It's actually a great film. If you haven't seen it go see it! Make sure you dont watch the theatrical version it's complete JUNK.
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I've only watched the uncut/unrated version. I thought it was very good and was surprised with the 5.3 rating.
I won't waste my time watching the theatrical version, but I'll watch the uncut version again.
I've only watched the uncut/unrated version. I thought it was very good and was surprised with the 5.3 rating.
I stayed away from this movie until I could find the uncut version and I'd say it's at least worth a rental for people who enjoy Cyberpunk.
Now I can understand why the director said that the investors was trying to too hard to make an action movie out of the material-- it was actually the acting and story (including the alternate history/future of earth) that kept me watching the first half of the movie, until the trio finally "connected" with each other and all the relationships/motivations start to make sense. Give me world-weary hard-*sses with a heart and a sense of humor like Vin Diesel or Michelle Yeoh rather than the dead-serious and depressed people in Children of Men any day.
But it's still obvious in the uncut version that there were some productions problems, the transitions/editing is not that smooth (Children of Men was admittedly quite awesome in this area) and the "summary" ending makes it clear that the director wasn't able to film everything he wanted and finish the movie.
Now I really wanted to know the real story in Babylon Babies, not the ones FOX wants to sell us.
Why do people who don't care keep telling other people not to care?
i watched the unedited version which was 160 mins , if thats the one you watched then i agree i was really surprised with the raiting , i would give it a 7.5/8
since i got a hold of that un-edited copy i have never seen another one since , i dont thin they sell it anymore :/
which is a shame cause i hear so much bad things about this short version.
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it's not available as a torrent?
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I only have the Uncut on Blu-ray which has ~101mins or something like that. Where do I get the 160min version?
shareWhat is different about the uncut version?
shareFrom what I can gather, it's longer and focuses on more important elements. I think I'm going to get the dvd. I just saw the theatrical version on cable, I liked the film. I did see some week points, but maybe the unrated/uncut version will fix that.
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The theatrical version seemed like it skipped 10 min of the movie. It was like somebody cut a 2 min segment out of the movie every 10 min.
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Yea the UNCUT version is way better. The theatrical version leaves a lot of plotholes unsolved. The uncut fixes that. It's just way more fun to watch :)
Why did they release the theatrical version when this version was already in the making? I don't get it...someone explain plz ;)
Was the uncut version the one that was shown on Sky last week? It seemed to make more sense to me when I watched this one over the one in the cinema.
shareI still like the original ending and it should've been kept in the raw and uncut version
shareEither Way, Uncut version was pretty damn good.
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us theater version sucked *ss I was at a friends house and was watching the uncut and it was a hell of alot better, made me happy i was pretty pissed.
sharein the uncut version, does charlotte rampling die?
sharedont waste your time, just watched the uncut version. Its pretty bad..
shareI was gonna say... that version only has an extra 11 minutes it can't be that much better.
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Where's the version that includes the 70 minutes that were initially cut?
shareI believe the 70 minutes extra was just a rumor. They may have had 70 minutes worth of extra footage, but not usable material to properly edit and add.
The 11 minutes extra in the uncut is a significant difference. It is like an alternate ending, or alternate 4th quarter of the movie. So it wasn't just 11 minutes of extra movie, it was all the changed footage of the movie plus 11 minutes of extra footage.
I was very disappointed how this movie got cut short due to the corporate heads putting a stop to letting this movie get completed. Unfortunately, they were going way over budget and were already like 2 years behind schedule with getting it out. So they ended up just having to take what they had and throw it together in a movie for it to hit theaters.
What is that about FilmInformer.com -- something big is coming? I'd love to find out the director figure out a way to film the rest of the movie and come out with a true version of what it was intended to be! I even bought the book just to read to be able to make sense out of all the gaps they had.
The difference is more than 11 minutes. Altogether, it's 11 minutes longer...but it also removes certain moments from the theatrical cut and replaces it with other stuff. I know for example some bad moments and lines are dropped in favor of new/alternate material.
I would venture to say that the ACTUAL difference is more in the 15-20 minute range.
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The uncut version is FLAWLESS(except for the skidoo backflip)
10 out of 10
one of the most intense Sci-fi movie of this decade!
Mathieu Kassovitz is a god, he managed to turn a *beep* 3/10 theatrical cut to a 10/10 masterpiece!
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The fighting scenes were *beep* ridiculous. Like the "your father sent us"-mercenaries who hop around like monkeys... what's wrong with those kids? The whole segment involving them was embarrassing. And there's no convo about that with Darquandier later.
Way more plot holes than backflips, too.
That's to signal to viewers that the "Parkour kids" aren't there to harm them, probably not to upset or anger Aurora (being that she is a superintelligence), and not to mention, following the film's own logic, that Toorop is not someone whose wrath you'd want to invite. In reality this Parkour bit might not make too much sense, but in the film's internal logic it does work.
I sort of agree with spannungsbogen that this film (the uncut version) is a minor if not a major masterpiece. When I saw the theatrical cut years ago I felt there was something wrong, it felt like a studio-butchered movie ham-fisted into a summer blockbuster film, but now I've seen the uncut version it's completely different. All scenes suddenly make sense, feel coherent and interesting, and the important scenes are given adequate time to develop. And to top it off this makes the action aspect of the film much more interesting too.
I don't understand what made Fox butcher the theatrical version, perhaps someone high up of whom we know to be extremely religious and conservative didn't like some of its message or how religion is represented, or something bizarre like that. Because I think certainly considering the massive differences between the two cuts, something bizarre did happen.
I've seen the uncut/unrated version annnnndddd...it's STILL garbage. I'm ashamed to say that I actually paid money to buy the DVD. I'd stomp on it, but well, I don't want to get s#!t all over my good shoes...
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