You know, Salt is a solid spy thriller with Angelina Jolie being fifteen kinds of badass, but I wish it had a real ending. I skimmed the descriptions of the director's cut and extended cut, and it looks like they didn't leave it open for a sequel. Of course, I wouldn't mind a sequel.

In conclusion: AGENT SMASH WILLIAMS.

I skimmed the descriptions of the director's cut and extended cut, and it looks like they didn't leave it open for a sequel. Of course, I wouldn't mind a sequel.

I find that hard to believe given the ending. But, you know, I hope we get one.

Not surprise, and perhaps surprise:

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Two more major parts have reportedly been cast. First up, there's Batman Returns star Michelle Pfeiffer, who's reportedly playing Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the owner of the Collinwood mansion where all the action takes place. Then there's director Tim Burton's off-screen partner Helena Bonham Carter, who frequently appears in his films, will reportedly follow up her work in The King's Speech by playing Dr. Julia Hoffman, a blood specialist who becomes an unlikely ally of Johnny Depp's vampire Barnabas Collins.

I skimmed the descriptions of the director's cut and extended cut, and it looks like they didn't leave it open for a sequel. Of course, I wouldn't mind a sequel.

I find that hard to believe given the ending. But, you know, I hope we get one.

I mean the other two cuts had very different, more final endings. Unless I'm misinterpreting your apparent misinterpretation.

Not surprise, and perhaps surprise

Ooh, I bet I can figure out which is which.

I mean the other two cuts had very different, more final endings

Whitefont please! (I was skimming and thought you were talking about commentary.)

In the Extended Cut, Salt doesn't kill Orlov when she does. Instead, it's the final scene of the movie, which gives the impression that her revenge is done. In the Director's Cut, however, the President actually DOES die, and a voice-over hints that the new President will be a Russian sleeper agent. So the plan succeeds, the end. I suppose there's still a possibility for a sequel after those endings if you wanted, but it's not as obvious as in the theatrical cut. You can also look at his comparison between the Theatrical Cut and Director's Cut and comparison between the Extended Cut and Director's Cut.

Wow, P-C, that's interesting, because the theatrical ending so clearly left it open, I thought that was the point. Setup for a franchise, in which Salt keeps looking for other sleepers.

When I popped in the DVD, I had a choice which version to watch, and I had no idea which to pick since I didn't know what the differences were. I usually go with the director's cut if it's there, but I didn't want a longer version since I was short on time, so I said, fuck it, I will just watch the version everyone else watched. And I'm glad because the other ones are so different they would have left me with a very different impression of the movie that couldn't really be compared to those of the theatrical version.

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I want this movie NOW. You would think after how disappointed I was in Burton's Alice In Wonderland that I wouldn't be so frothingly, giddily excited. But ... Tim Burton. Helena Bonham Carter. Johnny Depp. VAMPIRES. I am so predictable.

(However, I do cling to the theory that Tim does better with things that are darker in theme: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice In Wonderland vs. Sweeney Todd and Sleepy Hollow. I know which set of movies I consider to be better.)

TL;DR: I am a gothy-goth Tim Burton fangirl, even when I should know better.

Any good advance buzz on Unknown? I'm trying to decide if I will see a movie this weekend.