Azazel
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Faneditor Name:
Original Movie/Show Title:
Genre:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
1998
Original Running Time:
123 minutes
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
110 minutes
Time Cut:
14 minutes
Time Added:
1 minutes
Additional Links:
Synopsis:
This edit of FALLEN was most of all created to let AZAZEL not win. Gone is the demon narration as well as over-the-top or unneeded scenes. Now it’s “just” a horror thriller”.
Intention:
Being always disappointed by the cat thing, the Stones songs, Denzel’s uninspired voiceovers and the somewhat disappointing ending, FALLEN never ranked too high in my list of best movies, yet it had some great moments that made it worthwhile for me to think about changing it. I wanted most of all to let Azazel not win and get rid of the stuff that bothered me. In the end, all the narration went bye-bye, which was a difficult undertaking sound-wise and the plot was changed to make the new ending ending possible.
Special Thanks:
Winnie, ThrowgnCpr, Mollo, Avp and the fabulous FE community
Release Information:
DVD
Special Features:
110 minutes Single Layer NTSC 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with AC3-5.1 audio
LANGUAGES : ENGLISH (5.1) GERMAN (2.0) SPANISH (2.0)
SUBTITLES : ENGLISH (selectable)
MENUS : animated with sound
SCENE SELECTION : yes
EXTRAS: Trailer
Deleted Scenes Featurette (with commentary)
CBB Overview for all 29 fanedits
COVER&Disc ART : yes, on DVD-Rom part
Editing Details:
Fallen is already a well made horror thriller in its original version. It has depth, thrilling atmosphere, good acting and some unforgettable moments (move-by-touch and Time-is-on-my-side anyone?). Still the narrative and the rather unsatisfying ending don’t make it a classic. By turning the focus from Azazel, who tells the original story, to Hobbes, the cop that hunts him, the mood of the movie is changed a lot. The moments when Hobbes is followed are more scary and the moments of silence have way more depth. With the cats gone and some rather stupid discussions deleted, it mounts into an all new and exciting ending.
Cuts and Additions:
- deleted all of Azazel’s narrative voiceovers
- deleted the beginning, started with Hobbs
- replaced title credits with my own to get rid of the Rollign Stones song
- deleted Azazel watching Hobbes when he enters the police station
- cut a bit of Hobbes’ checking out the empty house.
- cut the cat from watching Hobbs studying demonology.
- deleted Hobbes’ “Come on out” speech
- cut Stanton’s “what are you talking about” speech
- trimmed Azazel’s roleplay as Jonesy
- cut Azazel/Jonesy hunting Hobbes in the house
- deleted the cat
- created new ending
- deleted the beginning, started with Hobbs
- replaced title credits with my own to get rid of the Rollign Stones song
- deleted Azazel watching Hobbes when he enters the police station
- cut a bit of Hobbes’ checking out the empty house.
- cut the cat from watching Hobbs studying demonology.
- deleted Hobbes’ “Come on out” speech
- cut Stanton’s “what are you talking about” speech
- trimmed Azazel’s roleplay as Jonesy
- cut Azazel/Jonesy hunting Hobbes in the house
- deleted the cat
- created new ending
[Trailer]
Faneditor Name:
Original Movie/Show Title:
Genre:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
1998
Original Running Time:
123 minutes
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
110 minutes
Time Cut:
14 minutes
Time Added:
1 minutes
Additional Links:
Synopsis:
This edit of FALLEN was most of all created to let AZAZEL not win. Gone is the demon narration as well as over-the-top or unneeded scenes. Now it’s “just” a horror thriller”.
Intention:
Being always disappointed by the cat thing, the Stones songs, Denzel’s uninspired voiceovers and the somewhat disappointing ending, FALLEN never ranked too high in my list of best movies, yet it had some great moments that made it worthwhile for me to think about changing it. I wanted most of all to let Azazel not win and get rid of the stuff that bothered me. In the end, all the narration went bye-bye, which was a difficult undertaking sound-wise and the plot was changed to make the new ending ending possible.
