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

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

The Wolverine
Rogue Cut
Suicide Squad Extended Cut

really? that's possible ? - I thought the theatrical cut was dog sh*t.

[jess1581]

Independence Day
The Frighteners
T2
Ghostbusters 2016
A Good Day to Die Hard< not saying much
Alien Resurrection
Blade Trinity<Again not saying much
The Exorcist
Superman 1978
Superman II The Donner Cut< good Lord what a chewed up patch job
Payback
Lethal Weapon 2 and 3
Dawn of the Dead 78

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

really? that's possible ? - I thought the theatrical cut was dog sh*t.

The extended cut is just more of this dog sh!t. Doesn't improve the movie at all.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

The extended cut is just more of this dog sh!t. Doesn't improve the movie at all.

the theatrical cut looks like it was cut with gardening shears - wish Warner's would just let David Ayer release his original cut, this feels like a compromise cut.

[P-Rock]

Originally Posted by Roonan

That's not the director's cut.

It's basically the Director's Cut with The Black Freighter story added in.

I actually like the Director's Cut of Payback better than the Theatrical Version. It's much darker, violent and grittier, which is what the director meant before he was fired by the studio because his movie didn't play out like Lethal Weapon. The DC is the director's original vision.

[bigrob]

Originally Posted by 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.

Ridley Scott explained the reason behind it on the BD intro. Fox wanted to re-release Alien in cinemas with additional footage but he objected because the theatrical cut was his directors cut but he made a compromise and re-edited the film as an alternate cut. It was marketed as a directors cut by the studio

[shukocarl]

Enter the Dragon the extra 3 or so minutes slows the pacing at the beginning and makes the small snippet at the end pointless.

[L-Rouge]

Alan Smithee really munted David Lynch's DUNE

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by P-Rock

It's basically the Director's Cut with The Black Freighter story added in.

Hence it being a different cut from the director's.

[P-Rock]

Originally Posted by Roonan

Hence it being a different cut from the director's.

It still is a Director's Cut, but not as good as the one without The Black Freighter stuff.

[motorheadache95]

Originally Posted by P-Rock

It still is a Director's Cut, but not as good as the one without The Black Freighter stuff.

If we're talking THE director's cut, as in, the cut Snyder prefers for the film, it would be the standard Director's Cut version. But the Ultimate Cut was put together by the director for fans, kind of like Peter Jackson creating the extended cuts of the Lord of the Rings films.

I've never seen the Ultimate Cut of Watchmen, but I have the separate Black Freighter disc that also includes the Under the Hood "TV Special." I actually really like to watch that disc before the movie, as it kind of sets you into the world of the Watchmen before diving into the film itself. Not exactly how the graphic novel provides snippets of it as the story unfolds, but it works well.

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

the theatrical cut looks like it was cut with gardening shears - wish Warner's would just let David Ayer release his original cut, this feels like a compromise cut.

All the trailers had many great short moments, that seemed to be part of actual longer scenes. But no! The short trailer excerpts ARE the actual scenes!!! That's why the editing is all over the place. You have a bunch of short snippets that have to work as scenes, but they don't and the pacing is terrible. Also no coherent storyline. What where they thinking?! The extended cut doesn't really fix that. They just throw in even more little snippets that don't work in context.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

All the trailers had many great short moments, that seemed to be part of actual longer scenes. But no! The short trailer excerpts ARE the actual scenes!!! That's why the editing is all over the place. You have a bunch of short snippets that have to work as scenes, but they don't and the pacing is terrible. Also no coherent storyline. What where they thinking?! The extended cut doesn't really fix that. They just throw in even more little snippets that don't work in context.

ugh - my head hurts - I so wanted to like this movie, but the editing killed it.

[Roonan]

Originally Posted by motorheadache95

If we're talking THE director's cut, as in, the cut Snyder prefers for the film, it would be the standard Director's Cut version.

Indeed. Isn't that what director's cuts are? To me, a director's cut is the cut the director/creator prefers. That's what makes it different from every other cut.

[James_Younger_Gang]

Alien 3 director's or assembly cut didn't work in my opinion. While some added footage helped, most of the alternate stuff was pointless and the alternate ending sucked.The theatrical cut while choppy in some scenes, works better for me.
Rob Zombie's halloween 1 and 2
Exorcist III

[BladeRunner2007]

Alien. Although the theatrical cut is technically Ridley Scott's DC, the newer version that was marketed as the DC, is definitely inferior. The theatrical version is perfect.

[Stanis]

Copland DC destroys the buildup and mystery and the perfect ending, or something,I could only stand to watch it once

[Retroj23]

The Warriors: Terrible idea by Walter Hill to make it a "comic book". We already knew the movie was tongue in cheek. No need to add comic book shit to it.

Amadeus: While I enjoyed

[Show spoiler]looking at Costanzies massive hooters

the DC felt too drawn out.

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by L-Rouge

Alan Smithee really munted David Lynch's DUNE

Alan Smithee isn't a real person.It's name they tag on when the director don't want his/her name to the project.

[dubious]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

Alan Smithee isn't a real person.It's name they tag on when the director don't want his/her name to the project.

I think the smiley face was meant to punctuate that he knows that.