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Hawkeye: Carol of the Bows (Released)

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When I first watched Hawkeye, all I could think was, despite how fun everything was, there was just too much happening. It was a series without focus. In July 2022, I set out to take Hawkeye and transform it into a more streamlined movie format, while maintaining the comedy and Christmasy feel. 4 iterations and 8 months later, here we are.

Whole swaths of the show have been restructured to fit a 2 hour, 8 minute runtime. Establishing Yelena at the beginning, we focus in on three arcs:

  1. Yelena’s desire for Revenge
  2. Clint’s guilt from the events of Endgame
  3. Kate’s journey

To make this work, Echo’s storyline had to be minimized - Kazi barely exists, Clint doesn’t get captured, and (sadly) the bridge chase doesn’t happen. The chase has too many things going on at once, and including it would, unfortunately, cause the edit to become either too long, or incoherent. This also means we lose the hearing aid subplot, which, while really good, eats up a lot of time. The Rolex subplot is dropped. Combined with some heavy restructuring and micro-cuts, this was enough to get things down to a more reasonable length. Keep an ear out for some additional Christmas music!

Some major cuts/changes:

  • The movie begins with a cold open on Yelena, while the Avengers flashback is removed entirely.
  • The Marvel Fanfare has been swapped out for Holiday-themed one introduced by the GotG Holiday Special.
  • The holiday gala has been shortened considerably.
  • Clint no longer walks Kate to work.
  • Clint asks Natasha for forgiveness directly after sending his kids away, after which we see Yelena stalking Kate’s mom.
  • Instead of doing some “Catch and Release,” Clint sends his arrow message to the Tracksuits, retrieves the suit from the LARPers, and then goes to fight Maya at a used car lot, where Kate meets up with him after dinner. This establishes an offscreen familiarity between Clint and Maya that establishes her goals, in an albeit exposition-heavy manner.
  • Yelena’s conversation with Kate has been carefully recut to account for the rooftop scene not being present.
  • Eleanor’s conversation with Kingpin occurs shortly after the conversation, and before Kate’s Christmas bonding session with Clint.
  • Maya doesn’t have her fight with Kazi.
  • Eleanor’s character is kept consistent by her silently accepting her arrest, instead of shaming Kate for being responsible for once.
  • Close on Kate coming to Clint’s home

Two post-credits sequences:

  1. Maya shooting Kingpin
  2. Wendy asking Jack if he’s LARPed, since the scene resembles early MCU “Have you heard of the Avengers Initiative” scenes

Resolution is 1080p, with 5.1 audio, and subs are present.

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Count me interested! While I’d prefer setting Kingpin up earlier, focusing on the main players is a good instinct. I’m especially excited your using the GotG Holiday Intro, really Christmas it up! And the title of the edit? (Chef’s Kiss)

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I’d love to give this a watch. While I enjoyed parts of the Hawkeye series I thought it was much too messy so I’d love to see what a streamlined version of it plays out like.

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Just watched your film!
I can not say I remember much of the series, but the time flew by and at no time did I feel like I was missing anything. Your editing was (almost) flawless and you managed to put together a fast-paced, cohesive story.

Obviously, it was a bold decision to cut Maya’s plot line, and I am not sure if that helped or hurt your film.
In my opinion, you could go one of two ways: you could remove her from your fanedit entirely, or you could include more of her story, making your cut a little longer.

If it were me, I would have kept the original opening instead of Yelena’s mission (although it’s a cool scene), I would have kept the Tracksuits’ dialogue to a minimum (so ridiculous), and I would have removed the LARPers completely (making Klint get the suit off-screen) leaving more room for Echo.

But all in all, it was a very enjoyable experience and a fun way to revisit the series!

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Could I get a link please? Thank you!

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You didn’t include the Black Widow post credit scene?

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marioxb said:

You didn’t include the Black Widow post credit scene?

I toyed around with it early on, as it felt thematically appropriate, but ultimately felt that it didn’t really mesh well enough with the rest of the edit to be included

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Could I also have the link pls? Thank youu 😁

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Could I also have the link pls? Thank youu 😁

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hello there, can you share your hawkeye edit please?

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Could I get a link to this, please!

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I’m on the hunt for some good TV-to-Movie edits of the Marvel TV Shows. Would you be willing to share links to yours? Please and thank you.

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thejerryscott said:

I’m on the hunt for some good TV-to-Movie edits of the Marvel TV Shows. Would you be willing to share links to yours? Please and thank you.

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May I please have an edit? Also probably heard that the series about to come out on Blu-ray in a couple of weeks on December 3 EH??

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May I please have an edit? Also probably heard that the series about to come out on Blu-ray in a couple of weeks on December 3 EH??

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May I please have an edit? Also probably heard that the series about to come out on Blu-ray in a couple of weeks on December 3 EH??

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So sorry for the posting, my phone is screwed up!

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I would love to watch this!! Please send link!!