Hunger Games: Mockingjay "The Hanging Tree", The

Great job! I don't remember much about the original Mockingjay movies, it's been awhile since I've seen them, but this edit makes Mockingjay feel so complete that there's honestly nothing I can recall that's been cut. It keeps all the best and most important parts, and ultimately turns this into, in my opinion, the best Hunger Games movie (granted I haven't seen Songbirds and Snakes yet, but of the original trilogy, this edit is my favorite). Highly recommended for people who want the Mockingjay movie that should've been.

Woooow this edit really lived up to the title: The Mockingjay. Felt like I was on an emotional journey with Katniss from beginning to end. The growth of her just wanting to survive the games and save Peeta to her being the scapegoat in Coins strategy to then deciding to leave District 13 and take matters into her own hands. Katniss being the face of the rebellion which she didn't want but came to understand her influence and the wider picture. And then in the end where she continues to play the game and blindsided Coin to think she was on her side of continuing the hunger games. Then when Katniss finally went home and the game was over and there was peace she finally started to grieve her sister and found comfort in Prims cat. Then the little things like starting to hunt again and having intimate moments with Peeta made it full cycle. Really preferred this ending aswell. Just makes the ending romantic which is ironic as in the first movie it was a tactic for Katniss and Peeta to be star-crossed lovers but at the end of this movie you realise they really are lovers who found comfort in surviving the hunger games and the rebellion. Nice peaceful ending and great edit - well done. Will definitely recommend! P.s i read all the books and always thought this movie shouldn't have been split as ruins the pacing and urgency of the story.

Decent. There are a few things I would change, but overall, a better watch than the original. I would barley change anything about your part II edit which says a lot given how much was removed. Two of my favorite changes were removing the scene where Prim goes missing in search of the cat and the removal of most of the beginning of part 2.

improvement suggestions
-Remove dam attack as opening: Didn't feel like it worked as an opening.
-Bring back Katniss entering house at district 12: This scene shows that Snow is always around and also reintroduces the cat.
-Cut Snow ordering to bomb hospital: It's better if the hospital bombing is a surprise than knowing it's about to happen.
-Cut district 7 scene: Not necessary to the story and kind of disrupts pace.
-Bring back return to District 12: Initially I would have agreed to remove the return to District 12 because of redundancy, but the story feels incomplete without it.
-Bring back cat flashlight and Finnick conversation: This helps the pace because cutting directly to Katniss and Haymitch conversation felt abrupt.
-Bring back scene of Plutarch talking to Katniss about sending Prim to Peeta: Cutting directly to Prim seeing Peeta was confusing.

Possible suggestions-
-Make Snow and Peeta deleted scene as opening.
-Keep the Snow scene where he executes people (without the scene of him having his beard trimmed).
-Remove Plutark talking to Effie: Story doesn't necessarily need the scene.
-Keep hunting scene: I feel like there should still be some of the love triangle since it was apparent in the first two movies. Keeping this scene keeps the triangle at a minimal and also helps with pace.
-Keep Peeta's second interview: kind of an important scene to keep.
-Remove Snow's toast for time and focus.
-Bring epilogue back: The epilogue ending was bittersweet but conclusive. I would make it stay as a post credit scene or just bring it back to the end.

Wow this was so good, so much better than I remember the films being and I saw them at the cinema. The story was much more cohesive and less cringe, and it helped I binged the whole "Triology" in a weekend, but I very much enjoyed this edit, never noticed an odd cut or anything just perfect single movie.

Brilliantly made. My ideal way of watching now.
It's been a while since I watched Mockingjay 1 + 2, and longer since I've read the books, admittedly, but wow, how seamless. I had to look up the changelist to have any remote clue how it has been changed, it's that good.
Well done, Jerick.