Benji thinks *The Hunger Games* are STUPID...

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  @PinkPopcast · 2 years ago · pinned

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  @amberreed5104 · 2 years ago

  Im sorry but Rue was LITERALLY described as black in the books and people STILL had a meltdown!

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  @abbycampos. · 2 years ago (edited)

  About the bread throwing scene in the rain, I feel like it should be emphasized that Katniss was literally on the verge of death when Peeta gave her the bread (also in the books they are both like 12 when this whole thing occurs) After her father’s death, Katniss’s mom went catatonic with grief and Katniss and her sister were basically abandoned and starving. Katniss was literally doing everything she could think of to get food during this time, but anyone she tried to barter with ignored her, chased her away (aka Peeta’s mom), or just refused to help because, in District 12, a starving Seam kid is really not that uncommon. Collapsing by the bakery, she had decided to just accept death right there and probably would’ve died right then if Peeta hadn’t intentionally burned the bread to be able to give it to her. <br><br>To drive the point of how impactful Peeta’s actions even more, in the books, he legit comes to school the next day with a black eye (iirc) after being beat by his mother for burning the bread. When Katniss sees this, she takes his sacrifice even more to heart and that’s when she feels her first glimmer of hope since her dad died. She realizes she now has the strength to keep surviving and decides then to teach herself to hunt with her dad’s old bow.<br><br>Basically, the whole interaction really leaves its mark on Katniss moving forward. Not to mention, it’s the beginning of the idea that while Katniss may inspire hope in everyone else, Peeta will always be the one to inspire hope in her.

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  @Jhey-jq4xf · 2 years ago (edited)

  Rue is black in the book. She&apos;s described as having brown skin. Racist people couldn&apos;t imagine her being black because Katniss always says Rue reminds her of Prim. People even went as far as to say Rue&apos;s death isn&apos;t as impactful because she&apos;s black.

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  @tajajones7003 · 2 years ago

  you cannot Stan twilight and hate the hunger games its impossible 😂😂😭😂

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  @MusicAddictMAD · 2 years ago

  It’s always so weird to me when people don’t understand how being kept permanently poor, downtrodden, sick, hungry, while your government officials walk around in high tech gear with weapons and hovercrafts, might make a rebellion kinda difficult. And this story is literally about how it can build and build until finally exploding. And on top of that, they explain in the movie that the hunger games happen because of a previous rebellion by the districts where a district was completely destroyed. The Capitol could literally firebomb every district with impunity.

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  @Trey_Xo · 2 years ago

  The gag is Rue is described as black in the book, same with Thresh, the fans just cling to the fact that Rue reminded Katniss of Prim and thought &quot;well that must mean she&apos;s white like Prim&quot; and not because Prim and Rue were both the same age, and had similar demeanors.

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  @jennafer2327 · 2 years ago

  Aside from giving hope that one can survive and get &quot;riches&quot; the games also helped pit the districts against eachother, there was no communication between them. So watching the games all you saw was children from different districts killing eachother. This is part of why Katniss&apos;s actions started the revolution, she showed respect for Rue and her district connecting them and showing kidness and compassion for someone from another district who should have been her enemy.

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  @myfriendandI · 2 years ago

  Honestly, I can suspend my disbelief regarding people being ok with the hunger games when I think about how many events similar to this really existed in the world. From gladiators, to public hangings where people would treat them like some family events... Have a picnic, eat some popcorn, watch someone die and then take a family photo with the dead body. When people were being beheaded, merchants would sell blood soaked cloths from the dead, etc. as souvenirs. These are things that actually happened. I don&apos;t underestimate how messed up things could become after the complete deconstruction of society.

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  @naturellebella · 2 years ago

  I feel like the books do a much better job at explaining Peeta and Katniss&apos;s connection, the scene with the bread and how it made her have hope for the future. The bread literally saved her and her family&apos;s life, they were about to starve to death. Peeta intentionally burnt the bread (hence the beating from his mom because you don&apos;t waste food) so that he&apos;d be forced to throw it out but his intention is to give it to her. I think we miss a lot in this movie because we don&apos;t have Katniss&apos;s inner monologue. She&apos;s someone that doesn&apos;t say a lot aloud but has a lot of thought - hence Jennifer Lawrence seeming stotic.

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  @pageblank3323 · 2 years ago

  I’m sure someone’s mentioned but the only thing I was pissed the excluded from the book was the disabilities. Katniss went deaf in one ear after that explosion and Peeta literally lost a leg and both his prosthetic and her hearing implant were plot relevant in Catching Fire, but god forbid we have disabled mains 🙄🙄🙄

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  @aechmaydostuff · 2 years ago

  Benji out here during the first movie saying &quot;oh why aren&apos;t there kids that train to win the games&quot; and &quot;the arenas should have themes&quot; when there are careers and yearly themes right there 😂

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