Has anyone seen the extended 3 odd hour edition of the film? I wrote it off initially as a lackluster epic wannabe that had obviously been poorly edited when I saw the cinema release, however Ive never seen a DVD release that has restored so much that is vital to the movie. Whomever made the decision to cut what they did should be shot, its an absolute crime. An action film with a shoddy love story and flimsy religious subtext has been turned into a real political story thats well worth a watch in my opinion. I imagine theres an awful lot more that ended up on the cutting room floor that well still never get to see unfortunately.

Quote from: Chris HHas anyone seen the extended 3 odd hour edition of the film? I wrote it off initially as a lackluster epic wannabe that had obviously been poorly edited when I saw the cinema release, however Ive never seen a DVD release that has restored so much that is vital to the movie. Whomever made the decision to cut what they did should be shot, its an absolute crime. An action film with a shoddy love story and flimsy religious subtext has been turned into a real political story thats well worth a watch in my opinion. I imagine theres an awful lot more that ended up on the cutting room floor that well still never get to see unfortunately.

Cool, may seek this out, I liked the film but know what you mean

A cut can make or kill a film, your right, I have seen the First cut of star wars thats floating around once. Man it made it sh*te, could have flopped with that lucas was right to sack the guys who cut the film and get someone who knew about his job.

Ah cool!

I enjoyed the normal film and we have it on DVD in the house but I just noticed my flatmate had aquired the directors cut and I asked him why (since most directors cuts have v. little added) but since you have said they added alot Ill give it a watch

Wow! Im only an hour into the directors cut (just played chess with the king) and so far its REALLY impresseive. I mean there is so much that shouldnt of been cut... i cant understand why they did it!

Ill edit this post tomorrow (or if someone has replied ill add a new post)

Ive seen the directors cut and the ordinary cut and enjoyed both, the directors cut is soo much better just as long as you can sit and watch it all it is rather long, well worth it though.

Quote from: IMDB TriviaAfter the pitching of this film, studio marketing executives often mistaken the historical epic (which was intended to be) as an action-adventure hybrid and promoted the wrong genre of the film, thinking it would be a hit. When the directors cut was previewed to the studio, they balked over the length and Fox studio head Tom Rothman ordered the film to be trimmed down to its theatrical length. Because much of the money for the production came from the investors, Ridley Scott obliged to cut down the film as it was. Ultimately, Rothmans decision backfired as the film gained mixed reviews and only earned $211 million worldwide - which was considered a box-office failure.