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Spider-Man 3: The Continuity Cut
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Original Release Date:
2007
Original Running Time:
148
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Fanedit Running Time:
114
Time Cut:
34
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Brief Synopsis:
So again as always people who are familiar with my edits know what's coming: A streamlines version of Spider-Man 3 that tries it's best to fit in with the previous two films. No Uncle Ben plot, Harry fakes his insomnia, Mary Jane isn't forced to break up are the biggest changes. It has only streamlined cuts that are seamless.
Warning: If you absolutely hate everything about the original, odds are you won't like this. That said, this is easily my most intrusive edit yet, with huge parts of the story flipped around.
Warning: If you absolutely hate everything about the original, odds are you won't like this. That said, this is easily my most intrusive edit yet, with huge parts of the story flipped around.
Intention:
I made this edit to see if SpiderMan 3 could be saved (no offense if you like the original, that's cool). It is bloated, messy but it does have a lot of heart. So I went to the cutting room and I believe I have managed to make the movie far more managable and streamlined!
Other Sources:
Spider-Man 3 and the Editor's cut were both used.
Special Thanks:
ArtisDead as always for the awesome poster! My personal hero. Spider-Man doesn't even come close.
Release Information:
Blu-Ray
Editing Details:
I felt the movie had some continuity errors when watching them back to back with part one and two (uncle ben's new killer lol) so I set out to make a version that feels more in line with those movies. I tried to balance the movies camp, because even though some people hate him dancing I think the editor's cut putting it right after he almost kills Harry makes it work soooo well.
Cuts and Additions:
- Only seamless cuts. Show this to someone who hasn't seen the original and they won't be able to tell it isn't the original movie.
- Removed the entire early Harry/Peter fight. I feel the original fight scene drags on and has very dated CGI. Although some shots were great. The story starts with Norman tormenting Harry psychologically after the singing scene to continue the story set at the end of part two. The pacing is the most important thing. There are also like 6 fight scenes already in this movie so cutting this loses absolutely nothing of importance, because in my cut Harry is made to be more cunning and attacks Peter's heart instead of facing him head-on.
- The police call Peter to inform him of Harry's mysterious off-screen accident. He fakes insomnia.
- M.J Breaks up with Peter voluntarily after the kiss, the breakup, losing her job and the general shitty behaviour or Peter.
- Reduced the parts I found too campy, like when Betty tells Peter his shots are so good and he would love to shoot her sometime.
- Every mention of Uncle Ben is removed
- The first half about the movie is about Peter's relationship with MJ as Spiderman. The second half is about his breakup and his coping with the black suit. This helps the pacing a LOT.
- Removed other lines I found a bit too lame, like the 'tell me you love me' and the 'I thought it was the sun' lines.
- Altered the dialogue with Peter and M.J. on the phone. The first one now refers to his messed up proposal night, the second one refers to the bar dance.
- Speaking of the bar dance, Peter now doesnt harass the first employee he sees and doesnt do crazy acrobatics.
- Sandman returns as a sandcastle for his daughter. Removed the scene where he reforms after going out of the drainpipe. It's an ugly scene imo and the sandcastle scene already tells you he survived.
- Harry decides to help Peter
- Peter doesn't know Sandman is working with Peter, because I removed this from the news report. I like the idea of Peter not knowing what he's getting into.
- Included the May scene telling Peter to forgive himself
- Removed Venom mentioning Sandman's daughter, because he cannot know this about Sandman. Also modified his voice, and he says 'we' one time instead of 'I'.
- Some minor other tweaks you won't even know are changed unless you religiously watch the movie
- Removed the entire early Harry/Peter fight. I feel the original fight scene drags on and has very dated CGI. Although some shots were great. The story starts with Norman tormenting Harry psychologically after the singing scene to continue the story set at the end of part two. The pacing is the most important thing. There are also like 6 fight scenes already in this movie so cutting this loses absolutely nothing of importance, because in my cut Harry is made to be more cunning and attacks Peter's heart instead of facing him head-on.
- The police call Peter to inform him of Harry's mysterious off-screen accident. He fakes insomnia.
- M.J Breaks up with Peter voluntarily after the kiss, the breakup, losing her job and the general shitty behaviour or Peter.
- Reduced the parts I found too campy, like when Betty tells Peter his shots are so good and he would love to shoot her sometime.
