tapehead wrote: with the VO's charm (Ford is world-weary and beaten, rather than disinterested, IMO)
See, that's my opinion too...
It seemed to fit into the whole noir thing...
Because most of those dudes are world weary - and if they sound disinterested - well - it's probably cause life, for the most parts, seems to disinterest them...
I like both versions...
It's one of those things where I can enjoy both for what they are...
And what's is it with Ridley and Director's Cuts...
I watched the documentary on the Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut (arguably even more interesting than either version of the film) and it said that he doesn't fight the studios too much when they try and fuck with his vision...
He knows why they're doing it - even if he doesn't agree - he realizes that it's their money, and they should have a say in it.
But he also knows that he'll get his opportunity to showcase his vision at some point...
And it's weird - apparently the whole Kid storyline in Kingdom of Heaven, was hotly debated back and forth even when they were trying to finalize the script...
Either way...
Andybody who checks out that Director's Cut, needs to watch the doc - I love seeing Ridley behind the scenes...