Comments on: Ridley Scott Says He Prefers Director’s Cut Of ‘The Counselor,’ Mocks Fox Studio’s Prudishness

By: Artchuleta

Artchuleta — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

"Only the geologists will tell the difference." No, no, no, no. It took me out of the film. What makes El Paso / Juarez such an interesting place is the drastic contrast between a safe, clean city and one of the world's dirt hell holes

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

I love The Counselor.
Masterpiece art.
Thank you Cormac and Ridley.

By: Jose Hermosillo

Jose Hermosillo — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

What about reshot the entare movie in an authentic location with an authentic cast. This film is on top of my list as the worse movie of the year. Not even the "director's cut" can save it. It's terrible.

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

Great read, very informative.

And the extended movie kicks ass.

By: Marvin

Marvin — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

The theatrical cut is vastly superior in every way. The "Director's Cut" is essential just the deleted scenes plugged back into the movie to give perspective buyers some added incentive. The added scenes are hopelessly redundant (a new scene features Diaz telling Cruz that she "can't advise" her), improve nothing and actually remove a great deal of subtlety (or as Scott puts it, "taste"). A great film originally. Skip the "extended" nonsense.

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

This movie was a huge disappointment, but that commentary/doc has me thinking about buying it… Shit.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

Drew Taylor is shocked – SHOCKED I TELLS YA – that some films aren't shot where they are set. It's just one of MANY of his criticisms in which Scott will say something and then Taylor will declare that the film is shit for that reason.

By: MMS

MMS — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

The Blu-ray is only labeled to house an "Extended Cut," and as such would be a more fitting describtion in the subject title.. Nonetheless, and to accommodate the meaning of the subject title, one wonders why the longer cut isn't simply called the "Director's Cut"?

By: Bab

Bab — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

This is a guaranteed cult classic. It's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia/Apocalypse Now/Scarface/The Shining/Assassination of Jesse James all over again. A complex, ambitious and misunderstood genre masterpiece. Too literary, too nihilistic and too ugly in the best artistic way possible to be appreciated by non-cinephiles. Looking forward to Exodus.

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

The theatrical cut of The Counselor, one of my favorite films of the past decade, was underrated by critics (all but a few) and audiences. I'm enjoying the special features of my recently purchased blu-ray, but I didn't need those to know that this is indeed an essential movie.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:17 +0000

I'd be curious to know what the author's take on the theatrical cut was previous to this blu-ray viewing–since he sounds way more forgiving to the film from the outset. Is this actually a case of "the Director's Cut makes all the difference" and the movie moves from execrable to essential? Or was he already in the deluded camp praising the theatrical cut as "underrated" and is now merely using this Director's Cut as a reinforcement of that misjudgment?