I like the film -- it's in my Top 10 Bonds (I rate it a "7" out of a possible 10) -- but the editing is a bit... frantic....What's wrong with the editing?
It works in the PTS, but the Siena foot chase is horribly botched. (A crying shame, really.)
Posted 25 May 2010 - 02:04 PM
I like the film -- it's in my Top 10 Bonds (I rate it a "7" out of a possible 10) -- but the editing is a bit... frantic....What's wrong with the editing?
Posted 25 May 2010 - 03:17 PM
I like the film -- it's in my Top 10 Bonds (I rate it a "7" out of a possible 10) -- but the editing is a bit... frantic....What's wrong with the editing?
It works in the PTS, but the Siena foot chase is horribly botched. (A crying shame, really.)
Posted 26 May 2010 - 01:21 PM
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Posted 26 May 2010 - 02:25 PM
Thank you Messervy. Well said.
Posted 26 May 2010 - 02:29 PM
Posted 26 May 2010 - 06:40 PM
You and Messervy make some very good points. Oh gee, now I'm going to have to watch "Quantum" again!Thank you Messervy. Well said.
I would like to echo that.
I watched QOS on Monday evening; still punched the air when he shoots the Alfa off the road. Still held by breath when he slids off the roof and leaps to the other side. Still tried to guide his hand to the Walther as he dangles from the rope.
Love the smile when Mathis is accused of only buing cheap wine. Love the "I do hope so" comment when it is assumed Miss Fields has handcuffs. Still want to say Oh out loud when Felix reveals "Just what we agreed"
And (although I was on my own) said "go on" When Bond says "This man and I have some unfinished business"
The editing reflects Bond, on the edge; and out for revenge.
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Posted 07 June 2010 - 08:55 PM
Absolutely!The technical problem I have with the editing isn't the quick pace of it, it's that the screen direction is a cluster (you know the rest). You can have some very effective rapid editing. I liked the editing in GoldenEye, for instance. Terry Rawlings by reputation has been a fast cutter for decades.
But when you blow the screen direction, you lose your audience. They may not be able to put their finger on what exactly isn't working for them, but the brain is telling them, "whoa, what the hell is going on?"
I don't care if it's in the name of art, that's filmmaking 101.
I remember much the same feeling in my theater. And I was in a packed Cinerama Dome, opening night, loaded with Bond fans.I remember when the PTS and the Siena footchase finished, the audience around me seemed to let out a sigh. Not the kind of sigh that says "Wow, that was amazing", but more "I'm glad that's finished, I've got a headache".
Posted 08 June 2010 - 12:34 AM
BTW, this is not unprecedented at all. New editors are brought in all the time to recut a movie that isn't working or certain sequences that lack impact. It baffles me why this wasn't done. I honestly don't know how any of the filmmakers involved could have signed off on these cuts, especially if they ever screened it with an audience.
Posted 08 June 2010 - 03:21 AM
Absolutely!The technical problem I have with the editing isn't the quick pace of it, it's that the screen direction is a cluster (you know the rest). You can have some very effective rapid editing. I liked the editing in GoldenEye, for instance. Terry Rawlings by reputation has been a fast cutter for decades.
But when you blow the screen direction, you lose your audience. They may not be able to put their finger on what exactly isn't working for them, but the brain is telling them, "whoa, what the hell is going on?"
I don't care if it's in the name of art, that's filmmaking 101.I remember much the same feeling in my theater. And I was in a packed Cinerama Dome, opening night, loaded with Bond fans.I remember when the PTS and the Siena footchase finished, the audience around me seemed to let out a sigh. Not the kind of sigh that says "Wow, that was amazing", but more "I'm glad that's finished, I've got a headache".
Having lived with this movie for a few years, and having watched it several times now, I honestly believe QOS was unreleasable in the form it exists today. I think the editing of the major action sequences is that horrendous. IMO, they should have brought in a new editor to recut at least the foot chase and boat chase. And if there was time, the PTS and airplane sequence.
BTW, this is not unprecedented at all. New editors are brought in all the time to recut a movie that isn't working or certain sequences that lack impact. It baffles me why this wasn't done. I honestly don't know how any of the filmmakers involved could have signed off on these cuts, especially if they ever screened it with an audience.
Posted 08 June 2010 - 03:30 AM