Posted: 1/11/2011 4:26:15 PM EDT
Wife read a Netflix recommendation thread here, suggested it. 
Original, or Redux? Both are available to watch instantly. (We're watching the original. Just curious...) |
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Watch the original.
It's a long movie anyway. Coppola really wanted to include everything that makes up the Redux in the original, but the movie studio forced him to cut it back for marketing purposes. A rare case where the studio was right. If you really like the original, then seek out the Redux. Some of the edited-out portions are interesting and a few clarify some of the story-line better. |
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Watch the original. It's a long movie anyway. Coppola really wanted to include everything that makes up the Redux in the original, but the movie studio forced him to cut it back for marketing purposes. A rare case where the studio was right. If you really like the original, then seek out the Redux. Some of the edited-out portions are interesting and a few clarify some of the story-line better. I may watch it one day, but I'm a huge fan of the original and am shocked that she wanted to watch it in the first place (after I told her what it was about). I doubt we even watch the whole original tonight. But, anyway, when the redux came out I read so much negative stuff about it that I just haven't gotten around to it yet. |
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Watch the original. It's a long movie anyway. Coppola really wanted to include everything that makes up the Redux in the original, but the movie studio forced him to cut it back for marketing purposes. A rare case where the studio was right. If you really like the original, then seek out the Redux. Some of the edited-out portions are interesting and a few clarify some of the story-line better. I may watch it one day, but I'm a huge fan of the original and am shocked that she wanted to watch it in the first place (after I told her what it was about). I doubt we even watch the whole original tonight. But, anyway, when the redux came out I read so much negative stuff about it that I just haven't gotten around to it yet. If you are a fan of the original, you'll enjoy the redux. But for first timers, as someone else mentioned, I think the original is the way to go. The studio's demand for Coppola to cut the length really forced him to cut to the meat of the story leaving less clutter. As a fan you will enjoy seeing the cut scenes though. I enjoyed seeing them, but if I wanted to sit down and watch the movie straight through right now, I'd probably choose the original. |
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I always like the original best. Same here. The scenes in Redux from the rubber plantation went on forever. There is a reason it's called "editing". As an aficionado, I would willingly sit through a twelve DVD set of all of the outtakes and trims of that film. But that's not going to happen. The original theatrical cut is genius and stands alone. |