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11 Review »

1. 

   awesome. doom as it was meant to be seen. editing, audio, video, entertainment, fanediting ideas, creativity…. all 5/5 for me. one of my favorite CBB edits, and one not often talked about. as many of you 25-30 year old males, i grew up on DOOM and this edit takes a complete failure of a movie (like a 2/5!) turns and the enjoyment level ALL the way up.

   not the best *film* – but for fanediting precision, i give this a 5/5.

   Review by joebshmoe — February 13, 2009 @ 6:58 pm

2. 

   You achieved what you set out for. The action and no lame jokes. So this was an excellent edit. I still miss the video game shootout scene. That is what made the original good to me.
   If you’re looking for what CBB did to Doom then you will enjoy this edit.

   Review by rmania — May 24, 2009 @ 6:52 pm

3. 

   Doom was an awful movie and the best thing I can say about this edit is that it’s not as awful anymore. Technically flawless, it’s a great editing job that removes the most ridiculous moments from the movie. Unfortunately, it doesn’t elevate it above your standard space monster B-movie fare. This is no fault of the editor; he did the best that could be done using the source material.

   If you HAVE to watch Doom, watch this version. Otherwise there are much better movies out there, fanedited or otherwise.

   6/10

   Review by blueyoda — June 8, 2009 @ 4:14 pm

4. 

   Great take on a bad movie. I liked it a lot now.

   Review by r8s8fr8 — November 27, 2009 @ 8:21 pm

5. 

   I don’t know how you did it. It was very enjoyable. Thank you. 10/10

   Review by Derelict Mind — February 5, 2010 @ 5:47 am

6. 

   Another one of those cool idea/bad movie flicks with a halfway decent story inside it waiting for someone skilled to come along and do the necessary surgery. While this gaming-derived story was never going be “Aliens” it is now no longer too painful to watch. In fact it’s a quite serviceable dark action/horror film perfect for a Saturday night with pizza, beer and a few fellow aficionados of bad sci-fi in which even in the future a lunkhead gyrine is skill instantly recognizable. None of which would happen without the excellent CBB work driven by the mantra that less is more. I give it a 7.5/10 overall (say 6/10 for the story and 9/10 for the technical execution and quality fanedit package).

   Review by sdavmor — April 21, 2010 @ 12:15 am

7. 

   An entertaining cut, I enjoyed it, the editing was seamless and high quality

   Highly recommended

   Review by jelio — May 26, 2010 @ 6:47 pm

8. 

   I’m not as enthusiastic about this cut then others. It’s true that this edit cut out a lot of the crap from the original, but it wasn’t significantly better. It doesn’t make the film great. It’s not really scary or terrifying. It did make the film more watchable, so it succeeds on that end. As much as this turd can be polished, it’s still just a straight action movie. The source material can’t be raised much higher

   movie – 7/10

   Review by asocialjester — June 12, 2010 @ 9:02 pm

9. 

   Doom… The shooter everyone loves, the film everyone loves to hate.
   When I first read about a Doom film being released, I couldn’t help but feel both ways: excitement, and pre-emptive disappointment.
   Films like that are bound to be shot down before they can even take flight properly. Especially if they star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.

   The original film had its moment but was an annoying action film with horror twists, at best.
   Johnson was seriously overacting as the film progressed, and Richard Brake’s character Portman was annoying more than anything else.
   Although I don’t always blame the actors –Brake’s actually a good actor himself– it was obvious that he wasn’t really trying to come off as convincing.
   Either that, or he was having too much fun being obnoxious.
   Having said that, there were two things I thought the film could have done without:
   1. Portman’s antics
   2. Sarge’s swearing

   * CBB’s edit takes away much, if not everything, of the previous, but sadly leaves the latter intact.
   I would have liked to have seen an edit that would cut out most of Sarge’s early swearing, to have him start swearing as the film progressed,
   somewhat displaying his growing anger and disappointment on not having the situation under control.
   * Portman’s white golf shoes and ‘level 5 quarantine frisk search’ perversities were about all could take the first fifteen minutes.
   (Although Duke trying to hit on Samantha came in a seriously close second.)
   * Karl Urban obviously carried what little was left of this film, and did a more than okay job.
   * Pinky (what’s in a name?) wasn’t much of an addition either, and I wouldn’t have cared if CBB had just cut him out completely after everyone else overheard him being attacked in the com room. The part where Portman is yanked off the toilet always seemed very weird to me, in that sense. Portman is dangling upside down, which always made me feel as if that was the director’s attempt at being funny, with Pinky giving the screen a quick glimpse, and chuckling.
   It’s quite embarrassing to admit, but I never quite got the meaning of that scene, until I started contemplating it after having seen CBB’s edit.
   The slight chuckle was needed to show Pinky was actually enjoying seeing Portman die, thus confirming his psychotic side.
   Cutting out Pinky completely after the attack would be difficult, but it would also allow the editor to get rid of both Portman hanging upside down, and Pinky laughing about it. That way, Portman’s death could be confirmed only via the screaming they hear on their coms. Which would have been a nice edit.

   Anyway, since I’m drifting off… Here’s the final showdown:
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   TECHNICAL ASPECTS
   ————————————-
   VIDEO:
   Couldn’t notice a single glitch, hiccup, hard cut or anything of the kind (not that I was looking for them).
   The Ego shooter sequence could have been dropped completely in my opinion but, as mentioned before, was somewhat pivotal to move the story along.
   That said, I didn’t really like the way the first person view blended in with the emergency light. It kind of seemed forced, not having another window to do a better edit.
   Overall: 5 out of 5 stars

   AUDIO:
   Again, no flaws here. Everything was fine.

   Overall:
   5 out of 5 stars

   PRESENTATION:
   Compared to other CBB edits, the menu seemed kind of dull to me, and rather disappointed me. I was really expecting another CBB gem here.

   Overall: 3 out of 5 stars

   ————————————————–
   FINAL SCORE: 4 out of 5 stars
   ————————————————–
   For what the edit is worth, it receives 4 stars. It remains a rather bad film, but the edit makes it more bearable.

   In the end I can sympathize with L8wrtr, in that he wanted to create a fan-edit that for himself and possibly many others can watch without having to find the fast forward button!

   Review by Radi0n — August 4, 2010 @ 7:10 am

10. 

    The bottom sentence of my review obviously has nothing to do with this Doom edit. I’m not embarrassed to say I borrowed another poster’s layout, but simply overlooked the final sentence. Nevertheless, my apologies.

    Review by Radi0n — August 4, 2010 @ 7:16 am

11. 

    This is masterfully done, hands down. While there are still things that are a bit cringe worthy, the source material cannot be overcome with that aspect… and that’s fine. However, the overall ambient theme of this edition is far superior to the original.

    10 out of 10.

    Review by ionvox — December 27, 2010 @ 6:50 am

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