stupid studio interference messing with
the director's vision hey everyone I'm
Rebecca and welcome to watchmojo.com
that made a movie better this is as much
yours as it is mine I'd be proud if he
flipped I couldn't possibly
well don't be ridiculous to you and you
spent our orange it was your idea you
were the instigator week of her right
that means we're looking at various
directors cuts and extended versions
that made the movie far better than its
theatrical counterpart all right let's
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number 10 the current war this movie
should have been better than it was you
think I'm being absurd it recounts the
electric rivalry between Thomas Edison
and George Westinghouse and it stars the
likes of Benedict Cumberbatch Michael
Shannon and Tom Holland
despite the intriguing historical
premise and outstanding cast the movie
was rushed through post-production and
received poor reviews when it debuted
TIF in 2017
following that director alfonso
gomez-rejon raised enough money to film
some reshoots and trimmed roughly 10
minutes from the movie I really don't
think it can be John why because he
would have already done it the result
was the current war director's cut which
was theatrically released in October
2000 nineteen while it still wasn't
great by any means it was a heck of a
lot better than the festival version
actually completing a movie will do that
sooner all these people will have
electric lighting no one will even
remember it ever happened
number nine Once Upon a Time in America
for the most blatant and egregious
example of studio interference in movie
history
we give you once upon a time in America
this was director Sergio Leone's Opus a
roughly four hour long gangster epic in
the lead company shredded into ribbons
due to a combination of the absurd
length concerns over the graphic
violence and the wish for more money the
distributor's cut the film down to just
one hundred and thirty nine minutes what
chance is that a crazy thing like this
might succeed yes an hour and a half's
worth of material was missing from the
movie not only that they completely
re-edited the story into chronological
order which of course ruined the pacing
flow and intended dramatic plotting
luckily the movie has since been made
right and is now regarded as a
masterpiece is this your way of getting
revenge
just the way I see things number eight
daredevil superheroes have been ruling
the cinema since the early 2000s but
daredevil is like that one friend nobody
really likes yeah they're there but
nobody really pays them any attention at
least such as the case with the
theatrical version however an extended
director's cut was released in 2004
which considerably improved the quality
of the film somebody's been talking
somebody always does it added roughly 30
minutes of new material but it also cut
some sequences like Matt's confessions
and a love scene between Elektra and
Matt
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included in the new material was a brand
new subplot involving Coolio's Dante
Jackson a flashback scene with Matt and
his adoptive mother and more brutal and
visceral violence it was a vast
improvement on a really bad movie taking
into consideration
number seven Troy homer's iliad deserved
a better adaptation the 2004 Stroh if
they ever tell my story
let them say I walked with giant luckily
that better adaptation came in the form
of the 2007 director's cut Warner Home
Video pumped 1 million dollars into its
creation which included significant
edits and reintroduced 30 minutes of
footage back into the movie this
director's cut includes far more nudity
and graphic violence including a much
longer and far more sickening depiction
of the sacking of Troy it also expands
the story and allows for better
character development especially for
Priam and Sean beans Odysseus who was
unfortunately sidelined in a theatrical
release more character work more
realistic violence and more story what's
not to love brother we were told King
Odysseus is hid in the hills
Odysseus drink my wine and never phase
number 6 Apocalypse Now Redux fan
opinion remains firmly divided on the
necessity and quality of redux for some
Apocalypse Now is perfect as it is in
the morning for others Redux serves as a
wonderful expansion of an already
fantastic film and we say expansion
lightly because Redux is like a whole
new movie hey Lance
what do you think it's beautiful of
course there is the 49 minutes worth of
new material including a second meeting
with the playmates and an interaction
with French colonists on a rubber
plantation shoe box well but there's
also a new score and an updated color
balance which required cinematographer
Vittorio Storaro to permanently cut the
original negative of the film
the results were divisive but undeniably
mesmerizing number 5 Superman - the
Richard Donner cut Superman - suffered
under a problematic production did you
say this to me when you know I will kill
you for it director Richard Donner was
fired when the movie was 75 percent
complete and Richard Lester was brought
in to replace him in order to receive
the directors credit
Lester reshot a majority of Donner
scenes it wasn't until 2006 that we
finally sought Donna's vision and it was
glorious this mindless aberration whose
only means of expression are wanton
violence and destruction the Richard
Donner cut is practically a different
movie altogether containing a different
opening and ending new scenes alternate
takes and a far more serious tone
terribly sorry about all the damage sir
it's obviously a little rough around the
edges as Donner never completed his
original movie but it certainly makes
for a fascinating glimpse into an
alternate history and what could have
been if you hear me now
then you have made use of the only means
left number four Watchmen when Watchmen
was released in 2009 it received a
divisive response viewers loved the
style and risk-taking but criticized to
be over reliance on action and confusing
narrative following the middling
theatrical release two new versions were
concocted the first was an extended
director's cut which included 20 minutes
of additional footage good to see you
Daniel shouldn't no no you needed was
nice pair of legs to motivate you and
then we have the ultimate cut which took
the director's cut and intertwined it
with scenes from the fictional comic
book tales of the black freighter and
you again the stench of powder at lance
brains
the result was a 215 minute behemoth
that many comic fans consider to be the
definitive and most accurate version of
the film and it wouldn't be the last
time fans expressed interest in seeing
the director's cut of a sack snyder film
did you really think it would kill me I
have walked across the surface of the
Sun I have witnessed events so tiny and
so fast they can hardly be said to have
occurred at all
number three kingdom of heaven Ridley
Scott scored a massive hit with
gladiator so he returned to the swords
and sandals epic genre with Kingdom of
Heaven which followed a blacksmith who
fought in the Crusades
it was um no gladiator
you hear it currently sits at 39 percent
on Rotten Tomatoes and performed poorly
at the box office
Scott blamed the poor reaction on test
audiences and studio interference and he
quickly went to work on a director's cut
welcome Anne is a man who does not make
the world better he reinstated 45
minutes of cut material back into the
movie and these added scenes brought
much-needed character development and
clearer motivations it also helped
expand the story and added some
much-needed depth and emotion the result
was a resounding success that critics
instantly hailed as far superior to the
theatrical release number 2 Blade Runner
if there's one director who suffered
under studio interference more than zack
snyder its Ridley Scott Scott's
masterpiece Blade Runner was tarnished
upon release and many people were quick
to write it off
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a full decade later Scots finally
released his director's cut which
included the removal of Deckard's
controversial voiceover and an altered
ending but the definitive edition came
in 2007 with the final cut this version
contains improved visual effects and a
brighter look an altered unicorn
sequence more graphic violence and a ton
of little changes that make this version
infinitely superior to its predecessors
15 years later we finally saw Ridley
Scott's true creative vision and it was
a magnificent sight to behold
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Rings franchise it's seemingly
impossible to improve upon perfection
but Peter Jackson and his team managed
to do it I made a promise don't you
leave him Samwise Gamgee well with the
Africa cuts of these films are certainly
wonderful both the movie buffs and the
Tolkien experts agree that the extended
versions are the way to go wizard is
never late nor is he earning he arrives
precisely when he means Joe they add so
much rich material to the film's
including entire subplots extensive
character work and extended action
sequences that it's impossible to return
to the theatrical editions after seeing
them seriously the work done to fare
Amir's character arc alone is enough to
warrant the extended editions you let
the enemy walk in and take it on a whim
always you cast
that is not my intent and yeah Tom
Bombadil is still absent but is anyone
really complaining about that so what do
you guys think what's your favorite
extended cut let us know in the comments
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