puzzled by video tape version

Rating: Null/10 (27 May 2002)

I just rented the video tape and I was kind of puzzled. It seems like several of the scenes were changed from the movie.
I distinctly remember Tom Cruise smiling during the scene when he slipped on the cliff. This time he grimaces. When he sleeps with Nyah he seems to kiss her more. When he tells Nyah he wants her to sleep with Sean, I remember a scene focusing on his face while he looks off the balcony, which seems to be missing here.
Would someone tell me: Am I imagining all this or did they re-edit a lot of it? Actually, it seems to be improved. Maybe I should just see all movies twice. I get things out of them the second time that I didn't the first time.
Maybe it just works better on a smaller screen, but I thought the chemistry between Ethan & Nyah was better and the slow motion scenes worked better. Somehow the slow motion scenes took the suspense out of it for me on the big screen -- actually they drove me crazy -- but on the small screen they seem to work better. Also I could see the whole of Tom's face better on the small screen and that made his acting look better. Perhaps most importantly, I could turn the volume down on my TV, which I couldn't do in the theater, which helped a lot, since the volume was WAY too loud in the theater.
It's sort of funny. I thought movies always worked better on big screen, but maybe not.
Anyway, the video tape has a very pleasant documentary at the end about how they did the special effects and developed the story. That was nice. It helped me appreciate the action scenes more.