Great movie, but not in the same ballpark as the Godfather.

I saw this movie in it's theatrical release back in the day.
It was a good movie and IMO did not deserve the thrashing that it received.

That being said I was thrilled when the directos cut was released on DVD. I had seen portions of the directors cut on TV but never in its entirety and was looking forward to buying it (I don't but alot of DVD's so that tells you what I thought of the movie). The directors cut is a better movie and is actually a different movie, but I don't think the difference between the two are that far apart.

It improved but I was expecting a bigger improvement.