I just watched your Pearl Harbor edit last night and I have to agree with everything Boon23 said. You did an amazing job removing the awful love story. The pacing of the first half of the movie is so much better and much more enjoyable. The only problem I think was when Ben Affleck suddenly appears in Hawaii. At first he is thought dead, then a letter is received saying he is not, and then suddenly he is in Hawaii. It didn't flow well, but I imagine it was necessary to remove the love story. Actually, removing the love story improved the film in a way you probably hadn't anticipated, and that is, there is so much less of Ben Affleck. The guy can't act, and with less of him, the movie is easier to watch. The second half of the movie (though not at all your fault) is where things get really bogged down. It seemed like the attack on Pearl Harbor was over and then the breakneck pacing slowed to a crawl. Here we are immersed in hokey Alec Baldwin speeches, an overly long training montage, and unrealistic cheese like, "Any man who wants to go, please step forward" and of course they all do. These problems are Michael Bay's and not your own. As I watched the movie I continuously thought, "Wow, ADM has done an amazing job." The edits are perfect, you don't see them at all, and the choices for what to remove were well planned. You have improved this movie 300%. Still, I have to gripe and say that it is not a good war movie. Michael Bay just didn't do the story of Pearl Harbor justice. He should have spent two hours on the attack and direct aftermath. Instead he wasted time focused on Ben Affleck's character as he goes to England (where, I think, the Eagle Squadron didn't even exist), then Hawaii, and then the Doolittle Raid. The movie was about Affleck's one-dimensional character and not about Pearl Harbor at all. That is what irks me the most. Anyway, ADM, I just want to say you have done an outstanding job in turning a movie that deserves an F into one that should get a B. Kudos and keep up the fantastic work.
I just watched your Pearl Harbor edit last night and I have to agree with everything Boon23 said. You did an amazing job removing the awful love story. The pacing of the first half of the movie is so much better and much more enjoyable. The only problem I think was when Ben Affleck suddenly appears in Hawaii. At first he is thought dead, then a letter is received saying he is not, and then suddenly he is in Hawaii. It didn't flow well, but I imagine it was necessary to remove the love story. Actually, removing the love story improved the film in a way you probably hadn't anticipated, and that is, there is so much less of Ben Affleck. The guy can't act, and with less of him, the movie is easier to watch. The second half of the movie (though not at all your fault) is where things get really bogged down. It seemed like the attack on Pearl Harbor was over and then the breakneck pacing slowed to a crawl. Here we are immersed in hokey Alec Baldwin speeches, an overly long training montage, and unrealistic cheese like, "Any man who wants to go, please step forward" and of course they all do. These problems are Michael Bay's and not your own. As I watched the movie I continuously thought, "Wow, ADM has done an amazing job." The edits are perfect, you don't see them at all, and the choices for what to remove were well planned. You have improved this movie 300%. Still, I have to gripe and say that it is not a good war movie. Michael Bay just didn't do the story of Pearl Harbor justice. He should have spent two hours on the attack and direct aftermath. Instead he wasted time focused on Ben Affleck's character as he goes to England (where, I think, the Eagle Squadron didn't even exist), then Hawaii, and then the Doolittle Raid. The movie was about Affleck's one-dimensional character and not about Pearl Harbor at all. That is what irks me the most. Anyway, ADM, I just want to say you have done an outstanding job in turning a movie that deserves an F into one that should get a B. Kudos and keep up the fantastic work.