Being someone who’s already a huge fan of the film, with not many complaints in mind at the point of writing this, it’s hard for a fan like myself to see any huge glaring flaws that may have detracted from the writing.
I’ve already started initial work on it, and I have some key ideas I’m definitely going to do.
-Change Warner Bros. logo to be colored like The Dark Knight opening version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTw4hNcPoWI&ab_channel=KiNoLoGoIntroRelease
-COMPLETELY OVERHAUL the brightness and color correction of the movie. Make it look more like how the trailers and behind the scenes footage looked.
-Either totally remove the opening power plant sequence or just trim it down.
-QUESTION: Should I remove the title cards that say “Philippines 1999” and “15 YEARS LATER”? I will definitely be removing the sequence of Brody with his family in San Francisco. So, should I have it transition from the power plant sequence to Brody sitting in the front room of the Tokyo jail house?
-Trimming down the Janjira revisit, which includes removing some of the unnecessary exposition from Ken Watanabe.
-CUT OUT ALL SCENES WITH BRODY’S WIFE AND HIS SON. I want to keep it so you don’t see what his wife looks like until he pulls out the picture on the Osprey plane right before the Halo jump. That way it surprises you when you see her in the middle of the destruction during the final fight. This way, it makes the movie a more personal story about Brody and his journey. Seeing his wife again is just simply a motivation tool. We don’t need scenes with her.
-Or, another idea I had was, keep her in small parts of the movie, like when she’s reacting to the jets falling out of the sky, but you don’t know who she is (Kinda like how they focused on the kid in the tram at Hawaii, but we didn’t know if he was a major character or not) Show her in a part here and there, and then reveal that she is his wife, when he’s looking at the picture.
-Cut out otherwise any unnecessary humor. This is supposed to be a more serious take on the story.
-Rework some of the faint background music and sound effects. (Again, to make the film more scary and serious.)
I’ve only started coming up with ideas and testing them out in Vegas. My changes will evolve overtime, but I’d like your input. What are some of your biggest gripes with the movie and how could they be altered to better suit your viewing experience?
Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you all!