Just finished watching your cut, and I have to say a very big thank you! I mean, it’s still a terrible entry in the franchise and no amount of editing was ever going to change that. But you have made an unwatchable film watchable again 😉
I deliberately watched it through before going through your changes list (I have only seen the film once before, when it first came out, and vowed never to again lol). Your edit flows perfectly. I could have been watching the director’s own vision, for all I knew. The distinct lack of monkeys and psychic powers was immediately noticeable, and all the better for it. I picked up straightaway on the special effect you added to Indy’s head, when he was gazing into the skull in the tent. I thought it was terrifically done, really enhanced the scene. Also, when Indy is in the deserted village before the detonation alarm goes off… at the time I thought ‘this is a great gag’, and your intent really came through in that scene. So well done there again.
You have put an enormous amount of effort & thought into this edit (I can’t believe the lengths you went to), and it shows. Really appreciate your effort, mate 😃