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People Share 30 Times Filmmakers Absolutely Nailed The Decision To Delete A Scene From Their Movie
In a recent Reddit post on r/Movies, user Freeman528491 sparked an intriguing discussion. Their post invited fellow cinephiles to share their thoughts on deleted scenes that, in their opinion, would have spelled disaster had they made it to the final cut.
From iconic blockbusters to indie gems, Redditors didn't hold back in expressing their views, and the thread provided plenty of insights into the editing process and the anatomy of a story.
As the talks continue to unfold, it's clear that these deleted scenes serve as a testament to the meticulous decision-making of filmmakers and the fine line between a compelling and underwhelming cinematic experience.
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#1
In Groundhog’s Day the reason Phil Connors gets stuck repeating the same day over and over again was originally because his spurned ex-girlfriend did a voodoo curse on him. Thankfully they cut it out and the movie is perfect without an explanation of why it’s happening to him.
Astrius 2 years ago (edited)
Thank god. Sometimes stuff is better left unexplained, like Rey’s parents for example.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
Or what happened 30 years after Return of the Jedi all together...
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Jennifer .S 2 years ago
The makers of the film never intended to have a reason in their movie, but the producers insisted so they wrote this BS and then 'ran out of time' to actually get it in the movie
Dingooo 2 years ago
He was a jerk so the powers that be, the universe or whatever made him relive the same day until he reformed. Sort of like reincarnation where you have to keep coming back until you get it right.
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Dawnieangel76 2 years ago
It was happening to him because he was an inconsiderate douchebag & needed to learn how to be nicer.
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Yeah, that was the best decision. I kind of like the idea that a benevolent universe was trying to teach him not so be such a d**k, and don’t like the idea of him learning valuable life lessons because of a negative reason. I watch that movie every time it is on tv, and Scrooged for that matter. Now if Bill Murray himself wasn’t such a d**k…
Nikole 2 years ago
How on Earth could you hate Bill Murray?? Wait… Earth… OMG you’re a visitor from beyond the moon!
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#2
In Moanna they had a scene where she was getting out her frustrations after an argument with her Dad by hitting coconuts with a stick like Baseball into the sea. The Islander advisory group said that wasnt a good representaion of their culture because they would never waste food like that and coconuts are important to them for its many uses. So Disney cut it. Thats why when the ship full of crazy coconut pirates showed up, she jumped on their ship and got a smirk on her face and said, coconuts.... and held the oar up
like a baseball bat. Because she was confident she was skilled in hitting them. They kept that part in.
Sonja 2 years ago
Always get an advisory group AND make sure you find one that's actually qualified to advise
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Danger Bunny (She/Her) 2 years ago
You will have to make sure to ignore the sensitive, petty people that have unjustified opinions
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Back to the Future
There’s a very strange deleted scene where Marty is nervous that he might mess up the future and turn out gay. Also, Doc makes a playful joke about how Marty can beat his mom if she doesn’t go along with their plan at the dance. For an 80s movie that holds up pretty well, I’m glad they left this stupid scene on the cutting room floor. It would’ve weighed it down.
Bumble 2 years ago
As a kid, I though that Biff sexually assaulting Lorraine was pretty funny because of how they portrayed it. They turned it almost into a joke and made no acknowledgement to the fact that it was an attempted rape and would have completely traumatised her. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realised how messed up that actually was!
#4
Titanic. When Rose throws the Heart of the Ocean overboard, there was supposed to be this weird a*s scene where the researcher tries to stop her and she gives this long winded speech before dropping it into the water. It was terrible, and would've damaged the movie so bad.
MichelleDonut 2 years ago
I still hate that she threw it overboard. Such a waste. Someone should have profited from that thing. Granddaughter? Explorers? Charity?
Libstak 2 years ago
Unpopular opinion that I totally agree with. Never took to Leonardo and Kate as a couple and I couldn't see what about him was so inspirational to her character that she went on to live such an adventurous life, meh.
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Bobby Sammons 2 years ago
I always thought that the captain of the ship, Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) should have seen her do it and thrown her in after it.
Claire Armstrong 2 years ago
Oh god, I cannot express how much this drives me mad! AND she has the nerve to let out a little sound as she does it like she's surprised she actually did it! Why is she surprised, she made the decision to do it ffs! And I've just realised that I've gone on like a nut job about this.... 😬
InfamousBerry34 2 years ago
I remember seeing that scene, but when I watched the whole movie for the first time I was so confused because it wasn't there!
#5
In Home Alone, there’s a scene in the beginning where Uncle Frank pants Kevin when they’re upstairs. It’s really weird and definitely out of place.
Margrete Sonnenberg 2 years ago
If they kept it in, I know I would be more annoyed at the family. Due to what the mom says "There are 15 people in this house, you're the only one who has to make trouble."
