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.

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.

Jerick gave me the Hunger Games finale I wanted to see in the cinema.

First of all, I never read the books, so I don't compare the movie to them. Second, I am no expert on editing whatsoever. I am just a tremendously huge fan of the fist two Hunger Games movies who was pretty disappointed by the final films.

One of the biggest problems for me back then was that the films dragged on forever because they split the story over two movies. Jerick gave me a movie with just the right pacing and an incredibly strong start with the film beginning with blowing up the dam. Also, I don't remember anything that I missed from the original cut, so again, I'd say damn good job here.

I watched the film together with my girlfriend who has never seen the original two films and she enjoyed it as well. She felt a few points weren't perfectly explained, but to be honest, I felt the same way with the original cut, where I had to read about a few things to full grasp every detail.

There was one weird cut, where all of sudden Katniss is hiding in the pipes or wherever, where we felt like "huh? Why is she hiding there all of a sudden?" But I don't really remember if this was that different in the original cut.

All in all, from a movie watcher perspective, this is the edit that should have made it to the public. Thank you, Jerik, for giving me the movie I wanted to see.