10 Director's Cuts That Ruined Awesome Movies
Ah, the famed Director's Cut, often a lame marketing gimmick to get people to buy more DVDs and Blu-Rays - who can forget all those "Unrated" editions of crude comedies with footage that "was too hot for cinemas!" - and sometimes a necessity for a director to aptly convey their vision of the movie they made. Studios often wrangle projects away from directors such that their original idea for a film can be mutated in subtle yet nevertheless impactful ways; these releases can often restore agency to a filmmaker, but they can equally also prove that a director has become too big for their breeches. So egregiously bad are these 10 director's cuts that they seriously impact on the film and in effect turn a bonafide classic into something considerably less enjoyable; meaning is altered, subtlety is eschewed, and tone is in some cases completely shifted. If this is truly what the filmmakers intended, then I think I'll stick with their accidental excellence the first time around. Here are 10 Director's Cuts that ruined awesome movies.