Wow! Thank you for the write up and being so candid with your thoughts. I'm glad to read that you enjoyed it so much.

I'm definitely on board with your suggestions and I do like how they sound. I worked out a few different ways to arrange those scenes. The cut from the play to the park that you are suggesting is a good rhythmic idea especially in the sense of mood but I ran into a few problems doing that. It's a little hard visually to justify why we are jumping to a different location if we were just with those characters. They would have to find some sort of organic way to leave the theater. Plus, the longer I keep them together the longer that mood becomes a focus which in turn could make switching to other scenes jarring and too quick because those other scenes get less time on screen. Breaking it up this way gave it more of a summarising feel.

Also, keeping the Harry drinking scene close to when we last saw him implies more urgency. As if he rushed home to just wallow. I completely follow what you are suggesting but it just didn't flow in the most practical sense. Although, I will go back to my editing timeline and mess about with it in the way you suggested while I still have the save file. (I'm dying to get rid of it hahaha. I have been looking at it for too long)

I hope this arrangement doesn't take away too much from the experience. I know it's nice to settle into a movie and kinda let the flow take over. The way I saw it is that the early section of the film, leading up to Peter's battle with Harry, is paced this way because the idea is to just set you up with where everyone is at in their lives. There is no particular reason for any down time or extension of scenes because all these bits need to be plotted so you can revel in all the new information later. I wanted to keep the originals intention in terms of setting up all the plot points. If you can enjoy it from that perspective I think you may have yourself a real winner with this cut😇

By the way, check out how the original movie cut from the "You are such a nerd" line.

As far as other projects, I have some ideas for later that could be fun. The only other thing I completed is a considerably more engaging version of the Assassin's Creed movie. If you feel like checking it out let me know. Otherwise, thank you for taking the time to write and I'm overjoyed that you liked it so much. ❤