BEEP BEEP RICHIE!!!

Apparently you're not the only one who likes his directors cuts.  I must disagree — you could fill up an entire inventory with bad scenes in the Abyss, Terminator 2, and Aliens that were cut out of the theatrical releases.  Cameron's editor deserves whatever they're paying him.

Apparently you're not the only one who likes his directors cuts.  I must disagree — you could fill up an entire inventory with bad scenes in the Abyss, Terminator 2, and Aliens that were cut out of the theatrical releases.  Cameron's editor deserves whatever they're paying him.

I assume you are politely ignoring the alternate ending featuring Linda Hamilton in terrible old lady make-up.

I assume you are politely ignoring the alternate ending featuring Linda Hamilton in terrible old lady make-up.

Did Wes Anderson guest-direct the entire sequence with Glen and Sally?  The costumes, the natural history museum, even the framing and the dialogue.  At least that was an intentional homage, right?

Did Wes Anderson guest-direct the entire sequence with Glen and Sally?  The costumes, the natural history museum, even the framing and the dialogue.  At least that was an intentional homage, right?

Oh, please - the power ranking is funny and incisive.  You don't have to agree, but you also don't have to post a witless put-down.

Oh, please - the power ranking is funny and incisive.  You don't have to agree, but you also don't have to post a witless put-down.

If you cut out the first and last paragraph of your review, this sounds like a really good movie.  I might see it, just to learn the context of "Take that, laughing diarrhea baby!"

If you cut out the first and last paragraph of your review, this sounds like a really good movie.  I might see it, just to learn the context of "Take that, laughing diarrhea baby!"

I thought it was a rerelease of the classic 1968 documentary.

I thought it was a rerelease of the classic 1968 documentary.

There's a guy living in a garbage can, two long-time friends co-habiting in a fashionable apartment, and an androgynous giant who talks to an elephant no one else can see — of course Sesame St. is in New York City

There's a guy living in a garbage can, two long-time friends co-habiting in a fashionable apartment, and an androgynous giant who talks to an elephant no one else can see — of course Sesame St. is in New York City

PUT THE FUCKING LOTION IN THE BASKET

PUT THE FUCKING LOTION IN THE BASKET

See my comment above.

@ K. Thrace:  I am impressed, and more than a bit disturbed, by your knowledge of the age-of-consent laws in all 50 states

@avclub-32b63dd70d870580128d83e930199e1c:disqus  The Shelob's lair scene is another of my favorites, and a great example of what the books did better than the movie.  As much as I like the movies, they just didn't handle subtlety and atmosphere all that well.  Instead of being creepy and scary, the movie scene played…