Cat Chat 2 years ago
Well, dogs pant. In this case, it's where someone pulls your pants down (usually in front of others) for your embarrassment and their amusement. I don't even want to think about why he's doing it NOT in front of others.
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The kid in Love Actually was a trained gymnast, so they filmed an alternate airport sequence where he was flipping over the obstacles instead of just running. Massively over the top.
D. Pitbull 2 years ago
oh goodnesss... Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Jojen Reed in GoT, Benny in Queen's Gambit) - this poor actor has one of those faces that will likely never look older than 15 years old until he's like... 60. They made him sport a 'stache in Queen's Gambit ... and it just made him look like a 12 year old wearing a costume...
Troy Parr 2 years ago
There's more to this than said above. He was originally shown as a gymnast going to his training sessions throughout the film. With his performance dropping off as he got more sad. Then at the end of his tale, at the airport, he was super-excited and, as was shown, he did a great impromptu performance. Later, all of his gymnast scenes were cut out not just the final airport scene. In fact, all of the cast had a lot of deleted scenes. I wish all of this had been left in the final cut, as it wasn't simply an alternative ending.
Woundwort42 2 years ago
I enjoyed the deleted scenes too, I'd love to see them restored in a directors cut
Load More Replies... Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Well now, I’d like to see that actually. That movie did have its silly moments mixed in with the poignant ones. That scene where Emma Thompson realizes her husband is a twat, makes me cry every time.
#7
*The Shawshank Redemption* has a couple that were wisely left on the cutting room floor. After Andy's escape from his cell is discovered, there was supposed to be a scene where a young prison guard is made to crawl through the hole Andy made in the wall to see where it led. It of course led to the filthy sewer pipe Andy crawled through, so the guard whines and then vomits loud enough for the whole cell block to hear, and Red thinks it's just hilarious. It's a funny scene, but absolutely wrong for that moment in the movie.
There is also an extended version of Red out on parole and not being able to handle life outside. In particular, Red has been in prison since the 1920s and gets out in 1967, so hippies freak him out, girls going around braless and in short skirts freak him out, and the busy pace of life outside freaks him out, so he has a panic attack in the bathroom at work. It's all unnecessary; showing the tragic fate of Brooks Hatlen earlier got the notion of "institutionalized" across. A few lines of narration by Red to show he is going through the same thing ended up far more effective than actually showing it.
talliloo 2 years ago
these scenes may have ended up on the cutting room floor but they were both in the book. normally, i like it when movies use everything in the book but i do realize that sometimes it can't happen. most of the time it dilutes the story but in this case i think it did it without letting the audience skip a beat of the story as a whole.
talliloo 2 years ago
yes, it is. he is heard to say, "oh s**t, it's s**t!" and then loses it.
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Timbob 2 years ago
Why didn’t that hole in the wall lead to the next cell, or if it was an end cell, to the outside ??? That was a very strangely built prison !
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Not necessarily there are internal spaces for pipes, ventilation and structural support in large buildings. That said, it's a hell of a lucky coincidence that he didn't hit something else. Or just did through and find a sheer vertical drop and 6 inches of space.
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In Ferris Burler’s Day Off, there’s a scene where Ferris explains that he pays for all his hyjinks by stealing his father’s credit cards.
Leaving that scene in would have turned the movie from “madcap teen adventure” to “further criminal sh**baggery” in my opinion.
Tesla Sulu 2 years ago
Still thought/ think Ferris is an annoying, over-privileged, future criminal. His sister is cool though
StitchIsCuteAndFluffy 2 years ago
Agreed. Makes me think of Phineas and Ferb, with the sister being Candace. I was always rooting for Candace in Phineas and Ferb.
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tuzdayschild 2 years ago
What problems? He had a totally unrealistic, not possible in the real world, fantastic day with his best friends.
Load More Replies... Janner Wingfeather 2 years ago
Should have kept that in. Maybe then my brother would stop insisting Ferris isn’t a class-A jerkface.
Claire Armstrong 2 years ago
I can honestly say that I like absolutely no part of this movie at all!
Marilyn Russell 2 years ago
Okay, I did love that movie back then when I was a kid, but still thought, how the heck did they fit all those adventures into one school day?
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
I always thought that it would be fascinating to see Ferris in his forties. Also, is she giving him a handy j in that picture?
