The single - disc director's cut of the movie doesn't have the packaging glitz or the massive amount of bonus material as the original DVD release, but it does feature the intended, R - rated cut of the film with 30 additional minutes of footage.
But that doesn't mean a cut of the movie doesn't exist, and Vandermeer himself as seen it.
Not exact matches
... A
movie that doesn't make the
cut automatically loses out on the billions
of renminbi China's audiences have to offer.
Saving money
does not mean you have to
cut the experience
of watching a new
movie in the theatre.
I am a young - at - heart, down - to - Earth woman Who is looking for that special someone to share My life with.I enjoy
doing almost anything with someone I care about.I especially enjoy dining out, day trips,
movies, flea markets and zoos.I am a very clean -
cut woman - no smoking, drinking or gambling.I also like spending time with My man.I would enjoy spending time with the children
of anyone I might meet.I consider Myself a gentle woman, and hope there's someone out there Who Values That... I'm looking for my soul mate, best friend, my confidant, my lover, the man I can tell anything to good and bad, my companion for the rest
of my life, someone that will be there in the good times and the not so good ones.
There's something like an hour and 45 minutes worth
of movie that didn't make the final
cut.
Even though it
does rise above the usual
movie - licensed tripe, with its fun core gameplay (which is basically a «
cut and paste» copy
of Batman Arkham Asylum.
I can't believe that Liam Neeson didn't make enough money with his Phantom Menace merchandising
cuts to
do this piece
of shit, and poor Lilly having to utter some
of the worst dialogue in
movie history.
There's little doubt that Stone
does an impressive job
of authentically establishing the
movie's
cut - throat world
of high finance right from the outset, as the filmmaker, along with coscreenwriter Stanley Weiser, offers up a blisteringly - paced narrative that rarely pauses to explain exactly what the central character
does or how all
of this works.
Even though it
does rise above the usual
movie - licensed tripe, with its fun core gameplay (which is basically a «
cut and paste» copy
of Batman
I don't believe I've ever encountered an unrated
cut of a
movie that was substantially different or better than its theatrical
cut (well, Walk Hard adds 25 % new content, some
of it quite entertaining, but I'm okay having only the theatrical
cut of that underappreciated biopic spoof).
Make your sappy true - life tabloid story, but at the very least take a small amount
of time flipping back over the entire history
of music in search
of a
cut that's more interesting, more vital than the god - damn Passenger — something which doesn't instantly remind you
of many other, better
movies.
Noah Wyle
did a hell
of a job portraying Jobs and tackling his fascination with LSD in the TV
movie Pirates
of Silicon Valley, so Kutcher has his work
cut out for him.
Though the
movie has more than its share
of memorable scenes (from the brainwashing flashbacks, to Frank Sinatra
doing karate, to Angela Lansbury's third - act soliloquy), there's too much dead space in between, including a superfluous subplot with Janet Leigh (who curiously gets third billing) that could have been
cut entirely.
A few unexpected minor pleasures: the time - travel flick Predestination, an adaptation
of a Robert A. Heinlein short story that's one of those rare sci - fi movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels, in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't cut anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minut
of a Robert A. Heinlein short story that's one
of those rare sci - fi movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels, in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't cut anything, all its little quirks of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minut
of those rare sci - fi
movies that feels like it was made by people who read sci - fi; the horror Western Bone Tomahawk, which feels, in the best way, like someone filmed a first draft script and didn't
cut anything, all its little quirks
of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minut
of character kept intact, narrative expediency be damned; and In The Heart
Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure of which I enjoyed every minut
Of The Sea, the cornball sea adventure
of which I enjoyed every minut
of which I enjoyed every minute.
Sure, you don't want the studios to
cut corners to the point where
movies start looking cheap and silly — a big reason why superheroes and aliens have been making such a huge impact on
movie screens in recent years is that we can finally make them look cool instead
of tacky.
But like Abrams
did on «Star Trek,» Whedon has stepped up his game in a major way: the action is clear and coherent, the pacing is tight (it's 140 minutes long, but flies by) and the technical contributions are top - notch across the board, from the Bond -
movie production design
of James Chinlund («The Fountain «-RRB- and the razor - sharp
cutting of Jeffrey Ford («Public Enemies «-RRB- and Lisa Lassek («Cabin In The Woods») to Seamus McGarvey «s bright cinematography and Alan Silvestri's firmly listenable score (although the latter could, it should be said, use a more distinctive theme).
