John Hamburg's romantic comedy Along Came Polly makes its debut on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English, French, and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages as well. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Hamburg. He delivers numerous compliments to the various cast members, and often discusses how purposefully he attempted to play the scenes against each other in order to maximize their emotional and comedic power. Deleted scenes, bloopers, and a cute featurette on Rodolfo, the blind ferret in the film, round out this quality release from Universal.
Customer Rating
5
Polly!
on October 9, 2008
Posted by: CallawayMan
from Grand Forks, ND
This movie is what it says on the cover.. Hysterical!! This is a very good movie.
This romantic comedy gets a glossy presentation for this special edition DVD release. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days has been transferred to disc in its original widescreen aspect ratio (letterboxed on conventional televisions, and enhanced for playback on 16 x 9 monitors), and the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. The disc also includes an alternate commentary track from director Donald Petrie, several deleted scenes, two short documentaries on the making of the film, and onscreen interviews with members of the cast and crew.
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Jessica Alba gained notoriety playing the lead on the James Cameron-produced television series Dark Angel, which has all 21 episodes from its second season collected on this box set. Each is presented in the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. English, French, and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. English and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include commentary on some of the episodes by a variety of people involved in the show's production, a blooper reel, and three making-of featurettes. This set will easily please fans of the show.
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Brian Helgeland rocked the medieval world with this knightly tale that combined jousting and romance with a modern music score. Presented in Anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, this DVD captures the snap, crackle, and pop of each lancing blow. The story of a squire "changing his stars" by impersonating a nobleman so he could compete in tournaments was one that brewed in Helgeland's head for a number of years before he finally put it to paper in one month's time. His years of research then allowed him to do the unlikely -- give tiny, enhancing details to a big-scale film. These facts and more can be found on the DVD, a disc that not only provides great insight into Helgeland's method and process, but allows fans to take a closer look at one of the things that made this such an entertaining film: the action and jousting sequences. (Who imagined there was pasta inside those lances to make them splinter especially well?) Features include commentary by Helgeland and his good friend, the oft-naked Paul Bettany, as well as 11 behind-the-scenes featurettes, six deleted scenes with the filmmaker's introduction (check out the one with Chaucer's wife), an HBO "making of" special, Queen and Robbie Williams' "We Are the Champions" video, filmographies, and theatrical trailers for A Knight's Tale and Final Fantasy.
Customer Rating
5
Awesome!
on October 9, 2008
Posted by: CallawayMan
from Grand Forks, ND
Good acting, good action, good actors, good story line.
The first feature film from the Monty Python gang comes to DVD in this spectacular twin-disc set. The film itself is presented in a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in both Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. The copious supplemental materials include a commentary track by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones that features the occasional remark from John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin. The second disc contains singalongs, a version of the film created entirely out of Legos, a pair of documentaries about the creation of the film, an interactive cast directory, artwork from the film, a photo gallery, trailers, and a bunch of other material that will keep Python fans entertained for a very long time. This is probably the definitive home video version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Customer Rating
5
Funny
on October 9, 2008
Posted by: CallawayMan
from Grand Forks, ND
This movie is very funny. I have watched it countless times and it never gets old.
Yes!! It is very much worth it. They make your tv look the very best that it can in your setting. I would recommend anyone doing this with a tv 42" or larger.