The Edge of Tomorrow is my favorite love story told through an action movie because of how the editing allows the audience to sympathize with Rita in the barn scene

First off, I want to say that anyone who doesn't mind action movies should see this one. It's currently on sale on Amazon for $6 on Blu-ray. Spoilers below.Many movies lately are criticised for having romance subplots bolted on to appeal to a more mainstream audience, but one movie in particular surprised me and after rewatching, I consider it a romance conveyed through the body of an action movie. The Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt was a solid movie throughout, but in my opinion the best scene was one which did a phenomenal job at establishing sympathy for Blunt's character Rita by seamlessly shifting perspective from following Cage to dropping us in her shoes.As Cage works out a strategy through trial and error the editing transitions from following each timeline to a montage of moments of incremental progress, but it isn't until the barn scene when both Rita and the audience realize just how many iterations have passed. I assumed when they were shown discovering the barn that this was the first time Cage had seen it (since every other iteration had shown new progress), but when he brews coffee for them and recalls that she likes sugar in hers we suddenly realize that he's been here potentially many times before. It illustrates that he's fallen in love with a woman who has never had a chance to know him for more than a day at a time, and these revelations provide insight into both Cage's character and how Rita must feel in that moment. This, in my opinion, made the relationship between the characters feel much more personal by providing emotional investment into Cage's struggle to find a way to get Rita out alive while also showing how much he cares about having one more evening to spend with her before he loses her again.I feel that the entire cast did a wonderful job bringing the story to life but what really tied it all together for me was the style of editing, which did well to underscore the comedic moments of failure and also allowed the audience to develop sympathy for the characters. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/2zd9Pmy