Wolf Dancer

Very interesting edit. I am a big fan of Dances With Wolves. I remember the first time i seen this movie was when i bought the VHS from McDonald's. Yep McDonald's was doing some kind of special and had like 3 movies they were selling for a limited time. Crazy. Now i own the 4 hour version.

I really like this edit. I can't say that it will be my go to version, but i like the alternate take. I do think the movie is improved by taking out the voice overs. And most of the scenes taken out don't hurt the movie too much. While i do like the odd suicide attempt and the mad major, neither are required and possibly out of place anyway. And i'm glad you cut Spivey.

I only have a few minor items to discuss.

1. At first i found it kind of odd that you don't know why the Sioux kids are doing the random drive by at the soldier fort. It almost seemed out of place without seeing the scene cut out explaining it. I guess it didn't need explaining. And i do agree that not seeing the Sioux camp for a while adds more mystery to it. So i'm up in air on that one. I like and hate it.

2. I kind of liked the flashback scene with the Pawnee. I do agree it's not necessary but i liked it. Cool either way.

3. I did notice something minor. I'll have to watch it again just to make 100% sure. But without the voice over it is not explained why he calls the wolf 2 socks in the scene where he yells at the wolf to go home. Unless i missed something he didn't refer to the wolf by name anytime before this. So your wondering why he named it 2 socks. But maybe once again it didn't need to be explained.

Even with those small gripes i can still see myself watching this version from time to time to watch an alternate take on this classic. Great job.

February 14, 2010 @ 10:05 am

The people before me have said it all. Great fanedit.

February 14, 2010 @ 10:28 am

*This rating was given before reviews were required*

March 21, 2010 @ 6:34 pm

Removal of voice over has never been more accurate than in this edit. Watching the original scenes with voice over now feels so useless.

The movie already was a masterpiece but I like this edit even more.

You really feel like you are John Dunbar rather than watching his story.
A complete success.

March 29, 2010 @ 4:22 pm

Dances with Wolves was and still is one of my favourite movies, the length of it always stops me from watching it as its the time element. Your edit is a masterpiece on its own, Voice over? what voice over? I had completely forgotten about it after watching your edit. Mollo and Captain Khajiit have both given great reviews and said just about everything that the rest of us were going to mention. All I can say is once again great edit once again from CBB.

Audio 10/10
Video 10/10
Entertainment 10/10

I guess that’s full marks from me. Really enjoyed the edit, looking forward to the next one.