which is up the stakes both the emotional stakes and the narrative stakes significantly from the the first one they go further into the what's the word i'm looking for how what the hunger games are as a concept and how how They have to placate to the audience because this is what they use to sort of both, I guess, unite and divide people to keep them, you know, disenfranchised. And this is only the escalation of that because they see Katness as a threat because she did something in the first game to subvert what they perceived to be the traditional outcome of what the Hunger Games are and why her sacrifice or her bold action, she switched.

up the script and then is now inspiring people to realize they don't have to submit to the will of the capital and as a result of that is escalated things to where they are now I think that the way that they're continuing to escalate things the way that there is now an active revolution about to begin I think is amazing I think though the way that they up the ante of the game itself the way that it was executed and the fact that we have now established these characters with pita and cat and who care about each other but creating a sense of who our allies are

how we strategize together and for a second there that started to create division and mistrust between the players themselves but that was subverted to be like no psych this is actually a larger plan to begin what is now going to be the rest

of the next two movies so yeah I thought I did an amazing job I was glued to the screen from start to finish and though that there were emotional stakes in the first movie I think it was a great foundation and this built upon that in spades Yeah no the pacing in this film is absolutely incredible

I think you said it best You immediately get immersed And from the moment The screen starts up Like from that first beat to the last beat You were like you can't take your eyes off the screen You were immediately like just locked in Yeah man

So thank you so much for the question Appreciate it Igna Thank you so much much for the question we appreciate you after watching catching fire are you team pita or team gale is president's known one of the most famous villain slash antagonist and why we love you guys one of your favorites yeah and and we love you guys uh thank you egg no we love you too do you want to go first you want me to go first um um ah freak i think mainly hemsworth i'm gonna go team pita because we spent more time

with pita and though i respect gail's heart his his braveness his integrity i think i'm a big softy for you know dudes who are who are selfless and you know he wants to protect catness at all costs and he is smart about how he goes about doing that and yeah i just i just like the dude he He's like a classic underdog, and I feel like because Gail is more of a traditional masculine protagonist or love interest. I feel like I did a subversion that. PETA is the every man. Yeah, Pita is the every man, whereas Gail is like the traditional heroic type. He's the model.

He is the model. Your framework. Sorry, I keep saying that. What about you, man? I hate say the same thing because I actually do, again, this is really where. how I will kind of differentiate even though I'm going to say

it's Team Pita I'll just say that first of all and then I'll for a lot of the same reasons you were saying but Kina Ray said it at nauseam while we were reacting to it but I'll say it again

I think even though we don't spend a great deal amount of time with Gail we still spend a lot more time with his character in this film than we did in the first film for sure but I think this film

does a great job though just for how Aaron was describing and how we were you know reacting to it and talking and commentating on throughout the film. Like, I think this is a love triangle done right. And also, like, how we are expressing ourselves is, like, kind of the pickle catnus is in. She's got two really wonderful human beings.

It's a really tough decision. You know, Gail is a very upstanding person, too. And, like, in her time of need, when she had to go off to the Hunger Games in the first film, and Prim needed to be watched and her mother, Gail, like, was there for her. and has always been a constant in her life before she went to the games like he's always been there for her he's a hem's worth

and when it comes to Pita like he is the most selfless human being you could possibly be he would sacrifice his life for her in a heartbeat and also the fact that he's willing to sacrifice her so that she can have love and experience love with another human being

and also be with her family like I don't like if that's not love I don't know what is if that's not selflessness I don't know what is if that's not and also too he's got such a great deal of empathy I just think he really compliments the she's also very selfless and courageous herself like what she did for prim and like you know in the in the protective way that she feels for the ones that she cares for as well but she's also got she's very direct and she's got this intensity about her as well so I think I think, you know, the way he operates and the way she does, I think they really compliment each other very nicely. I think they've got such an incredible connection with each other. And I also think that their chemistry, acting-wise as well, is just off the charts as well as characters. And I think it really is the heartbeat of the film. And, yeah, I'm going to go Team Pita. In regards to the second question, is President Snow, one of your favorite film's antagonists and why?

I don't know if I'll go favorite I will say Donald Sutherland's great I hate his character a great deal he does very nefarious and evil things he views people as as truly as peasants as

beneath him and the idea that anyone can rise up and take any of his control away from him really pisses him off and that is like not even an inclination or an option in his mind and he just always wants complete control

so I mean he is definitely as I pointed as I mentioned in the first film review he's a he's a dictator and you know he has a very oppressive he likes the constructs of a very oppressive environment and

you know community or whatever you want to say but he's definitely evil he's definitely I would say up there. I don't know if I would go favorite. I mean, you're probably talking like Darth Vader. You're probably talking like Hans Gruber. I guess Loki before the turn happens, if you will, or maybe even a Thanos. So I wouldn't put him up there in my favor. But he's very good and you hate and you love to hate him, I guess is what you would say. But I would not go favorite. I also wouldn't go favor. I think for a couple reasons. One, we have not seen a ton of dynamics with this character outside of, you know, he wants to maintain control, wants

maintain this overt power of the Capitol and doing it behind the scenes, being sly about it. And I appreciate those qualities in a villain, a villain that you love to hate. And I feel like I just hate him more

so than like with Loki. You know, like you, oh, you wanted to go down, but he's fun. I love to hate. I'm like as a villain you love to hate. I think this is a villain just hate. So outright, because I think maybe in part just because it's like there's a semblance of closeness to our reality.

