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- Robert Harris
I've never been one of those to seek thrills on amusement park rides.
Like many others, I find the cinematic experience to be more satisfying than an upside down death-defying spin on a roller coaster.
I believe the first film release to be equated with "thrill rides" was The Exorcist back in 1973.
Since then, the term has been used constantly to attempt to delineate a film which can be used as a good (or better) substitute.
This years special effects "thrill ride" was Fox's The Day After Tomorrow, which has been delivered in state of the art visual and aural style on DVD. The quality is in line with what we've expected from Fox in recent high end releases.
Although a bit different in encoding texturally from their Master and Commander, which I've found the best so far of 2004, this is a cinematic ride which will fully satisfy the big screen DVD junkie.
There is one scene in this film which had me thinking "Hichcockian Suspense." As a wall of water heads through Manhattan, and Jake Gyllenhaal waits for Emmy Rossum to help a couple out of a taxi, one of the women tells her that she's left her purse with passports in the car.
We see the wall of water.
Gyllenhaal's character sees the wall of water.
Rossum does not and heads back to the taxi.
Its one of those moments where you're prepared to shout at the screen, "Don't go in the basement!"
Thank you, Sir Alfred.
Sit back, turn up the audio, and (if you live in an apartment) prepare to be evicted.
HIghly recommened.
RAH
Like many others, I find the cinematic experience to be more satisfying than an upside down death-defying spin on a roller coaster.
I believe the first film release to be equated with "thrill rides" was The Exorcist back in 1973.
Since then, the term has been used constantly to attempt to delineate a film which can be used as a good (or better) substitute.
This years special effects "thrill ride" was Fox's The Day After Tomorrow, which has been delivered in state of the art visual and aural style on DVD. The quality is in line with what we've expected from Fox in recent high end releases.
Although a bit different in encoding texturally from their Master and Commander, which I've found the best so far of 2004, this is a cinematic ride which will fully satisfy the big screen DVD junkie.
There is one scene in this film which had me thinking "Hichcockian Suspense." As a wall of water heads through Manhattan, and Jake Gyllenhaal waits for Emmy Rossum to help a couple out of a taxi, one of the women tells her that she's left her purse with passports in the car.
We see the wall of water.
Gyllenhaal's character sees the wall of water.
Rossum does not and heads back to the taxi.
Its one of those moments where you're prepared to shout at the screen, "Don't go in the basement!"
Thank you, Sir Alfred.
Sit back, turn up the audio, and (if you live in an apartment) prepare to be evicted.
HIghly recommened.
RAH