Special features usually suck (Supernatural disks, I'm looking at you!), but the Criterion version of Seven Samurai has all my love right now. The features range from the worst ever ("Help" : To make a selection, press Enter. To get to the menu, press Menu) to the best ever ("Commentary").
I, for one, wasn't looking forward to starting my day with a slaughter. Which, really, just goes to show how much I've grown
Anya ,'Sleeper'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Volans - Mar 09, 2009 9:58:39 am PDT #332 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Polter-Cow - Mar 09, 2009 10:01:31 am PDT #333 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Special features usually suck (Supernatural disks, I'm looking at you!)
Aw, I enjoy those! I think MNIE may have the best special features of any TV-on-DVD right now, though.
erikaj - Mar 09, 2009 10:20:58 am PDT #334 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Things from HBO have great commentary.
tommyrot - Mar 09, 2009 12:06:54 pm PDT #335 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Roger Ebert has another review of Watchmen, this time after seeing it in IMAX: We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings
Embedded in his blog post is a video of Withnail's rendition of Hamlet's soliloquy from Withnail and I, plus other videos on quantum mechanics.
Amy - Mar 09, 2009 12:35:19 pm PDT #336 of 30000
Because books.
But the SPN DVDs have gag reels! And sometimes commentary where Jared and Jensen are funny!
Laga - Mar 09, 2009 1:30:34 pm PDT #337 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
What was I watching the other day with "What a piece of work is man..." was that Coraline?
Polter-Cow - Mar 09, 2009 1:31:23 pm PDT #338 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yep.
Laga - Mar 09, 2009 1:33:52 pm PDT #339 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
That movie was so trippy and weird some of the pieces fell off in my mind and forgot where they came from.
Polter-Cow - Mar 09, 2009 1:40:35 pm PDT #340 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Speaking of trippy and weird, I caught some of Beetlejuice yesterday. I forgot how bizarre that movie is.
Laga - Mar 09, 2009 2:39:52 pm PDT #341 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Oh why don't I have Beetlejuice on DVD? I wan't to watch it right now!
Now I'm watching the special features for Burn After Reading. Can I just state for the record how much I love Frances McDormand?
I had fun watching the movie but I wouldn't rank it among the best Coen brothers work. I can't quite put my finger on what's lacking. I sort of feel like the entire plot was just a frame to hang the few brief JK Simmons scenes on. I'm used to being toyed with a little by these directors but I think the wonderfulness of the JKS scenes was overwhelmed by the awfulness of some of the other scenes. D wants to watch it again. I'm sure I'll have a different take after a second viewing. I didn't like The Big Lebowski the first time I saw it.