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Original film title: The Dark Knight
Fanedit film title: The Dark Knight Saga Recut - Part II[SIZE=+0]
[/SIZE]Date Original Film Was Released: 2008
Date Fanedit Was Released: August, 2014
Original Runtime: 152 mins
New Runtime: 141 mins
Time Cut: 11 mins
Intention: Nolan's epic bat-trilogy is widely considered to be one of the great cinematic achievements, especially within the superhero genre. Yet despite their many strengths, the films are weighed down by poor attempts at humor, tonal inconsistencies, poor CGI, unnecessary exposition, superfluous characters, and bloated running times.
This series of edits intends to streamline the films, keeping the tone consistent throughout and emphasizing the strongest elements of the series.
Cutlist for Part II (The Dark Knight):
General goals:
- Tone down Baleâs performance as Batman (less shouting, less duck face growling)
- Try to make the police less stupid and remove their jokey one-liners.
- Cut any dialogue that sounds like it was written to be in the trailer (I.e.,dialogue that sounds unnaturally shoe-horned into the scene).
- Cut bad jokes where possible.
- Cut Batmanâs strobing, epilepsy inducing sonar vision.
- Cut story points that donât make much sense (fall from building, riding batpod through a shopping centre, flipping batpod by riding up the wall).
- Cut poor performances from Gotham citizens where possible (i.e., copycats, press conference, on the ferries
Full cutlist:
- Tone down Baleâs performance as Batman (less shouting, less duck face growling)
- Try to make the police less stupid and remove their jokey one-liners.
- Cut any dialogue that sounds like it was written to be in the trailer (I.e.,dialogue that sounds unnaturally shoe-horned into the scene).
- Cut bad jokes where possible.
- Cut Batmanâs strobing, epilepsy inducing sonar vision.
- Cut story points that donât make much sense (fall from building, riding batpod through a shopping centre, flipping batpod by riding up the wall).
- Cut poor performances from Gotham citizens where possible (i.e., copycats, press conference, on the ferries
Full cutlist:
- Cut âWhy do they call him the Joker?â âI hear he wears makeup, to scare people. You know, like war paint.â
- Cut, âHeâs out, right?â Joker nods. Goon gets shot. âWhere did you learn to count?â
- Cut drug dealerâs, âYouâve got more chance of winning the power ball than running into him!â
- Cut copycat vigilantes and all references to hockey pants from the Scarecrow drug deal scene.
- Fixed an error in the original cut where the Chechen gangster gets into his car afterit has already driven away.
- Cut Batman attempting to saw into the side of Scarecrowâs van.
- Cut Bruce and Alfredâs dialogue about copycats with guns.
- Cut unnecessary first scene between the annoying accountant and Lucius.
- Cut âThree buttons is a little 90âs Mr.Wayne.â Iâm not talking fashion so much as function.â
- Cut Rachelâs, âHarvey, the last person to take control of Rome was called Caesar, and he never gave up his power.â Harvey: âFine, you either die a hero, or livelong enough to see yourself become the villain.
- Cut "He's a symbol...", so that when Joker asks "Why do you dress up like him?", the answer is "we don't have to be afraid of scum like you!" Hopefully the implication is that Joker dressed him up in the outfit, not that he's trying to be a copycat/vigilante himself.
- Trimmed conversation between Ramirez and Gordon, cutting âThe Jokerâs telling us who heâs targeting! Get a unit over to Ceriloâs house, tell Worts to find Dent, get them both into protective custody, whereâs the Commissioner? â âCity Hallâ âSeal the building, no one in or out until I get there!â
- Cut the couple making out/undressing during the Jokerâs attack at the fundraiser. âHey Wayne, whatâs happening out there? Oh, Thank God, youâve got a panic roomâ¦. Oh youâve gotta be kidding me.â
- Trimmed police to Cerilo, âThese are dangerous people judge.â âBut youâre not giving me a lot of information here!â âEven we donât know where youâre goingâ
- Re-inserted a shot from Trailer 1 of Batman saying âThen youâre gonna love meâ, which was not used in the original cut of the film. Inserted shot has been color corrected to match film colour grading.
- Recut Rachel and Batmanâs fall off the building, adding footage/sound effects of Batman firing his grappling gun from Batman Begins to help explain how they could have survived such a fall.
- Small trim to Alfred's story about the jewel thief, cutting "You squeezed em...". Now, same as the teaser trailer, he just says "You hammered em, and in their desperation they turned to a man...".
- Cut Ramirez stating the obvious, âHarvey Dent!â, after Gordon names Jokerâs victimâs, âRichard Dent⦠Patrick Harvey.â
- Cut Wayne firing four different bullets in the bat cave. Now cuts straight to him scanning the evidence he gathered from the crime scene.
