Hmmm. Best DVD of 2001 is Moulin Rouge.??? (1 Viewer)

[John Morris]

Ron: My first question is to wonder what in the production, writing, and acting made you select this movie as the best of 2001?

 

[Ryan Peter]

I think Ron is pretty clear in this thread:
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htfo...threadid=30378

 

[Rob Robinson]

also, I believe the thread was for BEST DVD of the year, not specifically best film- though it sounds like ron loves it.

personally, i can't wait to see it- i've been waiting for the disk.

 

[bill lopez]

As long as it's not THE GODFATHER boxset I'll believe it!

 

[Ken_McAlinden]

As long as it's not THE GODFATHER boxset I'll believe it!

Aww, Bill, based on your posts, I know you wouldn't believe it if it were Close Enconters of the Third Kind, either.
My personal choice would be Snow White, but Fox has put out some real stunners recently.
Regards,

 

[Ronald Epstein]

John,
I'll be more than happy to entertain anyone's
question as to why I picked this as the best
DVD of the year.
The honest answer is that up until over a week
ago, Almost Famous: The Bootleg was set
to be the pick of the year. This was based upon
the great amount of effort that Dreamworks put into
creating a themed set with menu designs and
supplements that went above and beyond anything put
out this year.
However....
Within 30 minutes of popping Moulin Rouge
in my DVD player, I was held spellbound to the movie.
What I never expected from a film like this came
unexpectedly. I absolutely fell in love with this
film. Perhaps it was the superb transfer that
translated technicolor-like images to my screen or
perhaps even the over-the-top music, choreography
and visuals. This was the best film I had seen
all year.
As I spent a good hour or more going through the
supplementals, I was just amazed at the amount of
effort a studio has put into a DVD set like this.
It starts with the themed menus and continues with
the branching features and then a complete breakdown
that disects every single aspect of this film from
characters to dance to costume to music, and so on.
This is a themed box set very similar to what
Dreamworks did with AF, but in the end, it
was clear that Fox had once again raised the bar on
a Special Edition release.
I hope that helps answer your question.

 

[John Morris]

Ron: Yes it does. Thanks. I guess I'm gonna have to ask for MR for Christmas...

 

[Seth Paxton]

Since you are taking questions Ron.
My only concern is that this is your first viewing of the film and that you might have been affected by that emotion as well (since, like me, you loved the film).
That Almost Famous DVD is pretty freakin awesome stuff. Snow White was very impressive as well. I know there were serveral other very strong packages from this year.
I love Fox and I'm sure Peter had his hand in making sure this got the DTS, but to be the #1 disc is really hard and I'm not sure if I could say that MR is better than anything else this year (DVD-wise).
What DVD features impressed you more than AF-Bootleg, for comparison? I need to go through the MR disc much more myself, so maybe I just don't know all that's missing at this point.