Harris gives the full story and final word on why she
did not return to play Jamie Lloyd for a third time, and Akkad is candid about his father's battles with the studio and the Weinstein brothers, which ultimately lead to the Akkad's (and most
of the original crew) being completely excluded from any participation in the reshoots that drastically altered what would have been a game changing ending
of the
movie and resulted in two very different
cuts.
Director Larry Charles may have had to
cut some precious time from folks like Kevin Corrigan, Chris Parnell and J.B. Smoove (who
does show up during the credits in the blooper reel / extra scenes bit) but it's to the benefit
of the
movie, which gets in and out in the perfect amount
of time (it should be noted B.J. Novak who was cast is nowhere to be seen; also, don't let anyone spoil the cameos for you).
In his first
movie as writer and director, Jordan Peele didn't abandon his comedy roots — he sharpened his wit into a sword, all the better to
cut down the hypocrisy
of so - called «postracial» liberalism.
I don't think I'm
cut out to be the type
of film critic — and, really, I don't know how you'd be any other type
of film critic — who sees every
movie and has an opinion about them.
NEW YORK — When the filmmaking Duplass brothers sat down to list their top 10
movies of all time, one cinematic masterpiece didn't make the
cut.
There are some issues I had with the film such as some
of the cinematography not looking as good as it could've been due to the poor lighting, some
of the quick
cuts in the action scenes were distracting, the
movie can drag a little at points and I
do think
cutting off 15 minutes could've made the pacing move a little more faster (some scenes felt a little rushed too), where the film decides to take its story can be predictable, and some
of the green screen was REALLY noticeable.
Although these new scenes kept the gritty tone and sass
of Helgeland's original, they weren't Helgeland's scenes, and though still considered by many as a good film, given that most
of the filming had been completed by Helgeland before his departure, the chance was there for Helgeland to make the
movie that he wanted, in a similar way that Richard Donner had
done with his Director's
Cut of Superman II.
Though it didn't make the final
cut for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars (probably because the source material was a little too lighthearted for those misery - loving Academy voters), «The Intouchables» is one
of the most crowd - pleasing
movies that I've seen all year, boasting an infectious charm that had me grinning from ear to ear.
Sometimes you can
cut one scene and the scene plays out great, when you see that scene on its own, but when you see the scene strung together with the whole
movie suddenly the scene feels ultra long or feels incomplete or you feel like you don't want that emotional payoff at that point
of the film.
Sinister's «home
movies» don't just get the look
of super 8 films right — they get the feel
of them too, the jagged edges
of the
cuts, the scrambling to make the most
of those precious few minutes
of film.
I don't want to get into the plot or characters at all here (I want to wait until I see Lonergan's «extended
cut»), but let me say that this
movie features four
of the most mesmerizing and complex characterizations I've ever seen in any
movie: Paquin's Lisa, Jeannie Berlin's Emily, J. Smith - Cameron's Joan and Allison Janney's Monica (the latter a one - scene cameo).
The trailer is a peculiar hybrid
of slick and low - rent: Its
cutting to the
movie's namesake song builds nicely, but the actual footage being
cut doesn't show much actual badassery, focusing instead on the sounds that guns make before they're shot.
«Even when I saw the first
cut of the
movie, I thought, «How
did we
do that?»
After some deliberation (which no doubt has still allowed me to overlook something for which I'll facepalm later) here is a list
of ten films that I'm very excited to see in 2012, followed by a full page
of discussion about a whole bunch
of other
movies that didn't make my personal
cut but are still bright spots on the 2012 calendar for various reasons.
But I don't think that's a real reason if this
movie is simply a
cut and paste theatrical release
of «The Bible» miniseries that was aired on the History Channel.
I wouldn't call it a great
movie, far from it actually, but it
did manage to keep me entertained, and because
of that, I have to
cut it some slack.
As the release
of the 24th James Bond
movie Spectre approached, Daniel Craig was quoted as saying he'd happily
do several more 007 films, then saying he'd rather
cut himself with broken glass, then finally...