- Cut Batmanâs, âWHERE IS HE?!â Marone: âNobody knows where he isâ, B: âHe must have friendsâ M: âFriends? Have you even met this guy?â, B: âSOMEONE KNOWS WHERE HEISâ. After Maroneâs fall, first line of dialogue is now, âNobodyâs gonna tell you nothinâ.
- Cut âThe night is darkest just before the dawn, and I promise you, the dawn is comingâ.
- Cut Gotham citizen during press conference, âThings are worse than everrrrâ.
- Swapped a shot of crowd reacting to Harveyâs press conference, to avoid woman shaking her head at Harvey before he has actually said anything.
- Cut angry Gotham citizenâs, âHe should turn himself in!â
- Cut Rachel's "You make your own luck".
- Cut swat van policeman's, "I hope you've got some moves pal!"
- Cut police convoy diversion down to the lower levels due to the flaming fire truck.
- Cut policemanâs âcâmon, get us out of here, letâs go!â
- Cut policemanâs âweâve got trouble guys!â & âlock and load!â
- Shortened Joker shooting the police van with small guns. He now goes for the bazooka as soon as it becomes clear the machine gun wonât break through.
- Cut policemanâs, âwhat is that, a bazooka? I didnât sign up for this!â
- Fixed editing of tumblerâs crash, so that it doesnât appear to lose momentum twice before crashing through a wall and coming to a stop.
- Cut shots of Tradesmen watching and eating bread rolls while batpod emerges from broken batmobile.
- Cut batmobile saying âgoodbyeâ
- Cut Policemanâs âthatâs what Iâm talkin about!â
- Cut guy picking his teeth in the rear view mirror before Batman breaks it as he drives past.
- Cut Batman driving batpod through heavy traffic, breaking everyoneâs mirrors.
- Cut joke with kids pretending to play machine guns in the car.
- Cut policemanâs âThatâs not goodâ¦. Ok, that is not good!â as the helicopter crashes towards them.
- Cut batman driving through the shopping mall on his batpod.
- Cut batpod scaling the wall to turn the batpod around.
- Cut policemanâs, âyou canât stop here, weâll be like sitting ducks!â
- Cut Dent to Gordon, âGordon! You do like to play things pretty close to the chest!â. Previously this phrase was used between Wayne and Lucius, and it seems strange to hear it again in a totally unrelated context.
- Cut stupid police comments: "He's got some kind of contusion... Is that a phone?"
- Cut Alfred to Bruce, âWill you be wanting the batpod sir?â âMiddle of the day Alfred? Not very subtle.â âThe Lamborghini then. Much more subtle.â
- Cut Gordonâs, âItâs Mr.Wayne, isnât it?â. He knows who Bruce Wayne isâ¦
- Cut Lucius/Batman, âYouâve turned every cell phone in Gotham into a microphone.â âAnd a high frequency generator receiver.â
- Significantly cut down all scenes of Gotham citizens on the boats deciding whether to blow up the other boat.
- Cut most of Batmanâs epilepsy inducing sonar night vision POV shots.
- Cut policemanâs âHeâs out of the game!â.
- Cut Batmanâs one liner, âNo, but I know how you got these!â
- Cut "We'd better stop this fighting, or we'll miss the fireworks!" "There won't be any fireworks""
- Cut, "What were you trying to prove? that deep down, everyone's as ugly as you?"
- Cut batmanâs, âYouâre aloneâ, due to significant duck face.
- Cut Batmanâs, âThis cityâ¦.Just showed youâ¦.That itâs full of peopleâ¦ready to believe in gooooodâ. J: âUntil their spirit breaks completely. Until they get a good look at the real Harvey Dent, and all the heroic things heâs done.â Good dialogue, but so strangely performed by Bale. It had to go⦠No more duck faced Batman.
- Cut Harveyâs âyou thought we could be decent men in an indecent time, but you were wrongâ.
- Cut Batmanâs, âBecause you were the best of us. He wanted to prove that even someone as good as you could fall.â H: And he was right.
- Cut out Gordonâs sonâs, âDad? Dad, is he ok?â
- Cut Batmanâs âYou either die a hero, or see yourself become the villainâ¦â reprise.
- Cut Batmanâs, âI can do those things. Because Iâm not a hero, unlike Dentâ. Serious duck face.
- Cut Batman running away awkwardly, and Gordonâs sonâs âBatman! Why is he running dad?â. G: âBecause we have to chase him.â Son: âHe didnât do anything wrong!" Gordon âHeâs the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.â
- Cut Gordonâs, âbecause heâs not a hero.â
- Replaced âThe Dark Knight' title card with Dark Knight Saga Recut â Part II.
- Added Bill Finger as co-creator of Batman in the end credits
- 8.5GB 720p MKV
- 4.7GB DVD
- 25GB Bluray
Editing Software: Premiere Pro CS6, Encore CS6, DVDFab, Bigasoft Audio Converter, Photoshop
BD artwork:
BD Disk Art
Special Thanks:
@Dwight Fry and INH5 for previewing and providing great ideas/feedback.