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Originally Posted by TonyD
I'll rent it but not buy, unless it has theatrical.
Originally Posted by TonyD
The dir cut that has been on dvd didn't do anything for me. I want to see the theatrical cut not another dir cut again.
Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
But what makes the theatrical cut so good over the director's cut? I bought that UK dvd to specifically compare the different versions as I initially thought the threatical cut was superior.
Originally Posted by TonyD
Don't know never saw it. If the theatrical isn't on tis blu-ray I may do an import just to see it.
Walter,Originally Posted by Walter Kittel
- Walter.
Originally Posted by John Hodson
I've long taken the view that less Clannad is more. But it's a purely personal opinion.
Beautiful film.
[COLOR= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Actually, I was hoping you would comment about the differences because I remembered you and Michael R. previously expressed your opinions that the theatrical cut was superior over the Mann version which is why I decided to buy the UK dvd to see for myself.[/COLOR]
Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
John,
So you prefer the extended version?
Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
Actually, I was hoping you would comment about the differences because I remembered you and Michael R. previously expressed your opinions that the theatrical cut was superior over the Mann version which is why I decided to buy the UK dvd to see for myself.
Gotcha!Originally Posted by Michael Reuben
It's not so much that I found the theatrical cut superior in substance, but that I found the editing on the DVD version sloppy and less effective. There didn't seem to be any good reason for many of the changes, and they weren't smoothly done. By comparison, the edits on the Blu-ray edition of Heat were precision adjustments that many viewers probably didn't notice and that, in each case I could identify, effectively tightened up a scene that benefited from the tightening.
I don't have a quarrel with any specific adjustment Mann made to Mohicans, but I found that their cumulative effect was to make the film less grand and sweeping -- the very qualities that won over many viewers in the first place.