Posted by Neil at 205.163.142.226 on October 27, 1999 at 17:09:50:
In Reply to: Christ!(JOHNBOY & NEIL).....all I ment was posted by cnaughton37 on October 27, 1999 at 16:53:41:
: Ok so for the folks who just go uppity about the Directors cut comment, your responces, seem as if I ment to insult the film or kevin, all I ment was the sceans that were in the origional script were more than relevent to the movie ie (Betheny tells a girl the reason she works in an abortion clinic, due to her own boched abortion.) this scean had it been in the movie would have made the gravity of the ending a little bit better, and I would of liked to see the fat albert stuff, but oh well. All I am saying is when I read the script I could not wait to see this movie,(hence the trip to the Bank) but after the movie, it felt as if it was missing a lot it felt jumpy and in no way had the same feeling that the script did. I am glad I went but, I always look for excueses to go to red bank but I thought the movie (can't wait for the assult from this )was ok. I did not mean to be pedantic, (using big words make us all feel good eh johnboy)
I didn't jump on you. Mainly because I knew what you meant and it didn't seem terribly wrong (like, say, the dumbass who called the original ending of CLERKS, the "director's cut") and maybe just 'cos I wasn't in that mood.
However, there was NO WAY I was going to let Johnboy off for saying that making a distinction between what actually is a "director's cut" according to the accepted use and a sloppy (at best) use pedantic.
As to your points, I agree completely that DOGMA is a film that will benefit greatly from a restored earlier cut being released. I think a lot of the material that was cut out was beneficial to the story and understanding the characters more fully. I very much hope that Kevin's desire to release a DVD with the early cut on one side and the theatrical cut on the other will come to fruition. While I'd certainly not complain to loudly about seeing all the missing material in a "Deleted Scenes" section, I don't think it could ever compare to seeing them fully restored into the flow of the film itself.