Unrated/Uncut Version MUCH BETTER!
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TheGallows — 16 years ago(September 15, 2009 11:37 AM)
From what I can gather, it's longer and focuses on more important elements. I think I'm going to get the dvd. I just saw the theatrical version on cable, I liked the film. I did see some week points, but maybe the unrated/uncut version will fix that.
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zandylovesRISK — 14 years ago(November 04, 2011 10:38 AM)
The theatrical version seemed like it skipped 10 min of the movie. It was like somebody cut a 2 min segment out of the movie every 10 min.
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winout — 16 years ago(September 19, 2009 02:24 PM)
Yea the UNCUT version is way better. The theatrical version leaves a lot of plotholes unsolved. The uncut fixes that. It's just way more fun to watch
Why did they release the theatrical version when this version was already in the making? I don't get itsomeone explain plz
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j_solano13 — 16 years ago(October 16, 2009 12:25 PM)
Either Way, Uncut version was pretty damn good.
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rogerday1 — 16 years ago(January 21, 2010 08:48 PM)
I believe the 70 minutes extra was just a rumor. They may have had 70 minutes worth of extra footage, but not usable material to properly edit and add.
The 11 minutes extra in the uncut is a significant difference. It is like an alternate ending, or alternate 4th quarter of the movie. So it wasn't just 11 minutes of extra movie, it was all the changed footage of the movie plus 11 minutes of extra footage.
I was very disappointed how this movie got cut short due to the corporate heads putting a stop to letting this movie get completed. Unfortunately, they were going way over budget and were already like 2 years behind schedule with getting it out. So they ended up just having to take what they had and throw it together in a movie for it to hit theaters.
What is that about FilmInformer.com something big is coming? I'd love to find out the director figure out a way to film the rest of the movie and come out with a true version of what it was intended to be! I even bought the book just to read to be able to make sense out of all the gaps they had. -
Chrispy_G — 13 years ago(April 02, 2013 08:56 AM)
The difference is more than 11 minutes. Altogether, it's 11 minutes longerbut it also removes certain moments from the theatrical cut and replaces it with other stuff. I know for example some bad moments and lines are dropped in favor of new/alternate material.
I would venture to say that the ACTUAL difference is more in the 15-20 minute range.
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spannungsbogen — 16 years ago(January 25, 2010 08:35 PM)
The uncut version is FLAWLESS(except for the skidoo backflip)
10 out of 10
one of the most intense Sci-fi movie of this decade!
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Luckz — 14 years ago(December 24, 2011 06:19 PM)
The fighting scenes were beep ridiculous. Like the "your father sent us"-mercenaries who hop around like monkeys what's wrong with those kids? The whole segment involving them was embarrassing. And there's no convo about that with Darquandier later.
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datrax — 11 years ago(May 16, 2014 09:34 PM)
That's to signal to viewers that the "Parkour kids" aren't there to harm them, probably not to upset or anger Aurora (being that she is a superintelligence), and not to mention, following the film's own logic, that Toorop is not someone whose wrath you'd want to invite. In reality this Parkour bit might not make too much sense, but in the film's internal logic it does work.
I sort of agree with spannungsbogen that this film (the uncut version) is a minor if not a major masterpiece. When I saw the theatrical cut years ago I felt there was something wrong, it felt like a studio-butchered movie ham-fisted into a summer blockbuster film, but now I've seen the uncut version it's
completely different
. All scenes suddenly make sense, feel coherent and interesting, and the important scenes are given adequate time to develop. And to top it off this makes the action aspect of the film much more interesting too.
I don't understand what made Fox butcher the theatrical version, perhaps someone high up of whom we know to be extremely religious and conservative didn't like some of its message or how religion is represented, or something bizarre like that. Because I think certainly considering the massive differences between the two cuts,
something
bizarre did happen.