Review Detail
9.8 48 10
Overall rating
9.6
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
10.0
Enjoyment
8.0
Before I begin with the review of the edit, a quick word about my feelings for the original film. I saw it once at the cinema and that was it. It's not that it was a bad movie per se, I just didn't enjoy it and also I was very annoyed with how Han got his last name and that over the top silliness and excessive humanization of the android L3. So, although I didn't remember much of the original film when I saw this edit, these two things I remembered clear as yesterday! So my overall enjoyment of the original was around 4.
Now with the edit! The audio and visual technical aspects where nothing less than perfect! I couldn't find a single scene where I could tell or 'feel' that something was tampered with. Also, since english is not my native language and the edit doesn't have subtitles, I had the volume pretty high up, so I would have spotted if anything was off. So job well done here!
But, technical aspects aside, the important part, for me, is always the narrative. I can forgive editing mistakes if, overall, the editor has fixed the movie. So, did this "simple" trimming do anything for me? You bet!! I couldn't believe it! I actually enjoyed the movie much much more. It is amazing, sometimes, what the removing of certain brief scenes or some dialogue, can do for the overall narrative of a film. This edit is a testament that there is not always a need for aggressive editing (unless you are called The Phantom Menace). Sometimes there is a perfectly good movie to be found by just removing simple, but important, things. And in case you are wondering, yes, my two major issues that I had with the original, which I mentioned above, are completely gone!!
My enjoyment is 8 because it doesn't change the fact that I am not THAT fond of this movie, but still. Now it's on my radar for any future Star Wars marathons. So either if you did not like the movie, like myself, or even if you did like it, I can't think of a reason why this shouldn't be your go-to version of the film! I just hope someday we'll get subtitles also.
So, thank you DigModiFicaTion for your excellent work, thanks to anyone who read my review and may the force be with you!
Now with the edit! The audio and visual technical aspects where nothing less than perfect! I couldn't find a single scene where I could tell or 'feel' that something was tampered with. Also, since english is not my native language and the edit doesn't have subtitles, I had the volume pretty high up, so I would have spotted if anything was off. So job well done here!
But, technical aspects aside, the important part, for me, is always the narrative. I can forgive editing mistakes if, overall, the editor has fixed the movie. So, did this "simple" trimming do anything for me? You bet!! I couldn't believe it! I actually enjoyed the movie much much more. It is amazing, sometimes, what the removing of certain brief scenes or some dialogue, can do for the overall narrative of a film. This edit is a testament that there is not always a need for aggressive editing (unless you are called The Phantom Menace). Sometimes there is a perfectly good movie to be found by just removing simple, but important, things. And in case you are wondering, yes, my two major issues that I had with the original, which I mentioned above, are completely gone!!
My enjoyment is 8 because it doesn't change the fact that I am not THAT fond of this movie, but still. Now it's on my radar for any future Star Wars marathons. So either if you did not like the movie, like myself, or even if you did like it, I can't think of a reason why this shouldn't be your go-to version of the film! I just hope someday we'll get subtitles also.
So, thank you DigModiFicaTion for your excellent work, thanks to anyone who read my review and may the force be with you!
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched?
Digital
P