Special Thanks:
Winnie, ThrowgnCpr, Mollo, Avp and the fabulous FE community
Release Information:
DVD
Special Features:
110 minutes Single Layer NTSC 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen with AC3-5.1 audio
LANGUAGES : ENGLISH (5.1) GERMAN (2.0) SPANISH (2.0)
SUBTITLES : ENGLISH (selectable)
MENUS : animated with sound
SCENE SELECTION : yes
EXTRAS: Trailer
Deleted Scenes Featurette (with commentary)
CBB Overview for all 29 fanedits
COVER&Disc ART : yes, on DVD-Rom part
Editing Details:
Fallen is already a well made horror thriller in its original version. It has depth, thrilling atmosphere, good acting and some unforgettable moments (move-by-touch and Time-is-on-my-side anyone?). Still the narrative and the rather unsatisfying ending don’t make it a classic. By turning the focus from Azazel, who tells the original story, to Hobbes, the cop that hunts him, the mood of the movie is changed a lot. The moments when Hobbes is followed are more scary and the moments of silence have way more depth. With the cats gone and some rather stupid discussions deleted, it mounts into an all new and exciting ending.
Cuts and Additions:
- deleted all of Azazel’s narrative voiceovers
- deleted the beginning, started with Hobbs
- replaced title credits with my own to get rid of the Rollign Stones song
- deleted Azazel watching Hobbes when he enters the police station
- cut a bit of Hobbes’ checking out the empty house.
- cut the cat from watching Hobbs studying demonology.
- deleted Hobbes’ “Come on out” speech
- cut Stanton’s “what are you talking about” speech
- trimmed Azazel’s roleplay as Jonesy
- cut Azazel/Jonesy hunting Hobbes in the house
- deleted the cat
- created new ending
- deleted the beginning, started with Hobbs
- replaced title credits with my own to get rid of the Rollign Stones song
- deleted Azazel watching Hobbes when he enters the police station
- cut a bit of Hobbes’ checking out the empty house.
- cut the cat from watching Hobbs studying demonology.
- deleted Hobbes’ “Come on out” speech
- cut Stanton’s “what are you talking about” speech
- trimmed Azazel’s roleplay as Jonesy
- cut Azazel/Jonesy hunting Hobbes in the house
- deleted the cat
- created new ending
[Trailer]
Trusted Reviewer reviews
4 reviews
Overall rating
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
9.0(1)
Audio Editing
10.0(1)
Visual Editing
10.0(1)
Narrative
9.0(1)
Enjoyment
8.8(4)
Overall rating
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
9.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
This was a great edit! I only watched Fallen once years ago and didn’t refamiliarize myself. Editing here was seamless, I couldn’t tell what had been cut. The story works well and I enjoyed it much more this time around than I remember when I watched the original.
A/V Quality - 9
Editing - 10
Narrative - 9
Enjoyment - 9 (original 8)
Recommended drink: Bourbon and ginger ale
A/V Quality - 9
Editing - 10
Narrative - 9
Enjoyment - 9 (original 8)
Recommended drink: Bourbon and ginger ale
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
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6.0
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6.0
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10.0
A great edit that feels like a mirror movie to the orginal. Amazing how deleting the voiceovers add so much tension. The cuts are all very smart. It’s almost a real scary movie now!
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10.0
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User reviews
24 reviews
Overall rating
9.1
Audio/Video Quality
10.0(2)
Audio Editing
9.5(2)
Visual Editing
9.5(2)
Narrative
7.5(2)
Enjoyment
9.1(24)
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9.0
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9.0
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10.0
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10.0
Just watched with the wife last night: this was an amazing experience – perfectly paced, what kept going through my head was:
“I hope Denzel Washington sees this, so he’d see his amazing performance sharpened and enhanced, and so he can hire the CBB crew to edit his other films!”
CBB really shaped this movie into a gem!
“I hope Denzel Washington sees this, so he’d see his amazing performance sharpened and enhanced, and so he can hire the CBB crew to edit his other films!”
CBB really shaped this movie into a gem!
