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A friend of mine is a big Punisher fan, and said that this was the movie out of the 2 he wanted to see "fixed". I haven't watched it in a while and when I went back to it to see what I wanted to do, I was like "oh boy, what did I get myself into"...
But I had a moment of inspiration. Pretty much every October, I watch the original classic, The Crow. Back when that movie was still very new but out on home video, I remember my friends mom asking if the movie was in black and white... We all know it wasn't, but it's just the color was muted for large parts of the movie. Color is a big part visually of what I see being wrong with this movie. Punisher should feel gritty, not saturated.
So I'm going to use 50% Grayscale on the movie as a whole and may do some additional color corrections where needed for specific scenes. But one other thing about me watching The Crow that I think will fit well here. I only have that movie on DVD and SD digital. I have only every watched it that way and in my mind, the little extra grit you get from the movie not being so clean in HD has become part of the movie watching experience. I don't plan to ever watch The Crow any other way. So I am going to add a little bit of noise to the movie for some grain or grit if you will.
The only thing I'm not 100% sure of is the music? The Crow is the movie that shows you how to add rock music in the right way. Punisher War Zone is how not to do it. So I know I want to rescore the movie, but I don't know if I should go with an orchestra or just better rock music from the time period? Also I don't know what to call this edit LOL so any suggestions, let me know
As for cutting... I'm taking out the jumping-flippy guys, I'm cutting where I can and trimming Loony Bin Jim back because he gets really annoying, I'm also cutting where the movie overindulges itself and takes me out of the whole thing. Oh... and no more Batman 89 Joker ripoff scene.
But I had a moment of inspiration. Pretty much every October, I watch the original classic, The Crow. Back when that movie was still very new but out on home video, I remember my friends mom asking if the movie was in black and white... We all know it wasn't, but it's just the color was muted for large parts of the movie. Color is a big part visually of what I see being wrong with this movie. Punisher should feel gritty, not saturated.
So I'm going to use 50% Grayscale on the movie as a whole and may do some additional color corrections where needed for specific scenes. But one other thing about me watching The Crow that I think will fit well here. I only have that movie on DVD and SD digital. I have only every watched it that way and in my mind, the little extra grit you get from the movie not being so clean in HD has become part of the movie watching experience. I don't plan to ever watch The Crow any other way. So I am going to add a little bit of noise to the movie for some grain or grit if you will.
The only thing I'm not 100% sure of is the music? The Crow is the movie that shows you how to add rock music in the right way. Punisher War Zone is how not to do it. So I know I want to rescore the movie, but I don't know if I should go with an orchestra or just better rock music from the time period? Also I don't know what to call this edit LOL so any suggestions, let me know
As for cutting... I'm taking out the jumping-flippy guys, I'm cutting where I can and trimming Loony Bin Jim back because he gets really annoying, I'm also cutting where the movie overindulges itself and takes me out of the whole thing. Oh... and no more Batman 89 Joker ripoff scene.