Alternate cuts of movies you would love to see

[TM2YC]

- Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Before a lot of the CGI was added to the Jungle Chase among other areas of the film, which made it feel a little plastic-ey

Yes! If GL hadn't been involved in post-production (or principle photography), it's possible KotCS might have been a worthy sequel.

 

[Moe_Syzlak]

- Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Before a lot of the CGI was added to the Jungle Chase among other areas of the film, which made it feel a little plastic-ey

Yes! If GL hadn't been involved in post-production (or principle photography), it's possible KotCS might have been a worthy sequel.

Get rid of silly things like the fridge, jungle chase, over-the-top villains, CGI, silly jokes, Shia, and lot of other things and it may be okay.

 

[matrixgrindhouse]

A Better Tomorrow II: Director John Woo and producer Tsui Hark got into an editing war over this one, culminating in a third party company being contracted to assemble the film separately from the both of them.  The result is a fairly incoherent mess, with moments of greatness.  It could be a stronger film, there's got to be more out there that'd add context to some of the stranger moments of the theatrical cut.  The finale is still aces, of course.  But with the 50 missing minutes reinstated, it could truly be something worthy of following the original. 

Quantum of Solace:  Recut and extend the action scenes so that they're coherent.  Replace the design-by-committee title sequence with a proper Daniel Kleinman version.  And replace that awful theme song with David Arnold's rejected Shirley Bassey song, No Good About Goodbye.  Move the gunbarrel sequence back to the beginning where it belongs.  Reinstate the cut "Bond, James Bond" scene, because why would they ever cut that?  And, if it breaks continuity with Spectre, at least let us see the alternate Mister White-centric ending as an extra.  I really think that these changes could really elevate QOS.  I have a soft spot in my heart for it as a Casino Royale expansion pack, but it could be strong enough to stand on its own legs with some significant but not implausible reworking.

 

[Gaith]

- The Hobbit Trilogy: I'm sure the footage that was shot, could have been the equal of LotR if it had been assembled in a different way.

I don't think so. As a prequel to LotR, it had to be less epic than that tale - but, because it climaxes with a dragon, of which LotR has none, that was extremely tough in of itself. Only by cramming it all into one movie, and deleting the five(?)-army battle entirely, I think, could a proper balance really have been found - and, as it happens, AUJ is the only one of the three flicks I see myself revisiting.

 

[Urban Monitor]

Exterminator 2 (Director´s cut)
Blair Witch 2 (Director´s Cut)
Crow: City of Angels (Director´s cut)
Event Horizon (Director´s cut)

 

[TM2YC]

- The Hobbit Trilogy: I'm sure the footage that was shot, could have been the equal of LotR if it had been assembled in a different way.

I don't think so. As a prequel to LotR, it had to be less epic than that tale - but, because it climaxes with a dragon, of which LotR has none, that was extremely tough in of itself. Only by cramming it all into one movie, and deleting the five(?)-army battle entirely, I think, could a proper balance really have been found - and, as it happens, AUJ is the only one of the three flicks I see myself revisiting.

If PJ had had a little voice saying things like: Let's not spend months and millions of dollars working on an elaborate 20-minute sequence where the Dwarves try to cover Smaug in molten gold (which goes nowhere)... lets spend those months/millions on getting the rest of the film right instead. Let's focus more on the great footage we've got in the can of Bilbo being all charming and plucky. Let's not spend all this money/time reshooting scenes, adding action, adding jokes. Let's not replace things we already shot with practical FX/makeup, with less-good CGI versions etc etc. I'm saying maybe on some hardrives somewhere there is a potential cut of the Hobbit that could've worked just right but we'll never know.

 

[stferguson78]

Exterminator 2 (Director´s cut)
Blair Witch 2 (Director´s Cut)
Crow: City of Angels (Director´s cut)
Event Horizon (Director´s cut)

Definitely Event Horizon, The directors cut sounded like it had so much potential, such a pity that the footage was reportedly lost/destroyed!

 

[Urban Monitor]

Exterminator 2 (Director´s cut)
Blair Witch 2 (Director´s Cut)
Crow: City of Angels (Director´s cut)
Event Horizon (Director´s cut)

Definitely Event Horizon, The directors cut sounded like it had so much potential, such a pity that the footage was reportedly lost/destroyed!

Good news is that Scream Factory is making a Bluray and is searching for the deleted footage.

 

[TM2YC]

- I'd be fascinated to see the original version of Ridley Scott's 'All the Money in the World' with Kevin Spacey in it just for comparison... as long as it didn't mean he made any money from it. It'll probably never be released but is sitting on a harddrive somewhere 100% complete. The released version with Christopher Plummer wasn't very good, so it's unlikely the nearly identical Spacey version would be noticeably better, or worse.

- I still haven't managed to see the completed version of Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote but I'd love to see the original abandoned version too. Ditto for any of the other disastrous attempts to do Quixote movies by other directors.