That said, I don't think there's not room for this character to grow into someone with more dimensions. Like this movie, we've outright shown his relationship with his granddaughter. So maybe in the next two movies, he can grow into a villain that is, you know, just reaches that height of all time. But as far as his performance goes, he is, you know, a very menacing chest player. a chess master of a villain. So I think that once we see how he responds

to whatever the continuing of the story is, seeing how the stakes are raised, the stakes are elevated, I think that breeds room for potential for him to enter that conversation. But as of right now, not quite there for me. Yeah, and you can, and last thing, we'll get to the next question, but you can always tell, too,

like that villain, you know, kind of behind the curtain, too, because in public, he really portrays himself as something that he truly is differently, in private and like you can always tell there's something like really menacing about him when you're watching the way he emotes and his facial expressions especially the way like i think there was one of my favorite moments with his character and with catness i do their interactions were really fascinating but there was that one moment there was no dialogue they were at that party that reminded me of like i think it was a nest ernesto delacruz's house in cocoa which i know that movie came out after but it was again no dialogue they announced their engagement or something like that and then he looked at her and just gave her that that look i'm like oh that's such like such a menacing type of villain uh type of uh you know stoic presence kind of thing but yeah he's good he's a really great actor or you know he was a great actor so awesome performance though but i wouldn't go like aaron i wouldn't go favorite all right from abenstein arts thank you so much for being a royal reject

and for the question the series started with the hunger games about a young girl that gets pulled into the Hunger Games to save her sister's life. The movie moves on from, excuse me, the movie moves on from the usual trope of going into the games and starts more of a story of a revolution. How does the transition between that go into your eyes? I think it's completely seamless and very organic.

And yeah, it just, I kind of like the points I raised in the first question. I think just it ups the stakes in every kind of way. And it just feels like a more natural turn because I think if you would have done the exact same thing, I still think you could have made it a very interesting character piece

if like, hey, let's just see the ramifications and the psychotic because they do nail the psychology of like how we're seeing what these characters are dealing with now that they've played in the games. Although we got to see a little snippet of that with Hamich in the first game.

He's drinking in the bottle like crazy because of what he had to deal with. Understandable. I can only imagine I probably myself would do that even though I don't drink now, but I probably would if I was in those games and had the trauma that these individuals had to deal with in the hunger games. But if you would have done the hunger games and you would have literally just focused on Katness and how they are dealing with the

situation, and then from that perspective, I don't think that's as interesting as kind of going more the revolution type. So I think this just, again, it ups the ante, ups the stakes. And the fact that Katness has to kind of is dealing with this. this private like in her most private moments rather she's got this struggle that she's dealing with and then she's got this public perception she has to do like to calm everything down it's like i just think it adds for a more uh intensive uh character piece as well so i think this was a lot more of an interesting way to go than kind of do the same thing it's another hunger games and we're going to just see how you know what life is like for them on the on the outskirts but

What about you? I thought it was great. I think that seeing this world from the point of view as someone on the ground who isn't necessarily trying to dismantle the system but save her family, save her sister primarily in part due to not wanting her family to lose another member, like how they lost their dad to the coal mines, to going along to this process in seeing, the insidiousness of what it means to be a part of that system on a very public scale.

And the game you have to play as part of that system, so your odds of being saved or being aided are increased, only builds up not only for the characters, but for the audience, this rage and this feeling that something is insanely wrong that is like systematically corrupt and watching this end with them doing something to you know make the the system that they've established it's based on popularity as a means of control not work in their favor and then doubling down on the suppression of society increasing the temperature I think that the way that was executed was was masterful

I also think that them choosing to start the sequel from a place where it's almost a year later, not letting the characters really bask in their winnings or basking the joy of that, but immediately taking us back into a place of, yeah, of kind of this desolate, dark, dreary place where they have to then go back into the system, back into the road show of whatever this game is. I think they did a great job of establishing that and for them to go into that place to then have to be put back into the game and then seeing how the world is responding

in the face of that for it to go into a revolution is extremely narrative narratively satisfying. So the way that this is all played out has not felt inorganic at all and I'm excited to see how they take down. Absolutely. And the visual image that they showed us

immediately with Jack Quaid, like, showing, like, she is extremely traumatized by the experiences that she just had a year ago. And, like, there are no winners. It kind of reminds me of, like, anybody who probably goes to war and is actually dealing in warlike situations in terms of, like, gunfire on the constant. Like, I got to imagine probably do, I don't speak for everyone or no, but I got to imagine a lot of people have PTSD from those types of situations. And, like, it's incredible, the selflessness and the courageousness that, and the courageousness that, they have to be in those situations but i got to imagine again very traumatizing and only brave people can do stuff like that but i mean even when you survive and you're able to go back home i got to

imagine a lot of people again not speaking for everyone but a lot of people like play off those moments like in their head like constantly so you know there are no winners uh for sure uh when it comes to uh that in terms of like your your inner peace so i'm glad that they like you know were played that off a lot in this film so thank you for the question all right CENRAC thank you for sending in a question so much appreciate you man