#9
Lilo and Stitch changed a scene. Instead of hijacking a plane and flying it through a city, they had a spaceship fly through mountains. The movie came out not long after 9/11 and would have been extremely tonedeaf at best had they kept the original scene
Asriel Dreemurr 2 years ago (edited)
There’s also another changed scene in Lilo and Stitch. Initially, the duo had hid in a washing machine instead of under a table. This was changed fairly late in production because Disney was concerned that kids would see the film and hide in their own washing machines, possibly getting hurt. Edit: It was actually a dryer and the film was released on DVD with the scene, with it being replaced with the Disney+ release. Some sources say that the table part was in all DVDs, yet other pandas have reported seeing it with a dryer on theirs. Perhaps this is an example on inconsistent home video releases, like the debacle with the removed song being on some home copies of Muppets Christmas Carol? Certainly interesting.
JC 2 years ago (edited)
Actually, it was released with the dryer scene. I believe it wasn't until Disney+ became a thing that they changed it.
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StitchIsCuteAndFluffy 2 years ago
Ah, my favorite movie of all time. Also, I am learning even more about my favorite movie of all time.
PattonPawter 2 years ago
don’t forget the “tsunami sirens” scene,m. I don’t know why it was cut, but here’s the scene I’m talking about: https://youtu.be/YBlypvi7TOA
#10
There’s a deleted scene from the original Star Wars: A New Hope that happens right as the initial space battle is taking place. They would’ve cut to Luke on Tatooine gazing up at the distant battle and wishing he was a part of it. Then they’d have followed his home life.
It was a brilliant decision to cut this and to let the droids introduce us to Luke about 20 minutes into the movie.
Tesla Sulu 2 years ago
Scene is still there in the Star Wars Story book, a large book of mostly pictures aimed at kids. Luke has an entire conversation with Biggs. In the movie, we do not meet Biggs until the prep for the final battle.
The Other Guest 2 years ago
Yup, it's also in the paperback edition which I still have somewhere...
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#11
In Bird Box, they cut out a scene showing the invisible monsters. Totally the right move - no matter what you show, it could never live up to horror of the unseen threat.
Lazy Panda 2 years ago
I just saw the models for it and glad they didn't make it to the movie..
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Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
That's usually how it goes. "Signs" was a pretty good movie until the final scenes.
Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
The best horror movies show nothing, many a horror movie has been ruined by showing the " monster/ villain "
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
*Looks at* The Thing, Alien, Predator, The Fly, the Creatures from The Mist, the creature from The Host, any monster in anything that Guillermo Del Toro ever did... There are plenty more great examples of great horror movies where you see the monster(s). I think a better point is to make sure it looks truly terrifying if you're going to show it. If it's not good then it needs to be used sparingly.
Load More Replies... Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Book was awesome. The WHOLE point was that you can't see any aspect of them. In any regard. So even trying to tease it was just yet another example of the producers not understanding the story.
Secret Ant 2 years ago
Actual monsters, visible or not, would make no sense in that film. Is that in the book?? The threat is psychological one, and some people are encouraging others to come outside and see because they think "it's beautiful". Birdbox isn't a monster horror.
#12
The Truman Show when *checks notes* “A scene in the original script depicts a staged rape scene witnessed by Truman, who doesn't go to help the actress about to be violated and just moves on. When he's gone, the actors and actress return to normal and express wonder at how he didn't try to help, or even do anything about it.” WOW.
Sonja 2 years ago
There were more scenes in the script that explained his behaviour. They had set bullies on him and staged other moments of violence where he got hurt to instill an extreme fear of all kinds of violence in him to make him more pliable and snuff out his curiosity and wish to explore. They never even filmed those because it was too extreme. In that context the scene was meant to show that the conditioning still worked and he was risk avoidant.
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Boatswain Bill 2 years ago
Whoever came up with *checks notes* should be taken out back and shot.
#13
The original cut of "First Blood" was over 3 hours long and full of cheesy dialogue. Stallone feared the movie would destroy his career. He even tried to buy the film negatives in order to burn them. He eventually told the producers to cut most of his lines. That decision turned a turd into a goldmine
SlupBop 2 years ago
With th second highlighting the hypocrisy of the US: we aid you to kill people we want dead so you're freedom fighters, but then we change out mind so the same people are terrorists.
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Flemming Pedersen 2 years ago
There was also an alternative ending where Rambo committed suicide - would have killed the franchise if they had gone with that one.
Claire Armstrong 2 years ago
I just watched the one called Rambo last night, I quite like all the Rambo movies actually. But it is the same in that one, he doesn't say much at all. I haven't seen the latest one yet, is it called Last Blood or something?
Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
The first one is a totally different kind of movie. Not the jingoistic pastiche of the sequels, but a solid action movie touching profound themes such as veterans' isolation, PTSD, police brutality and militarization of civilian forces. In the whole movie Rambo kills ONE guy, and by accident. The real enemy of the first movie is not a politicized ethnic caricature as in the sequels, but the very core of American institutions.
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Paul Gerrard 2 years ago (edited)
The final cut of First Blood was too long and full of cheesy slurred dialogue.
