Watched the director’s cut and loved it! Thank you! Even enjoyed the commentary. :)

Very interesting stuff in that article from producer David Fein on why the directors cut is actually shorter than the theatrical release. It all came down to the special effects shots. “…[Editors] didn’t know when the effects were coming in. So they just strung out the film and then put the effects in completely as from first frame to last frame and then were intending to go through and fine-tune and cut it.”