all right Aaron and Andrew much has been said about the difference differences in directing styles between Gary Ross who directed Pleasantville a favorite and Francis Lawrence who directed the series from the sequels onward how do you feel

how do you both feel about the differences and do you have a preference are you both as relieved to to leave the shaky cam behind as many viewers were i'm an outlier and thought the choice made sense for the first film maybe i'm just crazy because i hate i'm not a fan of shaky cam in general iron i didn't really know did you notice much of the shaking came in the first one maybe i did but i thought it added to the chaos of the situation because i would have been in i'm sorry go ahead No, no. I thought it added to the chaos of the situation in the first one because this is unfamiliar terrain. Everything's chaotic. This is, we literally start the game from Katness's point of view. So we are experiencing it as she's experiencing it. But because we've come back with Francis Lawrence, the director and we've come back, I mean, this is, I guess this is this first time. But we've come back with Katness into this setting. There is a sense of familiarity into what this is.

also coupling that feeling with this is something brand new that we've never experienced before and i feel like the fact that we've had a setting that is more more stable yet advanced with uh with how it's being shot and and more experience i can tell that in the the filmmaking as well and yeah i personally probably prefer the style of this one because i felt like some of the the editing choices in the last one were a little distracting with like the the fighting and the killing and stuff, but I feel like the way they went about it this round allows you to feel the impact

to what was happening a little bit more with some of those action scenes. Yeah, for sure. No, again, I love Gary Ross. I love Pleasantville. It's one of my favorite movies, too, and I believe he was one of the writers as well on Big, which came out in 1988.

Tom Hanks, another great film. But I did, I think Francis Lawrence did a great job in this film, and I think I mentioned, you asked me, do you like the direction in this film? And I made a comment, And I said, I like a lot of the visual style in this film. And I think Francis Lawrence really, especially in this film, understands, you understand scope very well. And especially the environment.

Like, I thought the, like, I really liked the environment in the last film and really did a good job painting a picture and, like, how would people survive in this kind of environment and all the traps that ensued in this one. but in that one rather. But in this one, I just, I liked all the different surprises that we got with how the island really was just like a rotating clock, basically, and again, just how they were in water and then the mist and all that stuff coming out. So again, I think Francis Lawrence just really understands scope,

and I thought he just really laid out the visuals just really nicely. And the cinematography was great. He did a great job in terms of performances, that there were anything wrong with any of the performances in the first one either. But I personally prefer this one, but I thought Gary Ross did a great job in the first one. And again, good enough because I don't like Shaky Cam. I love the third born.

I can't remember it's Born Ultimatum, but whichever one, I love that film. Paul Greengrass did a great job. But again, for me personally, way too much Shaky Cam. Just personal preference thing. But I don't know how I didn't notice, I guess, in Hunger Games. But if I ever rewatch that movie, maybe I will now notice now that. that's infused in my brain, but it didn't bother me personally.

Yeah. Feel the same. Yeah. All right, Maurice Gray Jr. Thank you so much for being a royal reject. And the question, what did you think of Snow's plan to get Katness back in the games? Diabolical?

Evil. Ferious. Yeah, it was awful. I mean, this poor girl had literally, we've mentioned it many times, but she literally has horrific trauma from the events that she had just had a year ago.

and she wasn't i mean she was trying her best to go along with his plan of uh stopping an uprising a revolution from happening and you know the granted you know when we find out the twist which by the way great twist because you know kept aaron aaron and i off the cent of i'm mad and i'm mad that i didn't see it because they established when they were dancing that i'll be like i'll be seeing you soon like he was on their side foreshadowing yeah but i completely forgot about it because he was talking about how they needed to to raise violence and raise destruction while also building her up

as a hero to great a sense of division. So I was like, you're part of this revolution, but you're also causing a lot of people to die at the same time. So I was like, I don't know. Like for the greater good? I don't know. You caused for a freaking city to get bombed.

Yeah, so well... To tell them the raise escalation of violence. So while I agree with you, so while at the same time was diabolical and very nefariously evil by President Snow's character, I'm so curious how it end end game wise like in mocking jay part one and two

yeah like i hope all this was worth it a lot of a lot of deaths but i mean she's a very messiah character now you know and she's got to lead the uh the uh the revolution because i mean she's again she's such a central and important character and people look up to her um it's like if she can fight back we can all fight back you know if one can do it we can all do it but go ahead yeah no i was going to say that he it definitely the the implication was that the

75 year 75th year hunger games I'd have been like this this quarter century thing where it's like now all stars I'm like I think the implication was like oh that wasn't a thing before and they just made it a thing now you because they said like oh yeah this is now the annual

thing but oh they said that okay because I was like wouldn't they have known that this was going to happen for the next year right this is not something that was already established within their their culture right yeah that makes sense because I'm like okay then There would have been a 25th one, man.

There would have been a 50th one. This would have been the third time it's happening, right? Exactly. Yeah. But I feel like there would have been some semblance of knowledge or at least acknowledgement. Maybe we missed that line of dialogue because, you know, we have to watch plus talk to each other. But, yeah, I was very curious about that because it seemed like that was a Hail Mary plan he got just to specifically screw over Katness. And I was just going to say, I got to tell you one of my favorite, again, I loved every, pretty much everything.