Cut to Ronnie ordering his subordinates around with over-the-top lingo out of movies like Commando and Delta Force; cut to slow - motion shots of the mall cop crew, squinting and posing in badass formations that emphasize their dorky self - importance; cut to Ronnie's bombastic antics constantly getting in the way of police detective Harrison (Ray Liotta), who highlights the hero's dumbassery by actually knowing what he's doi
Cut to Ronnie ordering his subordinates around with over-the-top lingo out
of movies like Commando and Delta Force;
cut to slow - motion shots of the mall cop crew, squinting and posing in badass formations that emphasize their dorky self - importance; cut to Ronnie's bombastic antics constantly getting in the way of police detective Harrison (Ray Liotta), who highlights the hero's dumbassery by actually knowing what he's doi
cut to slow - motion shots
of the mall cop crew, squinting and posing in badass formations that emphasize their dorky self - importance;
cut to Ronnie's bombastic antics constantly getting in the way of police detective Harrison (Ray Liotta), who highlights the hero's dumbassery by actually knowing what he's doi
cut to Ronnie's bombastic antics constantly getting in the way
of police detective Harrison (Ray Liotta), who highlights the hero's dumbassery by actually knowing what he's
doing.
Since both films well pre-date the preservationist era
of film - as - art - and - heritage — Greed was released in 1925, The Magnificent Ambersons in 1942 — they have suffered the further indignity
of being unreconstructible; studios back in those days didn't hang on to excised footage for the sake
of future director's
cuts on DVD, so the reels upon reels
of nitrate film trimmed from the original versions were — depending on which
movie you're talking about and which story you believe — burned, thrown in the garbage, dumped into the Pacific, or simply left to decompose in the vaults.»
What Beta House
does do very well is
cut out the middle - man
of its B
Movie comedy.
A few other Westerns featuring female protagonists that almost made the
cut are: the Coens» «True Grit» although we just didn't really feel like Hailee Steinfeld, good as she is, actually leads the
movie; Samuel Fuller «s «Forty Guns» which also stars Western superheroine Barbara Stanwyck; 1995 TV
movie «Buffalo Girls» in which Anjelica Huston plays Calamity Jane; William Wellman's «Westward the Women» in which a wagon train
of «marriageable» females is brought out to supply a woman - starved town in the West; and straight to video title «The Desperate Trail,» just because this is a list about strong women leads and they don't get much stronger than Linda Fiorentino (alongside Sam Elliott).
The arrival
of a new Wes Anderson film is an event — one that often
cuts through the noise
of anonymous studio films geared for commerce — so we thought, much like we
did last year for «Moonrise Kingdom» (a piece you guys seemed to enjoy), that we'd
do a similar trailer deconstruction piece and look at some
of the themes, motifs and similarities in «The Grand Budapest Hotel» and Anderson's previous
movies.
While the majority
of movies, especially those predating the home video age, exist in one definitive
cut, Bedknobs
does not.
-- seems tacked - on, and the
movie's insistence on jingoist drama and moments
of anti-German and anti-Russian patriotism just don't quite
cut it.
What I like in Frederick Wiseman
movies is that he's filming a whole layer
of content, but he's adding a layer
of decisions about how to structure the film, where to
cut, that doesn't relate to relaying dramatic information.
Also missing is «Production Progression», which built off
of the «Production Tour» (which
did make the
cut) by presenting the
movie's opening scene in four different stages
of production.
I have been a big fan
of Bigelow's previous
movies but her recent venture into political events doesn't
cut it for me.
They are good scenes in and
of themselves, but they don't add much to the
movie and I agree with Madden that it was a good move to
cut them.
Maybe there will be a director's
cut of this
movie coming out with an extra hour
of footage because the version I saw didn't make any sense.
, from the colorfully shabby bungalows that line the beachfront where surfers and bikinied hippie girls meet, to the pancake house where Josh Brolin, playing a cop with a blocky crew
cut and an oral fixation, barks orders in Japanese (Brolin's performance is a hoot), to the glitzy headquarters
of Golden Fang Enterprises, a hub
of illicit commerce that looks to have been furnished by the same design team that
did those Dean Martin as Matt Helm
movies.
Everything comes together in this
movie — a phenomenal story; great performances (particularly from Perkins, whose take on Norman evokes precisely the right mix
of sympathy and horror); the black - and - white cinematography (
done, by most accounts, as both a cost -
cutting measure and to lessen the impact
of the bloody scenes), which contributes to an edgy, noir - ish feel that serves to increase the tension; and a killer soundtrack (horrible pun intended).
«When you shoot a
movie, especially when it's with this
movie and Josh Trank — he has a very specific tone whether it is Chronicle or [Fantastic Four], but as an actor you don't really know what kind
of movie it is until you see them
cut it together.
When, in the
movie's final siege, Roadblock tabs himself to handle «the perimeter,» it sets up a discrete, rampaging tank sequence that doesn't
cut together well at all with the rest
of the Joes» attack.