#14
Thor had a massively annoying deleted scene where Thor, once he's become a better person, returns to the cafe where he smashed the coffee cup and apologizes and replaces it. We want our heroes to grow and change, but not that much. When he smashes the coffee cup and says "Another!" that's his most likable moment in the movie! Wisely deleted.
DrBronxx 2 years ago
I actually like that idea. I think it's perfect. It shows how considerate and self-reflective he's become.
Lazy Panda 2 years ago
Naah; to think that he's a couple thousand years old prince of 9 realms, he couldn't become that soft in such short time. I like him as it is and playing by Chris.
Load More Replies... Em 2 years ago
I feel like that's 100% the Thor I want to see, though. I've never actually made it through the movie, so I suppose I'll take your word for it.
Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago
Unnecessary as the owner didn't even cared for that particular cup :3
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Correction: The best moment in Thor is the pet store scene. The worst part is Hemmy's eyebrows. Yuck...
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
If it would have been made recently they probably would have kept it in
#15
Pretty woman's original ending was Richard Gere leaves and Julia Roberts turns into a junkie. They shot the fairytale ending after test audiences hated it.
WonderWoman 2 years ago
Such a terrible message in that movie - No you will not meet prince charming while turning tricks.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
And my brain immediately jumps to Goodfellas.
Load More Replies... Claire Armstrong 2 years ago
I mean, let's be honest that would actually have been more realistic 🤷♀️
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
The only part that's realistic is the way she's treated in the store on Rodeo Drive.
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Joey Jo Jo Shabadoo 2 years ago
They never shot the original script at all. Some deleted scenes were restored in the 15th anniversary release but they do not show anything like this. The wikipedia entry, btw, is wrong.
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Hollywood: "Here's a movie." Test audience: "Why does he die/she not fall in love/the kid not get adopted?" Hollywood: "For f**k's sake... fine! Here's a s****y happy ending! Now we're going to let James Cameron make lots of Avatar movies just to p**s you off!"
#16
Han Solo walking over jabbas tail. Pretty much every single change made to the original trilogy. While not original footage but still so completely out of place
Mad Dragon 2 years ago
Jabba was not intended to have a tail when they shot this scene. They later realized Han would look like he was walking through his tail, so they added Jabba’s reaction to his tail getting stepped on rather than go back and redo the scene.
Fish Fingers 2 years ago
Well no, he didn't have a tail because he was originally just a short, fat bloke in a fur coat.
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scag$y 2 years ago (edited)
OMG yes! It was so cringe that I actually felt really awkward for Harrison Ford in that scene. Plus, all of the pointless extra CGI creatures just detract from the story and make it less about a dangerous rebellion and more about when the guys from Paw Patrol will make an appearance.
Sassawrasse 2 years ago
Agreed, but I did like the addition of creatures like the ronto and additional dewbacks.
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Cyber Returns 2 years ago
They did it not for fun, but because they were worried that they would get complaints from fans saying "Wouldn't his tail be in the way?" as Jabba was originally a person and not a slug
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Also, it's painfully obvious that the image of Harrison Ford was manipulated to make it look as though he was stepping up.
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Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
Every time I see a picture of Jabba the Hutt, he reminds me of Donald Trump. And vice versa.
Billy Harrelson 2 years ago
The scene with Jaba made no sense as it came after the scene with Greedo. So Han only repeated things he'd said you Greedo. Very pointless. Introducing Jaba in Return of the Jedi made more sense.
Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago
I saw the first version and the new one when the 30th anniversary happened :D
François Carré 2 years ago
Does Star Wars Holiday Special qualify as massive awkward footage ?
#17
Haven't seen Zootopia mentioned anywhere. It's a really good animated film with a compelling message. However early versions of the script were about an entirely different story. Some of that story was either in animatic stage or in early previz. That movie was focused on shock collars. Basically every predator had a collar that would electrocute them if they got too excited. The protagonist of that movie was Nick and he created a theme park for predators where they could take their collar off and let their emotions go. The resulting movie was incredibly dark, as you can imagine. [Here](https://youtu.be/2DoJoNt_EGA) is one of the scenes from that movie. It really is tonally very different from what we got.
Kira Okah 2 years ago
Is that a link to the kid's taming ceremony? ...yes, it is. It is a dark scene that one, eesh.
StitchIsCuteAndFluffy 2 years ago
It almost made me cry. I would have watched it the movie even if it had been a thing, but it would have been a lot darker.
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TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
And the furry art community picked that up to create several comics out of that concept. Pretty neat stuff, kinda sad that western studios don't create darker stuff with animation and anthro characters like studios from asia do
Bookworm 2 years ago
It's nothing like this, but it's an incredibly good movie
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#18
In Cold Mountain, they decided to cut the scene of Civil War widow Natalie Portman offing herself with a shotgun after her baby died. Thank god. It was already a depressing movie.
