Comments on: Reflections

By: DwightFry78

DwightFry78 — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:06:21 +0000

Wow! What a great fanedit! I have never seen the original theatrical release, and judging from the deleted scenes Boon put in the bonus features, I’m very glad I didn’t waste my time with it. The edit itself is flawlessly executed (I didn’t notice any of the video issues mentioned in the description, and I AM a nitpicker) and I would have mistaken it for a theatrical release if I didn’t know. This is how to edit! As cinema it’s far from great and very déjà vu (I loved the first half… back when it was called The Shining) but it’s very watchable, holds interest and effectively builds suspense, which it wouldn’t with the deleted stuff back in. This may have originally sucked! The “family horror” sequence particularly, whould have annoyed me to no end. There are few commonplaces I detest more than children in danger in a Hollywood horror movie, because you KNOW they won’t dare to actually kill them off and something or someone will always save them, so there’s no suspense. But, everything Boon removed sucked. He removed a lot, and it sucked a lot. I only lament he kept the dove fake scare near the beginning.

The extra features are very nice. Apart from the deleted stuff and the usual CBB overview, there’s a very nice featurette about the mirror demon that feels very professional and reminded me a lot in style of the ones they used to air in Calle 13 (a Spanish TV channel specialized in horror and Sci-Fi).

This actually replaces Red Dragon as my favorite CBB fanedit. Get back to it, Boon! And it gets one of my rare 10/10 ratings.

A couple of curious things about the movie itself:
-Who had the idea of using Albéniz’s “Asturias” as ominous horror music?
-And who had the idea of incluiding a New York landscape shot that displays the World Trade Center in a 2008 movie set in the present?

By: walls83

walls83 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:45:33 +0000

Can’t say anything that hasn’t been said before. Best horror movie ever with Kiefer: now.
What I liked best about it is the new ending without the family and the toned down Anna fight. It was short, but frightening and thrilling. My g’friend loved it. So I loved it.
And from watching one would never guess this was ever tempered with. You are a magician.

By: chancer127

chancer127 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:30:47 +0000

Fully agree with Carrigan, I found the edit it to be very ’spooky’…..Pobably changed my pants at least twice:-)

By: Carrigan

Carrigan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:57:13 +0000

This was fantastic! An incredible achievement over the lame original.

By: Rock Savage

Rock Savage — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:57:02 +0000

A solid improvement over the original yet the source material still retains its disadvantages. The editing is faultless, as is the sound design but I feel some more poorly acted scenes could have been removed such as the cliched and poorly acted/directed opening argument with the estranged wife. Removing this scene and cutting directly to Ben’s first night as a security guard would have added to the isolation and loneliness of the main character.

All the other scenes removed are done so for good reason. There is a cool extra called “Those Darn Mirrors” that breaks down the faults in logic of the original version. I also liked the colour correction, which brings a much needed coldness (and crispness) to the image. 8/10

By: r8s8fr8

r8s8fr8 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:33:05 +0000

What an improvement! My favorite CBB fanedit. Thank you so much for this fine horror movie. Kiefer rocks!

By: CasmirRadon

CasmirRadon — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:06:44 +0000

This edit worked really well for me. I had not seen the original, and didn’t feel I was missing anything (which made it enjoyable afterward to read about all the stuff that was cut). The only thing I would have done different (or at least would have tried), would be to tone down his sister’s violent death. As it was, with so little violence in the rest of the movie, it felt particularly shocking and out of place for me. But I realize that I watch scary movies for different reasons than other people, and I’m probably alone in complaining about too much violence.

By: bud

bud — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:25:03 +0000

Technically, the edit is very smooth, and I really enjoyed your opening and ending credits.
I have not seen the original flick, but overall, I didn’t feel like there was a lot of stuff missing. I was only surprised at the middle of the movie after the jaw scene when Ben suddenly knew the mirros were evil. The scene with the kid was also a bit short, but overall, it’s a great edit (I only wish I had been just a little bit scared) ! Congrats, and keep them coming !

By: jokersmailbag

jokersmailbag — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:01:07 +0000

Well, I was prepared to write a detailed review of this, but I see El Barto has pretty much done it for me! I agree with all of his points about the edit. In summation: Semi-entertaining but still flawed thriller with a few really cool moments and an improved ending, technically solid edit.

Knowing the elements Boon has removed here it is a no-brainer that this is better than the original by far. Recommended as a late night watch.

By: donniex

donniex — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:43:35 +0000

I just wanted to say that i loved what you did with this edit of Mirrors. I really like the fact you trimed down the ending
and made it so, “not” over the top. It was great. I myself have a fear of mirrors, always have since i was a kid. I waas looking forward to
seeing this movie when it came out, but was dissapointed with the final result. But, i still went out and got me a copy of it.
Mainly for the spookiness of the mirrors. But, now i have a version of the film that is fast paced and straight to the point. Again, Boon
you did a wonderful job. Thank you for all your hard work.

