10 Reasons Movie Scenes Turned Out THAT WAY

10. The TERRIBLY Edited Meeting With John Reid - Bohemian Rhapsody

After Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody rather dubiously won the Best Film Editing Oscar, a clip from the movie went viral, showcasing a chaotically edited sequence where Queen's band members meet their first manager John Reid (Aidan Gillen).

Considering the relative simplicity of the scene - a dialogue-driven sequence with basic coverage of characters talking - many questioned precisely why the film's editor, John Ottman, opted to cut more than 60 times in a scene lasting less than two minutes.

That's an average of less than two seconds per shot in a scene that, again, is almost entirely people talking.

But in an interview following his Oscar win, Ottman explained why the scene was such an editorial mess. 

Due to original director Bryan Singer being replaced with Dexter Fletcher for the final three weeks of shooting, Ottman was working with footage shot by two different people, much of which didn't naturally cut together properly.

And so, Ottman was basically doing the best he could to stitch together an even passably coherent scene amid extremely trying circumstances. 

Ottman also acknowledged being unhappy with the end result of the scene, saying, "Whenever I see it, I want to put a bag over my head."

While Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the most questionable Best Film Editing Oscar wins of recent years, considering the fresh hell that Ottman was working with throughout the troubled shoot, you could certainly argue that he earned the gong in his own way.