differences between original and directors cut

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2005)

i noticed a lot of differences between the original and the directors cut. one of the main differences is that in the original, after i watched it, i was stunned. i literally stared at the blank screen after the movie was over for fifteen minutes, thinking "wow. i gotta see that again to figure out what just happened." i then watched it again and again, and read lots of things people said about it online, and i finally think i got the idea of what happened. in the directors cut, it explains what is going on, little by little, so if i was to watch the movie for the first time, i would have known what happened by the time i get to the end. i feel that this addition to the movie takes away from it a little bit. i personally liked looking for more and more information about what happened, and not knowing right away. if your the kind of person that likes to think about a movie long after you watch it or watch it over and over again, i'd say go with the original. if your the kind of person who likes to watch a movie, know what is going on most of the time, and doesn't like to look up too much info online, go for the directors cut. if you want the best of both worlds, i'd definitely say watch the original, think about it and possibly watch it again, look up stuff online, and then watch the directors cut maybe a week later, or whenever. the reason i gave this movie a 9/10, is because i liked looking for info about the first, and i think this takes a little away from that, so i dropped it down to a 9, but i'd definitely give the original a 10/10.