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Starting point is 00:01:16 This week's video is sponsored by Acorns, the money app that makes it simple and cheap to make small yet significant investments. all right let's get going give us a countdown errol let's do it we're going to get back into the game all right all right we have just finished watching hunger games mocking jay part one if you're listening on apple or spotify make sure to go and give us five freaking stars also want to thank the people over a prepper for cutting down these highlights for freedom for victory and to defeat the capital also make sure you like this video give a shout and go and ring that bell so you can get notified anytime a new video

Starting point is 00:02:00 is coming at you all righty so we're to get into the questions because i feel like normally they ended up they end up uh covering our review anyway so without further ado let's get into it and then we'll read the first one all right maurice gary junior mocking jay part one this is the slowest moving part of the quadriloogy and it had to be catnus couldn't miraculously heal immediately becoming the mocking jay was her evolution believable to you well maurice gray junior i do agree that i think this was i think aaron and i highlighted it quite a few times as we were reacting i think this was the natural progression of where to take catnus i really like seeing again first of all the intensity of Jennifer Lawrence. I was about

Starting point is 00:02:49 saying, Jennifer Lawrence, I really like seeing the intensity that she brought to the role, but also seeing her emotional struggle and like seeing just the pressure that comes with being like, you know, a symbol of hope and also like the head of a revolution and

Starting point is 00:03:04 like the political climate that they forged with her in this film. I think like what we saw in the first two films, you know, with the story structure and the action sequences and more, this film was more of a slow burn and a deepening of the character and complexities with

Starting point is 00:03:20 her especially. I think this was the natural progression way to go. I think if you would have had, you know, the whole arena and action sequences, again, I would have been okay with that. And again, just having PETA and the struggle there and the

Starting point is 00:03:36 love triangle, which there were elements of that for sure. But I think, you know, you run into a possibility of getting slightly repetitive there in doing the same thing. So I like that they I think this was just again the organic way to especially because you have an oppressive government like with what snow is doing it's again it's a dictatorship so I think this was the the natural way to progress things what about you yeah no I think it was great I really enjoy the slower pace I feel like the first movie did a really great job of allowing us into the world of penam panam pan am uh and I feel like the first movie did a really great job of allowing us into the world of panam pan am uh and I feel like these characters we got really invested in kindness being the main one and i really did by her transition it was more of a reluctant thing at first and you know they tried to make her the

Starting point is 00:04:29 speech giving i don't know teleprompter sort of i don't know fabricated or or um polished version of a leader and that just didn't feel organic or authentic to her so watching her actually go in there live not being told what to do but see it for herself and that being the the other cause of her ascendant into the mocking jay and seeing the people that were affected by what the capital was doing i thought it was very believable and even her struggle with you know doing this in the face of knowing that pita is being harmed or pita is being manipulated or tortured her or she's the only one that is able to tell that something is wrong with with pita and i bought that as her motivation for wanting to uh take on this position but also

Starting point is 00:05:23 wanting to not own it anymore because she was scared you know that was her primary motivation from the beginning of the film to the end which even though this is a part one to a larger story i really like the fact that they ended it they started it with her motivation being pita and ended it with acquiring pita but not in exactly the way that she would have have thought or what have wanted so yeah i thought they did a great job all right from rudy rogers thank you so much for being a royal reject uh and for the question hi andrew and aaron the a team love you guys watch along thank you so much appreciate you love you guys watch along is the most sorry sorry appreciate it hope you're loving the franchise so far how did you feel about being shown

Starting point is 00:06:11 excuse me, the more political aspects of the story and getting right into the center of the rebellion. I know some people think this film is one of the lesser exciting ones, but personally, it's one of my favorites just because of how real it all suddenly feels, especially including the brutal depictions of PTSD and the lengths people will go for what they believe in.

