great movie -- dir cut vs. non

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 1998)

Great sci-fi movie.... one of the best. Everybody should see it. The movie was only confusing to en masse hollywood audiences, where it tested poorly and received a "happy" ending (film-lover's bit: the footage of sweeping hills of grains were lifted from outtakes from the credit sequence of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining"). And don't believe the all-too-obvious interpretation of the unicorn dream. There are many layers to this movie. I think most of the extra layers come from the fact that the characters' relationships are never what they appear to be. Scott manages to surprise the audience a lot, and turn around our notions of what good and evil may be. But as for this "see the non-director's version", forget it. The dialogue a la 50s noir movie is CHEEZY! It also gets in the way of the music in several key parts of the movie, early on, where the hokey monologue breaks into what should be simply breathtaking views of LA underscored by Vangelis.
Anyway, great movie, see the director's version, love it, live it, see it more than once before you judge of it. Peace.