True Lies: Straight Faced Edition

February 26, 2010 @ 9:40 am

I was a bit afraid that this edit would take the fun completely out of the movie, But no, it’s just as fun, with less cheese.
I just would have kept “Helen drops gun down steps”. It was a scene I loved.
DVD menus and extras are GREAT. Kuddo to Elbarto1.

February 26, 2010 @ 10:21 pm

Well it seems I left this one a little too long for commenting, everybody seems to have said about all there is to say. All that’s left really is to add my thought’s, great well made edit, much better than the original.
And actually worth watching again, which I would never have done with the original.
Great work Elbarto 9/10.

January 27, 2010 @ 10:44 pm

I haven’t seen the original in a long time, but this was very enjoyable.

Especially as others have noted above, the first half i found to be excellent and then the second half i found to be average. (One minor extra i would have done would be the skiing machine gun security guards from the beginning, it was still a bit over the top)

I also agree its not the editors fault that the second half was average but the source material. Would more cutting help some how? What would be cut?
A lot of the harrier jet stuff is just so over the top, but also linked directly to the story. I wonder if the movie could have ended with the nuclear bomb kiss with out the need of the next act with the harrier?

Anyways back to the over all review i enjoyed the movie and the cut seemed to be high quality and all the edits seemed to be smooth. Good Work!

9/10 because i think you did a great job and at least half the movie is excellent now.

March 3, 2010 @ 6:43 am

Really enjoyed this one. It flows very smoothly and is much more enjoyable than the retail version. I agree with the comments that the second half isn’t as good, but nothing could change that. I was ready to give this an 8/10, but decided on a 9/10 because the DVD presentation is simply wonderful. Nice menus and really great special features – I wish more fanedits would have deleted scene montages. And an extra special shout out to Blueyoda for his contribution to the edit, which I thought was brilliant in both idea and execution.

February 13, 2011 @ 8:55 pm

I’ll start by saying the last time I saw True Lies I was the same age as Eliza Dushku when she made that movie. So it’s been a while. I watched this version and I didn’t miss anything that was cut, except for the Tom Arnold hiding behind a light pole part, which is dumb. I had to go back and read the cut list to see what was missing only to find myself saying, "Holy crap!" and "Oh yeah!", for each one. Excellent job. There was only a couple spots (that I noticed) where the scene change seemed quick, but that’s nitpicky.

There’s a couple things I’d like to have still seen get axed. Yeah, the dogs thing mentioned before, but also Tom Arnold swerving all over the place on the icy road and his one liner at the end, “You’re fired.” the guy just kidnapped his daughter. I’d be way too upset to think of a one liner, even then it’s completely lame. His jet take off bit was nice too, but I would have gone further to make it look even more spontaneous.

I agree with other people, that whole last scene is weak compared to the rest of the film, but is there a way to ax it and keep the story intact? It would be tough to do.
I loved the whole thing. The movie, and the special features, totally above and beyond.

Excellent excellent work. 9/10.