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Title: Not as Good as the Theatrical Version
Review: This is one of my favorite movies, but the director's cut is a definite pass. Those interested in an offbeat, strange but good movie should find the original theatrical version and skip this one. The theatrical version isn't a comedy, a romance, or anything that could categorized, but it was whimsical, quiet, full of tiny character details sharply etched. The film score by Bill Conti accented that whimsy and surrealism. In the director's cut, the film score by Eric Serra makes the movie nearly unwatchable. The 49 extra minutes shows that Besson had intended a straight melodrama, which doesn't work. The extra footage spoils the timing of key scenes and introduces unnecessary characters & subplots. Not a single minute of the extra footage adds anything to the original movie.
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