Pirates of the Caribbean: Heart of the Maelstrom

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I'm sorry DSM2337 I know you tried and I know you were stuck between a rock and a hard place. It really does seem like if you pull one thread, the sweater unravels. I found it really disjointed. I'm intrigued by the potential; but I found the execution to be lacking. It trims a lot of fat for sure but character motivations get lost, diluted or we just jump ahead with no explanation. I don't even remember the sequels all that well, but with this edit I kind of had a hard time following what was going on. Sure stuff does get explained in very brief one off lines, but nothing feels set up or established. No room to breathe, no time for proper characterization, setting up motivations, flaws, etc. Scenes do genuinely feel missing. Either pacing wise or characters seemingly solving problems one scene after they were established.

I don't know what anyone wants in this movie. I can't tell where anyone's character arc begins or ends. A lot of necessary information probably wasn't there in the first place but I just found it to be really sporatic. There are plot points which get resolved as soon as they're properly introduced. I know it's hard to edit and mix score that's baked into the audio track but it was really distracting when two tracks with completely different bpms overlapped. Or when the songs were tonally on opposite ends. Or when the song suddenly faded out. A lot of scenes didn't have a story beat (usually establishing character, theme or moving the plot forward. Ideally all 3 are present in any given scene or at least 2 out of 3. There are obvious exceptions but you want to get across necessary information in a quick enough pace without it being rushed or expository. Editing is very hard and I'm not faulting anyone for not being a paid Hollywood professional).

I did like the intermission with the hanging, it was a really cool and distinct editing choice. I found it again was missing context explaining what was going on. It is an ambitious effort and I do feel bad about being really negative in this review but hopefully it's not taken personally and constructive enough. It is tough because I'm sure the necessary elements to make the story flow better were barely present in the first place but it feels a bit like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. It's a herculean task to try and edit 2 movies together. Let alone, both movies near 3 hours in length. I'm not faulting the effort. Please do keep working at it, I'm interested to hear your voice in whatever else you make. I hope this helps. Michael Hauge has a good framework for story structure (funny enough he based it off of Shrek). I'm not saying you need to learn screenwriting but I do think familiarizing yourself with how 3 act stories are structured will definitely help with pacing, character development, consistency, etc. I do think you do have a grasp on it, and I do think with more experience you will get the hang of it. Hopefully this was constructive, even if I didn't like the fan edit.

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