There wasn't a scene where I was like bored or I felt like the film was dragging or I wasn't enjoying myself. One of my favorite scenes. I love the way how quick of a thinker, how resourceful PETA's. I forgot to mention this when we were talking about PETA and I just had this thought so I had to share it.

I loved when they were on the show with Caesar and he tried that. Because you mentioned the word Hail Mary. I loved the Hail Mary by PETA saying that Katness was pregnant. There's no action involved in that scene. It's just again about quick thinking and I love PETA's attempt there

to try and, like get the crowd like right he even got district one district one finds this to be fun and entertaining even when people are dying and they're like cancel the games and like that's one of my favorite scenes in both movies that that sequence so he's he's so smart and he knows yeah he one has a big heart but also knows how to play to the heart play to the the the attention of the people and the crowd yeah so for that those two things alone i love pita yeah for sure Hey, Reject Nation. You know it doesn't belong in your epic summer moving into fall plans?

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uh best death in the movie oh i would say the most emotional i know the question jay is best i'd say the most emotional one is i forgot the ladies the matt is that her name yeah she goes into the far yeah that's the most that's by far it's the it's the rude death of the film right that's the most emotional one by far like she's sacrificing herself i will say though i like this movie the best one yes i feel like the the rude death is probably the most emotional between the two movies oh yeah yeah i would i would agree with that i mean i definitely was sad when when max is that her name is that the ticot lady no no no no no I'm talking that one was emotion I'm talking about the old lady who walks into the pod oh mags mags okay um no I'm I would agree with you though on Rue um for sure I'm trying to think of the best one though

I will say yeah I don't think this movie really allows because of the pacing of the movie I don't feel like the movie stops to really let you allow the deaths to sink in really because I never there's never a point in the movie where I got like ultra emotional yeah Yeah, I would say... Maybe towards the beginning. Oh, when Cattness was talking to Rue's family and District 11, that was the only part of the movie I got her motion. I would say maybe the one, the girl who was hiding and she sacrificed herself to say Pita.

That one was that. That was really sad. That was a good one because it was very noble. Yeah. And, like, a big theme of these films is selflessness. Yeah. So, again, that was a very selfless act. So I would say that one probably as well.

Yeah, because Mags just kind of happened really quick. And we just had to keep moving because we're going to die. But she knew, like, if they had to keep carrying because they had to carry help with PETA, and they knew if they had to carry meals. So, like, again, noble and selfless. So, yeah, thanks, Jay. Appreciate it, as always. All right, from Kevin C.

How much wood could District 7's Woodch, Chuck, Chuck. If District 7's Woodchuck could Chuck Wood. How much would, would, would chuck, chuck, if Woodchuck could Chuck Wood? All the wood. Every single ounce of it. What Aaron said. Yeah. Thank you, Kevin, for the question.

Appreciate it. I believe this is the last one The final question Thank you Brian Reed for sending this in We appreciate you What do you think of catching fires Change in Tone and pacing Compared to the Hunger Games

It was great It was immaculate It was darker It built upon the themes Of the first movie About you know You have to be playing to the crowd As a form of distraction

And oppression because they wanted to give them a little bit of hope in the face of their despair, and they turned up the temperature on the despair while creating this tour and this game as a fabrication of hope. I think the games being the 75th anniversary was really just a big FU to everybody

because President Snow is a petty little bitch and he hates Cagnos everything. He is. He does. Yeah, I don't feel like the 75th anniversary, of the games really had the same effect that they were intending it to have because the fire is already lit with Katnis and her being the one to change the status quo with allowing her and Pete it to both win but then going into the games where they're vocal about the fact that

they didn't want the games to happen with all the winners because they were the people that were already the the thing that ignited hope so if you put the people in that ignited hope each year that a little bit of hope that you guys established, then you're extinguishing hope because you're telling them nothing really matters anyway. Coupled with Katna's being the thing that provided more hope than previous years and then putting her and everyone else back into the games while also, as Peter was saying, her being pregnant, only loses more faith in the establishment, which is kind of the opposite of what you guys were intending this to be for in the first place.

So for that alone, I think the change in tone and the pacing of this, because you don't have to spend time establishing what the games are, what this world is, I think it already stands alone for that. It's executed really well.

And it gets me excited on the edge of my seat whereas The Hunger Games, the first movie, is very much a contained story. For sure. Which teases more. This is like, oh, no, I need to see what happens next.

Yeah, no, I mean, I liked it a lot of, especially again the first film is as I mentioned it's very world building and you know we see how grim the world is of District 12 and just again how oppressive it is as well but I really also like seeing at first and when it comes to both these films you really see the contrast and I mentioned it too when we were reacting you see the contrast of difference between especially catness because catness is who we were following throughout I mean most of the film in the first film but and then some more Catnus and Pida in the second film here.

But you get to see the difference between Catnus when she's just a girl who is starving and, you know, hunting for food versus someone who's got this rich, lavish life, but still, you know, dealing with this inner turmoil of what she has dealt with in the past, but again, viewed as a celebrity now. So I think, like, in terms of, you know,

changing of tone of that, like, I thought that was, again, the smart and proper way to do that. In regards to pacing, I think that the first film, it was a lot more of a slow burn, which I didn't mind because I like slow burns when they are intense and when they are interesting and when they are character building and world building. And I think the first film, for the most part, really excelled at that.

