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Spielberg does make meaningful human dramas. I'm sorry the elitists at DVDBeaver can't see that, much less separate him from George Lucas. The polarizied opinions that Spielberg's movies now routinely receive is proof enough that some people walk away very satisfied, and an indication that maybe...

Then again, Doom is a better movie.

I saw it this morning. It's really a terrible film. The filmmaking isn't as stylish and energized as in the first, so the sadism is basically left to speak for itself.

I agree. The "feel" of this movie is just lost.

To each their own; I friggin love this movie. I'll pick up this release, but I'm worried about the added footage and altered music. I wish the original version had been included as well.

Go back to their Aug. 24 Disc News page. It's mentioned there.

DVDFile says this version's Burton commentary is new.

Anybody pick up the Canadian release of this? Is the Mancini/Tilly commentary included? It's not listed on the back. EDIT: Nevermind. A rental copy sticker was covering that information. I see it's there.

John, are you serious? I can believe that you personally weren't in suspense, but not that you're clueless as to where and why some would find it suspenseful. This is the most terrifying movie in ages.

OK, so if Robbie died at the end, how is that satisfying? It ties up the film more realistically (Plausibility - the awful standard by which all movies are now judged), but doesn't work on a thematic level. The movie parallels the attack on a Superpower with a story of contemporary American...

Me too. I like Rushmore, despise Tenenbaums, and consider The Life Aquatic a near masterpiece. I'm getting to the store early tomorrow for my copy of this.

Interesting. Thanks guys. I'm becoming convinced I saw the R-rated cut. I'll know for sure once more people see it and the screenit.com review comes out.

This is probably the hardest PG-13 film I've ever seen. Actually, I'm trying to figure out if they somehow screened the original R-rated cut tonight. It's reasonably gory--not terribly, but enough to be creative. And isn't there a limit on the amount of non-sexual f-words a PG-13 lets you use...

I thoroughly disliked The Royal Tenenbaums, but think The Life Aquatic is the best American movie of last year--the closest Anderson has come to making a genuine masterpiece. Bring on the 2-disc Criterion!

I was watching this a couple of nights ago and it definitely seemed like a glitch. There's another scene earlier in the film where an English word is written on a card (sorry I forget the context), and there's a subtitle translating it into Portuguese.

Mark Palermo's Top 10, The Coast 1) [tie] Hero and House of Flying Daggers 2) Vera Drake 3) Tropical Malady 4) The Aviator 5) Torque 6) Spider-Man 2 7) Crimson Gold 8) The Polar Express (IMAX 3D) 9) Oldboy 10) Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

I've seen both versions. It's a good movie either way, but in 3D it's an amazing experience.

ALEXANDER isn't great (although it has great elements), but it's not uninteresting. There are crucial parallels to Stone's SCARFACE screenplay, as well as NIXON, and the structure quotes CITIZEN KANE. It's a personalized pop movie, which is something that audiences and critics have trouble with...

Torque is the year's most undervalued movie.

It's not up to DARK CITY and THE CROW, but I've seen it twice now, and think it's generally very good. Some parts are even great.

I didn't really take that scene in TORQUE as product placement either. Or, at least it's not lacking a strong self-awareness. As we're past the Information Age and into the Too Much Information age, it's interesting how some movies are using advertising as a tongue in cheek comment on the...

I loved it. It walks a difficult line between documentary and drama, and Altman turns those dance scenes into something incredibly cinematic.

Bad Brains self-titled album, and its follow-up/remake "Rock For Light" are the best punk albums I've ever heard.

Bad Brains self-titled album, and its follow-up/remake "Rock For Light" are the best punk albums I've ever heard.

I caught this one at Cannes, and didn't much like it. The film has an annoying, repetitious Scene A, Scene B structure. In Scene A someone will say something to Porter or something will happen to him, and then in Scene B he'll have written a musical number about that experience. That's a silly...

I caught this one at Cannes, and didn't much like it. The film has an annoying, repetitious Scene A, Scene B structure. In Scene A someone will say something to Porter or something will happen to him, and then in Scene B he'll have written a musical number about that experience. That's a silly...

Sam, it doesn't take place in a specific real-world time. It's a fantasy amalgam of various decades. Like Blue Velvet.

HMV can be ok for their 2 for $20 deals, but on new releases and regularly priced stuff, yeah, they're worth avoiding. (It's scary how crowded their DVD section usually is.) Then again, I haven't been able to find the boxed set of these titles at any of the usual retailers.

I last took some film classes here just 2 years ago, and EVERYTHING was shown on VHS. And if a movie was originally widescreen, it wouldn't be shown that way. This isn't always the teachers' faults, as the education budget sometimes doesn't think it's important to spend money on adequate...