Watching the two cuts with the commentary on, verhoeven and neumeier talk about how the director s cut is so over the top, that it makes the violence more cartoony and almost farcical, and they laugh at how the studio cutting back and shortening certain scenes. James cameron made the editing choices based on running time. The midsommar directors cut is better than the theatrical version. Instead of utilizing seamless branching for the two different cuts as others have done in similar cases, disney includes two entirely separate transfers on this disc a 1080pavc mpeg4 encoded version of the bad santa director s cut, and a 1080pvc1 encoded badder santa unrated cut. Dracula 1979 scream factory bluray screen comparisons. Director s cut and your opinions of the movie i finally got around to watching amadeus last night on netflix, after putting it off for quite some time now. So i have two copies of army of darkness, the us cut and the directors cut.
Two months after midsommars official theatrical debut. In 2008 film was released in a director s cut on dvd and bluray which included both the theatrical and director s cut. Is the director s cut of alien the superior version. This video compares the theatrical bluray edition with the director s cut dvd of the classic nick meyer movie star trek vi. The neonoir scifi film dark city bombed at the box office when it was released in 1998. An extended cut is usually any version of the film which is longer than the theatrical cut. In preparing for a retrospective on zack snyders movies, ive gone back and rewatched his films, or, in the case of watchmen, gave a first viewing to the directors cut. First is the assemblyrough cut, where all selected takes are put together in the order in which they should appear in the film. Even though the director s cut offers almost 5 minutes of additional footage, it doesnt really add any important scenes regarding plot and violence. The longer directors cut of doctor sleep adds a whole 30minute storyline. Well there is no directors cut because both the theatrical release and the special edition laserdisc were directors cuts.
What is difference between the extended version and the. The theatrical cut of troy was released on dvd, but the directors cut is the only one available on bluray. As stated by director peter jackson, this is the directors cut of lotr. Sep 25, 2015 helgelands directors cut is available in the us on bluray and dvd as straight up. The ultimate cut brings the film from its theatrical 162 minutes, to a whopping 215 minutes. If you are a budding film critic or a fulltime film student, youll love the directors cut. Director brian helgeland was given the chance to retool the movie but declined, and production designer john myhre was given a go at it. For those that are familiar with both, which one should a person watch first. Or just the directors cut and then look up what happened. Then we see an old car driving, with the long shot to the gizeh pyramids we see the scene the theatrical cut starts with. Either donnie darko hasnt aged well or the directors cut. The directors version drags a warmhearted, joyously sentimental classic down.
I have not read the comics and dont really know much about the film, but i own both versions on dvd and ive finally gotten around to watching it and wondered which one i should watch first. After an initial rewatch of the directors cut, which ill. Bad santa is without a question the raunchiest christmas movie of all time. Embarking with the beautiful gilda on a highstakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, treachery and deception. It actually runs a few seconds shorter than the original theatrical cut of the film, although it contains more than five minutes of different footage. The special edition is about 12 minutes longer with a couple. Ive got to agree with this, if its your first time watching aliens you should watch the theatrical version and save the extra footage from the directors cut for a future viewing. In the same year a director s cut was released on dvd in the usa. This apparently was supposed to be the original theatrical cut, until costner was pressured to trim it.
The film is mustwatch for some at christmas and has gained a cult following since its release in 2003. By many, if not most accounts, its one of the best stephen king adaptations to grace the silver screen to date. After completion, fox released the new directors cut in cinemas. Now, i concede that sometimes, it became an excuse for bloated and selfindulgent story telling. Scenes include the expanded action sequences and additional exposition from the director s cut, even more exposition segments, and additionally interweaves the animated black freighter short into the story to mimic its role as the story within the story in the graphic novel. The directors cut of donnie darko has about 20 minutes of extra footage in it, most of which are minor character moments. Dec 02, 2015 15 directors cuts of famous movies way better than the theatrical versions posted on december 2, 2015 december 2, 2015 by andy kubica there are many reasons why movie directors may not have final cut over their own films.