And the second film, well, there were definitely a few moments here and there where it was a little bit of a slow burn for the most part. It's a two-and-a-half-hour frenetic thrill ride. And I think that was, again, the pacing is so damn important. And I think if you can have a film that's two and a half hours and feel like it's about 25 to 45 minutes, you know, that means you really know what you're doing when it comes to editing and when it comes to just where to play scenes and just, again, just the tone of the film. So I think Francis Lawrence, again, just as much as I love Gary Ross and would have loved for him to continue. I remember being very disappointed when they announced he didn't,

even though I didn't continue seeing the series in theaters. I don't think that was a rebellious choice on my end. That's why I didn't. I don't remember the reason being, but I do remember being disappointed that Gary Ross was not coming back because I did enjoy the first one, the one time I saw it in theaters. But, again, I think Francis Lawrence just did a great job. And just the entire team of cast and crew that worked on this film,

just really upping the ante in the stakes of cinematography, the music by James Newton Horton. I love how they, there was a lot more of his music. I feel like in this film, a lot more orchestral tones in the film that I think, like you pointed out, really focused on that dark and dystopian, you know, themes that he was soaring throughout the picture of the film,

really got the emotional juices flowing. And, yeah, this film really did a great job of a lot of twist and turns and things that we didn't see coming, especially with Philip Seymour Hoffman. I didn't know if I could trust Finnic or Jenna Malone's character so just really enjoyed that film and this is how you end

on a proper cliffhanger and you want more and also a love triangle done well again the heartbeat of the film with our two leads fantastic chemistry a villain you love to hate great great beautiful sequel I'm gonna get

do you have any final thoughts before I get into RT no no we're let's get into it all right really quick what do you think the rotten tomatoes are Let's just do one at a time. Oh, 85. 90.

Damn, it's close. Audience. 95. 89. Really? Huh. All right. Worldwide box office.

This is $450 million. $865,000, $11,7466. $11,746. Yeah. It's a lot of money. Not the more. all righty well guys that was catching fire or excuse me

the hunger games catching fire let us know your thoughts below is this your favorite of i believe there's is it there's a fifth film right four but then i think there is a fifth one that is not directly tied to oh okay well let us know in the four films that are connected with each other is this your favorite of the four films and uh yeah we'd love to hear your thoughts below

if you've stayed with us this song we appreciate it i believe mocking jay part one is going to be the next film we are going to be reacting to. So make sure again, as Aaron said, don't forget to ring that notification bell. At the way you're notified when that drop should be in the next week or so. And we will see you then. Take care.

All right, Royal Rejects are patrons of the day. A vast majority of you have been patrons of the day for a very long time. It's true. And hopefully you caught the message. We are actually ending this tier. But we didn't give enough of a heads up. So it's only right that we come from the heart and do a stacked patron in the day shout out

for each and every one of you guys here. So we have filtered the list here by the join date. And most of you guys from your join date have been at this tier for this long. So this is a bit of a sad goodbye. Let's kick it off. David Gann. You've been here since November 11, 2017,

when we did not know. what we were doing with our Patreon accounts. I love you so much. Our guitarist, our Christian friend, our patron who drove all the way down many, many hours to see our first ever barely booked live

show. If anyone here has seen us grow in person, it's you. Any last words? David, I mean, you are the OG. You have been such a force in our lives. You bring me, whenever I see your face, whether it be on social media here at the Patreon, I feel a little bit

better about the world to hand and I feel a little more drive to get creative myself so I appreciate you very much for being here I hope you mean those words I do I think you should also hit the thing because you hit lifetime and it's we want join date instead of lifetime no I prefer a lifetime we're gonna go by dollar amounts oh my bad I just did it John it's messed up now just got to flip it again there you go there you go oh my God we were wrong this whole time this whole time you're a filthy liar because it's actually Adelia Chamberlain who's been here the longest June 10th, 2017. Oh, my God, Adelia. Adelia, my God, what more can we say about you?

Just will reiterate how much of a sweet, you know what we can say is I've literally seen you evolve as a human being from someone who was a lot more internal, sheepish, difficult making friends. And now you have like a friend circle. You're more vulnerable, not just in. messaging, but it verbally in person. We used to exchange so many messages on Patreon when it was much smaller. Man, you've been here a long time. Yeah, you take charge now. You pursue your passions.

You're an avid member of so many communities, and we appreciate that you've been such an avid member of this community. And I, I don't know, I hope not to give us credit, but I hope that this, you know, time spent here has contributed in some way to that growth for you. Ain't that the truth? Heck yeah. The Rogue 8808. You're gone temporarily, but hey, I mean,

credit, we're credits due August 23rd, 2017. Old school from the patron hangouts tier. Yeah, he would just listen to us ramble and brainstorm. And when I think about you, I think about someone who is just staring at us and then cracks a smile. That's what I always think about when it comes to your beautiful face, man. Haven't heard from you in a while, but I hope Hawaii is treating you well. Heck yeah.