- Every mention of Uncle Ben is removed
- The first half about the movie is about Peter's relationship with MJ as Spiderman. The second half is about his breakup and his coping with the black suit. This helps the pacing a LOT.
- Removed other lines I found a bit too lame, like the 'tell me you love me' and the 'I thought it was the sun' lines.
- Altered the dialogue with Peter and M.J. on the phone. The first one now refers to his messed up proposal night, the second one refers to the bar dance.
- Speaking of the bar dance, Peter now doesnt harass the first employee he sees and doesnt do crazy acrobatics.
- Sandman returns as a sandcastle for his daughter. Removed the scene where he reforms after going out of the drainpipe. It's an ugly scene imo and the sandcastle scene already tells you he survived.
- Harry decides to help Peter
- Peter doesn't know Sandman is working with Peter, because I removed this from the news report. I like the idea of Peter not knowing what he's getting into.
- Included the May scene telling Peter to forgive himself
- Removed Venom mentioning Sandman's daughter, because he cannot know this about Sandman. Also modified his voice, and he says 'we' one time instead of 'I'.
- Some minor other tweaks you won't even know are changed unless you religiously watch the movie
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User reviews
10 reviews
Overall rating
9.4
Audio/Video Quality
9.8(10)
Visual Editing
9.8(10)
Audio Editing
9.4(10)
Narrative
9.1(10)
Enjoyment
9.3(10)
Overall rating
9.9
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Narrative
10.0
Enjoyment
10.0
This is a great edit of Spiderman 3 that all fans of the Raimi films should check out. Some very nice editing work in here specifically in the dancing scene at the jazz club, that is drastically improved. There's also some other interesting decisions the editor made that make this essential viewing. Great work, thanks for sharing. For some fans this will be the definitive Spiderman 3.
I may be handing out 10's too easily so I knocked off one point in the audio score because theirs a couple transitions that need MINOR tweaks. This shouldn't discourage anyone from checking this out. Just needs a little polishing is all IMO. I've reached out to the editor to let him know of both transitions to take a look at.
Great work
I may be handing out 10's too easily so I knocked off one point in the audio score because theirs a couple transitions that need MINOR tweaks. This shouldn't discourage anyone from checking this out. Just needs a little polishing is all IMO. I've reached out to the editor to let him know of both transitions to take a look at.
Great work
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
P
Overall rating
7.6
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Narrative
6.0
Enjoyment
7.0
Originally made for the creator of the cut*
Some changes you've made are really good and improve the overall pacing, but, I think the movie suffered from multiple changes made to the script, especially on Harry's side.
I don't really like Harry's amensia, but it is basically impossible to "remove it" from the film, so your take was not well explained and too rushed, just like other aspects of the movie, people who watch this without any context will not really get if Harry had or not amnesia, and that isn't your fault, it's impossible to "fix". Another thing, the worst change one by far in my opinion, was the fight scene between Harry and Peter, it just started randomly, being strange as they just had a argument a couple of minutes earlier, and at the beggining of the scene, Peter and Harry seem like they are having fun, also, the scene is very badly introduced, being cut directly to Peter on the sofa. Another problem I had with the movie, is the scene where Harry picks up the photo. That scene is without a doubt way better than the original Butler scene, but without Spiderman coming to talk with Harry, the scene gets extremely short and not-so-emocional, where's that scene with Peter talking to Harry, creates a more emocional feeling of Harry realising that his friends are his family, and he should forgive them. You could argue that your perspective makes Harry more independent of his choice, but it takes basically all of the emotion from the scene. Some other problems are for example the scene with the Sand Castle, from the Editor's Cut, that scene is very beautiful when out of context, but when you think about it, wouldn't Marko's daughter be scared of a hand coming out of the sand, as she DOESN'T know her dad is Sandman...
Overall, your cut has some good aspects, but it strips too much of Harry especially, and rushes their relation and some other things a bit, so I personally think the original is tied or even better, but it's okay. Thank you for reading, I give it a 7/10.
Some changes you've made are really good and improve the overall pacing, but, I think the movie suffered from multiple changes made to the script, especially on Harry's side.