Aside from the theatrical version, rated r by the mpaa, an unrated director s cut has been put out on dvd, delivering a considerable extended version. The directors cut of alien is not really essential for first time viewers or longtime fans, its just fine. When hellboy was first released on dvd it only included the theatrical cut. Ridley scotts 1979 scifihorror masterpiece alien is one of the most beloved movies of all time, though many people may be unaware there is a directors cut version with some differences from the theatrical release in 2003, the director was approached by 20 th century fox with the opportunity to release a new cut of the film as part of the then definitive dvd box set of all the alien. Hellboy theatrical or directors cut, which to watch. Cut explicitly refers to the process of film editing. In an introduction on the director s cut dvd and blu. I look at the differences and key additions to the 2003 cut of the film. Nov 28, 2009 director s cut is the cut with everything the director of the movie wanted the world to see.
Which cut of alien and aliens should you watch if youve. Unlike many of the misleading releases these days, the directors cut of payback is actually a completely different film than the theatrical cut that has been around for years now. Not sure why the original cut wouldnt be considered canon considering there are some bits in the director s cut that invalidate some major plot points in aliens and beyond. Theatrical cut, the international cut, the director s cut and the final cut. Director david fincher presented the directors cut of his magnificent film zodiac eight months after the theatrical release at an event hosted by the film society of lincoln center. These, to me, are simply beautiful shots, and the loved by the sun song works wonderfully there. On november 18th 2008 tropic thunder has been released on the american market in two versions. Seven different versions of ridley scotts 1982 american science fiction film blade runner have been shown, either to test audiences or theatrically. Doctor sleeps newly released directors cut confirms both the strengths and weaknesses of the recent stephen king adaptations theatrical version. The long of it is that all of the complaints that originally existed with the theatrical cut are still there. The theatrical cut, which runs 10 minutes longer, holds its audiences hand with too tight of a grasp, explaining relationships and scenarios we. I cant speak so much to what is different about my version, than the theatrical version, because i only ever really analyzed my own version and what im trying.
Jun 10, 2009 the director s cut that was released in 1999, i think lists the additions from the theatrical release. The former came out of a resurgence of popularity after warner bros. Fslc associate director of programming kent jones interviewed fincher. The second disc of special features has some interesting stuff on it. In the theatrical version, the main characters dont know what s going on and arrive at a mysterious place, meeting a mysterious character along the way. In 2004 director guillermo del toro made the first of two hellboy films based on the dark horse comics by mike mignola. The uncensored director s cut is approximitely 47 seconds shorter than the theatrical version, although the altered scenes in the director s cut add up to 321 seconds. Which directors cut is worse than the theatrical release. Either you want to shoot an entertaining action flick and deal with the typical stereotype kind of charakters or the characters are more important.
May 24, 2012 i think both versions are excellent, and it s a hard call because the director s cut actually removes a total of maybe 6 minutes from the theatrical version, in order to add in about 5 minutes of previously deleted scenes. Now, this bluray release of bad moon from scream factory comes with both the theatrical cut and directors cut of the film. I felt that the theatrical version was more nuanced and subtle, let the view figure it out. Offering no judgment as to what constitutes a more authentic interpretation of the source material, i nevertheless prefer the theatrical cut, because it makes. There is a seperate report for the other way around. Factory bluray release although the directors cut is only in standard def. Im not going to say its perfect, but it does a hell of a lot better job explaining what is happening than the original. Dec 07, 2007 i popped in the director s cut of legend which i havent watched in a while. May 02, 2016 the neonoir scifi film dark city bombed at the box office when it was released in 1998. If im watching alien for the first time, should i watch.
Director s cut is the cut with everything the director of the movie wanted the world to see. The doctor sleep directors cut is a huge improvement. Jun 15, 2010 the unrated director s cut although the director called it an extended cut the dvd cover sports the usual unrated director s cut, so well call it that in this report is almost 17 minutes longer and features a lot of new footage but only a tiny few more frames of violence in the middle of the film as well as one victim dying a different. I, too, grew up on theatrical, my first ridley scott movie, but that cut is a travesty. Critics really liked it but the dark setting and the marketing failed to entice audiences.
High resolution official theatrical movie poster of for can you ever forgive me. Which do you prefer, the theatrical cut of terminator 2 or. Only in 2005 the then 28 years old movie was made into a video game for playstation 2, psp and xbox. The essence of its focal character, a man who wished to develop internally and communicate his art, seemed poorly developed and inept as a core plot point. The director s cut is the version unafraid to be the best version of itself, focusing on character, story, and theme and achieving much better results. Dracula 1979 scream factory collectors edition bluray. Is the watchmen directors cut any better than the watchmen theatrical cut. Regarding alien, i never saw the directirs cut, but for aliens i did and was not happy with the additional footage, which removes all of the mystery of how the colony on lv426 aliens.