Heck yeah, J.T. I have an idea, and that's you should live a good, lovely life and stick around at the Patreon. Yeah. But, you know, I'm going to miss our idea days, and I just hope you're doing well out there. And I hope that, you know, you're following your father's footsteps, busting criminals. Heck, yes, McHale Linden, April 25th, 2018. McHale. And I'm like, wow, here are the definition of what the hell do we talk about. Every shout-out. James Bond. And are you Swedish or Switzerland?

To this day, right now in this moment, I'm like, I genuinely forget. And I, do you know? Swedish. Don't know the day. I just don't know why I can't commit that to memory. I hope you don't miss that anymore. You're like, I don't know why I pledged these guys were so long for that bullshit. You know, we also mention your love of Indiana Jones.

Yeah, a lot of versatility. And other things as well. So you've brought a lot of color and culture to the patron. We appreciate you. Ain't that the truth? Tyler Hay, one of the first patrons to get this guy to cry off of a gift. Oh, Tyler. The PS4, man.

Ah, so many possibilities because of you. John, I know you love them computer screen references. I do. All of your computer screens, all the different people, your surveilling day in and day out, some of which are us. Yeah. I miss seeing all of your screens when we used to talk to. you over the one screen

and I hope you have just as many if not more screens today. Just a hearty man hearty man with a bunch of screens you are one of the people would like again like kind of like JT I imagine just a guy is laughing at our shit oh this motherfever

Michael Biammy Media Miguel he's also a fellow reactor so he you know text oh wow do I need to shout you out okay fine it's uh July 19 in 2018.

Glad your channel's doing well. You know, your... Congratulations on continued growth. Good job on all the conventions and famous people. And yeah, I don't know how you... If anyone seems like they're operating

on perpetual burnout, it seems like it's you. Where do you get the time for any of this? That's been the question of the last freaking seven years with this guy. Share your secret, man. Share your secret. and keep up the good work.

Eric Horstman. You'll be happy to know that a day of shooting this. I just did my photo shoot at a sanctuary, my vegan friend who usually has animals, congregating outside of his home. August 18, 2018, 2018. He's got, remember the RR tattoo when he first got, he's the one of the few people here where I'm like,

we have to go. We got to go see him. Tell you, if you ever end up on your deathbed, it's an instant flight over. If you ever. And if you don't, hey, you know. If you don't, you know, we're not coming. Chances are way more slim.

Yes, it's true. It does take a catastrophic event to conjure us up. Suddenly make flying over to you a priority. Yes. Time and cost efficient experience. It's like, well, now we have to. It's a rare thing to see this guy because we won't have much time left. But anyway, Erica, you've always appreciated the bleak humor.

Yeah, thank you, buddy. No, man, you're the bomb. I've got to see that. a tattoo in person for real. Oh, Jetty, Gerardo, what the hell wouldn't you come back? Afghani's been back for a minute.

Has he? Yeah. At least a few months. Yes, it's at least happened in the last couple of months. Oh, my God. Yeah. I don't remember.

I don't remember that. That's crazy. Well, he's back. And we appreciate seeing you. One of the people I used to message a lot, too. Send over content and shit. March 12, 2019. Wow, that's loyalty.

Yeah. Indeed, a royal reject. Thank you, Evgeny. Absolutely. How is the content game going on your end, my friend? I was going to say, oh, no, I'm forgetting where Evgeny lives. You live in a very unique part of the world, and I know that I know it. Right, it's like an island or something.

You live on, oh, I'm in Malta. You're in Malta. That's right. Is that an island? I don't know, but when you Google it, it looks very sort of coastal. That's true. it's an island maybe chris whamoff august 17 2019 oh my i guess the biggest thing here is i'm worried that this is going to lead to you not pitching in 500 random dollars during our stream

labs now yeah this is the the core of it all without this where we're how to get where to get if he's not able to get a personalized 20 dollar shout out of one will he be able to still contribute 250 to 500 dollars anonymously we're just going to to leap into the unknown and trust i guess i haven't caught up with you in a minute man how's uh how's the fiancee doing uh when's that happening you last i heard you wanted to do that in the philippines itself uh you've been an unbelievably generous guy and you and i mean it sincerely you are one of like a handful of people who genuinely inspired me to actually take a minimum 10% of my earnings and contribute it to charity every month so thank you hell yeah chris geez you're just rubbing off

good influence on all of us. Ain't that the truth. Hey. Oh, and Riley Peterson. Another long time, Gent. Jan 8, 2021. Not bad, man. Riley, you looking suave as ever.

Yep. I remember so much about what to say for Riley Peterson. Yeah, man. Riley gets us riled up. Love your middle initial. Jay. One of my favorite letters. There you go.

For sure. And the Peterson is a great. automotive museum that I assume that you have some familial connections too. So keep up the good work there. In a hot minute. He's got a Yahoo account. Oh, that's not to be a Yahoo account anymore. Yahoo. Oh, you remember that? That was Riley Peterson, the inventor of that. Marco Tunstall. Marco. January 17th, 2021. Four years of shouting you out, man. How are you doing? Have we met in person? I'm trying to remember now. Or do you just look Maybe one?

