Watching The Hunger Games as an Adult
I Just Rewatched The Hunger Games Movies, and They're . . . Not Great, You Guys
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As a teenager I was enthralled with Katniss's bravery, archery skills and all around badassery. But as an adult, I see how her keen resourcefulness was the result of complete incompetence from the adults in her life. Katniss's mother is a skilled nurse but doesn't offer much in the way of parenting advice or personality in general. Haymitch brings a certain kind of swaggering charm but he's also a barely functioning alcoholic whose best piece of advice is "don't die" while Effie Trinket is more concerned with good hair and manners than the morality of the games.
The adults in power are no better. President Coin spends the first half of the Mockingjay instalment livid that she can't control the Mockingjay and second half trying to get her killed to further the resistance. Honestly with adults like these in charge it's no wonder a teenager lead the resistance.