I was gonna quote you but I couldn't find the post. I'll take 3.1 on a bootleg vhs at this point.
Pretty soon I'll be at the point where I'd just settle for deleted scenes.
And thanks for reposting about the 660 minutes listed! That was what got my hopes up early in the week. Since then the lack of announcement brought me back down.
So I re-watched SM3 and looked for exactly what I'd cut if I was handed the keys to the editing room. LOL
Two types of cuts to be made....
Type "A" -- stuff that I don't like and cutting would not leave narrative gaps in the story if cut out.
1. Brock meets Cap. Stacey. :14 seconds. Some of that intro I think is awful. Cutting out a few lines would make it better.
2. JJJ vibrating desk scene. 1;19 seconds. Adds zero to the story and is stupid.
3. Peter mimicking marching. :02 seconds. I hate his insipid pretend march and it only lasts 2 seconds!
4. Peter dancing on street. :53 seconds. I'd chop off the "emo Peter" stuff right after he demands the staff job. I would leave enough of him acting jerky but no going way overboard with the "funny" dancing.
5. Harry's butler reveal. 1:10 seconds. It has zero need to be there. Much better that Harry forgives Peter and also wants to save MJ. He can change his mind with just Peter's plea (and MJ's plea if that is added back in.)
6. "hope is lost" reporter. :07 seconds
7. "hard to look at" reporter :15 seconds. I absolutely hated the naration by the British accented reporter. Why the F did they think that was needed?
8. JJJ and the camera kid. :30 seconds. JJ had little to do in the movie but sorry, it was a terrible scene.
Okay the current Blu-ray run time is 139 minutes and 11 seconds. the above cuts add up to 4:30. That brings me down to 134 minutes and 41 seconds.
Type "B" cuts.......stuff that I'd cut if they had better replacement material.
1. Venom/Sandman meeting :44 seconds. There is the famous original scene where Brock meets and coerces Sandman to help him. They should add that back in if they have or want to pay for the FX to be completed.
2. MJ kidnapped outside her apt. :10 seconds. Originally MJ was kidnapped outside Harry"s building after she begs him to forgive Peter. After that scene was cut they had her being kidnapped by Brock outside her own apt. If they were going to add back that version they would cut this small exterior shot of her hailing the cab.
That's another :54 seconds.
That would bring the run time down to 133:41
That means thy could add in 3 minutes 19 seconds +/- to bring it to 137 munites. For all we know the actual run time of the 3.1 could be 137 minutes 45 seconds -- meaning they could add in 4 minutes.
that sounds minimal to be added back but if you start cutting more than that -- you cut into stuff I actually like. And four minutes is not as short as it seems. If you time scenes -- many last only a minute. That annoying JJJ desk scene is 1 minute 19 seconds but seems longer 'cause it's bad! LOL
Scene I'd like seeing back in.
1. Sandman threatening his daughter's doctor
2. Sandman meeting brock at the park
3. MJ begging Harry to forgive
4. Sandman's daughter pleading for him to stop.
I know there is a lot of other stuff that was cut, but action parts would cost a lot to finish the FX and the movie has tons of action as it is.
Brock going to Gwen's house isn't needed. He had reason enough to hate Peter (in his mind) and doesn't need to be shot down by Gwen onscreen.
A lot of the other 15 minutes may just be trims of existing scenes and not actual "missing scenes" -- pieces of dialogue, alternate longer takes, etc.
That's the best that I can hope for -- cutting the most egregious weak parts and adding back in the most vital cut items. a 154 minutes cut is something I'd love to see, but I scarcely believe it would be the best version of the movie.
How about the scenes you guys would like to see back in and cut out?
It will kill time till the axe comes down or we hit the lottery and 3.1 turns out to be true.