I like director’s cut/extended
versions of movies. Yes, half of the
time, the director’s cut merely pads the movie and doesn’t add substance. However, the other half of the time, a
director’s cut allows a movie to make more sense, have more thrills, and have
more depth. The best example of an
extended version doing some considerable enhancement was on the Lord of the Rings, and I personally like
the alternate ending version of I Am
Legend more than the original one. So when an alternate, extended version of X-Men: Days of Future Past was announced
to be released this year, I was intrigued. X-Men: DOFP was one of 2014’s best movies, for not only was it a surprisingly good film by itself, but it also
pulled off a successful continuity clean-up to revitalize the franchise moving
forward. I was hoping that this extended
version would further elevate this movie.
X-Men: DOFP’s extended edition is named “The Rogue Cut.” It’s called such for a subplot centered on a
rescue mission for Rogue takes much of the additional extra minutes. Some of the additional scenes are minor clips
on the future X-Men team and a subplot on Beast and Mystique. Unfortunately, though these provide interesting
moments to explore the characters, they don’t contribute much in improving the
movie. And despite being called “The
Rogue Cut”, the character Rogue doesn’t really do much in it. Seriously, I long for a more comics-accurate,
badass Rogue adaptation in film. Anna
Paquin’s version has never done justice to the character.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching “The
Rogue Cut.” DOFP is essentially a good film already, so watching “The Rogue Cut”
is basically just re-watching the movie again.
The additional subplots and action scenes are superfluous, but I still
welcome them – they don’t improve the movie much, but they don’t diminish it as
well. Watching the “The Rogue Cut” isn’t
really an imperative, but it’s just something necessary to do as a fan.
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