I s There An Editor In The House?

I find more and more movies seem to have forgotten the most important aspect of post -production: editing. Has that wonderful art form been dismissed due to the lack of need or interest? Has the directors and producers become so dense as not to notice glaring mistakes, horrid dialogue or scenes that seem to go on longer than a Saturday Night Live sketch?

Maybe I am wrong. Maybe everyone but myself loves the simplistic story lines in every Vin Diesel movie. Perhaps I’m the only one that thought the only real good parts to The Transporter were in the commercials. And maybe, just maybe my eyes need a check up and Men In Black II was as stellar a movie as the reviews make it out to be. Trust me, I somewhat enjoyed all of the The Transporter and MIB II, however, a nice soapy film of editing would have done both films a world of justice. What originally was an interesting script, perhaps, was altered and in some ways, deformed into what was finally release. Allowing yourself to put all of your trust in the success of a Part I or the stud level of the leading actor, will propel your film right down the shoot. Also, let us not forget the untimely and pathetic attempt of Mariah Carey and her Glitter disaster. I feel in this case, it was not the fault of the editor, since they were most likely hog-tied and shoved in the closet during all aspects of the movie.

The most offensive of the untouched, unedited, “motion pictures” are these so-called “Chick Flicks”. If I were a female I would be offended and insulted by these formulaic, regurgitated, copy and paste scripts that seem to pop up quicker than boy bands after 2 hours of rehearsal time. Two Weeks Notice, Save The Last Dance, How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days, Maid In Manhattan, these are just a small sampling of the embarrassment that “Hollywood” has produced in the past couple of years. For the love of $9.50, go back to the editor and fill in the holes, rework the horrible dialogue and please, stop paying these so-called actors millions of dollars for a movie that is as good as the last episode of Celebrity Mole. We all know that “she” will fall in love with “him” by the end of the movie. No matter how much they disdain each other in the first 30 minutes, they will, always, fall for each other at the end.

There’s no hidden meaning here people. No magic goblet, no secret potion, no fairy dust. Just bad writing, too much money, bad decisions and too little talent.

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