Batman Forever Director's Cut

[DieSmiling]

I remember reading due to the success of Richard Donner's Director's Cut of Superman II WB was considering releasing a director's cut of Batman Forever. Has anyone heard anything about this? I'd be very interested in checking it out.

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

Not since that rumor was first reported.

 

[Rynan]

I don't know what they cut out of BF that wasn't in the DVD.

 

[ab38416]

I don't know what they cut out of BF that wasn't in the DVD.

http://www.batman-on-film.com/opinion_scissorpuppy_forever.html

 

[CyrusGrissom]

Maybe they'll release it next year when "The Dark Knight" hits theaters.

 

[fabman]

I hope Joel Schumacher'll recut the whole movie, you know, maybe also using better takes, working again on the colors (which were modified per computer in 1995). New music by Elliot Goldenthal (in the new scenes).

But I dunno, I doubt we'll get a Batman Forever recut soon, maybe with The Dark Knight being released on DVD.

 

[Gotham22]

I hope we get one some day. most likely next year.

 

[ab38416]

Here are most of the deleted scenes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO0bIg_1tRY

 

[kooguy911]

id be interested if they did indeed release something like that. Im sure we all would. Perhaps when they release BF to blueray/Hd-dvd.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

There are rumours that the success of the Richard Donner cut has let Warner Bros. to consider other director's cut, including Troy and Batman Forever.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Apparantly Troy is getting one, so Batman Forever could maybe when The Dark Knight is coming out. I am curious to see if this movie would have still sucked if the deleted scenes were in it.

 

[Victarion]

Maybe when BB3 rolls around since both movies have Two-Face.

 

[Mr. Socko]

I wonder if they had enough footage to change Tommy Lee Jone's Two Face around and make him more serious than stuipid.

 

[CConn]

I wonder if they had enough footage to change Tommy Lee Jone's Two Face around and make him more serious than stuipid.

I can tell you right now they didn't.

Most of the deleted scenes were about the should Bruce stop being Batman subplot. I think it would've added a lot to the movie. The villains would've still be campy and over the top, but it would've been a much better character piece about Batman. Hell, the deleted scenes even touched on the "Escalation" theme Nolan is using for his films.

 

[SHADOWBAT69]

You know whats funny about that, is the original opening sequence. Even unfinished, its a creepy scene. With the guard put in the straightjacket being pulled up to the fan and "the bat must die" being scrolled on the wall, the look of horror on Dr. Burtons face. He filmed that scene but then made Two Face a character that pranced around always showing his scarred side of his face to the camera.

 

[The Shredder]

You know whats funny about that, is the original opening sequence. Even unfinished, its a creepy scene. With the guard put in the straightjacket being pulled up to the fan and "the bat must die" being scrolled on the wall, the look of horror on Dr. Burtons face. He filmed that scene but then made Two Face a character that pranced around always showing his scarred side of his face to the camera.

I've read somewhere that the original opening scene (Arkham Asylum "Bat Must Die") was filmed in such a way so that it would hark back to something more in line with Burton's vision essentially because it was what, at that point in time, was most familiar with the general audiences. After that, it basically became Schumacher's film.

 

[Victarion]

A Two-Face whose lines encompass such things as "Zippity doo-daah"...

From what I gather, the red book sublot of Bruce not wanting to be Batman anymore sounded great...more so than Spider-Man 2's Spider-Man No More subplot, in my opinion.

^Don't let that degenerate into a flame war, please.

 

[Mr. Socko]

"The Bat must die" scene was great!

 

[Victarion]

After that Dent turns into a Joker hack. Jones had the look for Dent, but sadly, not the script.

Those must've been some killer chemicals if they bleached his skin while they tore up half of his face.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I've read somewhere that the original opening scene (Arkham Asylum "Bat Must Die") was filmed in such a way so that it would hark back to something more in line with Burton's vision essentially because it was what, at that point in time, was most familiar with the general audiences. After that, it basically became Schumacher's film.

Why don't you watch it and decide yourself?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiK2z_E_BBY

 

[The Shredder]

Thanks for the link.

 

[Spider-Bat]

All of those deleted scenes would be great put back in and finished, especially the giant bat scene, when he faces his destiny, and becomes one with the mantle of the Bat. It's almost a religeous moment, for me anyway, Batman means alot to me.

Forever wasn't that bad, Two-Face was too cheesy, Riddler was a tribute to Gorshin, still out there but, still good. I like Forever if only it could have been more like Burton's films. Burton really captured that essence of Batman, that soul that heart.

 

[fabman]

If they do a director's cut I'd like to hear a new score aswell... doesn't have to be by Danny Elfman since I don't know if it would fit in, but something new, they could keep the new Batman theme but the rest of the score, I think, was poor.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I'd like to see all the fight scenes re-edited so they are easier to follow.

 

[ab38416]

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