Redux version

Rating: 4/10 (24 June 2002)

Frankly, this film is quite over-rated. I've not seen the original, so I may only comment on the Redux version. Three and a half hours...I'm thinking the film was better without all the extra footage. There's usually a reason some scenes end up on the editing room floor. And I could see several that deserved it in this version. This movie is just plain boring. Call it method film making, whatever, it's a snoozer. This film is considered a classic, but not by me. I waited 23 years to see it, and I wasn't missing much.