Taika Waititi Talks Possibility Of Releasing Thor: Love And Thunder Director's Cut

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A director's cut can be a pretty versatile addition to any beloved movie. In some cases, it might become the preferred method of viewing for many fans. In others, those same fans will band together to deny its very existence. But it's not often that directors themselves actually weigh in on the issue.

That's where director Taika Waititi comes in. His latest highly-rated adventure Thor: Love and Thunder just dropped, and people are already talking about a potential director's cut. Being someone who scarcely lets an opportunity pass to let his own comments be heard, Waititi has given several interviews addressing the idea. But while such a re-release seems like a no-brainer for many people, this director's viewpoint on the matter is decidedly less charitable.

Thor: Love And Thunder Makes The Case For Creative Freedom

In an interview with NME, Waititi didn't mince words. «I've been thinking about director's cuts. I watch director's cuts of a lot of other directors. They suck,» he said when asked about Thor: Love and Thunder's hashtag campaign for such a recut. «Director's cuts are not good. Directors need to be controlled sometimes, and if I was to say, 'ah, you wanna watch my director's cut? It’s four and a half hours long!' It's not good, at four and a half hours. There's a lot of cup-of-tea breaks in there, you don't even have to pause it.»

Thor: Love and Thunder has been a bit divisive so far, with some still claiming that Thor: Ragnarok is the better movie. But even so, Waititi's comments probably come as an unfortunate shock for anyone looking forward to a director's cut. But the director himself didn't come to this conclusion in a vacuum. It turns out he actually knows exactly what his own director's cut would look like,