Hey, dudes!
I think I've just come up with an enormous problem solver!
Yesterday I started watching NightStalkerPoet's "The Phantom Hour" and simply couldn't get through it. But not because the editing was bad, but because I've seen that film so many times (in an edited form, of course) that it just felt unbearable.
So I opened the film using VLC player end sped it up by 1.10x... and HOLY DOG SMOKES was that an enormous fudging imrovement!
The whole thing flew perfectly! Amidala's voice didn't sound half as annoying and all those boring static shots became ALIVE! You could just feel the camera moving and stuff happening.
Sure, the even more fast-paced lightsaber shots made me puke my ass off, but other than that - it was exciting as hell! Cause it didn't make it seem like a Benny Hill parody, it literally made the film flow as fast as it should've originally. The fact that it was cut down to 70min also helped.
I dare you dudes to give this method a shot. I dare you!
I just cannot stress this enough - all this time we've been messing around with cutting crap out when all it needed really was just speed.
Seriously - check it out, let me know what you think.