Starting point is 00:06:32 I really love this one. I think it did a really good job of capturing what it's like to be part of rebellion. I think it did a good job. of showcasing what it's like to be in these other districts and what it's like to be somebody who is fighting against power, but

Starting point is 00:06:48 from the bottom side down, I think the first movie did a great job of showcasing what it's like to start at the bottom, be uncomfortable being at the top in this highly fabricated and fictionalized version of their reality,

Starting point is 00:07:05 this polished version, then being thrown into the games. And this one, we spent from the ground fighting against the top and I think they did a phenomenal job of showcasing that and you know it's it's something that I can understand why people would feel like this is a slower movie um in comparison but I don't know maybe it's the times maybe it's being older but I really appreciated the the realness and the emotional complexities of the position that this movie has to take in order to move the stakes forward for what the rest of the story is going to go. I feel like it did a good job of showcasing that, no, not only warbing an ugly thing,

Starting point is 00:07:45 but there has to be a bit of media manipulation to sort of inspire hope, but not for the sake of maintaining a sense of, of normalcy into something that's not normal, but the sake of inspiring people to rise up in the face of tyranny. So it's, I'm, I'm conflicted about the methods, but I understand its intention for the result that I'm trying to acquire. But yeah, I really, really enjoyed this one. All of them have been banger so far to me. Yeah, and I really enjoyed this too.

Starting point is 00:08:22 It definitely, we said it felt like like in the first 10, 50 minutes, it's deliberately being a slow burn and like focusing on that pace and tone. And yeah, and obviously, whenever you think of. of, like, rebellion type of film. At least for me, I think of Star Wars, of course. And, you know, the pacing and the tone in the original trilogy, at least, like, they do a really good job of blending,

Starting point is 00:08:45 you know, when it comes to pacing and toning, like very upbeat mood, but also there can be times of very dark and grimacing. And this film, like, from the get-go is very grim and dark and somber. And it stays throughout that, throughout the whole film. Whereas, again, in Star Wars, it can be very uplifting and very, exciting and very frenetic pacing at times while still being incredibly moving and still

Starting point is 00:09:10 like also having this was moving too but my point is like you know just like jovial moments of excitement and that kind of stuff whereas this one there were some really cool exciting moments like when she fired that that bone arrow and the red one and the ship like came down so there were some really cool action sequences but i i would imagine in the second one there's probably going to be a lot more action sequences is my guess but point being is i do like that they i think slow burns really can work when you really focus on the characters and you develop them properly and there's a foundation we had the foundation in the first two films and we there's a reason and a point into what what led us to uh why we are here and uh if you're in a slow burn and the film is just

Starting point is 00:09:57 boring that's where you can run into issues and i was not personally bored I thought it was very, again, it was moving, but also, too, like, I thought, like, the internal conflict in which Katness was having to deal with all these things, and also, too, like, the things that felt so grounded in reality, like, that this could actually really happen. Like, it's a scary notion. And I know a lot of times we go to movies for escapism, but, like, you know, we also go to them, too, like, in hopes of things that we do not wish to see happen in real life as well. So, yeah, but I thought this film, like, really captured that in a beautiful and scary way so i thought it was i i really enjoyed this one i wouldn't say it was my favorite of the three but i i would say probably two is still my favorite but i still really enjoyed this a great a great amount yeah catching fire is still my favorite thus far but yeah i think because we have the emotional about emotional investment and development of the first two films i feel like this really makes it a worthwhile entry because you know with movie adaptations or book adaptations that are cut into two halves the first half is usually all set up and the second half is usually all payoff so the tradeoff of that is the first half being traditionally more slow in pace and i don't know i like the slower pace i think the only maybe minor criticism i would have is that when it came to phoenix stuff i didn't really feel an emotional pull because we didn't really get to see annie or get to know her in the catching fire so when he finally is really is really

Starting point is 00:11:30 united with Annie. I didn't really feel anything. Right. And I felt like they established something interesting with him at the beginning of the film, but we didn't really get to see him as a primary player within this film. And part of me is guessing like maybe there's more with him in the book that we just didn't get to explore or

Starting point is 00:11:46 develop. And they just kind of gave us a chunk-down version or a chopped-down version of whatever that story was. But I'm excited to see whatever role he plays in the fourth movie. And also, I miss Joanna in this movie. I think she was a really great part of two, and I'm excited to see whatever part he plays in the next one. I miss. I miss Pita a lot in this movie, too, because he was in the movie, but he wasn't in as much as the first two. And I miss the dynamic between him and Katniss. Like, that was one of my favorite things, his selflessness. The way they compliment each other so well. I was definitely happy to finally see some interactions between Gail and Katniss. But again, I'm always going to be team PETA. So I even, even that stuff was like cool. But even that stuff was like, cool. But even that stuff was like,

