I have explained my approach in post 16 :
It's a choice : let bad stuff or have a cut more "dynamic" with few minor problems. In my case, it's just impossible : the bad stuff when I see it, make me instantly "leave the movie" (specialy stupid joke, too bad cgi and "teen love")
I do not pretend make a perfectly cut (as you say, it's impossible without new material). I just want to enjoy the movie from the beginning to the end without having to slam my head on the wall every minutes...and this implies, in my case, to make some sacrifices.
it's not that I don't have any sense of timing...or didn't see things when they go little too fast. It's very simple : I don't want bad stuff in my cut.
Lucas traumatized me with episode 2 and 3...now my level of tolerance is ZERO.
However my movie have a reasonably smooth flow...only little and short sequences go little quick, that's all.
There is really a big work on content and form. I do not only cut the bad stuff and then "stick" what it remains. I work a long time to find the best things, the best dialogues, better music...and the most important : how to save Palpatine from this stupidity.
just cleaning the voices (even if it's the center track) so I can add a new music, recreate the sound design (ambiances, winds etc) was really a long work...it's not so easy.
so when I read : "you only cut the bad stuff...it's to rough..."
I am little surprised...I don't want to convince those who don't like it...but don't only focus on little things...there is here much more to preserve than the perfect flow : Palpatine dignity. And in this sequence it's impossible to do that with a perfect flow.
rpve said :
Maybe because I edit things myself, I'm seeing things more than others here,
do you really think I do not notice where are the little problems in my cut ? I perfectly see them...but I tried everything, impossible to do better. If you want to help me, suggest me a new cut, but keep exactly the same stuff (it's impossible for me to bear what I have removed) .
I worked so many hours on this little sequence that pointing what's wrong is useless : I already know.
rpve, you have a very sharp eye, I like that...but it's not because you noticed the problems on my edit that it mean you can do better. The only way to improve the flow on this sequence is to add stuff that I can't bear. It's a vicious cercle
Brash_striker said it perfectly (thanks to him) : His is a vast improvement even though it may not (and can't possibly, with the footage available) be perfect, and any improvements you might recommend would probably compromise his philosophy by adding horrible stuff back in