"The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham & guest Katie Luxford. Today, we are reviewing the newest film in "The Hunger Games" franchise, "The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes," starring Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Josh Andrés Rivera, Hunter Schafer, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Dinklage & Viola Davis. A prequel to the other films in the franchise with director Francis Lawrence returning, what did we think of this expansion of the world of Panem? Tune in as we discuss this, the story, performances, craftsmanship, and more, including the decision to adapt Suzanne Collins' novel as a single film and its awards season chances. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of The Hunger Games, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
0:08.3	Mr. Snow.
0:10.8	After everything you've seen out there in the world.
0:18.6	What are the Hunger Games for?
0:21.6	Are you, are you coming to the tree?
0:29.6	The Hunger Games, they're to punish the districts.
0:34.6	Those tributes don't have a choice. Your role is to turn these children into spectacles, not survivors.
0:43.3	So we both be free.
0:46.3	We're live.
0:48.3	Smile. It's why we have teeth.
0:51.3	Imagine it was your name that they pulled.
0:57.8	I just want to know that somebody still cared about me, that I was still of value.
1:03.2	Welcome to the Capitol.
1:04.7	You look like you shouldn't be here.
1:06.2	I shouldn't, but I'm your mentor.
1:08.7	A rebel.
1:12.6	I am going to get you out of here. You wanna protect people.
1:14.6	And it's essential to accept what human beings are.
1:18.6	And what it takes to control them.
1:26.6	Let's see you use that famous snow charm.
1:28.3	All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for the Hunger Games, the ballad of songbirds and snakes, and the story is as follows.
1:36.3	Years before he becomes a tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Corleilana Snow remains the last hope for his fading lineage.
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