Starting point is 00:12:30 more minimal because i feel like because pita wasn't there to get more of it but it didn't there was more but i don't feel like it added a ton of of substance to make it more conflicting because i feel like the emotional heart of this story is catness wanting the safety of pita so you can tell that even though gail is the guy that you know has always been there that her part is with pita um yeah all right brian reed thank you so much for the question appreciate you doc how do you think mocking jay part one balances political drama with the action elements of the first two hunger games movies well i mean there's a good amount of action right in the first two films so i would say in this one there's not too much of that as we just mentioned and this film

Starting point is 00:13:19 really definitely focuses a lot more on the political uh stuff and i think like to like it was really getting me, I understood the message of where President Coyne was coming from. And I actually agreed with a lot of her stuff. It's just the methodology or the methodology of what she was saying it's like, too, and the insensitivity. I'm like, I just, something just seemed really off in a lot of the messaging of the, again, I like how much they focused on the political drama. I thought the balance was definitely there to just answer the question. But there's Something that just really seems off, and I think I said it during the reaction, my biggest concern here, and I'm excited to see if it's answered, I'm hoping that she is a proponent for, you know, freedom and not another President Snow type of person who just craves power and oppressiveness. And I just, my biggest concern is like with all the, and I get why. Like she's trying to gather people for the cause, and that's the whole point of these videos. It's just, it's the nature and how she's doing things and operating. I just feel like I don't know enough about her to, like, I'm very suss, you know what I mean?

Starting point is 00:14:31 Yeah, if we're, if we're to take her at her face value, she, the thing that she's preaching or promoting are democracy, you know, we, she wants, you know, to there to be, like, trials, you want to be voting, you know, we're trying to remove power from president, not King Snow, for lack of a better term. And, you know, if we were hard to believe her on that. then I feel like then there could be some merit there. I just don't agree with the tactics in which they're going about trying to win people over. It's not necessarily insidious, but it feels at least like with the documentary crew, right? There's like a bit of insensitivity to, you know, Katness as a person and they're only focusing on her as a symbol, which granted, I guess, with the circumstances that are at play here, there are really time for feelings or whatnot. but I don't know something feels off to me about that and I'm not saying it's the fault of the movie itself but I think it's just the nature of you know um politics it can be a dirty business and nature of media as well to try to you know persuade somebody but um to answer to your question Brian I think the movie does I don't know because I feel like I mean there's not a lot of action there's not a lot of action no but I feel like just because there's not action doesn't mean there's not battles and I feel like

Starting point is 00:15:56 there's a sense of emotional stakes emotional grounding in this movie true that keeps it interesting even though there's not a a lot of physical action happening I feel like the emotional stakes still make it exciting so make it engaging so that's why it didn't bother me I'm somebody who on my independent time not on this channel watches like a lot of indie movies and dramas and stuff so I can vouch for it's true the slower stuff really does work for me as long because it's rooted in character, rooted in something real and something tangible. And I definitely felt that in this movie. And I feel like the other movies have that as well.

Starting point is 00:16:30 But because we've had two movies preceding this, that only makes it that much more palpable. So that's enough the political intrigue maybe, because I feel like part of it is the fact that it's coupled with what's kind of happening in the world right now. So it makes it even more pressing and more parallel to the. the experience of, you know, what's going on in America and the other parts of the world. So it's a little spooky in that way. But I feel like that political aspect of things coupled with the drama and the real fear, the real peril that's in this movie makes it just as interesting as the other two. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:17:08 I'm glad. And also, too, I think it's pretty ballsy that they are not, that they're willing to really focus on the character moments as well and not, and deal with the internal battles and the emotional stakes as opposed to just focusing on action sequences alone because once we get to actual action sequences, maybe in the next movie, if there's more. Probably. Yeah, but again, we're just so invested in the characters

Starting point is 00:17:31 at that point that these, like, action sequences really mean a great deal more. Yeah, dude, I was scared for Gail and Marshall Ali when they were in that tunnel. I was like, my butthole was cleansed, bro. I was like, it was all the way up there, you know? Yeah, totally. So you feel the same way?

