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"The Big Blue: Director's Cut"

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Rented this DVD because a German friend (she's big on Jean Reno) said the long European version (by 40+ minutes) was a lot better than the American release (distributed by Weintraub Studios when they were about to go under). I didn't know quite what to make of the American version when I saw it in the theaters (I said, "what the hell was that about?" My date said, "hmmm, mysterious, magical"). But the Director's Cut reveals a full load of crap, clumsy cuteness, and pomposity. What do you get with the extra 40+ minutes? A different musical score that sounds like it came from a porno movie (lots of sax and bass guitar), more of Jacques Mayaul playing with dolphins, more of the annoying Roseanna Arquette, "aardvarking" between Arquette and Marc-Barr, helium voice hijinks between Enzo and Jacques, failed dive attempts by the Japanese team, Jacques' crazy uncle in a bathtub, etc. In other words, the mystery and magic is gone--Luc Besson REALLY lacks artistic vision and this film SUCKS! I'm gonna see that cheerleader movie instead.

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Re: "The Big Blue: Director's Cut" petew 18:53:26 09/09/00 (2)
I enjoyed the orgional, seen late at night
it introduced me to a world I didn't know existed
film conventions ruin some films...gotta have the girl, the conflict
can't ever make a film that's visual poetry
that finds it's own time
the most biting review of a movie I ever read was some critic's praise of "The Abyss".
he said it was one the best 120 minute action / adventure movies he'd ever seen.
but unfortunately it was 135 minutes long.
- Re: "The Abyss" - what a perfect title for an... Jim Willis 02:47:34 09/17/00 (1)
  "abyssmal" movie.
  The unfortunate thing was that it was made in the first place. I hate movies where the science and technology is unknown and/or impossible. This was yet another movie where a director calculated that his target audience (undereducated teens) don't know science from comic books. Bad movies with big names may make money, but they are still bad movies.
  - So you must've hated... craig 14:01:13 10/24/00 (0)
    ...every science fiction movie ever made. "I hate movies where the science and technology is unknown and/or impossible." That's why it's called science FICTION, right? You've opened my eyes. Here are my new least favorite movies, because they involved "unknown and/or impossible" science:
    The Matrix
    All the Star Wars movies
    All the Alien/Aliens movies
    2001: A Space Oddysey
    Men in Black
    Terminator and Terminator 2
    Total Recall
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    Boy, do I feel dumb for liking those movies all these years:)

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