There's a certain look to a lot of the people we meet in person You got one of them looks You just got that live You look like a real rejects viewer You look like a guy We'd meet at Wondry God, man

Yeah, come on out to the next one And maybe we'll be there Hopefully, buddy Thank you for being here for so long And for supporting us For this amount of time, man And with Riley Peterson as well You guys rock, thank you

Thank you. You haven't asked for much in return and just a quick little mention, and that means the world. Really appreciate it. Appreciate you, Marco, very much. Brian Perry, every time we shout you out,

we want to go, Brian. November 18th, 2021, almost four years. You just didn't make it in time. Unfortunately, this is your fault. You should have pledged earlier. Maybe if you had pledged earlier, we would have reconsidered not, you know,

hurting all these down anymore. Wow, it's all on you. It all falls on you. But it's okay, you know, that's your cross to bear for this life. Well, I want you to move forward, knowing that we did not thank you in the end. We have guilted you. Yes. So, it's way more effective.

Live with that and move forward in life. Absolutely. And if there's a problem, we have someone here with an email who you can message. And they will inform me when I am not at a meeting. So thank you, Brian Perry. Keep up the good work out there. Ricardo Martinez, a military man. Oh, January 10th, 222.

First off, thank you for your service. Thanks for loving Batman. And thank you for, you know, all the money. I mean, look, let's just shout out all the money they've given us, right? This is important to show their generosity, right? Riley 285 over the course of the years. Marco Tunstil, 685. That's crazy.

Brian Perry, 903. Dang. Again, it's a damn shame. You didn't make it to a thousand. There must be. We would have changed their mind. I know. I mean, it's not too late, I guess.

Ricardo Martinez, 600 big ones. Dang, man. That's influential. That's a lot over time, man. You could have done better with that money. You could have given it the blind wave. That's true. Or the normies.

Oh, man. Lord knows they need it. They need it. They got to become extraordinary through your hard-earned contribution. You're listening to. Ricardo chose us Gabriel Thank God

No one No one because that's right Thank that's the whole neutrality of the universe If we had more faith in God We would have probably kept this around But your ability to not believe in something greater Out there really dicked over a lot of people here man You really persuaded us

It's really the devil's work that got the shit canned. So thanks, Gabriel, for only contributing $774 since May 19, 2022. Wow. Hail Satan. Hell Satan, man. He couldn't even make it an odd number. Couldn't make it 70-75. He could have made it 666. He could have, but he gave more than that.

Well, there's that at least. Yeah, we went in two different directions with that. We should have just stuck with the atheism thing. uh landin miller landin miller landin miller the guy who whatever had to your email i always think you're tim miller but you're not um what it's still up for debate man i mean there's a tea in there is a tea it's july 7 2022 410 a big ones since then landin we have made up so much bullshit about you over the years we've still a no jack shit about you and i don't want to don't want to i want to believe you are either Tim Miller who directed Deadpool in Terminator Dark Fate or T.J. Miller, um, who was in

Deadpool. Yeah. And the movie Unstoppable. Very fun fact. You know, is that fun, Landon Miller? Oh, T.J. Miller was an unstoppable? He was. Oh, good. He was. He was a train. Landon Miller. Yeah. Let's see G. N. Landin for all the T.J. Miller rolls. Thank God for that commentary. Kevin. Kevin. Have you haven't been there too long? I was a liar. April 23, 23, 23, two years in the making, which has led to 320 big ones. Not bad. Thank you so much for your contribution, dude. Whenever I see your profile pick and small, I think you're a woman with it.

Let's be fair. All right. You have a hat and glasses on. And in our perspective, it's really tiny. I guess the, let me pull up OPES. I guess the equivalent of that is like, okay, you see on the poster, John, move your head there. where the n is where the letters are like if you're doing an eye exam like can you read this line where an alien is right here that's like that's what your profile pick looks like to us from our end

so i always think you're you're a you're a woman but you're not it's like all my dms whenever i'm like oh finally someone's hitting me up that's a woman not hitting john up or there's not a woman hitting me up to get the john up no it's just another guy wow i mean it's complimentary but you know after a while you're like why doesn't a woman ever be like hey Greg you need some women in here Kevin Meek? I won't reply to you because I'm married

but I just like the attention just to know the interest is there yeah see Kevin Meek's photo always makes me think of Patrick Hogue friend of the channel I should have to reply to him in like a couple days wow well he didn't pledge so he didn't play so what the fuck do I got a call for flying scotsman

4072 $85 dollars over the course of a year one year death anniversary yeah that math can't line up yeah you took some breaks here and there you adjust to your pledge oh yeah because a lot of these numbers don't quite in terms of this doesn't make sense this should be way higher yeah flying scotsman what you become part of this category son of a bee just snuck right in there like a typical scotsman Mm-hmm. Scottish hello.

Yeah. That's what I'm talking about. That's great, great material. Cadeha Sims. Cadeha, my Colorado friend, author. No, wait, right. Hey, this is not an accurate reflection. It says December 1st, 2024.

Wow. That's not an accurate. I know you've been here longer. Mm-hmm. But I guess you started a new account or some shit. I'm sorry. Well, I mean, that tracks for nine months. It does.

But remember, Cadeo? from the past. Yes, that is true. Maybe a new account, something like that. I don't know. I hope your dog's doing well. Maybe now you could put this $20 a month to actually taking care of your animal.

