What are some extended/director's cuts which are substantially WORSE than their theatrical versions?
>>216948996Almost all of them. The truth about Hollywood is that the Philistine who kills the auteur's darlings knows how to keep a film moving and is right most of the time.Terminator 2 is a good example. Another one is Amadeus. In both cases the extra scenes kill all the momentum.Just a pity no-one managed to hack Peter Jackson's output down to size.
>>216948996Apocalypse Now
>>216948996Donnie Darko>what if I release the same movie but I draw a bunch of lines on the screen
>>216949827Beat me to it
>>216948996Most of them, since even good filmmakers tend to indulge themselves at the expense of tone and pacing.
>>216949131Cameron’s shorter cuts are always better. Some of the added scenes are usually good but they always absolutely fuck his pacing
>>216948996I remember falling asleep during das boots extended cut.
>>216948996That's from the tv movie 'The Day After', not deleted scenes from T2.
>>216948996Watchmen. To be fair I didnt watch the theatre cut but this moves like a fucking snail. 3h 30 min for what
>>216949881The perfect cut of Aliens is the Theatrical cut with hudsons extra lines and the sentry guns added back in.
>>216948996The warriors directors cut is DOGSHIT
The great debate.
>>216948996The director's cut of Dumb & Dumber. Adds a bunch of weird gay shit.
>>216948996Akira has a bunch of extra chinky shit up in that muuuuug
>>216949827Donnie Darko only has an alternate cut that is meant to only be watched after the theatrical to give another dimension to the story. Theatrical is definitive according to the director.
>>216948996All of them. Every last one. Editing is a thing for a reason.
>>216952319I like the music in the special edition better, but the "eye shots" look really out of place. The movie is set in the 80s, but these stylistically from the 2000s.
>>216948996AliensT2The Warriors
>>216948996That Thing You Do.
>>216950573Not sure if this is the one you're talking about, but I think the middle sized Watchmen cut is great. The longest one is ridiculous though, granted I've never been a massive fan of the comic-in-a-comic interludes.
>>216950635It's shit in general. Too problematic
>>216948996Deleted scene from Good Will Hunting is so out of place and doesn't fit the film at all.Alternatively Kingdom of Heaven doesn't make sense without the directors cut.
>>216950629You can't do Amanda Ripley wrong like that
>>216949403This. The theatrical is one of the greatest films of all time. The Redux totally stalls the momentum with the Frenchie subplot
>>216948996Justice leagueBatman vs superman
>>216954003To be clear though I'm not saying the theatricals are good, the DCs are just even worse
Terminator 2.
>>216950573I think the extended cut is great since it adds the black freighter story. But I am biased since I really like that movie.
>>216949827YepChanges it from >Angsty teen who feels out of place wonders if the lives of those around him would be better off if he wasn't in itTo>Donnie is space jesus
>>216954003>Batman vs supermanThe snyder explains why that black woman was killed and other things left out of the plot. I hate both cuts though.
>>216948996PaybackRemoves all the fun and it turns it into something quite generic and empty
>>216948996All of them.
