Finally a neat, detailed analysis of the Editor’s Cut of Spider-Man 3.
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/spid...n-3-editors-cut-is-it-worth-your-time-a151814
Having finally watched the deleted scenes. It appears to me that (like the analysis already states), although the changes seem slight at first, on the overall the film their impact is indeed pretty sound. There is probably a bit more I would fix, but I will probably use the Editor’s Cut as a basis WHEN I get around to edit the film. A temporary cutlist would no go now something like…:
• Alternate the mixes from the alternate and the original cut (there are moments where the latter could work better);
• create a hybrid between the theatrical and the alternate takes of Harry and Peter’s meeting at the manor before the fight;
• cut the montage at the beginning and have the film’s first scene be the theatre scene, as this allows us to touch upon Harry and Peter’s relationship before a big fight;
• if possible, I would reinsert the last scene between Aunt May and Peter and move it to after the funeral, so that some more emotion is brought to the end of the film and the marriage plot is tied up. If this is possible, it would mean something would have to be pushed back between Peter in the shower and Venom meeting Sandman. A half-idea would be to move the scene where Penny hugs the sandcastle there, so that we would also have some more time pass between Venom’s birth and his full revelation. I don’t know if this is possible, though;
• remove the dance scene, as it is totally out of place, even more than before;
• add a Daily Bugle newspaper front page which wraps up Flint Marko’s story and tells us he constituted himself in exchange for cures for his daughter (someone would have to make that for me);
• I would leave in glimpses of Peter’s dream where he sees Flint Marko kill his uncle, although not in its entirety. This way, we have a darker character, an even darker symbiote and a scene where, hopefully, we’re experiencing the symbiote twist Peter’s mind and perception of reality - his thirst for revenge is nourished by a false memory;
• shorten the scene between Peter and Mary Jane before he goes off to save Gwen Stacy;
• maintain the reordering of scenes from the alternate cut;
• cut all overly comedic moments (shorten OR delete the desk scene and cut the scene betwen J. Jonah Jameson and the little child.
This is about it for now, but I wish to specify how this is all talk and “brainstorming” for now. I will get to the edit once my X-Men 3 edit is released.