10 Movies That Have Special Editions Worse Than Star Wars

9. Beauty And The Beast: IMAX Special Edition

Disney are renowned for rereleasing their films, with the likes of Snow White and Fantasia having been in cinemas more times than you probably have. Animation dates a lot slower than live-action (hairstyles don't look as corny over time), so it was a great way to stretch a film's box office. The practice began to fade as home video took off (a market Disney has expertly mastered with its Vault), but you still occasionally see some classics, particularly those from the Renaissance of the nineties reappear theatrically, often accompanied by a new gimmick. 2002 saw Beauty And The Beast released in IMAX in an extended, Special Edition. Presenting a mixture of animation touch-ups and sound fixing, there were some scenes added that increased the run time, but added little to the film aside from an incentive to watch the rerelease. Disney has tinkered with its movies at various points, with Snow White having deleted scenes added and Fantasia chopped and changed seemingly with each cinematic outing, although in those cases it didn't have a massively detrimental effect. What's noteworthy about this version is that it was actually inspired by the Star Wars Special Editions; following those films the directors thought it would be cool to do their own version that saw the previously excised song Human Again included. The song isn't as strong as those in the theatrical version of the film (hence why it was cut) and is central to the weaker standing of the IMAX edition. The film would later also see a 3D release, which returned to the theatrical version, axing Human Again.