Dewey Nicks' college comedy Slackers comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame image. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials are limited to theatrical trailers. There is not much on this disc, but the picture and sound quality are high.
Customer Rating
1
Bad Movie
on October 16, 2008
Posted by: JKoz
from Chicago, IL
This is one of the worst films I have ever seen. It is a movie about cheaters who nearly get caught, the end. No good reason to see this film.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery features both widescreen and pan-and-scan versions of the film; however, the original theatrical aspect ration of 2.35:1 has been changed by director Jay Roach to a 2:1 aspect ratio, perhaps to better accommodate its widescreen enhancement. The commentary track allows Roach and Mike Myers to tell what is improvised and what is scripted in the film, specifically to point out the different inspirations and homages, and joke around some as well. The deleted scene menu features two original endings and five scenes that were either cut for time or because they were expendable. One of the original endings is particularly hilarious and at least two of the deleted scenes ("The Henchman's Wife" and "Fendi Briefcase") could have been left in the film. The "Spy Genre Retrospective" is disappointing, just a series of pages to read about the movies that inspired the film instead of a featurette. Meanwhile, the animated "Music to Shag To" sequence, a celebrity cameo menu, and the "Swedish-Made Penis Enlarger Pump" features aren't exactly substantial but do add to the zany feel of the DVD. The theatrical trailer is also included. Austin Powers can't compete with current special editions, but it is nonetheless a fun disc for an enjoyable film.
Customer Rating
5
HILARIOUS!
on October 14, 2008
Posted by: JKoz
from Chicago, IL
This is one of Mike Myers best movies. Definitely the best of the three, and the second and third movies are pretty funny too.
Clark Griswold and his family get to celebrate the holidays in digital splendor in this DVD release of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The film has been transferred to disc in its original widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The original English language soundtrack has been remixed in Dolby Digital 5.1, while an alternate track dubbed in French appears in Dolby Digital Mono. The movie also features optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. No bonus materials have been included.
Customer Rating
4
Great Christmas Film
on October 13, 2008
Posted by: JKoz
from Chicago, IL
This is one of the best Christmas Movies, and it is the best of the National Lampoon's Vacation Movies. I watch this film atleast a handful of times every Christmas, I'm glad I bought it.
What's great about it: Hilarious from Begining to End
In this comedy from Austin Powers director Jay Roach, Ben Stiller plays a young man who endures a disastrous weekend at the home of his girlfriend's parents. Greg Focker (Stiller) is completely in love with Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), and views their upcoming trip to her parents' house on Long Island (where her sister is to be married during the weekend) as a perfect opportunity to ask her to marry him. Once Greg is introduced to Pam's parents, however, things stampede steadily downhill. Pam's father, Jack (Robert De Niro), takes an instant and obvious dislike to his daughter's boyfriend, lambasting him for his job as a nurse and generally making Greg painfully aware of the differences between him and Pam's family. Where Greg is grubby, relatively unambitious, and Jewish, Pam comes from a long line of well-mannered, blue-blooded WASPs. Things go from bad to worse in less time than it takes to spin a dreidel, with Greg incurring the wrath of both Pam's father -- who, it turns out, worked for the CIA for 34 years -- and the rest of her family, and almost single-handedly destroying their house and the wedding in the process.
Customer Rating
4
Funny Film
on October 11, 2008
Posted by: JKoz
from Chicago, IL
Parts of the film have "The Office" like humor; suttle, awkward moment humor. But it also has moments that will make you laugh out loud. Great movie to purchase.
What's great about it: Many Hilarious moments
What's not so great: Not a typical Robert De Niro film
The Chicago Bears are one of the oldest and most storied franchises in the history of the National Football League. This two-disc set attempts to document the rich history of the club. In addition to lots of game footage, the disc includes the NFL films documentary on their Super Bowl XX win, a complete devastation of the New England Patriots. The game footage is presented in a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
Customer Rating
5
Great for Bear's Fans
on October 9, 2008
Posted by: JKoz
from Chicago, IL
Every Chicago Bears fan should own this dvd set. The first disk is all about Bears history; with great old videos of Bronko Nagurski, Sid Luckman, Mike Ditka, Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers etc. The second discs focus on the 85 bears and their outstanding season. This is a Perfect Gift for any Bears fan; great gift for any football fan.
This movie is every bad weather movie all rolled into one. This film shows what global warming can due to our planet, if a couple hundred years of weather all happened in about a week. Great Film to buy and watch several times.
The only thing that the creators of this film accomplished, was making a poor Christmas movie. It seemed like they were banking on people going to see this movie just because it was a Christmas movie; it did work but it didn't work well enough for people to buy the movie.
I'll give you a quick synopsis of the movie. One guy puts a lot of christmas lights on his house, his neighbor dosen't like it, the two began to compete with each other over everything, and their families become angy with them. There a just saved you about an hour and forty five minutes.