Comparison between the theatrical cut and the directors cut both. Fearlesss theatrical cut was a mediocre film with a slew of engrossing martial arts action, but seemed rather heartless in my eyes. The directors cut to be an alternative cut of the film intended for longtime fans. A directors cut is an edited version of a film that is supposed to represent the directors own. It is evenly paced and feeds you enough lore to not sit like a question mark wondering what they are talking about. Whats the difference between directors cut and theatrical. Sometimes, a director s cut or extended version is released alongside the theatrical version on a dvd or blu ray, which is typically the less edited ver. Whats the difference between director s cut and theatrical cut for a movie.
Running about 30 seconds shorter, the directors cut offers up some more nudity and gore at the opening but drastically trims down the digital morphing transformation that. Theres also the major addition of huge chunks of text that lay the. The us bluray release of the film includes the unrated and director s cut. Both versions are worth watching, but more is explained in the dir. Is it worth upgrading to the watchmen directors cut. Jan 02, 2015 if you just want the basic experience and watch an amazing fantasy film, you should go with the theatrical cut. Besides many extended sequences among other things the death of hollis mason, nite owl i is only shown in the directors cut many frame differences have been detected. Traditionally, the director s cut is not, by definition, the director s ideal or preferred cut. It s worth seeing the director s cut once youre familiar with the movie, but the theatrical cut is perfect. The motion picture with the director s edition dvd. May 07, 2016 although it was considered a home video release only the directors cut was screened at the berlin international film festival in 2007. The director s cut also changed the order of the artists.
When i was a student, the director s cut of any movie if available was all we would watch. Alien 1979 theatrical cut fan commentary not the director. Id like to have them both in emby but im not sure if or how i can have emby mark the directors cut as such. Cut and to me it doesnt appear like just wasted footage for the sake of padding it out. And the ending of the theatrical edition makes a lot more sense then the director s cut, in that in the u. The director s cut of aliens ruins the suspense of traveling to the colony. Besides the above mentioned additional acts, jimi hendrix singing voodoo chile is new, a chapter entitled picking up and going home, coda.
Later the director s cut was released a special edition dvd set. So ill keep the special features disc, put it with my dvd of the original theatrical version, and toss the socalled director s cut disc. As much as i like the american theatrical release, i much prefer ridley scott s director s cut which is moodier and has the superior jerry goldsmith score. Bad santa has been released in three different cuts. Very late in the commentary track mann talks about his preferred cut of.
Ridley scotts 1979 scifihorror masterpiece alien is one of the most beloved movies of all time, though many people may be unaware there is a directors cut version with some differences from the theatrical release in 2003, the director was approached by 20 th century fox with the opportunity to release a new cut of the film as part of the then definitive. The theatrical cut of director mike flanagans doctor sleep movie adaptation was great, but the director s cut makes it even better still. Ron pearlman played the unlikely superhero, his first starring role in a big hollywood production. The theatrical release of the film had cut ten minutes to get an rrating, but this cut was hailed as superior and has now become the. Aliens directors cut adds subtle differences to the 1979 scifihorror classic without changing much. Whether or not the director s cut is the better version is a matter of opinion. Comparison between the original theatrical version rrated and the unrated director s cut, both included on the us dvd released by shout factory. The theatrical release, which is decidedly noir, has a very supportive score, which punctuates the dark humor.
This cut report only discusses the parts in which the theatrical cut is longer than the director s cut. We talk shite, you sync it up with your bluray or dvd, but if youre in a pal territory youll find that the commentary drifts out of sync on the dvd version because of reasons. Is the directors cut of alien the superior version. What is a better aliens version, directors cut or special.
