How I would have loved a Tim Burton interpretation of Scarecrow.....
Just thought of another Film that really needs some surgery:
The Island
It started so promising and even when the plot twist is revealed, the idea itself is strong enough to carry on story, but then the movie quickly declines into a typial Michael Bay crapfest. The action is way over the top (helicopter scene), there are too many stupid one liners, hectic cuts, and "hero shots". What really kills the movie, is the making the assasin bad guy turn to good out of nowhere. we are introduced to his background during the last 20 minutes of the movie and suddenly he appears as a hero in the finale. It's just really bad storytelling. His part in the story should have ended with him receiving his payment after his "only you and god" statement.
The Island is one of those movies that really begs to be edited, because beneath all the nonsense, there is actually a good story in there.