Review Detail
9.4 7 10
Overall rating
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
9.0
Visual Editing
9.0
Narrative
10.0
Enjoyment
10.0
Much like the Shadow, I love the Phantom movie. It's a fun adventure and quite charming. The visuals are great and I love the music. Billy Zane is a natural in the role and is very likeable without being snarky or obnoxious (which he also was a natural at in Titanic). This movie alone makes me wish his career had been more successful.
BionicBob takes the fun original and makes minor cuts to improve pacing, improve flow, and converts it to black and white and suddenly it's a classic adventure out of the 50's. BionicBob warned that the black and white did not look that great but I felt it looked fine. It's a nice improvement over the original.
My few minor and personal complaints are that the original color version looked spectacular, especially towards the end on the exotic islands and during the end credits. The black and white lessens this but it's still a nice view. The other complaint I have is that my favorite song from the original that plays at the end of the movie and over the end credits (showing the islands) is cut down by about half. I wish BionicBob would have removed the voiceover during this part but retained the song and visuals. I can see how this might affect the pacing though because the ending shot of the Phantom is a rather perfect way to end the edit.
Still, don't let these minor complaints keep you from checking out this wonderful edit.
BionicBob takes the fun original and makes minor cuts to improve pacing, improve flow, and converts it to black and white and suddenly it's a classic adventure out of the 50's. BionicBob warned that the black and white did not look that great but I felt it looked fine. It's a nice improvement over the original.
My few minor and personal complaints are that the original color version looked spectacular, especially towards the end on the exotic islands and during the end credits. The black and white lessens this but it's still a nice view. The other complaint I have is that my favorite song from the original that plays at the end of the movie and over the end credits (showing the islands) is cut down by about half. I wish BionicBob would have removed the voiceover during this part but retained the song and visuals. I can see how this might affect the pacing though because the ending shot of the Phantom is a rather perfect way to end the edit.
Still, don't let these minor complaints keep you from checking out this wonderful edit.
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
DVD