Traditionally, the directors cut is not, by definition, the directors ideal or preferred cut. With the warriors walter hill landed a hit that enjoys great popularity up to this day. Oct 31, 2016 distinguish between theatrical and directors cut posted in generalwindows. The director s cut is the version edited by the director, usually for additional home media releases. The alien directors cut is about a minute shorter than the theatrical version many scenes were excised or shortened but the new cut included the infamous eggmorphing scene. The score for the directors cut is bland and in my opinion, detracts from the film. Movies theatrical vs directors cut macrumors forums. Bad santa 2003 theatrical, unrated or directors cut. Often after the director has had his chance to oversee a cut, the subsequent cuts are supervised by one or more producers, who represent the. An extended cut is usually any version of the film which is longer than the theatrical cut though in very rare cases, its shorter. With 24 additional minutes, the director s cut of ari asters midsommar is darker, scarier, and a lot more sinister. Exploring brian helgelands payback, a tale of two movies. Why the directors cut of midsommar is creepier than the. Compared was the theatrical version with the director s cut, both on a present usdvd.
It was rated r by the mpaa, the unratedimprint therefore simply seems to be an eyecatcher. Comparison between the theatrical cut rrated on the german dvd, released by warner bros. If you enjoy reading cinapse, purchasing items through our affiliate links can tip us with a small commission at no additional cost to you. The guy just loves violence, but sadly studios dont. The whistlers 2019 not everything is as it seems for cristi, a policeman who plays both sides of the law. Its more of an alternate cut than a directors cut of ridley scotts iconic alien.
Director s cut vs theatrical hi all, i watched donnie darko director s cut last night and it was the first time that i felt the director s cut was the lesser of the two. This release includes standard bluray editions of the final cut along with the us theatrical cut, the international cut, and the director s cut, as well as the dangerous days documentary on dvd. Hellboy theatrical or directors cut, which to watch first. We know burke sent word to the colony in the theatrical cut to go investigate because ripley said so later in the story, but showing what happens in the beginning, imo removes the. The uk bluray release from optimum has the directors cut in high def. Jun 06, 2012 it seems that james camerons directors cut of aliens is the only alternate cut of an alien film preferred by any of the directors. We take a look at 5 films that have had the benefit of a director s cut, but whose theatrical cut remained superior. When paramount pictures were presented with the neo noir revenge film payback in 1998 it was deemed too dark for mainstream audience. Ridley scott has gone on record stating that he considers alien. Which version is better, theatrical or directors cut. The most glaring flaw in the theatrical cut is the development of orlando bloom s character, who just seems to be going through the motions as a keen military strategist. I think both versions are excellent, and its a hard call because the director s cut actually removes a total of maybe 6 minutes from the theatrical version, in order to add in about 5 minutes of previously deleted scenes.
Its a shame how terribly doctor sleep performed at the box office. Distinguish between theatrical and directors cut general. Yeah the director s cut is really just verhoeven doing his ott thing. Both the theatrical and directors cuts are on the shout. The uk bluray edition of payback contains both editions of the film. A director s cut is an edited version of a film or television episode, music video, commercial, or video game that is supposed to represent the director s own approved edit.
The editing process of a film is broken into stages. May 15, 2017 mann released a directors cut of manhunter in 2000 on dvd. The theatrical cut is the version of the film that was shown at cinemas. It is included in the list of best hollywood adventure movies to be released in let us tell you, the director of this fantasy film is joe cornish, who is an english comedian. Consequently, the watchmen director s cut bluray has almost everything you could want and plenty more from a homevideo version of snyders adaptation, except for the original adaptation itself. Jun 22, 2015 as the name implies, it is the version of the film that was originally shown in theaters. If youre curious, watch the original, then look up what the fuck was happening, then watch the directors cut. The final cut was rereleased on ultra hd bluray on september 5, 2017 one month prior to the theatrical release of blade runner 2049. I have two copies of terminator 2 as well and was never able to get that to work properly. The theatrical version is the one all the censors approved for the mass populous. If im watching alien for the first time, should i watch the. Thankfully, the director s cut adds in about 45 minutes of footage, which makes the story come full circle.
A member of a tribe watches the arrival, hes surrounded by a bright light. Now we come to the two contenders for best blade runner. And mike flanagans changes make for a better, more empathetic movie that adds to stephen kings entire shining. Petersen provieded a introduction on the directors cut on bluray. Theatrical or director s cut for a first time viewer. Nov 19, 2015 the directors cut is a lean and mean movie. This video series compares the theatrical version bluray of star trek.
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