In Cruel Intentions, they cut out the scene where Sebastien tries to rape Kathryn after she declines to have sex with him despite him winning the bet. Very, very good call.
#19
Forrest Gump- the deleted scene where Forrest saves MLK JR from being attacked by police dogs.
Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago (edited)
Have you ever read the book? Don't. The film is so much better. For instance, Forrest Gump becomes an astronaut, and sits in a rocket with a masturbating orang utan. PS: I'm surprised censorship has not discovered this word yet.
Fenchurch 2 years ago
For anyone who CBA to read the book (and I don't advise it, it's bad) can watch The Dom/Dominic Nobles YouTube video of Forest Gump and laugh along.
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Dingooo 2 years ago
With bullying, child molesting, drug addiction, Vietnam, his War buddy dying, his mother dying, his girlfriend dying? That might not be saccharine you are using, might be salt.
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Leon The Professional. There's a very unpleasant scene that tries to make their relationship sexual. Do not watch the extended or director's cut.
Stephen Lyford 2 years ago
That scene makes a lot of sense once you know that Luc Besson met actress Maïwenn (most of you probably know her as the Diva Plavalaguna in The Fifth Element) when she was 12, and started dating her when she was 15 (he was 31), and married her when she was 16 and she had their child.
Bookworm 2 years ago
I figured there was a reason it was listed as a 'Problematic Watch' on Slate's monthly list of new Netflix releases/acquisitions. On the plus side, anyone with Netflix can watch Chicken Run now!
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Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
That would ruin it. Leon is supposed to be a kind of mentor and even a father figure for Mathilda (because of how rotten her own parents were), not her boyfriend. He loved her and she loved him, but it was similar to the kind of love that fathers and daughters have for each other. They took care of each other. He taught her how to do his kind of work. He avenged the murder of her family by killing all the parties responsible for it. He gave his life for her. Like a father would for a daughter—-and remember, the only thing he loved and took care of before Mathilda begged him to help her was a plant. Adding a sexual tone to the story sounds more like the typical Hollywood b******t of adding totally gratuitous sex scenes to movies that are way better off without them.
Eileenabean 2 years ago
The undertones were still there.. for example, when she is playing dress up and did an impression of Marilyn Monroe. Maybe don’t watch the movie again because now you might notice it all.
Load More Replies... MichelleDonut 2 years ago
In the trivia section of imdb.com, there is a quote from the original script, of a sex scene. I'm pretty sure it would have been classified as child pornography if they had actually filmed it. Why was it ever in the script to begin with, WTF?
Sassawrasse 2 years ago
Y'all know that Lolita was a heavy influence on this movie, right? Leon was absolutely not intended to be a pure father figure. Creeptastic.
Kat Min 2 years ago
Interesting. I remember watching the film in the cinema, noticing the way the girl was presented in a sexual way and was as surpised as relieved that it didn't go down the pedophile road. I'm glad producers intervened. I usually don't watch director's cuts. Most of the time, they are not more edgy or daring but just more selfindulgent and needlessly long - or in this instance:disgusting.
SCP 4666 2 years ago
It is the scene where Mathilda tries the dress Leon bought for her. She says something along the lines of "The first time is very important for a girl because it will determine her future sex life" indicating that she wants her first time sex with Leon. Leon refuses and tell her his sad story about his first love who was killed by her father. Leon killed him in revenge and that`s how he became a hitman
#21
Aragorn vs. Sauron in the end of Return of the King. Sauron was supposed to be this ominous evil, not just a bad guy to have a swordfight with.
Astrius 2 years ago
I think we can agree that the big godlike villain, in most cases, should not go down in a simple fight. That would be like if you could fight Chara in Undertale. Missing the point.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
And, of course, Suaron didn't die because Aragorn ran him through in the books, so it'd undo the whole trilogy. Sauron's own pride and the power he wielded as a paranoid fascist freak with the rings undid him. MUCH better to have it be a small thing that trashes the whole Evil.
Sylvia Schmitz 2 years ago
All through The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillon there is the recurring theme of sacrifice, the willingness to sacrifice ones own life. And that is what Aragorn and with him the army of the west were willing to do. They knew full well that they could not win against Sauron's forces at the Morannon but considered their sacrifice well worth it if by their fighting a hopeless fight they bought enough time for Frodo and Sam to destroy the ring.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
At least partly inspired by Tolkien's time in WW1.
