And even with the stories they chose, I believe they cut a crucial scene from the book when Dwight starts barking orders at the ladies of Old Town and Gail totally calls him on it, saying something like "Who the hell are you to come in here and order us around? That's not how Old Town works..." But then she starts calling him on events from "A Dame To Kill For" which was not included in the film, so maybe they had to cut it.

The DVD release will apparently include not only the theatrical cut, but also shorts of each story in the order they appeared in the books, with all the missing scenes back in. Should be interesting to see if that makes the women seem stronger.