Overall rating
10.0
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10.0
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10.0
I never saw the original, and I never will, because what ever it would be like, it can’t be as good as this. Although I get a sense of what it was like from the extras.
Thank you for this excellent version. 10/10
Thank you for this excellent version. 10/10
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*SPOILERS*
I’m actually a big fan of Fallen and just like joebshmoe, Azazel worked better than I expected.
I personally like how Fallen ended and didn’t mind that Azazel had won.
Sure it was shocking, and I wanted Hobbes to win, but it still worked for me and is why Fallen is an unforgettable movie in my mind.
So I still prefer the original.
The reason being, as boon said himself in the desciption, now it’s “just” a horror thriller” and that being the case, what made Fallen so special was removed and becomes something not as special and more of a mainstream movie that doesn’t really stand out as much as it should.
BUT… with this fanedit, I can see how the original can be vastly improved.
For me, the “perfect cut” would be to use Azazel as the basis but add in a couple of elements Fallen back in.
I’d like to keep some of the original V.O. at the beginning and ending, as bookends, and maybe one or two in the middle (that don’t hint at who’s talking) so we don’t forget about the narrator during the movie, and keep the cat at the end.
This would add back into Azazel what had made Fallen a stand out movie in the first place.. that mind bending ending which I feel is one of the best surprise endings, ever.
Also, boon asks, why does Azazel have Hobbes voice in the original V.O. since Hobbes is already dead.
Well, Azazel is a supernatural being.
So if it isn’t that big a jump to think he has a fading heart beat at the end of this edit, we can easily make the jump to think that he can mimick whoever he wants to.
We don’t really know all that he is capable of.
Having said all that, this is like a retail DVD.
Actually, better than many of them.
Beautiful menus, flawless video and audio, great extras.
Exquisite.
All the time, effort and passion put into this is undeniable.
The bottom line is, regardless of my personal preferences, boon achieved 100% what he set out to do with this movie.
He made a flawless (perhaps perfect), mainstream, horror thriller.
For that, it’s a 10/10.
PS. Boon, if you ever revisit this amazing edit, perhaps you may consider a seamless branching version, with an ending of the viewer’s choosing?
I’m actually a big fan of Fallen and just like joebshmoe, Azazel worked better than I expected.
I personally like how Fallen ended and didn’t mind that Azazel had won.
Sure it was shocking, and I wanted Hobbes to win, but it still worked for me and is why Fallen is an unforgettable movie in my mind.
So I still prefer the original.
The reason being, as boon said himself in the desciption, now it’s “just” a horror thriller” and that being the case, what made Fallen so special was removed and becomes something not as special and more of a mainstream movie that doesn’t really stand out as much as it should.
BUT… with this fanedit, I can see how the original can be vastly improved.
For me, the “perfect cut” would be to use Azazel as the basis but add in a couple of elements Fallen back in.
I’d like to keep some of the original V.O. at the beginning and ending, as bookends, and maybe one or two in the middle (that don’t hint at who’s talking) so we don’t forget about the narrator during the movie, and keep the cat at the end.
This would add back into Azazel what had made Fallen a stand out movie in the first place.. that mind bending ending which I feel is one of the best surprise endings, ever.
Also, boon asks, why does Azazel have Hobbes voice in the original V.O. since Hobbes is already dead.
Well, Azazel is a supernatural being.
So if it isn’t that big a jump to think he has a fading heart beat at the end of this edit, we can easily make the jump to think that he can mimick whoever he wants to.
We don’t really know all that he is capable of.
Having said all that, this is like a retail DVD.
Actually, better than many of them.
Beautiful menus, flawless video and audio, great extras.
Exquisite.
All the time, effort and passion put into this is undeniable.
The bottom line is, regardless of my personal preferences, boon achieved 100% what he set out to do with this movie.
He made a flawless (perhaps perfect), mainstream, horror thriller.
For that, it’s a 10/10.
PS. Boon, if you ever revisit this amazing edit, perhaps you may consider a seamless branching version, with an ending of the viewer’s choosing?