Starting point is 00:17:48 I know, cool. I did. it's just uh i i just like the way you worded it was it entirely bow intact yes it was i'm happy for yes all right thank you for the question thank you all right from janus bragg thank you so much for being a royal reject on the question one thing that bothered me was how insufferable gale was towards pita's pleas in the capital broadcast and his nastiness towards catness for not agreeing with his gale takes was it really so unfathombo unfathombo unfathombo unfathomob that Peter would be speaking

Starting point is 00:18:21 based on what he was being told get bent, Gail, you dill hole. Yes, I'm still harbored resentment. L.O.L. What did y'all think? That is so funny. Yeah, he did seem a little rash for sure. He also knows that this is

Starting point is 00:18:37 I don't know. I think there's two levels to this, right? I think one level is he is somebody who has been on the ground from day one, who literally got whooped by the Capitol. So any sense of anybody remotely backing them kind of is like an immediate like F you in his mind. He harbors the guilt for not saving enough people who's only able to save a fraction of his community based off of what the Capitol did.

Starting point is 00:19:06 So I feel like on that foot, on that front alone, he's like, okay, screw anybody, screw the Capitol and screw everybody who's associated with the Capitol. Right. On the second level, this is the man that's also pining for his woman's heart. art exactly so I feel like you know it's like oh he wants the girl that I want and he's with the capital definitely screw this double no nose double screw this guy so and the fact that when he also had that line like you only notice me when I'm in pain I was I was about to say that yes so you only notice you only notice me when I'm in pain coupled with those other two things like oh you want this other guy I'm right here but it's not giving me the same love and attention

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Starting point is 00:21:56 Acorns advisors LLC and SEC registered investment advisor. Review. Important disclosures atacorns.com slash rejects. Seriously. Acorns. You guys rock. Thank you. And again, this film really deals with a lot of human complexities. This is, again, very grounded in how someone would possibly react. And we, again, in the moment, we reacted like, this is the one time.

Starting point is 00:22:12 I didn't like how Gail react. We both said it when it happened. I mean, we didn't go heap shit on him, granted, but we both said, I did not agree with Gail what he just said. I understand, not justifying what he said, but I understand it's an understandable reaction, what he's saying, based on everything Aaron just said from, you know, this is the same man who's pining for his woman and also he's back in the Capitol. Now, from our perspective, we are not in the war zone right here. We are not, we have not dealt with everything that Gail has been dealing with. he's not losing the battle to pita in regards to the woman that he's been in love with for god knows how long you know we're we're sitting here in a very comfortable a c room watching this

Starting point is 00:22:57 unfold and we know that pita is probably being told and you can see the redness in his eyes you know and all that stuff yeah you can see that he's probably like being coerced into into doing this thing so and i got to imagine gale's smart enough at some point to realize that but he's very he's a human being at the end of the day human beings make mistakes and he's probably extremely frustrated given all these things and he's just reacting like a human would in the moment frustration is just lashing out so from that perspective not justifying what he's doing i understand i have been there myself i have done frustrating things and then later i'm like i reflect i'm like oh i shouldn't have done that i shouldn't have said that why did i do oh wait

Starting point is 00:23:40 Jennifer lawrence i love her so much oh wait even though i hate the capital i still shouldn't have done that. So I get I don't hate Gail for doing that, but I still don't agree with him. And I'm sure, like, maybe in his reflective moments, I mean, he probably thought that as well, I'm guessing. Yeah. He still went in there to say,

Starting point is 00:23:58 he still went in there to say PETA. Like, yeah, I got to give him points. I feel like he did it for after this. And, of course, but still, like, still awesome to even if you had ulterior motives that he still did it. And also too, and again, I know you're going to say and everyone else watching this, going to say he still

Starting point is 00:24:14 did it for Katna's he still went in there almost lost his life to go save Prim when they were bombing District 13 and then the water so I mean he didn't have to do that he could have just stayed in there and you know and been selfish but he was being selfless there too so I still really like Gaynewell I just

Starting point is 00:24:30 yeah yeah and I I do too and it's I'm thinking because he cares about Cadness he cares about his community and I felt like everything he's done since day one since the first film has been about his community especially in the second film it's all that have been about his community his district his people and pita's

