Have you ever watched/read one of the previous The Hunger Games movies/books and wished it was even more bleak? If so, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is here for you.
Sure, there are some moments of levity; one of them is even in the drinking game. But the brutality of the Hunger Games seem even more intense in these early years of it, and knowing how Coriolanus Snow evolves into the villain we know in the future of this dystopian world isn’t exactly warm and fuzzy. That being said, Tom Blythe and Rachel Zegler, who play Coriolanus and Lucy Gray Baird respectively, are fantastic in this movie, and I look forward to seeing more of their work.
While watching this movie, I had a gin and tonic. Grab your drink of choice (you’re gonna need it), and dive into this drinking game!
Take a drink when:
- A title card appears in the movie
- You get your first look at District 12
- Lucky Flickerman flips his coin
- Mockingjays appear
- Snow betrays someone
- Tigress is great
- You really miss a character from the original trilogy
Take two drinks for:
- “These drones aren’t very good”
- “The Hanging Tree” song
- When Snow gives Lucy Gray a white rose
Take a shot for:
- The scene with the Panem flag (you’ll know)
Pour one out for:
- All of the fallen Tributes
What did you think of the movie? Let me know in the comments!
I haven’t read the book, but I liked the movie. The first two parts were good! I wanted more Tigris! The last part felt a little rushed, and the “break up” needed a little more build up. Also, it had the same problem the first Hunger Games movie had – a severe lack of kissing! Are we supposed to think they’re in love? The chemistry was there, but it’s like they forgot to turn on the bunsen burner.
I definitely liked the first two parts over the third part – we knew nothing good could happen in that third part, all things considered. I agree the “break up” part felt rushed, and holy chemistry Batman before we got to that part.
Wovey…my God, Wovey…
So when are we going to get a pre-prequel that shows how Panem started in the first place? Sophie says all the dystopias are happening at the same time: Squid Games in Korea, 1984 in the UK, etc.
This is an excellent theory! I like it.
– I finally watched this after reading the book 😅 Inevitably, my critiques of these adaptations are always like, ‘this child-murdering movie isn’t brutal enough’, but ACTUALLY THOUGH. When I was reading some of the scenes, I didn’t think the movie could pull it off and I was right lol. I wish the creatives had more time to really ruminate on the text (and maybe on some of the CGI), because some of the small details that were left out would have done WONDERS for the movie (e.g., the WHOLE POINT of Coriolanus freaking out about mockingjays is him viewing them as abominations and symbols of resistance). This also makes me a little concerned with the Haymitch adaptation being susceptible to similar issues.
– I’m actually fine about the low volume kissing lol since it’s not supposed to be a swoonworthy situation. Again, having Book Coriolanus’ perspective really helped with that, whereas the movie version went a little easy on him and portrayed the romance in a better light.
– Viola Davis, though… *chef’s kiss*. No scenery left unchewed. Unlike Peter Dinklage’s thankless role of being a dour morphling addict. (Also seems perplexing to hire Peter Dinklage and NOT have him be witty and charming.)
-I (still) haven’t read the book, so it’s interesting to hear thoughts from someone who did! Your comment about the mockingjays does, in fact, make that scene make way more sense. Also, for how long ago this movie came out, it’s impressive I still remember that scene, so I guess a point to the movie there.
-1000% agree about Viola Davis.
-as an aside, will totally be reading Haymitch’s book.
Another scene that went SO HARD in the book but felt lackluster in the movie was dumping the tributes at the zoo. That was another scene that I was like, no way are they going to do it right in the movie 😂
It didn’t have much staying power since I don’t remember it 😂 so that sounds right.