Review Detail

Undeniably better. A "go to" version, for me.

A/V QUALITY

Looked great, and while the audio is 2.0, it still sounded pretty good.

VISUAL EDITING

Visual cuts were good, though it was unusual not seeing a, "this is a fanedit" warning up front.

AUDIO EDITING

Several audio cuts were noticed, and the added heartbeat sounds in one of the scenes was distracting (to me), but looking at the change log, there were a lot of cuts that breezed by. I will send some detailed notes to the editor with timestamps, but the list is very short.

NARRATIVE

It's a brisk 75 minutes before the credits roll, but it absolutely works, and the revised opening with Kang is indelible. The only narrative challenge is MODOK who is seen twice(?) in an anonymous way but without any payoff. Not having all of those weirdly composited shots of Darren's face is worth a bit of unfulfilled intrigue, though. I did think the denizens of of the quantum world were perhaps a bit too heavily trimmed. I missed "holes" guy.

ENJOYMENT

It's not a great movie, but it's much better than the original. I wish I could rate this > 10 so my review would reflect that.