Starting point is 00:24:50 sacrifices have been more personal and for more individual when it comes to cadness and cadness is the same way she cares about her people her family the whole reason she's in the congregate games in the first place is because she's trying to save her sister and it wasn't until this movie that it became about her community i mean i guess a little bit in the last movie because she did the mocking jay back at uh district 11 but yeah i feel like the reason why why we like pita so much is because of his selflessness and because he sacrifices for catnets specifically that's what it was just yeah he's like as uh gail sacrifices for the community as a whole yeah they're both selfless but for in different ways for sure and i was gonna i was about to say

Starting point is 00:25:31 that too like gale and again i'm not disagreeing with what he said but he did say the line to catness as you just pointed out like you only notice me when when i'm hurting and uh pita again he was willing to give his life so that she could live and also that she could be with Gail and have a life and have have prim and have her mother and just in general. I'm like I'm not saying that Gail wouldn't sacrifice himself for Katniss. He loves

Starting point is 00:25:56 Katniss but like would you sacrifice yourself so that she could be with PETA? Like would you sacrifice a relationship with her to be with PETA? Yeah. I don't know. It does make me wonder how he would have operated if he was the one picked for the games. Right. Oh yeah. That's a

Starting point is 00:26:12 great question. Oh, let us know the comments, I mean, I'm sure we'll have seen part two by then, but I would love to read your guys' thoughts in the comments. How would Gail have, you know, what would he have done in the games if he would have been picked instead of PETA in the first movie? Would he have sacrificed himself and like PETA would have done in a selfless way? That's a great point. I like that. Yeah, his skill sets are different, but I feel like he might have been just a selfless. I don't know. I feel like he would have been different things. He could have been. That's just, but it's a great point to raise. Or a great question, rather, to throw out there.

Starting point is 00:26:45 I like that one. That's a good one. Yeah, man. Well, thank you for the question. Thank you. What was it me? I believe it's you for Jaden. Jaden?

Starting point is 00:26:55 Okay. Jaden Rose. Thank you so much for the question. Appreciate you, man. I love the slower pace of this movie. It is my least favorite of the four, but it still is a really good movie in my opinion. But I'm curious if y'all liked the slower pace. I mean, yeah, Jaden, we kind of really went over that a bunch.

Starting point is 00:27:13 like we said, I like that the film just focused on the emotional and the internal conflict that Katniss was dealing with and just it was more of a character film and just the complexities of the political drama rather than the action spectacle. So I did like that and also, you know, the themes about political propaganda, media propaganda. I thought these were some fascinating themes to go by. And again, I'm all good with slower pace as long as the film is interesting and has engaging characters. and a really good storyline that develops the characters properly. So I was totally cool with it. What about you? Yeah, I think I'm invested in this world as a whole.

Starting point is 00:27:51 And for it to kind of pivot from the structure of the first two movies was a welcome change. You know, we are past the point of the games. And it's funny this movie still has no hunger games in the title, even though there are no hunger games at this point. But, yeah, I am invested in this world and invest in these characters. I'm invested in their plot to take down the capital, their plot for revolution and then seeing people inspired by Catanus, inspired by District 13, to rise up to, you know, give force to power. So, yeah, I still really enjoyed it. Catching fire is definitely the most exciting. It has a good balance of both of those things, has a good amount of action, but also has the fire stoked up.

Starting point is 00:28:41 of revolution, and this is full-on planning political revolution mode, and I'm excited to see how it pays off in the fourth one. But, yeah, thanks, Jayden, for the question. Thank you. Just really good, we got to be a little bit quicker just because I got to go. Okay. All right, from Anna Karen, thank you so much for being a royal reject, and for the question.

