Quote from: KiramidHead on Dec 11, 2023, 05:02:22 PMMohicans is weird in that I've never seen the initial director's cut, I just know fans hate the f**k out of it because it took some things out. I legit had no idea people were that keen on the Clannad song until I was reading up on that.
I've seen it once and I remember it adding one really kickass scene during the battle at the fort, but you're right in that pretty much everything it removes makes the film objectively worse (especially that song
)
Then he does his definitive edition, adds most of the deletions back in but also takes the good battle sequence back out
Quote from: KiramidHead on Dec 11, 2023, 05:02:22 PMI was just reading last night that he made a third cut of Ali not long after Ali died, that even goes so far as to cut out a fight.
Never even heard of that one! Again, neither alternate cut has ever been released here in the UK; in fact the film hasn't even had a Blu-ray release at all.
Quote from: KiramidHead on Dec 11, 2023, 05:02:22 PMThe Thief alternate cut is hilarious because all he does is try to speed up the slow mo at the end, which looks ridiculous. Thankfully that was reverted for the Criterion release.
f**k, I forgot about that one
OK,
Thief also has three cuts, because the recent(ish) Arrow Blu-ray has a director's cut that's just the regular theatrical version with one additional scene added near the beginning.
Quote from: KiramidHead on Dec 11, 2023, 05:02:22 PMAll these alternate cuts and nothing for The Keep, which needs it the most.
Tbh from what I've read I'm not sure there's any cut that would save that one, which is a shame because the first half is genuinely really good.