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  1. Rob Pritchard

    Bad Editing: Style for the Sake of Style

    Can you imagine the opening of The Godfather or the well scene in Laurence of Arabia given the current rapid editing treatment? By the time the Don had begun to give his reply or Omar Sharif had arrived at the well, we'd have had a hundred different cuts and probably a techno soundtrack inserted...
  2. Rob Pritchard

    Bad Editing: Style for the Sake of Style

    Yes, I'd agree with Ernest. What he says applies to an awful lot of movies I've had to endure over the last decade. I haven't yet seen Man on Fire but I had a similar reaction watching The Mothman Prophecies, a movie so incoherent I don't even want to think about the two hours I wasted watching...
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