Starting point is 00:29:00 How did y'all feel about PETA's absence throughout almost the whole movie, or y'all didn't mind it? I think for me, it's the reason why it's my least favorite one. uh we did briefly touch upon that a little bit earlier when we were talking uh one of the earlier questions i i mean we definitely noticed it for sure on and uh uh i definitely missed it and again i i love the i just i love him so much he's such an empathetic character he's so selfless and i love josh hatterson right is the actor josh hutcherson yeah he just does such a great job the the the charismatic weight that he brings the um uh the chemistry that he

Starting point is 00:29:41 has with Jennifer Lawrence like you can just really tell how much he loves catness and I really definitely missed that a great deal and it was definitely a different type of performance for him in this film because he was being again coerced into saying lines kind of like on the opposite end of the spectrum for cat like catnus was having to do just for the the revolution side or the the uh the rebellion rather so it was definitely a different kind of performance that he was they had to say uh to do in this film than rather what he had to do in the first two films but it definitely missed him and I'm going to be happy to see him

Starting point is 00:30:14 back and again hopefully in a more prominent role like the first two films and I'm just hoping and praying that they're going to somehow I'm hoping love will prevail you know and that's going to get him back from this brainwashing that

Starting point is 00:30:30 or whatever they did with those stings or whatever they've done to him so and I'm hoping that Katness of course is the one that's going to be able to bring him back. Yeah, I think the relationship between Katness and PETA was definitely something that was missing in this film. Pete as a whole was missing in this film. For the majority of it, we only really got to see him in the end and then on the TV screen.

Starting point is 00:30:51 So we never really got to see his insight, his heart, his selflessness, except for that small moment in the end, we gave him the warning. But, yeah, I believe that this one was, I won't say it was lacking because he was the emotional heart of this movie, the motivation of this movie. but his presence was sorely missed. And I look forward to seeing how prevalent he is in the next one. Clearly, they ended with a shot of him being tortured. So, yeah, I hope he can heal from what the Capitol's done to him, and then him and Catanus can fly off into the sunset. That was such a heartbreaking.

Starting point is 00:31:26 Agreed with you, and that was such a heartbreaking shot when you see the reflection, too, of Catanus in the glass looking at him. You can tell how much of a wreck she was just looking at him in that state. Terrible. Yeah. All right. Is it my turn or yours? You can go. So I'll read the last one.

Starting point is 00:31:43 Okay. From Jay rushed and what up, Jay? Like, what couple probably would or could win before the interruption? What? Not sure I understand that one. I don't know if that is for us. Maybe I don't understand any question, Jay. Like which couple probably would or could win before the interruption?

Starting point is 00:32:02 I don't know if that is for this question. It doesn't quite make sense of what we saw, but. Yeah. I'm sorry, Jay I Keep writing in questions I just I'm not sure I get that either

Starting point is 00:32:15 Yeah But maybe a And part two Just if this wasn't the right one Just write right and we'll We'll read them both for you okay Okay Thank you

Starting point is 00:32:25 We still got two more One one right there too Oh sick That's a different one from That's from this one also Okay I think Abians

Starting point is 00:32:37 Abians fine Amienstein Arts Amienstein Arts, thank you I'm sorry for it don't say your name right Aaron my guy firstly you're one of a kind oh sucks thank you man

Starting point is 00:32:47 I appreciate you makes me smile watching your reactions because you have a nice smile oh shucks oh appreciate you and a unique laugh and Andrew fond of you

Starting point is 00:32:57 oh thank you but getting to the question of the movie the series is going off to a different feeling which is good in my opinion I'm speaking of the plot being more complicated and expanding the universe the series everyone loves so much do you think the last movie is going to be like so many series before that that they start going off the handles

Starting point is 00:33:20 or that they will finish strong and hard with it something tells me it's going to be a combination of both because again like i feel like aaron and i are kind of again i have truly really not read any type of spoilers to this film but like something is off about president coin and that whole bit so i like some some kind of shoe is going to drop or or something there i feel like and i mean i wouldn't be shocked if there is some kind of a resolve and a happy type of ending of course with like i'm hoping pita and cadness of course but of course there's going to be like ramifications and like yeah they maybe get the happy ending but is it like there's they're obviously going to have to deal with trauma but at least they get to embrace it

Starting point is 00:34:03 with each other and that type of happiness but i feel like there is still going to be there's going to be stuff that goes way off the handles too i i really feel it's going to be a combination of the both honestly so i don't think it's going to deal in the tropes of everything smooth sailing perfect ending we're all good i think they meant going off the handles like a bad way like it's going to jump the

