DCEU and editing....

[Mage]

I'm probably opening up a can of worms here, but ok....

Last night, I got to see Suicide Squad. And I noticed it had the same problems as BvS. It had some good scenes, but it took forever to get to an actual plot, and the editing was just sloppy and all over the place. More like cool scenes put into a row than someone actually sitting down and putting together a movie that makes sense.

As with the BvS, my girlfriend and I spend several moments feeling a bit confused.

Looking back to Man Of Steel, I don't think it suffered nearly as much from bad editing. Sure, all the action was basicly placed in the last half hour, and that felt quite tedious. But atleast there was a sense of momentum for it.

 

[dahj]

I'm probably opening up a can of worms here, but ok....

Last night, I got to see Suicide Squad.

And you couldn't post this in the Suicide Squad thread?
I don't think this forum really needs another thread dedicated exclusively to DCEU bashing...

 

[LJones41]

And you couldn't post this in the Suicide Squad thread?
I don't think this forum really needs another thread dedicated exclusively to DCEU bashing...

Thank you. I heartily agree.

 

[Mage]

And you couldn't post this in the Suicide Squad thread?
I don't think this forum really needs another thread dedicated exclusively to DCEU bashing...

Good thing then that I hate bashing as well. I ment this as a discussion topic about the editing in the DCEU movies in general, not just Suicide Squad.
I also certainly did NOT mean for it to be bashing. I honestly wanted a normal discussion about the style of editing in the DCEU movies sofar, and if it's an opinion others share, or not. If I did indeed came acros as bashing, I did not mean so.

 

[DigificWriter]

I haven't seen the Ultimate Cut of Batman v Superman yet, but in terms of the editing of Suicide Squad, I honestly don't see the point of releasing an "Extended Cut" version of that film because, personally, I feel like everything that made it into the "theatrical cut" was perfectly sufficient when it came to telling the story of the movie and that we didn't actually need anything "more" than what we were given.

 

[dahj]

I ment this as a discussion topic about the editing in the DCEU movies in general, not just Suicide Squad.

Okay, but they're different movies from different directors and different editors, so I don't think you can really draw any general conclusions. Also, I am not sure what is there to say on just editing itself without going into plot and direction, and that's what individual movie discussion threads are for...

 

[Beagleman]

I have only seen the extended cut of BvS and it felt like half an hour too long but on the other hand I can't think of anything one could cut without loosing coherence.

 

[Mage]

Okay, but they're different movies from different directors and different editors, so I don't think you can really draw any general conclusions. Also, I am not sure what is there to say on just editing itself without going into plot and direction, and that's what individual movie discussion threads are for...

I see your point. It was something I noticed, and perhaps a common cause could be found will discussing, but if my initial post was seen as bashing, I'd hate for this threat to actual turn into one. I'll request a mod to shut it down.

 

[Set Harth]

And I noticed it had the same problems as BvS. It had some good scenes, but it took forever to get to an actual plot, and the editing was just sloppy and all over the place.

I don't see anything wrong with the editing of Dawn of Justice. Suicide Squad, on the other hand, was a different story. Also, the word on the proverbial street is that the extended cut doesn't improve the film any.

For one thing, BvS didn't poorly imitate Guardians of the Galaxy's music vibe like SS did.

 

[DigificWriter]

Guardians of the Galaxy's musical element wasn't actually integrated into the story; Suicide Squad's was.

I ultimately enjoyed Squad more than Guardians on the whole, and, at this juncture, have lost interest in the MCU aside from wanting to see Thor: Ragnarok and possibly Spider-Man: Homecoming.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Guardians of the Galaxy's musical element wasn't actually integrated into the story; Suicide Squad's was.

I ultimately enjoyed Squad more than Guardians on the whole, and, at this juncture, have lost interest in the MCU aside from wanting to see Thor: Ragnarok and possibly Spider-Man: Homecoming.

It was integrated how exactly?

Most of those songs seemed totally random both in terms of the mood and their placement in the movie.