Hajime No Ippo Amv- The Enemy

[KingOmegaX]

Ippo videos on the org and on youtube are usually my favorite videos I get to watch. I think that's because each video has some great alterations of Ippo's character to fit their personal editing style.

However, this video didn't have any of that. It was a bland action video. The thing about action videos is that they can be completely mindless, but still have a small kernal of a story behind them. This video was pure action with [as you stated] every fight in Ippo. But without context, it's just a bunch of sweaty men punching each other with some action music behind them.

Sometimes, however, action videos can get away without context or story. But that involves some crazy-ass amazing sync with beats and utilization of unique styles of editing to almost make it a highlight or a character profile in the form of an action video. This video didn't have the right sync. I'm a huge fan of cross fading, but it really just didn't belong in this video, and it broke up the flow some.

Before I end, let me just say that when the lyrical chorus hits and the action sequences are there, it wasn't bad. I was getting in the groove a little when it was necessary. This song has areas where some context and story could be filled in with, and it was just more action in those areas. But during the chorus, when action was necessary, it wasn't overly bad [just in need of fine tuning].


2/5 as an editor, 3/5 as a viewer. The video could have been so much more than it was.

I was actually thinking of adding some sort of a story in with the lyrics but I wasn't quite sure how to go about it since those parts were quite fast paced. Thanks for your opinion.