- Also Gilliam's cut of Brothers Grimm, with completed soundfx etc. I had a go with a workprint fanedit.

- I've not seen the poorly received 105-minute studio cut of Spike Lee's 'Oldboy', I'd prefer to see his unreleased 140-minute Director's cut.

- Scorsese Director's cut of Gangs of New York. It might be my least favourite of his films in the released version, so who knows?

With new movie productions being locked down, these cuts of old movies are free money just sitting there for the studios. Hopefully they'll figure that one out for themselves.

 

[Canon Editor]

Perhaps, there is only one I’d give something to see.

The Magnificent Ambersons.

Unfortunately though, who knows if a copy of that still exists.

 

[wilhelm scream]

- I'd be fascinated to see the original version of Ridley Scott's 'All the Money in the World' with Kevin Spacey in it just for comparison... as long as it didn't mean he made any money from it. It'll probably never be released but is sitting on a harddrive somewhere 100% complete. The released version with Christopher Plummer wasn't very good, so it's unlikely the nearly identical Spacey version would be noticeably better, or worse.

- I still haven't managed to see the completed version of Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote but I'd love to see the original abandoned version too. Ditto for any of the other disastrous attempts to do Quixote movies by other directors.

- Also Gilliam's cut of Brothers Grimm, with completed soundfx etc. I had a go with a workprint fanedit.

- I've not seen the poorly received 105-minute studio cut of Spike Lee's 'Oldboy', I'd prefer to see his unreleased 140-minute Director's cut.

- Scorsese Director's cut of Gangs of New York. It might be my least favourite of his films in the released version, so who knows?

With new movie productions being locked down, these cuts of old movies are free money just sitting there for the studios. Hopefully they'll figure that one out for themselves.

The Orson Welles version of Don Quixote is avaliable, even if it's a mess and edited by people who had no idea what they were doing. Hopefully it gets re-edited by people who actually know what they are doing.

 

[Dr. Chim Richalds]

Perhaps, there is only one I’d give something to see.

The Magnificent Ambersons.

Unfortunately though, who knows if a copy of that still exists.

Seems as good a time as any for my annual begging and pleading for TM2YC to create a Frankenstein's monster version of that movie pieced together with radio audio, the remake, original stills from lost scenes, audiobooks, storyboards, text, etc.  I love the movie but have nowhere near the talent and knowledge of Welles that he has.  Someday, TM2YC...

 

[TM2YC]

Perhaps, there is only one I’d give something to see.

The Magnificent Ambersons.

Unfortunately though, who knows if a copy of that still exists.

Seems as good a time as any for my annual begging and pleading for TM2YC to create a Frankenstein's monster version of that movie pieced together with radio audio, the remake, original stills from lost scenes, audiobooks, storyboards, text, etc.  I love the movie but have nowhere near the talent and knowledge of Welles that he has.  Someday, TM2YC...

I really will have to revive that project sometime. I've got some of those resources in a folder somewhere ready to go.

 

[wilhelm scream]

I recently watched a movie called Haywire and I rather enjoyed it. I looked it up and found out that it had re-shoots done to it (which caused it to be delayed) and I would be interested in seeing the original cut before the re-shoots.

 

[flaminio]

I want the original Hulk cut with all of Norton's writing. I bet it's long-winded, but phenomenal.

Tomahawk's fan-edit is pretty close to this. I won't go so far to say it's phenomenal, but it is significantly better than the theatrical release.

 

[Jrzag42]

I want the original Hulk cut with all of Norton's writing. I bet it's long-winded, but phenomenal.

Tomahawk's fan-edit is pretty close to this. I won't go so far to say it's phenomenal, but it is significantly better than the theatrical release.

I'd say it's phenomenal

 

[Gaith]

- Scorsese Director's cut of Gangs of New York. It might be my least favourite of his films in the released version, so who knows?

I haven't seen much Scorsese, but I'll take Gangs over derivative tosh like The Departed and overstuffed, oversimplified biopics like The Aviator any day. And, if there's enough material for a new release, have at it!

 

[Moe_Syzlak]

- Scorsese Director's cut of Gangs of New York. It might be my least favourite of his films in the released version, so who knows?

I haven't seen much Scorsese, but I'll take Gangs over derivative tosh like The Departed and overstuffed, oversimplified biopics like The Aviator any day. And, if there's enough material for a new release, have at it!

I like a lot of Scorsese but I also find myself oddly detached from his movies. Even Goodfellas. The one that really connects with me though is Raging Bull. In fact, I’m going to put it in queue; it’s been way too long.

 

[Duragizer]

The original 3-hour cut of Stargate where Ra was a human underlord to an alien master.

 

[TM2YC]

The original 3-hour cut of Stargate where Ra was a human underlord to an alien master.

Haven't heard of that one. Info?