I simply hated the editing and continuity in this movie. It literally looked like a neophyte had their hands on the footage.
Editing problems Every shot was cut sloppily into the next with no sense of transition or meaningful point.
It hurt my eyes to keep watching it, because as I was trying to take in a scene or a view the cut would slap me in the eyes and force me to try to focus on something else. Why would a scene in which Jane and her beloved discuss the details of their desire to marry be split into 20 cuts?
Continuity problems Doesn't anyone watch their dailies? Where is the set director, the props department, the wardrobe master? Every scene has multiple continuity errors. There is a scene that just floored me when Jane was laying in bed trying to sleep. There are 5 cuts showing her on her pillows, but the pillows in each scene are moved around and some are even missing. UGH! This is just sloppy and lazy movie-making.
Too bad, with such a high budget and decent acting and writing, that the movie is ruined and loses all chances at any critical acclaim because of sloppy and lazy editing and continuity management.
I'd love to see a re-cut version of this.
