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By: Ichaerus

Ichaerus — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:01:53 +0000

Best movie with an awesome European (original cut) that is ALSO a "kill em all and let god sort em out" flick, The Professional staring Jean Reno (the title of the international version is just Leon)

By: JSpawn

JSpawn — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:10:35 +0000

I know it’s a classic example of a botched US release (and doesn’t have much/anything to do with the genre at hand) but Terry Gilliam’s Brazil had a great real version that was “too sad an ending” for american audiences and was changed for the US release

By: neko

neko — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:07:02 +0000

I can't believe no one has mentioned CRANK! =D

By: FromHollywood

FromHollywood — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:16:19 +0000

The gory stuff was taken out, almost assuredly, because at a test screening of the movie a large percentage of people wrote that they were turned off by the violence and that it would prevent them from watching the movie. That is almost completely how those decisions are made. The decisions are made by a "cross-section of average Americans." Extremely lame way to do things, but it is the way it is done.

Hollywood doesn't own the theaters, therefore they get nothing from the concessions. The studio gets less than 50% of the money from the tickets. The ticket price is set by the theatre/chain and most of the money goes there. There is actually a fight between the theaters and Hollywood as they Hollywood believes that the theaters are charging too much.

About 80% of the money that goes to the studios come from DVD sales. Many movies don't make a profit, if ever, until after the American release is completely done and the overseas sales start coming in.

I agree with the point in the post that the violence should have been left in and that it would had made for a more interesting film, but I think it is important to get the facts straight of the surrounding information.

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By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:46:44 +0000

Boondocks is a great IABIMKEUIATLOS… funny guy… funny guy. Having Ron Jeremy get whacked in the peep show booth is just a classic touch. The other movie I have to add is 'Way of the Gun' with Bennico Del Toro. The car chase scene through the alleyways is incredibly real. And I cringe everytime I see Phillipee jump into that pit and the broken bottle jams into his arm.

By: mr_speaker

mr_speaker — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:37:21 +0000

Going to the other topic, as in not IABIMKEUIATLOS!! movies, but cool movies completely fucked over at the US release, I must mention a low budget Australian film called 'The Interview'. Hugo Weaving is dragged from his bed in the middle of the night and shoved into a police interview room. Then starts a psychological mind game, wondering who's playing who, what they think he did, if the cops are above board… with a kick arse ending. For the American release they had to shoot an extra scene at the end, which totally guts the whole thing. Watch the Australian version.

By: mr_speaker

mr_speaker — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:24:12 +0000

Git foreign?

By: Santy

Santy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:26:15 +0000

My favorite IABIMKEUIATLOS was the movie Equilibrium, you know, that one with Christian Bale Kicking everyone's ass with his double wielding of machine-guns-the-size-of-a-pistol in a future where the is a drug that kills your emotions, and the tetragramm…shit and everything? that movie was incredibly good.