Starting point is 00:34:23 shark um i don't think it's going to jump the shark because again these are movies that are based on popular books that have been out for many years at this point so i'm hoping if they're adapting it from a place of love and a place of of really understanding the source material and that the writer had the complete story in mind or had a ending in mind

Starting point is 00:34:47 for when she started off or when they started off during the Hunger Games. Initially, I would hope that they are, you know, true to that and they bring it to life in a fashion that is both exciting, both authentic to whatever the book's intention is, and authentic. and resonant for our characters. I really hope that everybody gets the ending

Starting point is 00:35:09 that feels natural for them. And my personal hope is that we get a good ending that everybody, you know, that they do take down the Capitol. They do get to live. I don't know if Cat isn't Pete to die or if they go off into the sunset or if Gail's like I don't know who's going to do what.

Starting point is 00:35:27 I hope that, you know, Hamage gets to throw down and hit something. I want to see that. I want to see him hit someone. Yeah, with a bottom. Yeah. And I know they have the thing about, I guess it's something we can look up on IMDB, but, you know, we're going to watch this pretty soon, the next one pretty soon. So I guess we'll find out when we watch it.

Starting point is 00:35:43 But I really hope see Philipsy Moore Hoffman's the next one. Yeah. I don't know if they film these back to back, but I really hope he's in the last one. For sure. And I also think, too, when I'm talking about going off the handles, I think war is so messy. So, like, who knows? I could see, like, unfortunately, like, who knows who's going to die in the next movie? I just don't know.

Starting point is 00:36:01 I assume you've seen the Harry Potter series, right? I've seen once a long time ago. Okay, well, in the last, I'm not going to mention who, but in the last couple of films, like, there was a lot, I mean, even the last four or five films, there was a lot of deaths. So, like that, and even in the book. So that's my point, like, I, nothing would surprise me.

Starting point is 00:36:18 So, I'm, but again, I'm hoping Katness and, and PETA are, get to get to have a somewhat of a happy ending, even though they're going to have that, that PTSD for the rest of their lives, but at least they have each other to comfort and, uh, and, you know, we're and compliment each other for the rest of their uh their lives because i think they're just such an incredible couple i really love them so much thank you so much for the question we got one more right here one more it is from clayton crook thank you so much for the question clayton and for being a royal reject team pita or gale were gale did you find the lack of the actual

Starting point is 00:36:56 games interesting or did you find the pacing was dragging third and final question what would be your preferred weapon in hunger games. We answered that second part a few times already in regards to the pacing and not having the games, but in regards to team Peter or Gale, I think we've mentioned that to you. We were both Pita.

Starting point is 00:37:15 Yeah, we love Pita. And we do love Gail. I think this trilogy so far has really done a love triangle well as much as like we immediately pick Pita. Like, Gail is still a very engaging character. We still like him a lot. Yeah, he made the one mistake with how he lashed out. I think he was just being

Starting point is 00:37:31 human you know it's understandable in that in that sense but they make it interesting and it's not just a simple choice for catness like so from that sense yeah she loves them both yeah she loves them both there's no gail is her his whole life he's looked out for her look out for his uh her family his whole life so maybe it'll end with them as a thruple yeah they're going to be a Mormon uh you type of thing so uh yes exactly there you go and then what would be your preferred weapon in a hunger game I do like the Trident That Trident is a pretty sick weapon I'm not good with a bone arrow

Starting point is 00:38:05 Leonardo was my favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Trail So I'll go with the katanas Go with the katana's Bow and arrows seem pretty cool Pretty sick if I knew how to use them Yeah I don't know I think Wolverines claws like any any

Starting point is 00:38:22 A weapon I'm gonna go bow and arrows Because that's what Katta has And you know if I can get trick arrows Hell yeah I wish you were to see All her arrows did That's the one thing

Starting point is 00:38:34 I wish we could have seen Maybe we'll see the next one Yeah maybe in the next one All right really quick And then we gotta end this Rotten Tomatoes Audience and critics quickly And then we got to

Starting point is 00:38:42 75 For the critics Yeah 70 Oh shit Audience Um 69 So close 71 Dang

Starting point is 00:38:51 You were on it though Dang it Okay Well you guys This has been The Mocking J Part 1 Thank you so much for watching We appreciate you guys

Starting point is 00:38:59 and we'll see again in part two.

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