Director's Cut far superior than original and

Blade Runner for one. The final cut being the best.

I'd say Daredevil and Ghost Rider are both aided greatly by their added footage.

RoboCop feels a bit more complete.

The director's cut of Saw III (not the unrated cut, the director's cut) is a lot better, and runs about 15 minutes longer than the theatrical cut, many of the extended scenes adding a lot to the storyline with Amanda.

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I don't understand how anyone could think there's not much difference between the two cuts. The plot is more coherent (you actually know why they come for Kingpin at the end of the film now) and even the action is more intense. The fights are longer! I just love the Director's Cut of this film. Why didn't they just release this version unaltered in the first place? I thought it was smart, well written, well directed, and struck just the right tone for the material. The director's cut is more focused and features a better tone and a far more coherent story. Everything is in service of the story or the characters or creating a persuasive reality. You're pulled into a story about people and about the defender of Hell's Kitchen. That's what the theatrical cut was missing.

Since this is an old thread I guess not many people have been thinking about this recently, but...

WATCHMEN! The DC is vastly superior to the TC!!! Watchmen is probably my favorite comic book film of all time, at this point. But it's all because of the DC. I know this opinion is controversial, but I love it.

And I will agree that, although I hadn't seen Daredevil in years, I generally held a pretty negative opinion of it (having only seen the TC, one time). Just a few days ago I watched the DC and was extremely impressed. The exact same thing happened when I re-watched Blade the other day. I just couldn't believe I had been holding a negative opinion of these movies for all these years.

Then I watched Blade 3, which I previously had thought was good... and now I think it is complete s**t. They tried to ham it up with dumb humor and it completely ruined the general "bad ass" feel of the Blade franchise.

I agree with those who suggest that the following films are superior in the Directors' Cute/Alternate versions.



" Terminator 2 : Judgement Day " ( 1991 ) - the additional footage adds noticeable to what is already a good character study by science fiction dystopia film standars

" Superman " ( 1978 ) - the 2001 DVD release; for all of it being only 8 minutes of additional footage, it does add noticeable to improving an understanding of an already good films' explanation for why/how/when the characters do what they do

" Daredevil " ( 2003 ) - of course; though why any scenes had to be cute as 2 of them were to accomodate the new footage I am not sure

" Halloween " ( 1978 ) - the additional material added to the television version ; this realy improves on explaining why Michael does what he does later in the film/film sequels/film series



I agree as well that the following films are worse for such a change in their Directors Cut/Alternate versions.

" Star Wars " ( 1977 ) - Han did NOT shoot first, we did NOT not that many addtional aliens in addition to the cleaning up of the special effects, if you were going to include the Jabba footage as well as the second Biggs scene why not include all of the other deleted footage as well; 'nuff said

" Elektra " ( 2005 ) - though I haven't seen the Directors' Cut yet the theatrical film had such a lousy script that I doubt anything could have actually made this in its' own right a better movie; Jennifer Garner is the only reason to see it as such



Other Directors' Cuts I liked

" Independence Day " ( 1996 ) - the additional footage actually gave the characters some characters to study ; 'nuff said

" JFK " ( 1991 ) - the additional footage did a good job of helping to clarify Oliver Stones' case ( or lack thereof, depending on your point of view ) for conspiracy ; as such, it might not be a good example of an investigation method, but it is an improvement on an already good movie






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- Fezzik, " The Princess Bride " ( 1987 )

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Daredevil the director's cut is actually a very good ORIGINAL film and far better than the theatrical release. I now only own the director's cut because I ignore the other version.