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Haven’t seen the original, remembered it after visiting the USS Wisconsin while on holiday, a sister ship of which (the Missouri) plays a part in this film, and thought I’d give it a go. Knew that it wasn’t well received so decided to try the edit first so I could judge it on its own merits.

While all the cuts are done well and the story makes logical sense even after losing 41 minutes, I didn’t find myself enjoying it massively, playing out almost like a variation of Pacific Rim (which came out the following year) that’s inferior in every aspect. Going by the edit’s description and cutlist though, making the characters more likeable and focusing on the ships, it sounds like this edit is an improvement on the source, and it was exciting to watch what I had seen (in a sense) as a static museum be brought to life in the third act. If the real-life hardware on display is of interest to you as it is to me, then this edit could well be too.

Created edit video file in DaVinci Resolve using own Blu-ray rip and .xml file provided by unfair, first time I’ve tried something like this but fairly straightforward (you need to make sure that source video file name matches that in the .xml) and allowed to exporting at whatever quality one desires, no glitches noticed.

Will update with a comparison if I get around to watching the original, thanks unfair for putting this together, don’t think I would have given the film a chance otherwise!