No, you cant bounce off that stalfos. Its no mistake. If you dont believe me, then just stop the fmv when you get to that room and try to bouce off that stalfos. You're wrong there.
I just tried it, and you're correct that you can't bounce off the stalfos, but you can just walk into him and then turn around and you'll pick up the key without having to stab. However, I'm sorry I assumed you made a mistake without trying it out myself. Actually, I forgot that you were crossing water when you stabbed, which means that it wasted even less time, or maybe even none at all, so I guess that makes you right this time. Anyway, even if you weren't crossing water, I'm sorry for being so picky and you're right that no one will notice the mistakes since they're so small.
If you watch the video again, you will see that I'm in front of him for the 2nd last hit. That means the furthest I can move before he stops flashing is to his side. And once again, killing him in this position is gets me a fairy, which is actually important. So tell me again how I made a "mistake" here.
You're right again. However, my comment could also apply to the level 8 boss, so if you're in a similar situation where there's no fairy, make sure you stay close to the door for the last hit. However, I'm sure I don't need to say tell you this, because I must admit that I was very impressed by the first part of the speed run and I'm sure you're able to figure out the fastest way to kill the bosses on your own.
Like you said, the two extra sword swings and link walking an extra tile doesnt even add up to a whole second, so why is this a big deal when I'm doing a lot of the fights several seconds faster than yours and guaranteeing everyone a sub-27 time?
I'd hate to see an otherwise perfect run spoiled by just 3 tiny mistakes, but as I said before, I'm sorry for being so picky. I hope you don't take this the wrong way and think I'm just singling you out and trying to make fun of your video and make people think it's bad. I'm just as picky (or maybe even more picky) with my own videos, and as you might have seen in the Super Mario Bros. topic, I'm redoing the whole movie just for a few tenths.
Not only that, you're giving everyone the impression that my video is so full of errors, when it's not, and the video hasn't even been submitted yet.
How am I giving that impression? I think it's pretty impressive that the pickiest person ever only found 3 mistakes (that won't even be noticed) in your video. Give me any other video on that site, and I'll find at least 100 mistakes, and if you count the route mistakes in my Zelda video, maybe even 1000 mistakes in that video. In case anyone misunderstood, I thought the video was pretty good. Maybe in the future, I'll try to only point out mistakes that lose more than a second (unless of course if it's a short game like Kung Fu where every frame counts). However, even though I may be critisizing the video here, I'll probably announce it at the GameFAQs Zelda message board and the ZHQ forum and tell them how great it is.