By: spelledaren

spelledaren — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:23:06 +0000

This is good work, and I’m happy to say: better than the original. It’s amazing really that movies of this caliber are released at all.

Nicely done, and it looks like this will be the fanedit contest winner this month

Weighing between a 8 and 9 rating.

By: zeppelinrox

zeppelinrox — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:14:10 +0000

Incredible edit. After watching it, I had to wonder why Mirrors is barely heard about.
It’s been awhile since a movie made me even a little bit scared but this really got me excited!
After watching the deleted scenes, I can see how the original leaves the audience unsatisfied.

This is a new favourite film of mine.

Thanks for your hard work, boon!

10/10

By: heavyg

heavyg — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:10:55 +0000

Another great example of Boon applying the ‘deft touch’. The suspense was kept up for the entire movie, as it revealed a little more at each scene. Watching the special features and the scenes that were cut, I have to agree the movie worked better with the build up from suspense to horror to detective, instead of opening with horror, moving to suspense, continuing with the horror and changing to detective… Nice one Boon!… AVP cover is cool as well!

By: berks

berks — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:14:25 +0000

Incredibly better. My girlfriend was terrified. Cool extras on the DVD. Gotta love fanedits.

By: searcher

searcher — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:58:05 +0000

Had to wait a while to watch this, as my harddrive crashed, but managed to save just about everything on a new drive. Its now a very watchable movie, I honestly never thought that I would ever watch it again
well done Boon, and love that new colour, looks much better easier on the eyes. 10/10 for audio and seemless video. Great Job.

By: elbarto1

elbarto1 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:03:42 +0000

Boon’s hand is delicately unseen (again) in his most recent edit “Reflections” a fanedit of 2008’s “Mirrors”.

I thought the original film was a cliched stinker and there isn’t alot of improvement here but thats no fault of the editor. Boon has managed to greatly increase the mystery of what is going on through the removal of many scenes that gave away too much, were unnecessary or were just plain stupid. Trouble is, its hard to care when the Wife is a bitch and the villain is lame…

We now have a better version of the film which is more interesting and more suspenseful than the original, but its still not really a “good” movie. Reflections is average horror at best – except for the ending, I really liked the ending.

On the technical side its another great looking fanedit with top notch audio and a nice DVD menu w/ deleted scenes and a fun featurette dissecting the films villain.

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Audio/Video – 10/10 looks and sounds great, color correction was a nice touch.

Editing – 10/10 the editor is invisible.

Entertainment – 6/10 while better than the original (which I would rank a 3/10), this is still a weak film and no amount of editing skill will change that. Boon has done some nice turd polishing here and his skill and efforts are to be commended.

8.6 (rounded up to a 9) /10

By: Relentless_666

Relentless_666 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:37:58 +0000

Tried watching it last night, scared the crap out of me, finished watching it this afternoon. I never bothered watching the original, so I can’t say if it’s better. All I can say is that this is a pretty intence and scary movie that I loved. Can’t wait to watch it with my friends, some have seen the original and warned me to stay away from it, so I’m curious what their opinion would be about this version. I can’t find a flaw in this edit. The story was making sence, the pacing was good, the technical stuff was flawless. All and all it’s the best edit I’ve seen so far. Oh, and I havn’t seen many but I have a feeling that would change. 10/10

By: dop

dop — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:41:15 +0000

I am looking forward to watching this.

By: boon23

boon23 — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:47:28 +0000

Yes, the “Ben burning” scene was meant to show the demonic power of the mirrors and this would have been great, if it was better pulled off. The CGI fire did not look too good and although Kiefer did a good performance, the scene was rather embarrassing, when all he had to obviously do was NOT to look in the mirror. Also it was the only time, when the mirrors caused physical pain without leaving “real” traces. In the other scenes, when damage happens (like cuts) they stay in reality (exception is the scene, when Mirror-Ben shoots at Ben, but that was also removed, because it did not even cause any damage at all and was just a little unneeded and unbelievable shock effect).

By: el_paso

el_paso — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:22:03 +0000

Hi there boon, nice ideas for this fan edit, i’ll definitely have to give Reflections a watch once my download limit resets.
Just an opinion about the bit where Ben gets burnt by the mirror, I think maybe the fire trick on Ben was suppose to represent the demonic energy or powers the mirrors hold that Ben is yet to find out about, possibly thats a reason why the mirrors have the ability to burn someone.

By: boon23

boon23 — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:53:31 +0000

thanks a lot for watching, commenting and rating this so soon. I am very happy, you enjoyed this.

By: breaper

breaper — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:08:04 +0000

I just finished this movie, and I havent been so ingrossed in a good old fashioned spook story in a long time. This is also my first movie Ive seen by fanedits and if the quality is as good as this I think Ill be stopping by to watch the redits more often, well done.