Spiderman 3 Editor's Cut

This was released on the new Spiderman Trilogy box set. I was wondering if anyone has watched this yet, and how different is it compared to the theatrical version?

I already have the original 3 Spiderman movies on Blu-ray, but if the Editor's Cut of 3 is worth owning, I wouldn't mind buying them again to get it.

 

If it means they cut this scene out then I'm in.

 

It is a dumb scene, but I still enjoy it for some reason.

 

So do I. I never understood the hate for that scene or the movie. I got kick out of that scene and enjoyed the movie.

I wasn't even aware that there was an Editor's Cut.

 

New Spider Man film is rubbish compared with Toby/3.

 

When I saw that scene, I went into shock -- one of the worst scenes in a superhero movie ever. (OK, except maybe for Catwoman, but that would be the whole movie.) I've worked on movies that starred Toby McGuire before, and he's not a nice person. I think he's good in some roles, but I thought he was miscast as Spiderman. I like Sam Raimi as a director, and I think whatever was good in those films was because of Raimi more than it was the actors.

There's often a half-dozen different edits for feature films. The union (local 700) dictate that the editor get one crack at it, and I believe the DGA allows the director to supervise as many different edited versions as are necessary. And then sometimes the head producer steps in and orders a different version, and then the studio may ask for changes based on that. Then they fight it out in the weeks leading up to release.

I was told by a good buddy of mine at WB that there were more than 12 edited versions of Catwoman (speaking of that film) less than 2 weeks before the movie was to be in theaters... and they all sucked. They picked one, the movie failed, and as far as I know the director never worked again and the whole franchise sank.

 

Scene fine.

 

That film doesn't need an 'editor's cut', it needs Sam Raimi to go back and give it a comprehensive new director's cut... a lot of really good material was excised, probably to get the film to a studio-mandated running time (I get the impression that Raimi's preferred cut would have been longer), and I think it just might be a film that warrants an extended version, whatever else it's flaws.

Of course, if Sony/Marvel had trusted Raimi's original vision with the Sandman and Vulture as the villains, and given him final cut, it wouldn't need a new belated version...

 

This is the first I've heard of any sort of "alternate cut" for Spider-Man 3... considering what a mess the theatrical version was, I'd be somewhat curious to see if a different cut of the film made any improvements.

 

Really ?

 

Nor was I, but it exists!

Amazon.com: Spider-Man Trilogy Limited Edition Collection [Blu-ray]: Tobey Maguire: Movies & TV

Looks like Sony released this with zero fanfare. I never got a press release, and I can find no evidence that any other sites reviewed it!

 

We need an extended cut. Like the BVS.

 

From what I've read, this cut is only 2 minutes shorter than the theatrical version, meaning there are no huge differences in the plot or important deleted scenes being re-instated.

Official Alternate Cut of Spider-Man 3 Available Online

 

I've got the Spidey 3 funky street dance Dvd, didn't realise it was rare.

 

Wow, I forgot about this scene. Yikes.

 

I picked up the Spiderman Legacy Collection Steelbook at Best Buy today. It is on sale for $40, which isn't too bad. When I get a chance to watch the Spiderman 3 Editor's Cut, I will post my opinion on it here.

 

Only the bits with Sandman were of any interest.

 

Yikes! I never did watch Spider-Man 3 based on the reviews and that clip reaffirms my good decision. I think the new Spidey movie finally got it right.

 

I watched the Editor's Cut last night, and I couldn't tell the difference between the theatrical cut.

I have only seen the theatrical cut twice, but the differences must be very subtle.