Dark City (1998) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!
Added 2025-01-17 20:22:00 +0000 UTC
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I was gonna watch along but it seems like everyone hates this version lmao
f hf
2025-01-26 23:10:37 +0000 UTCOddly enough, I’ve only seen the theatrical cut so I’m anchored to that but have always loved it as-is.
Ricardo Alanis
2025-01-23 05:05:30 +0000 UTCIt's been a long time since I've seen the theatrical release of this movie. Wow. It's really a very different movie. I can't believe they have Kiefer lay it all out at the beginning of the movie in that opening monologue. That takes away so much, in my opinion. I'm going to have to watch the directors cut again.
TGrimace
2025-01-21 20:51:36 +0000 UTCChris Nolan and Heath Ledger used so much of THE CROW in their interpretation of the Joker in THE DARK KNIGHT
Jason Dolan
2025-01-20 19:02:23 +0000 UTCYeah, I didn't know Trevor Jones had it in him. I loved his stuff on MISSISSIPPI BURNING and ANGEL HEART, but this was next level.
Philip Davetas
2025-01-20 03:33:59 +0000 UTC😂
TBR Schmitt
2025-01-20 00:32:13 +0000 UTCI think that would have made for a fantastic Batman film! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2025-01-20 00:31:10 +0000 UTC😂
TBR Schmitt
2025-01-20 00:29:06 +0000 UTCThis one has been on our list for a long time! We need some more Terry Gilliam on the channel! -Sam
TBR Schmitt
2025-01-20 00:27:33 +0000 UTCYeah, I just watch the YT edit and I'm like, "Dude, you're asking the wrong questions." The theatrical cut just confuses things and steers in the wrong direction. You inevitably get there, but it's a clunky ride.
Philip Davetas
2025-01-19 12:47:33 +0000 UTCIf you dig flicks like this, you should watch some fim noir. And that's what this movie was supposed to be until Goyer got involved and made it sci-fi.
Philip Davetas
2025-01-19 12:44:31 +0000 UTCYes to all of the above. They all hit differently as an adult, but they can transport us back in time to some degree.
Guston Zimasheen
2025-01-18 20:46:12 +0000 UTCUnfortunately this is one of those situations where watching the theatrical version instead of directors cut really burned your overall experience: directors cut helps with some of the issues you mentioned having with the movie. Sort of like how the movie Kingdom Of Heaven goes from being pretty crummy with the theatrical cut, to maybe Ridley Scotts best movie he’s ever made when you watch the directors cut.
Christopher B.
2025-01-18 15:56:45 +0000 UTCThis one also has one of my favorite trailers. For such a good trailer, I don't recall it getting much play. The only time I saw it in the theater at the time was before Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, meaning it was the only good part of the experience of going to that showing. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt9HkO-cGGo
Guy Gordon
2025-01-18 12:51:19 +0000 UTCNow that I've actually seen the reaction, I'm reversing my opinion: I'm sad you didn't watch the director's cut because it sounds like it would've improved the movie in exactly the ways you wanted. The Director's Cut not only unfolds the mystery in the way you describe, it's also 10 minutes longer, adding little extensions here and there, which would probably have helped the film feel less like it was moving at a breakneck pace. A shame, but what can you do?
Tyler Foster
2025-01-18 08:38:01 +0000 UTCI didn’t even realize I owned the directors cut and had only been watching that cut until I started your commentary and had to switch to Amazon Prime and now I’m remembering this is the version I saw in theaters so many years ago
Jason Dolan
2025-01-18 08:26:08 +0000 UTCA score so epic it was used to great effect in the theatrical trailer for the first X-Men movie.
Kyle
2025-01-18 07:07:47 +0000 UTCI would have loved to see an Alex Proyas directed Batman movie. This and The Crow have me convinced that his version of Gotham would have that perfect balance between "realistic gritty" and "comic book gritty". There's an alternate universe where Proyas took over in the 90's after Tim Burton stopped directing and then the movies got better instead of worse.
Brandon
2025-01-18 06:37:24 +0000 UTCI would highly second Knowing, a great film. Another great film with an indirect connection to this is Phone Booth. Of course the greatest film by this director is Gods of Egypt, a highly regarded film. Hmmm, why is my nose growing?