All right. You can put it to something of better use. Take care of those animals of the normies. Hey, hey, hey, hey. A bunch of degenerates over there. Every one of them. Yeah, I hate them. Alexandria.

February 12th, that's my wife's birthday. It's 2025. uh really we're saying goodbye i inhaled emphatically because i'm getting ready to exhale words of gratitude i'm trying to give up proper attention grabbing shout out and you yawn i inhaled emphatically well alexandria i am i'm sorry but it's you're from arkansas dude do you know dan merle dude can you get dan merle on the phone do you have hey do you can you send us some we need we don't have that shit out here and it's almost you know Halloween season we need some some spooky old hay bales what the hell's your outlook out oh yeah

outlook dot com outlook dot com that's a real thing i think it's like a Microsoft service and when in Arkansas when in Arkansas use Microsoft it's just down to that I probably have dial up when you watch this man. That's right. That DSL connection. Holy shit. Alexandria, sincerely. Thank you, dear, for being here for so long. Appreciate you. Jameson Macintosh. February 15th, 2025.

My man. Valentine's almost. So yeah, that's what, six months? Damn, that's crazy, dog. Jameson. Jameson, didn't get to know you at all. But your last name looks like the kind of of computer software that

Alexandria uses. That's right definitely that kind or you're an Irish Scottish person or you love apples or you love alcohol or you love alcohol flavored as apples which lines up with every Irish Scottish

person ever you're all alcoholics Melissa Taylor she hates alcoholics kills them and her as she moonlights as a vigilante on site thank you for being here since march 29th 2025 who you have supported us during the darkest times according to your email so thank you so much for being the shit and one of the

few women who have supported us in this manner that's right who says women don't love the real reject who says women don't have money of their own husband's money to spend you know i do much of the time, but not this time. This can't be Melissa's money. This has to be like her boyfriend's money, her parents, money. Yeah, there's just no way. I refuse to believe.

Let's see where you're from. Let's see. Oh, look, Minnesota. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you probably work at like blockbuster. That's right. The last remaining blockbuster. Embarrassing.

John and I barely leave Los Angeles. We know what Minnesota's like. We know everything. about Minnesota. I have maybe seen a movie that is Fargo. Fire goal. Great depiction of what all you guys are like. Melissa, please leave in the comments why that's your favorite movie. I appreciate you being here for a very long time. And Bray, Bray. The final one, May 20th, 2025. Not bad. Not bad. Okay, Bray. His email is Apple ID.com. Damn. Golly. He's from Kansas. That's quite a fascinating email

address. Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, this looks fake. I don't want to say what it is, but are you a bot who's paying us? You're the one person who let the computer decide what the most secure email address would be, and you're like, yeah, it's fine, I'll remember that.

I can give this out to people. I'm pretty sure this is a criminal funneling money to the Patreon. This is a money laundering operation. Because, you know, that is one of the tiers we have here. It's a hidden tier. If you pledge a certain amount, you are able to launder your illegal funds our way and we're generally pretty cool with it

yeah we're happy to do it you know it's a service we provide just ask for 10% to give to you at the end of it when the money is laundered that's why we're able to afford canning these shoutouts that's right because of the laundering yes yeah that we give away

enjoy that 10% anyway as you can see this went from already felt it too what do we we say. Heartfelt to wacky. And that's how we roll here. That's how we roll here.

You should know this by now. Really appreciate it. And from the bottom of my heart, let's ring it back. $20 a month is actually, for a lot of people, is a lot of money. No matter how much better I do in life,

I do use rocket money because I'm like, am I wasting money on another subscription service that I don't use? That's a real thing I deal with every single month. um i that's what it was oh before we were before we were record i have it to do this and i was like there's something i have to cancel a subscription because i started a seven day free trial and i got charged and i forgot all about it because i thought uh it was for one of the they started it for one of the movie reactions and it was like huh i could just watch this for free and cancel it in seven days

which I definitely remember to do. The number one most forgotten thing. Beyond description services, $20 is, I know what it's like to feel like when you spend $5, how that feels like, oh my God, I'm completely broke again. So it's really not the dollar amount.

It's like really what it means. And thank you so much for supporting us. Even if it has just been $5 or whatever, I really do appreciate you guys from here. Like, Stupid shoutouts and you guys haven't asked for really anything in return. I don't even know if you guys even look out for them. So really appreciate all of you for being patient with us and for supporting us in the future and the past.

So thank you guys. We at the end of the day, you know, there was definitely a time where it was like, we know what it's like to be in a position where we're like, we really are at a point where we need to like keep this alive. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This has been a hugely significant help throughout the growth of the channel, but it's also been a really lovely community. And so much of that has come from you guys who take an added interest, not just in the content that's here on the page round, but in the display of support that you're providing us every month.

And, yeah, the fact that you guys care enough to stick around for as long as some of you have or to join up at all is staggering. you know it's like i have a handful of channels and things out there that i like to support and that's something that you know you mean you it means something to you and it means something to me that this all means something to you guys so thank you for being here and uh i'm sorry to see this go but also hopefully we can open up some other new lovely avenue that is appealing to you guys in instead should know what happens that's what point of what i said was sincere he was reading talking points thank you guys

That's not in the script. Thank you.