I haven't seen it, but I've been told Powder has the worst ending.

Which forum member has the worst reading comprehension?

How about Tarkovsky' Solaris? That could have been a 75 minute movie but it dragged on for 3 hours, which was comprised mostly of insignificant scenes where nothing happens for minutes at a time (the car scene, for example).

...deep. deep sigh...

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Yes and Moby Dick could have been a short story. Dude you don't mess with art.

Another vote for Armageddon. I wanted to smack Bay on the head while watching it, not only for cutting every 2 seconds, but to get him to stop moving the damn camera.

And I absolutely adore Solaris. Like with Taxi Driver, the long takes add to the dreamlike atmosphere and draw you into the world of the story. Even if it does make 2001 look like an action movie.

You're just mad because you were going to come in here and make a worst ending joke.

What is central is the inner problem, which preoccupied me and which coloured the whole production in a very specific way: namely the fact that in the course of its development humanity is constantly struggling between spiritual, moral entropy, the dissipation of ethical principles, on the one hand, and on the other — the aspiration towards a moral ideal. The endless inner struggle of man, who wants to be freed from all moral restraint, but at the same time seeks a meaning for his own movement, in the form of an ideal — that is the dichotomy that constantly produces intense inner conflict in the life of the individual and of society. And it seems to me that the conflict, and the fraught, urgent search for a spiritual ideal, will continue until humanity has freed itself sufficiently to concern itself only with the spiritual. As soon as that happens a new stage will begin in the development of the human soul, when man will be directed into his inner being as intensely, deeply, passionately, limitlessly, as he has directed his efforts up till now to his search for inner freedom. And Lem's novel, in my own specific understanding of it, expresses precisely man's inability to concentrate on himself, and points to the conflict between man's spiritual life and the objective acquisition of knowledge. It's a conflict that will never give man any peace until he has achieved complete outward freedom. We might call this freedom social, the freedom of the social individual who is not concerned with bread, food, a roof, or his children's future. Mankind does not move forward synchronously, it stops and starts and goes off in different directions. And only when scientific discoveries occur in the course of technological development is there a corresponding leap in man's moral development. There is an extraordinary cohesion between the two. That was the problem which exercised me all the time I was working on the film. In simple terms, the story of Hari's relationship with Kelvin is the story of the relationship between man and his own conscience. It's about man's concern with his own spirit, when he has no possibility of doing anything about it, when he is constantly drawn into the exploration and development of technology. - Andrei Tarkovsky

Tarkovsky does need an editor, then he'd use paragraphs!

Sheesh, I love Taxi Driver (one of my top 5 all time) and 2001 as well, and I recognize the lack of cuts and how that adds to the atmosphere. I even liked the Solaris remake. The original, however, just seemed like long takes for the sake of long takes. Maybe not 75 minutes, but it could have been cut down considerably.

You're the first real answer and that was what I was thinking. Just horrendous.

how so? i'd never seen it

Attack of the Clones - a solid movie compromised by very poor editing choices (although I'd have to say the directing and casting were quite mediocre, too).

I agree with RE:Apocalypse but felt that it didn't really detract that much from the film. At least they were mainly easy to tell apart (that is jovovich the other guys are zombies)

Underworld had the absolute worst editing I have ever seen. It's already difficult enough to tell the Vamps from the Lycans apart let alone when the sets all look the same and director/editor likes to do cut between rooms after they walk through a door so you cannot tell if they are walking into the same room again or if it is a totally different room and who is shooting who. Horrible editing. When it affects a movie techinically or aesthetically that is one thing but if you can't understand the story due to editing that is something completely different.

I second Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Just horrible horrible editing in every respect. The story made no sense, and the action was poorly done too.

The editing for 28 Days Later, at least in the action sequences, is horrible.

I just realized now I spelled "Later" wrong.

Juice. " You Got The Juice Now "

You guys aren't trying hard enough, how about something totally unredeemable like "The Blademaster", specifically the medeival hangliding scene?

Wells

Plus, 28 is just two many layers. I remember a simpler time, when our dips only went to 7 layers.

Sort of torn on Michael Bay.

When the editing doesn't involve action, its decent, standard narrative editing.

But when action is involved, its becomes nearly impossible to keep track of what's actually happening. The most clear examples of this would be during the eruptions on the asteroid scene of "Armageddon" or the car chase in "The Rock."

I understand that the editing is meant to disorient but it stinks when people start lamenting the death of someone and you have to ask yourself.."When did that happen???"

But to the topic at hand, editing has never been worse...never....than when in the hands of Doris Wishman. Minute long shots of telephones, unnecessary panning, blurry shots, etc. You name it.

...ahh... but that is motion picture art...

...for instance: "Bad Girls Go To Hell" - a deathless masterpiece if ever there was one...

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This movie called "Supernova". It came out a couple of years ago, it was bad....like "I picked up an editing machine at a garage sale and cut a hollywood movie" bad.

Moulin Rouge

The rapid editing completely ruins the movie.

2001 A Space Odyssey has some of the worst. they cut from a bone to a spaceship! hello?!?! i was totally lost after that. and at the end the editing mutilates the sense of time and space to the point that Dave sees himself as he ages in a matter of perceived minutes. disasterous.