Andrew Roach
2025-01-18 04:56:24 +0000 UTCI hadn't seen this movie in such a long time, and it was great watching this again with y'all. Here's some of my favorite sci-fi movies of the 80's: The Last Starfighter (1984, Lance Guest) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984, Peter Weller) Enemy Mine (1985, Dennis Quaid) Tron (1982, Jeff Bridges) Explorers (1985, Ethan Hawke)
Lee N.
2025-01-18 02:37:28 +0000 UTCA good high concept- low budget film. It did ok in the theaters at the time, but The Matrix came out a year later and this one pretty much faded from most movie goers memory. I enjoyed it when it came out in theaters, but the director's cut is superior
Smooticus
2025-01-18 02:30:25 +0000 UTCMany people didn't see it in theaters but it was a big hit on video and grew a huge following along with the likes of other sci fi classics like "Blade Runner" and "The Abyss".
Mr. Writhms
2025-01-18 02:30:19 +0000 UTCI agree with some others, that the director’s cut is much better. And I didn’t realize until this viewing, that I’ve seen nothing but the director’s cut. I’ve been a big disc person since DVDs began, and all I’ve watched is the DC, having missed the theatrical release. And I definitely agree with Sam about the voice. 😶
David Wilkins
2025-01-18 02:06:46 +0000 UTCRats, not the director's cut? Bummer. Still, great to have the hugely underappreciated film get some attention, and will happily check out the reaction regardless.
Guy Gordon
2025-01-18 01:14:33 +0000 UTCYour comments about having the film slowly ramping up the mystery, can be found in the Director's Cut. The other Alex Proyas film you should give a watch is Knowing (2009) with Nicholas Cage. It's got a little of that Crow/Dark City vibe but in a completely different context.
Michael SCH
2025-01-17 23:38:01 +0000 UTCSci-Fi, Detective Noir, Horror, Mystery, Thriller... that's Dark City. All the great films are hard to categorize.
PIG
2025-01-17 23:17:05 +0000 UTCDirector's cut is better but luckily my blu-ray also has the other version we don't speak of.
Odd Thomas
2025-01-17 23:10:51 +0000 UTCLooking forward to this Great Reaction
christopher brown
2025-01-17 22:57:33 +0000 UTCI can't watch this yet, because I am at work and I have just discovered that the director's cut is the version that plays whether you watch the theatrical cut or director's cut entries on YouTube Movies and TV. However, the main difference between the theatrical and director's cuts, aside from some other little alterations to the visual effects and some additional material, is that the voice-over narration at the beginning is removed, allowing the viewer to solve the mystery with John instead of simply being told what's going on upfront. It's a much more organic approach and I prefer it, but the movie is still great regardless.
Tyler Foster
2025-01-17 22:50:55 +0000 UTCA reaction EVENT! I'm very hyped for this, yes. Thank you, Mr. Glasses and Mrs. Hair.
Mr. Writhms
2025-01-17 21:37:31 +0000 UTCBRAZIL 1985 is another great futuristic sifi I hope you guys get to check out some time 🤘
Matt
2025-01-17 21:37:13 +0000 UTCI actually prefer the theatrical I think. I saw it in theater back in ‘98 and the intro dips into the mystery but you still have no idea how deep it goes. It was one of the best intros to a movie I saw back in the 90s!
PIG
2025-01-17 21:16:14 +0000 UTCI might be more excited for your reaction to this than any other movie in a long while. Not many people have seen it I’m afraid.
PIG
2025-01-17 21:13:43 +0000 UTCYes! Been waiting for this watch along!
Nicotti
2025-01-17 20:55:04 +0000 UTCGreat movie! Kinda bummed you're not watching the director's cut since the theatrical cut pretty much spoils the setting in the first few minutes.
Sebastian Forsberg
2025-01-17 20:53:07 +0000 UTCLoooooooove this movie...like a moody comic book noir come to life...but in a good way. That, and Rufus Sewell, who always plays a piece of shit and a bad guy, gets to be the hero in this one. I will add that the director's cut is a bit better--some of the scenes and characters are a bit more fleshed out, and it removes the narration in the beginning so you're just thrown into the deep end. Even so, this movie still rocks. Good shit.
Steve Mercier
2025-01-17 20:29:46 +0000 UTC
