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Weird jumpcut question

posted 13 years ago by bbwibb02
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I just got done watching a dvd I bought of it a while ago and noticed that, around 31:22, there's a weird jump cut (during the scene where Mary encounters Jennifer in the yard/garden). Jennifer is reminding Mary to say "Thanks a lot, Lancealot" while Mary is on the ground. Mary says "I thought you were..." and then there's a jumpcut to Mary and Jennifer standing next to each other and Jennifer says "They always hated that. They said we were in our own little world." Now, I have a feeling this is just on my copy and not on all of them. Would it be possible for you to look at your copy and tell me if that cut is on yours, and, if it's not, what I missed (lines of dialogue, for instance)? I'd really appreciate it. I'm more or less wondering how upset about this I should be.

[–] capnmrvl 13 years ago

Here. Watch this. You are missing about a minute. But this will fill in the blanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljrlJF9QxbU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[–] bbwibb02 13 years ago

Aha. Thank you for that. It is nice to finally know what I missed. I guess it's not a big deal. It's still frustrating that that's just not there on my dvd (I've had a few other people tell me they have the same problem). There's not even the excuse of it being at a commercial break! Anyway, I really appreciate it.