Reviews written by recordwrangler95
This one goes straight off the deep end into Alien Robot Sasquatch territory -- and I loved it for it. While the 2 previous entries in Bob's series were enjoyable...
A nice bit of retro charm added to an otherwise pointless remake. The shortening of the runtime doesn't hurt either. Not one that I can wholeheartedly recommend but if you're...
I love Psycho II -- maybe more than the original (it's definitely more fun to watch), but Psycho Too is a delightful treat and does a great job of working...
An absolutely delightful time capsule of a movie. BionicBob does a fantastic job of making a coherent film (a retcon, no less) out of some stray episodes of a decades-old...
It rules; not sure what else to say, just that this deleted scene-turned-action short should be required viewing before watching Escape From NY, in the vein of The Crimson Permanent...
No complaints; it had been years since seeing the original but some of the problems addressed in this edit did stick out with me -- what's left is a perfect...
Far from the best Thor movie, but still unfairly maligned, this edit gets the movie much closer to its potential level of quality by streamlining its romance, action and mystery...
Despite my best efforts and the fascinating extras, I've never been able to make it all the way through my Criterion edition of this film, so I'm grateful to TMY2C...
A slightly overrated (but still enjoyable) entry in the MCU, I didn't pick up on a ton of changes from the original version, except that Bobson added in a plot...
This moviefilm and especially the grocery store scene make me have smile, pussycat. The alternate ending, while not superior to the original, is pretty...
Just excellent. A movie I used to be obsessed with around the time of its release but I've found difficult to re-watch in subsequent decades for the very reason this...
Probably the best Michael Mann movie and definitely the best Hannibal Lecter (Lecktor) movie, and now there's even more of it. The edit shows its age a bit on the...
By all rights, this should be a lot gimmickier than it was, but in the end, the "Twin Peaks" connection is kind of easily sloughed off while watching this edit,...
A fever dream version of a Hollywood blockbuster, with backstories and sub-plots stripped out so we can just watch celebrities get tossed around and CGI bit actors get maimed and...
It's been over a decade since I was bored senseless by my own copy of Heat, so I was definitely looking forward to revisiting it in this pared-down version. While...
Another blast of 80s fun; I was a little disappointed purely from a "trilogy-viewing" standpoint, I was hoping the episodes contained herein would pick up more of the plot threads...
A great package, first and foremost, giving viewers a choice of which bonkers extended version of AoD they'd like to view. The only reason to watch the blu-ray or other...
A slightly extended cut of my favourite and the most focused X-Men movie (albeit not the gritty, Frank Miller-esque yakuza flick it was evidently intended to be), Bobson's additions help...
As with the original, Tom Sawyer sticks out like a sore American thumb amidst all the iconic British pulp characters, but he's much more tolerable in this version, which moves...
Nothing too drastic in this edit, but rather a number of small changes that add up to a much better version of this inessential but nice-looking Star Wars entry. The...
An improvement over the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" entry in the B+ Movies series, TISM feels almost like a modern movie with its wealth of visuals and special effects...
I heartily endorse A Scribbling Man's B+ movie series -- what a fantastic idea, to make older-but-iconic movies (or obscure overlooked ones) punchier and more palatable to modern audiences. Much...
A much, much more palatable experience than the original cut, with dumb jokes reduced and a sense of menace maintained throughout. It still feels like a story written by 10...
The Czech Black Wave's great gift to cinema was art-house trappings and themes mixed with baudy and dark humour, and Milos Forman, the movement's most famous member, has always been...
I love Memento, and it's neck-and-neck for me as Nolan's masterwork (along with Dunkirk) but it occurs to me every time I watch it that its detractors may have a...
Cliche-ridden and packed-to-the-brim with FM radio staples, Miami Vice turns out to nevertheless (or because of those factors) work brilliantly in this TV-to-movie form. This edit doesn't exactly feel like...
I live in a household divided on the subject of Hook, as I don't have the love for it that a lot of my generational cohort does (although weirdly, I...
As is usually the case with the best extended cuts, scenes that develop character and/or setting are reinstated to the benefit of the whole. In the case, we get a...
A terrific package, with extra documentary footage explaining Dredd's backstory to newcomers and casual fans, as well as the history of the troubled production of Judge Dredd. The movie still...
A solid salvaging of what was good about the recent FF reboot - while the ending seems like less of a cliffhanger and more of a commercial break (Doom re-appearing...
This ruled exactly as hard as you want it to. Can't think of anything else to say. Possibly the most metal movie ever made with an actual metal soundtrack and...
The least-favourite of my BTTF films, Bobson's small addition of the marshal-killing scene is nonetheless revelatory in that it shows me that, while the stakes are even more life-and-death here...
Not just a vast improvement on the original version, lapis' edit of Incredible Hulk is a tantalizing glimpse of an alternate MCU where the tone is a bit more Edward...
A huge improvement all around for one of the weakest MCU movies -- the villains seem more threatening and less comical, and the deleted scenes contribute much needed insight into...
Lots of fun, great dance number added, and the extras were a stoner's cornucopia. Thanks, ADM!
I love, love, love this kind of edit. Putting a revered, long-running TV franchise/series like this into a more easily digestible (not to mention coherent) form is a real public...
As expected, great editorial choices by Bobson here, from the use of trailer footage to craft a more fun, less creepy, title sequence, to the excision of that utterly out-of-place...
This is a film, I have to admit, for which I have a lot of sentimental feelings -- it was always one of my dad's and my favourite movies to...
It's a tragedy that I had to watch Aliens a second time, hot on the heels of Bobson's other edit of this tremendous sequel, but alas, these are the sacrifices...
For a movie that celebrates the excesses of the 70s adult film industry, an extended cut makes absolute sense, and it almost the essential way to experience Boogie Nights. I...
A beauty of a restoration, as usual Bobson's editorial senses are right on the money in terms of what to keep and what to leave out, and his collection of...
This is exactly the movie I always wanted Superman: The Movie to be for my whole life. The pace is tightened, much of the cheese and dated jokes are gone,...
A heartbreaking glimpse of a near-masterpiece, and as close as we're ever likely to get to the finished product. An essential fan edit, as well as a service to the...
I watched this on the heels of/as a continuation of Ryantology's "10 Years of Horror" edit that combines Halloweens I,II and IV, and it made for a fantastic evening of...
Top-notch omnibus edit of the first 3 canonical Michael Myers movies. Especially excellent is the re-structuring of Halloween II to turn a cut-rate knock-off sequel into a mysterious and suspenseful...
An excellent bit of restructuring, showing off the magic of what opening in medias res can do for a film. The Alec Baldwin Shadow was never going to be a...
The anti-Darklighter Cut! Truthfully, I love these micro-surgical fan edits where the excision or addition of a small number of scenes (or scene, in this case) makes a world of...
While not quite the mythical and surreal act of filmmaking serendipity that the original Star Wars was, the story of Empire Strikes Back is just as compelling, due to the...
A great service done by this editor for those of us wishing to delve into genre entertainment of old, but who find the pacing agonizing. This movie is a fascinating...
Maybe Bobson's masterwork (so far), this is a great package here, my go-to version of Star Wars in a heartbeat. The Biggs scenes add excellent emotional weight to Luke's character...