When you understand the relationship between directors, producers and studios it's not surprising at all.
Directors rarely see their version of the movie on the screen. Sometimes they don't even see the final product before it is on the screen.
It is easier afterwards to work on a directors cut/version since studios see that as an opportunity for an additional cash grab after the 1.0 is no longer generating money.
If you read the article and more about the backstory of the production, the director did not get to make the film he really wanted to make. From the very start the producers demanded he turn it into a summer blockbuster and changed all kinds of script and other sequences to be more cheesey action movie fluff.
It's actually pretty rare that a director has complete creative freedom on a film. Only huge names like Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, etc. once they gained acclaim could put any damn thing they wanted on film and know that no one would question or change a thing
Why weird? Musicians change songs in subsequent albums and live versions (done with different arrangements etc, not just being slightly different) all the time.
And they don't have as heavy external influence as film-makers do, where tens or hundreds of millions are at stake, to the point that they're often denied certain decisions, frequently denied final cut, have different scriptwriters brought in by the producer, and so on. So they often end up with an end result that it's not what they'd wanted (and that's aside from technical and other issues).
dudul|3 years ago
Directors rarely see their version of the movie on the screen. Sometimes they don't even see the final product before it is on the screen.
It is easier afterwards to work on a directors cut/version since studios see that as an opportunity for an additional cash grab after the 1.0 is no longer generating money.
qbasic_forever|3 years ago
It's actually pretty rare that a director has complete creative freedom on a film. Only huge names like Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, etc. once they gained acclaim could put any damn thing they wanted on film and know that no one would question or change a thing
coldtea|3 years ago
And they don't have as heavy external influence as film-makers do, where tens or hundreds of millions are at stake, to the point that they're often denied certain decisions, frequently denied final cut, have different scriptwriters brought in by the producer, and so on. So they often end up with an end result that it's not what they'd wanted (and that's aside from technical and other issues).
wst_|3 years ago