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Shortly after Robin Williams' passing (rest in peace), someone uploaded a couple deleted scenes from the film Mrs. Doubtfire. Both scenes, one of which takes place after the big restaurant sequence, basically focus on Daniel and Miranda arguing and causing huge turmoil for their children. The scenes made sense, but I'm glad they were cut as I feel they would've totally changed the tone of the ending.
LinkTheHylian 2 years ago
Mork: "Chinga tu madre, nanu nanu!" Director: "Cut!" YouTube: "We're in the money!"
Load More Replies... Asriel Dreemurr 2 years ago
Allegedly there also exist R and NC-17 rated cuts of the film, as a lot of it was ad-lived on Robin William’s part.
#23
Empire Strikes Back. There was a scene before the infamous kiss between Luke and Leia where they were alone and having a legitimate romantic moment where they both leaned in for a kiss, before being interrupted by the droids. Like a real kiss, not the surprise one Leia gave him in the final movie. I think at this point George Lucas wasn't sure if he wanted them to be brother and sister yet, but even if he decided they weren't, it'd make the final romance between Han and Leia a bit more unbelievable because you'd know she has feelings for Luke.
Janner Wingfeather 2 years ago
So, the Emperor wasn’t supposed to be defeated for good until episode IX, in the original plan. Luke’s sister was named Nelleth Skywalker, and had been hidden on another remote planet like he was. However, after making A New Hope, Lucas apparently realized just how taxing moviemaking was and didn’t think he’d be able to do the entire saga as he’d envisioned it, so the rest of the story was heavily compressed.
Load More Replies... Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago
A lot of good choices gave us the best sci-fi movies, thank your creators <3
Bookworm 2 years ago
I think this is part of what separates good storytelling from great storytelling. The best creators can choose from a bunch of good scenes and figure out which ones are right for that specific movie.
Load More Replies... David 2 years ago
Are you saying this was deleted? Because I remember watching that scene. Was it just deleted in some future releases? Or are you saying it should have been deleted?
SarahBee 2 years ago
It's a completely different scene where Luke proclaims his feelings for Leia. Thank God they cut it out!
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On my UHF dvd, weird Al introduces the deleted scenes, pointing out that if they were any good, they'd be in the movie.
#25
Tony Stark meeting an older version of his daughter after the snap in endgame
Would have lessened the impact of the hologram scene that comes shortly after
Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago
Also, how? Tony used the Time Stone and the Soul Stone at the same time?
Asriel Dreemurr 2 years ago
I think it was meant to mirror the appearance of younger Gamora in Infinity War, but as Morgan (Tony’s kid) was only four or five in canon when the snap happened that wouldn’t have worked? Yeah I don’t think the filmmakers thought that scene through as anything more than a throwback, which makes it all the better that it was cut,
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Independence Day has an alternate ending where drunk Randy Quaid flies his old crop duster into the alien ship. It’s [laughably bad] and also why in the theatrical cut his fighter jet flies so slowly at the end.
Greg Wilhelm 2 years ago
That's in the original right? Screams I'm baaaack and flies into the ship...
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
In the final cut he sits in an F-18 though 😉
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#27
Jeepers creepers. The creeper f*****g talking. Ruined the whole movie.
Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago
Just imagine Jason or Myers talking, I would laugh my a** off in the theater XD
Moosy Girl 2 years ago
Imagine them yelling „Get back here ya little sh*ts!”. :p
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'Anchorman' had so many deleted scenes and alternate subplots that a DTV 'sequel' called 'Wake Up, Ron Burgundy!' was thrown together.
An entire movie made of things that didn't really work.
Fantastic Mr Fox 2 years ago
Me too. I actually bought the DVD based on reviews and a coworker’s recommendation. I was so disgusted and disappointed I threw the DVD in the trash.
Load More Replies... DrBronxx 2 years ago
The last line here kinda shows a lack of understanding that scenes are not necessarily deleted because they "don't work".
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
In some cases they would throw out dozens of funny lines then pick the best to go into the movie. It's hard to imagine they found enough content in their deleted scenes to create a whole film though.
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American Beauty originally ended with a murder trial and the neighbor boy was convicted.
Paddling Panda 2 years ago
I didn't like this movie at all. It was creepy and has a total paedophile vibe to it. In light of the allegations against Kevin Spacey a few years ago, the movie became even creepier for me. I was genuinely disappointed it received so many accolades when it came out. Will never watch it again. It strikes me as a dirty middle-aged man vanity project. It's just gross (and obviously triggering for me, as I was the victim of SA when I was 13).
Brandon Parisien 2 years ago
The father WOULD let his son take the fall... what's wrong with the mother though?
Courtney Christelle 2 years ago
Years of physical and emotional abuse by her in-the-closet-and-not-ok-with-it husband.
