Reviews written by dingo
The theatrical cut was a bit bloated, partly because of the usual hubris of Hollywood hacks who think they can do a better job with a famous property than its...
I really, really like "Batman Forever. " This fan-edit makes better, even better, Not every iteration of Batman needs to be grimdark, and while...
I enjoyed this a lot. The Vicky Vale romance was a always a bit contrived and distracting; likewise Alfred letting her into the Batcave; the removal of the=is subplot was...
Loved the edit. Through inspired sound edits, a judicious selection of scenes, some reworking of the narrative, and restoration of much of Donner's vision, Wraith has built the best possible...
The fan editor promised "to give Pierce Brosnan the Bond swansong he deserved." And has delivered, I despised the original, which put me off the Bondverse for a decade. It...
Fun edit of a bad film. The fan-edit is -- as always with BionicBob -- smart and smooth. So, in technical terms, a superb job, and in terms of the...
Great fan-edit. The insertion of deleted scenes is seamless, and they really do add a lot to the story and character arcs. The changed structure works well, making the introduction...
Great fun. Removed comedy that weakened the film e.g. Jaws is treated better, or overdid it e.g. endless Moore quips. Nice changes in soundtrack. Drax really shines. Plot moves quickly....
Great job. I always wished I could like this film more, and now, I do. Its not one of the best of the 1930s Universal horror flicks despite Lugosi's...
An enjoyable edit that redeems a pretty bad film. The 1998 film was, despite much hype, pretty awful. The tone, pace and story are improved. Really amazing what a fan-edit...
Great edit: this is now a Punisher movie in spirit as well as in name. Darker. Removed implausibilites and efforts to soften the character. You can probably find better...
I really enjoyed this edit. It reduces bloat, cheese, arbitrary changes to characters and canon, and flows well. Nice and fast. Quite a lot is cut but you won't...
Great fun. Gets you straight into the dazzling cyberworld, makes the movie more of a redemption story about fatherhood than nonsensical stuff about "bio-digital jazz, man," providing a deft combination...
The best possible version of a not-great Terminator film. The orginal had a lot of cheese ("talk to the hand," boob inflation etc) and more than enough whine (a weak,...
I have a soft spot for the Daredevil movie (the Director's Cut is best), and really enjoyed this fanedit. Less cheese (e.g. removing the fight in the park, awful lines...
There have been a few attempts to improve Spider-Man 3, This is a great one. Generally seen as the weakest of the trilogy, Spider-Man 3...
An incredible job. A great choice of additional scenes, some cuts, and some amazing work on sound and visuals. I have always loved this...
Loads of fun. Lapis Morali has done a great edit, making fine use of flashbacks and tweaks, to deliver a film that has it all: Buster Crabbe in a nice...
As other reviewers have said, this is an impressive job, with great use of John Williams soundtrack ot "Jaws." Coordination between sound and images is pretty stunning. Nice use of...
One of the greatest superhero films becomes greater. The black-and-white palette, and the light tweaks, but most especially the new. well-chosen and effectively deployed country and folk soundtrack emphasised the...
A great edit. This is an example of the potential of fanedits. While I am a fan of the classic Universal monsters, and most of...
Does exactly what it says on the tin and does it really well: this fan edit (re)builds a really good film by adding in deleted material, moving things around, and...
I loved the edit. I was not looking for something more Marvel- or Christopher Reeves-style, and if you are, you will not get it...
This extended blend of the pilot and the spin-off movie showcases the spirit of the series. This is a pretty grim, dark future with a devastated earth short of food...
This is a great edit, and I really really enjoyed it. However, some choices create -- in my view -- some problems for character development, and for the larger Prequel...
This is a great edit of a not-great trilogy of films, into one watchable movie. LOTR -- the extended editions especially! -- did an amazing, still unmatched, job of treating...
I always liked the "Revenge of the Sith" and Hayden Christensen's Anakin always worked for me (in the "attack of the Clones," too). Sure, there were some quibbles with ROTS....
I really enjoyed this. Moved at a cracking pace, and held together well. Its not exactly grimdark; its a blast, really showcasing the energy, magic and sheer lunacy of the...
I like the original: nicely done, but a bit bland. There was no real sense of the grime and grit of the Victorian era. Rather, there were empty, immaculately streets,...
Amazing. That's all there is to it. The editor has retrieved a pretty decent film from the shell of a truly bad film: something watchable and enjoyable, rather than something...
Great edit. I liked the serial when I bought the discs a while back, and the very impressive special effects and production values, both for the time, and in comparison...
Fantastic job, trimming away exposition and repetition, and blending in later soundtracks. I love OTR so its a easy sell for me, but there is no doubt that OTR serials...
Not much I can add that I have not said in reviews of the other two parts: fantastic job, trimming away exposition and repetition, and blending in later soundtracks. A...
Fantastic job, trimming away exposition and repetition, and blending in later soundtracks. A fine tribute to a series that helps erode the myth -- fostered by the Donners' movies --...
I liked the original film, even if it was somewhat Americanised, Constantine, in the comics being a tough, street-wise working class Brit -- part of what makes him stand out...
This edit is the fanedit that won me to the genre! It does an amazing job of rescuing a bland movie, and bringing it closer to the 2012 "Dredd," which...
This gave me a new appreciation for the film. The use of extra (in some cases, alternative) scenes really helped the movie, as did the cuts and moving things around....
This worked really well. I liked the original, but I loved this one. The small changes, the extra bits -- these all add up to a much more satisfying film,...
I loved the "Incredible Hulk" movie. It managed to capture the pathos of the character, the havoc Banner's split personality plays with his life and the ruin and regrets it...
This tightens up Iron Man 2, which was plagued by a rambling story, and a not terribly exciting plot i.e. bad guys want to get Stark-tech, failing which they copy...
This was, dare I say it, an amazing edit. I did not like the cinematic version too much. Max Dillon (Electro) was not a very compelling...
This fanfix does about much fixing as is possible for a pretty weak movie. Removing the poor efforts at being camp, which mostly came across as ham acting rather than...
The trailer for the original release of "Green Lantern" left me uneasy, but I watched the movie anyway, determined to keep an open mind and not to nitpick. I left...