I don't really like Harry's amensia, but it is basically impossible to "remove it" from the film, so your take was not well explained and too rushed, just like other aspects of the movie, people who watch this without any context will not really get if Harry had or not amnesia, and that isn't your fault, it's impossible to "fix". Another thing, the worst change one by far in my opinion, was the fight scene between Harry and Peter, it just started randomly, being strange as they just had a argument a couple of minutes earlier, and at the beggining of the scene, Peter and Harry seem like they are having fun, also, the scene is very badly introduced, being cut directly to Peter on the sofa. Another problem I had with the movie, is the scene where Harry picks up the photo. That scene is without a doubt way better than the original Butler scene, but without Spiderman coming to talk with Harry, the scene gets extremely short and not-so-emocional, where's that scene with Peter talking to Harry, creates a more emocional feeling of Harry realising that his friends are his family, and he should forgive them. You could argue that your perspective makes Harry more independent of his choice, but it takes basically all of the emotion from the scene. Some other problems are for example the scene with the Sand Castle, from the Editor's Cut, that scene is very beautiful when out of context, but when you think about it, wouldn't Marko's daughter be scared of a hand coming out of the sand, as she DOESN'T know her dad is Sandman...
Overall, your cut has some good aspects, but it strips too much of Harry especially, and rushes their relation and some other things a bit, so I personally think the original is tied or even better, but it's okay. Thank you for reading, I give it a 7/10.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
J
(Updated: June 10, 2023)
Overall rating
9.2
Audio/Video Quality
9.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
First and foremost, thank you for making a cut of Spider-Man 3 that I actually enjoy watching and that doesn't continually frustrate and embarrass me as a viewer like the original version does.
Cutting most of Harry's insane amnesia as well as him forcing MJ to break up with Peter improves both the pacing and the overall story. The same goes for cutting the ridiculous retcon of Sandman killing Uncle Ben.
It also cuts down Emo Peter, but of course keeps the best part, the finger guns.
In short, this is a Spider-Man 3 I actually really enjoyed and actually look forward to watching again!
Cutting most of Harry's insane amnesia as well as him forcing MJ to break up with Peter improves both the pacing and the overall story. The same goes for cutting the ridiculous retcon of Sandman killing Uncle Ben.
It also cuts down Emo Peter, but of course keeps the best part, the finger guns.
In short, this is a Spider-Man 3 I actually really enjoyed and actually look forward to watching again!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
C
Overall rating
9.8
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Visual Editing
9.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Narrative
10.0
Enjoyment
10.0
As the author himself said, if you didn't like the movie, you'll hardly like this fanedit. It doesn't try to radically change the movie, but rather corrects the narrative so that everything has a focus and makes sense in the end. This fanedit brilliantly corrects this problem, making the movie enjoyable to watch with an excellent pace, and that's the biggest achievement of this fanedit.
I'd like to talk a little about the movie itself. For me, Spider-man 3 is the weakest of Sam Raimi's trilogy and the one that differs the most from the others. I'm not a fan of Christopher Young's soundtrack, and I feel the slight differences with Danny Elfman's classic. And of course, this movie is the direct sequel to the wonderful Spider-man 2, so it's hard to compete.
Spider-man 3's biggest flaw was the lack of focus. You don't exactly know what the movie is about, whether it's Peter and Mary Jane's romance, Harry's revenge, or Spider-man's new phase. In the end, the movie is a big compilation of things happening at the same time.
I'd like to talk a little about the movie itself. For me, Spider-man 3 is the weakest of Sam Raimi's trilogy and the one that differs the most from the others. I'm not a fan of Christopher Young's soundtrack, and I feel the slight differences with Danny Elfman's classic. And of course, this movie is the direct sequel to the wonderful Spider-man 2, so it's hard to compete.
Spider-man 3's biggest flaw was the lack of focus. You don't exactly know what the movie is about, whether it's Peter and Mary Jane's romance, Harry's revenge, or Spider-man's new phase. In the end, the movie is a big compilation of things happening at the same time.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
B
Overall rating
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Narrative
10.0
Enjoyment
9.0
It’s a little hard to rate the edit because I saw the original cut in theaters - didn’t like it and haven’t seen it since. I enjoyed the edit a lot - the source material is not perfect but I don’t blame the editor. Watching this cut made me wish that Sam raimi could have split this into 2 movies - sandman is great and deserved more screen time and venom could have been better if explored more :( what could have been!!! One final point I remember cringing during the original, a lot and this cut seems to have fixed most of the cringe!!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
K