Load More Replies... Fat Harry 2 years ago
Because the police find the tape that the viewer sees right at the beginning where Ricky asks Jane if she wants him to kill her father for her, and she says "Yeah, would you?". The viewer knows that it's all a joke, but Ricky turns the camera off before she confirms she doesn't really want her father dead.
#30
The only thing I hate from the extended editions of LOTR is the mountain king coming out and telling Aragorn they'll come to the battle. It serves no purpose other than to diminish the joy of seeing them flood out of the boats.
Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago
I remember watching the 3 movies in one sitting when the 1 year anniversary of ROTK hit, there was a lot of people in the theater (several in full cosplay), fun times <3
Walter Bravenboer 2 years ago
One day I hope they bring out the extended extended versions, there is so much more…
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
OH yeah... held a "Lord of the Rings-a-thon" at my place once with a couple of close friends... it was all planned... delivery of food set up at certain times, had a recliner couch... started at 8am... omg... gooood times.
#31
The alternate ending of Clerks. It's just a downer and goes against the tone of the whole movie For anyone who doesn't know: Dante gets robbed, shot, and dies on the floor of the store.
Sasha Kuleshov 2 years ago
Same as with Pretty Woman, don't throw your audience into the fire ;D
Moosy Girl 2 years ago
I was expecting him to die the entire movie, so it wouldn’t have surprised me.
Christian Fuller 2 years ago
This ending was meant to represent the ultimate indignity to Dante working when he "wasn't even supposed to be here today." However, as anyone who's worked the low rungs of retail before could tell you, the true worst thing about it is having to show up the next day. The actual ending is a lot more relatable.
#32
There's a scene in the devil wears Prada where Miranda's husband is causing a scene at a dinner so Andy comes over to fix the situation and as she's walking away Miranda thanks her. Felt completely out of character and definitely wouldn't have fit in the movie.
#33
There's a deleted scene in Ghostbusters where Bill Murray and Dan Akroyd played a pair of hobos. Despite fake accents, it was too obvious who they were, and test audiences wondered why Venkman and Stanz were suddenly homeless bums.
#34
The skeletons in the basement of the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. It played as unsubtle, cheap-ish horror and what was left for imagination was far more terrifying.
#35
In Bad Santa’s unrated cut, there’s a sequence where he pretends to be a valet, steals a car, goes to the car owner’s fancy mansion and robs their safe. The sequence doesn’t fit because he’s a sloppy pathetic drunk the rest of the time, but here he’s super competent and seems totally cool and sober. It’s also not funny and stops the film dead.
#36
I'm pretty happy they left the Joker interview scene out of The Batman.
#37
Everything cut from Avengers Endgame was a bullet dodged
Especially the kneeling scene, good lord
Bob Bobson McBobford 2 years ago
Please elaborate, I would like to know about the kneeling scene
Kira Okah 2 years ago
The Avengers kneel before Tony Stark's body in reverence to his sacrifice, it's actually quite an emotional scene, though to some probably a bit weird. It was cut because it clashed with the emotion of the funeral scene just after it.
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#38
Donnie Darko, they cut the scene where you see the aftermath of the plane engine meeting Donnie. Completely ruins the tone and overall ending of the movie.
#39
That thing you do's director's cut is 39 minutes longer than the theatrical cut. Most of that time is spent fleshing out Charlize Theron's character's relationship with her dentist. I get it but it made me respect the theatrical release less.
#40
They added in a song called "Human Again" to Beauty and the Beast, which was cut during it's original production. Imo was better off without it, or it could have been 30 seconds long.
Spleens the cat fan 🇵🇭 2 years ago (edited)
It was however fully animated and a good song you should definitely look it up on YouTube
Nay Wilson 2 years ago
I’ve seen the version that contained ‘human again’. It was definitely unnecessary. Although I did enjoy seeing the cat had been turned into a cushion. Very appropriate if you ask me 🙂
#41
The deleted opening of Aliens that shows the colonists kills off a lot of the tension for me. I wish there was a hybrid cut that is just the theatrical cut but with the sentry guns added back in.
Fat Harry 2 years ago
I like the intro of the colonists on LV426, if only because you get to see Mac MacDonald as their leader - he played Captain Hollister in Red Dwarf :D
Rob Chapman 2 years ago
I assume you're talking about the scene were Dallas is being transformed into an egg. That's from the the original 1979 film, not Aliens.
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James Cameron removed an entire sequence where that bodyguard hunts for Jack and Rose in the flooding dining hall in Titanic. It's a well made scene, seeing the water pool over the room was really cool but it all ends in a fist fight. Cameron figured it was completely out of character for the bodyguard to suddenly hunt for the diamond in a sinking ship and so the sequence had to go.
JoNo 2 years ago
But the bodyguard does try to hunt them down - while the ship is sinking - to get the diamond.
