Alex Spindler
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Here is my template for putting the two films together. Revolutions is in far more broad strokes awaiting the DVD release, but you can see where it was headed. It was built from my recollection and the transcript of the movie, so I had to edit it down to a legible format.
In the end, the second movie ends up cut more in terms of running time. Several plots are gone, as well as the expected pruning of the dock, niobe run, and superbrawl. There are some large plot cuts, such as Sati, that purists will cry foul from, but I don't think they would edit the films at all.
I figure I've saved something close to 50 minutes from the first film leaving around an hour or so of footage from the second film to get in.
Anyway, this was a fun experience to act as an editor. It's was nice to try and map out the continuity when you made cuts. It's not where it would be if you had access to the original screenplay, but I think it would still play very well. The pacing should be nice as you have the Burly Brawl as your opening action sequence, the freeway chase as you central action piece (highlighting Morpheus and Trinity as they feel left out of the finale) and then you cap it with the Dock fight (which is going to be focused more on Mifune and Zee than the Kid) and the Superbrawl.
In the end, the second movie ends up cut more in terms of running time. Several plots are gone, as well as the expected pruning of the dock, niobe run, and superbrawl. There are some large plot cuts, such as Sati, that purists will cry foul from, but I don't think they would edit the films at all.
I figure I've saved something close to 50 minutes from the first film leaving around an hour or so of footage from the second film to get in.
Anyway, this was a fun experience to act as an editor. It's was nice to try and map out the continuity when you made cuts. It's not where it would be if you had access to the original screenplay, but I think it would still play very well. The pacing should be nice as you have the Burly Brawl as your opening action sequence, the freeway chase as you central action piece (highlighting Morpheus and Trinity as they feel left out of the finale) and then you cap it with the Dock fight (which is going to be focused more on Mifune and Zee than the Kid) and the Superbrawl.