Any Director's Cuts that are WORSE than the theatrical version?

[JavaJulien]

Tropic Thunder's "Directors Cut" was mostly pointless. A few extra/changed jokes.

The Warriors was stupid. It felt like an over-correction.

[BJKH]

The Town. It added 30 minutes of pointless content that messed up the pacing of the film.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Yeti4928

Dances with Wolves.

+1...but in Costner's defense, it isn't a "director's cut". His cut is the theatrical version.

[fgomike]

DaVinci Code blu had a directors cut. Really slowed the pace of the movie

[chillwill92]

I'm assuming Lucas' Special Editions count? Even though he didn't direct Empire or Jedi (and is thus fouling in the nest of two deceased director's graves).

[ZooTv]

Amadeus
Apocalypse Now Redux

[Cook]

Originally Posted by BJKH

The Town. It added 30 minutes of pointless content that messed up the pacing of the film.

Agreed.

I listened to the commentary of the extended edition, and Afflek says over and over about most of the added scenes that he knows it wasn't necessary and that the scenes probably slow the film down, but he just wanted to put them back in because he liked the scenes and the subtle ways they changed the story. Yeah, it is indulgence, but I can respect the guy's desire to see those scenes put back in. The theatrical cut came with the director's cut so no harm done.

[chetripley80]

It's funny how much The Warriors is mentioned in this thread. I just picked up the theatrical DVD release tonight at Half-Priced Books, even though I already have the blu-ray DC release. I've never seen the theatrical version - I'm pretty excited to check it out now.

[jrsl76]

Originally Posted by Wookalar

I almost bought STRIPES on blu, but everyone was saying how terrible the Directors Cut (the only one on the disc) was

I really wish we could get the Theatrical cut on blu-ray. The seamless branching was so poorly done on the DVD that you couldn't even watch the Theatrical cut and I love this movie.

[BladeRunner2007]

Movies where I prefer the theatrical version over the DC or EC:

1. Grindhouse
2. Miami Vice
3. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
4. Halloween (1978)
5. Sin City
6. Donnie Darko
7. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
8. Aliens
9. Avatar
10. Rambo
11. Manhunter
12. The Exorcist
13. The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
14. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
15. Apocalypse Now
16. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
17. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
18. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
19. Star Wars
20. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
21. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
22. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
23. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
24. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
25. Thief
26. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
27. Spider-Man 2
28. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
29. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
30. Alien

[MiloJanus]

Originally Posted by jrsl76

I really wish we could get the Theatrical cut on blu-ray. The seamless branching was so poorly done on the DVD that you couldn't even watch the Theatrical cut and I love this movie.

Painfully true. I got rid of it soon after the purchase because I hated it so much and did the same thing with "The Warriors" after I saw how badly they desecrated it.

Horrible.

[ITDEFX101]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

Movies where I prefer the theatrical version over the DC or EC:
26. Resident Evil: Apocalypse

RE:A had a directors cut???

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by ITDEFX101

RE:A had a directors cut???

An extended cut, yes. Only released in Germany, I think. Just 4 minutes of useless deleted scenes put back in.

[Buscemi]

Stargate. It was better when they didn't explain the things that supposedly didn't make sense in the theatrical cut. Other than that, all it seemed to add was a new opening and more French Stewart.

[Monroville]

I prefer the theatrical cut of C.H.U.D. over the longer Director's Cut. I know about the diner scene and all, but I just preferred the editing and pace of the TC (as well as the funny bits of dialogue mentioned on the CHUD thread).

Has anyone mentioned the first ALIEN as well? I love both versions of ALIENS, but that "director's cut" of ALIEN released in the early 2000s was pretty pointless. It didn't fix any of the continuity errors (like the disappearing cup when Mother activates in the beginning), nor took liberties by cleaning/adding any FX*... they just added some tints and slimmed the editing between scenes.



* not saying ALIEN "needs" modernized F/X; I'm just saying that if you are going to do a "special edition", have some fun with it. Preserve the original, but have fun with the SE (improve the star fields; get rid of matte lines or the hydraulic arm lowering the Nostromo model; add external visuals outside the windows; etc)... otherwise, what's the point? In the end, the ALIEN DC was just lazy.

[P-Rock]

Erik The Viking - Actually cut by the son of the director, but still not great.
THX 1138 - stop adding pointless cgi to your movies, George!
Mallrats - Interesting to see but it really takes the flow out of the movie.
Watchmen: Ultimate Cut - I know it was in the graphic novel, but those animated Black Freighter scenes really take you out of the movie.
Dumplings - I thought it worked much better as a short than as a full length movie.

[Katatonia]

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), the director's cut created 20+ years later cuts out an entire character and several scenes from the movie.

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by P-Rock

Watchmen: Ultimate Cut

That's not the director's cut.

[s2mikey]

Troy - the Directors cut has added gratuitous violence and totally unneccessary additons that adds to an already long run time. The theatrical version is a decent flick. The DC is worse.

[Batmon77]

The Wolverine
Rogue Cut
Suicide Squad Extended Cut