If you like the movie and don’t already have a copy of this movie on DVD, then this two disc edition is a “must buy”. It not only has the “Extended Cut” but also the original theatrical release with improved video and audio over the previous release.
If you like the movie and DO already have a copy of this movie on DVD, then this two disc edition is still a “must buy”. It not only has the “Extended Cut” but also the original theatrical release with improved video and audio over the previous release.
If you didn’t like the movie first time around because you thought we heard way too much of the title song but didn’t get to know enough about the characters, then the “Extended Edition” may just be the ticket for you too, with its additional 40 + minutes of footage seamlessly integrated into the original movie. You’ll still hear just as much of the title song (which I happen to like a lot), and you will get a lot of extra information about the main characters that helps us understand their responses to a lot of the events that sort of “flew by” in the original. I’m not going to detail what the extra scenes bring to the movie, since reading such a list may spoil the discoveries while watching the movie. Besides, that information is readily available elsewhere.
Not to say that the original can’t stand on its own. I enjoyed it when it was first released and on about a dozen occasions since then. Watching the Extended Cut for the first time was sort of like catching up with old friends at a reunion and hearing about things that happened “back when” in a new light. Actually I’m kind of glad to have become acquainted with the movie via the theatrical version and then had the opportunity to see more via the Extended Cut. It really worked well, for me, anyway.
Not all “director’s cut” or “extended edition” versions of movies on DVD strike me that way – hated the way “Amadeus -- Director’s Cut“ was needlessly bloated, found the tacked on scenes unnecessary in "Stripes -- Unrated Extended Cut" and really prefer the theatrical version of “Return of the King” over the Extended Edition. However, “That Thing You Do – Extended Cut” joins such highly successful efforts as “Aliens”, "Apocalypse Now --Redux" and “Fellowship of the Ring” where the extra scenes in the extended edition have added enough value to justify the significantly longer running time.
Burke
If you like the movie and DO already have a copy of this movie on DVD, then this two disc edition is still a “must buy”. It not only has the “Extended Cut” but also the original theatrical release with improved video and audio over the previous release.
If you didn’t like the movie first time around because you thought we heard way too much of the title song but didn’t get to know enough about the characters, then the “Extended Edition” may just be the ticket for you too, with its additional 40 + minutes of footage seamlessly integrated into the original movie. You’ll still hear just as much of the title song (which I happen to like a lot), and you will get a lot of extra information about the main characters that helps us understand their responses to a lot of the events that sort of “flew by” in the original. I’m not going to detail what the extra scenes bring to the movie, since reading such a list may spoil the discoveries while watching the movie. Besides, that information is readily available elsewhere.
Not to say that the original can’t stand on its own. I enjoyed it when it was first released and on about a dozen occasions since then. Watching the Extended Cut for the first time was sort of like catching up with old friends at a reunion and hearing about things that happened “back when” in a new light. Actually I’m kind of glad to have become acquainted with the movie via the theatrical version and then had the opportunity to see more via the Extended Cut. It really worked well, for me, anyway.
Not all “director’s cut” or “extended edition” versions of movies on DVD strike me that way – hated the way “Amadeus -- Director’s Cut“ was needlessly bloated, found the tacked on scenes unnecessary in "Stripes -- Unrated Extended Cut" and really prefer the theatrical version of “Return of the King” over the Extended Edition. However, “That Thing You Do – Extended Cut” joins such highly successful efforts as “Aliens”, "Apocalypse Now --Redux" and “Fellowship of the Ring” where the extra scenes in the extended edition have added enough value to justify the significantly longer running time.
Burke
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