Toby Flenderson 2 years ago
No, Hockley steals the bodyguard's pistol and goes after them instead of getting onto the lifeboat the bodyguard bribed them onto. The bodyguard goes after Hockley.
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Ooooh. I'll say Major League. The original script had Rachel Phelps, the ex-showgirl wife of Donald Phelps, revealing toward the end that she really liked the team but felt she needed to play the role as the bad guy to motivate the team. Apparently audiences HATED this twist so they kept her as the bad guy throughout the movie. Imo, this was absolutely the right call. The movie needed a consistent foe to make the whole thing work. Edit: [here's one of the articles on the alternate ending.](https://screenrant.com/major-league-original-ending-twist-explained/)
#44
Dotty and Jimmy kissing in A League of Their Own. It would have killed the movie.
#45
The scene in Almighty Bruce, where he messes with Evan Baxter (his rival) on live television. They cut the last bit of the scene because even though Bruce acts like a major A-hole for the whole movie, here he actually set Evan's head on fire. If you include that scene, Bruce graduates to psychopath.
Dave Hinckley 2 years ago
Wait, isn't Bruce filling in for the same god who murdered almost everything on Earth? That flood makes god a psychopath.
#46
The iron giant scene with all the giants on planets killing everything. It was added in another version though. It takes away a lot from the movie IMO by showing too much and too early. The giants memory got lost and he might have brief glimpses these memories but we shouldn’t see it. At the end when he goes ballistic and turns into the gun is the first time we should see his ultimate power. Seeing it halfway into the movie takes away from that powerful scene and the giants character IMO
#47
There's an alternative ending to Boiler Room where instead of them getting raided by the FBI, a customer who they financially ruined turns up to their set up with a gun minutes before the FBI arrive. It's one of my favourite movies but I don't think I'd like it if they'd have stuck with that ending, there's no real justice in that.
#48
Die Hard 3 has an alt ending (on YouTube) where McLean plays Russian roulette against Jeremy Irons with an RPG that is pretty stupid.
#49
The alternate ending for the butterfly effect where he hangs himself in the womb
Kathryn Baylis 2 years ago (edited)
I thought that was the ending they used. *** Spoiler Alert!!!*** He realized he was the catalyst for all the bad s**t that happened to people he cared about, and it was better that he die at birth and not be around at all.
Rob Chapman 2 years ago
I feel that ending was far more powerful. As it reveals WHY his mother had multiple miscarriages. Basically revealing that he had multiple older siblings, who all went through the same thing he did, and all chose to end their lives before they began. Thus erasing their existence.
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The_Nicest_Misanthrope 2 years ago
Long story short, whatever he does makes things worse for him and everyone else, so he goes back in time to his actual birth and strangles himself to death with the umbilical cord so he never lives in the first place.
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#50
Didn't they film the ending in Clerks, where they shoot and kill Dante? That.
What do you think ?
Hphizzle 2 years ago (edited)
The original cut of Kate & Leopold (Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman) had her go back into time and end up with her present time’s boyfriend’s great grandfather. Basically she would have technically been sleeping with her great grandson in the original cut. Final cut past love interest was just a historical figure, not related. Cute movie overall though.
Phillip Moderow 2 years ago
Next, there should be a list of movies that SHOULD have had alternate or added scenes. In "The Next Three Days" with Russell Crowe (2010), I thought it would be better if the detective actually found the button that would have proven Elizabeth Banks' innocence. I'm sure there are many others.
Yoinks! 2 years ago
When the deleted scenes from James Gunn's The Suicide Squad were released, a lot of people wished all of them had been included. But while that would have filled in some gaps (how/why The Thinker's ear gets injured), it also would've spoiled King Shark's character arc early (Nanaue leaves his hiding spot to go play with some street orphans). Trust James Gunn on this one.
Hphizzle 2 years ago (edited)
The original cut of Kate & Leopold (Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman) had her go back into time and end up with her present time’s boyfriend’s great grandfather. Basically she would have technically been sleeping with her great grandson in the original cut. Final cut past love interest was just a historical figure, not related. Cute movie overall though.
Phillip Moderow 2 years ago
Next, there should be a list of movies that SHOULD have had alternate or added scenes. In "The Next Three Days" with Russell Crowe (2010), I thought it would be better if the detective actually found the button that would have proven Elizabeth Banks' innocence. I'm sure there are many others.
Yoinks! 2 years ago
When the deleted scenes from James Gunn's The Suicide Squad were released, a lot of people wished all of them had been included. But while that would have filled in some gaps (how/why The Thinker's ear gets injured), it also would've spoiled King Shark's character arc early (Nanaue leaves his hiding spot to go play with some street orphans). Trust James Gunn on this one.
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