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When Stanley Kubrick recruited Arthur C. Clarke to collaborate on "the proverbial intelligent science fiction film," it's a safe bet neither the maverick auteur nor the great science fiction writer knew they would virtually redefine the parameters of the cinema experience. A daring experiment in unconventional narrative inspired by Clarke's short story "The Sentinel," 2001 is a visual tone poem (barely 40 minutes of dialogue in a 139-minute film) that charts a phenomenal history of human evolution. From the dawn-of-man discovery of crude but deadly tools in the film's opening sequence to the journey of the spaceship Discovery and metaphysical birth of the "star child" at film's end, Kubrick's vision is meticulous and precise. In keeping with the director's underlying theme of dehumanization by technology, the notorious, seemingly omniscient computer HAL 9000 has more warmth and personality than the human astronauts it supposedly is serving. (The director also leaves the meaning of the black, rectangular alien monoliths open for discussion.) This theme, in part, is what makes 2001 a film like no other, though dated now that its postmillennial space exploration has proven optimistic compared to reality. Still, the film is timelessly provocative in its pioneering exploration of inner- and outer-space consciousness. With spectacular, painstakingly authentic special effects that have stood the test of time, Kubrick's film is nothing less than a cinematic milestone--puzzling, provocative, and perfect. --Jeff Shannon
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Format:Blu-ray
Once upon a time, when the year 2001 seemed aeons away, director Stanley Kubruck (Dr. Strangelove) contacted author Arthur C. Clarke (Childhood's End) to discuss making "the proverbial good science fiction movie". Both were sick of films that passed for science fiction, but were actually monster movies set in space, or were fiction films with the science replaced by fantasy.
The result was 2001: A Space Odyssey, the film, and a companion book of the same name which is actually a completely different animal. The film -- striking, innovative, visually engrossing, ambiguous, and scientifically solid -- is as good today as it was in 1968, even if many of the "predictions" of the film have failed to come to pass. (Perhaps if the shuttle didn't explode in '86, we'd be closer to having moon bases today?)
Separated into four chapters (The Dawn Of Man, TMA-1, Jupiter Mission (and an intermission with music), and finally Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite), 2001 has no dialogue at all for the entire first quarter of the film. Beginning with a blank screen and "Atmospheres" by Ligeti, this is a film paradoxically anchored by both music and silence. The screen changes to the Earth rising over the moon, and the sun rising over the Earth (an important clue and recurring symbol) accompanied by "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". We are then introduced to a tribe of pre-human apes (Australopithecus, perhaps), starving and on the verge of extinction. Other tribes are stronger and out-competing them. There is no dialogue here but the barking of the apes, yet that and the scenery speak volumes. Suddenly one morning, the game has changed: A mysterious black monolith has appeared. The apes are drawn to it, and soon find that they are now able to compete with predators thanks to a new discovery: weapons.
The TMA-1 chapter begins with what Clarke has called "the longest jump-cut in history" and we see that humanity has evolved into a spacegoing race. Orbital weapons platforms orbit the earth as a shuttle is making way to an under-construction space station. The Blue Danube plays as the spacecraft dance in calculated perfection. Our first main character, Dr. Heywood Floyd, arrives on the station and we are given some tantalizing clues as to why he's made this trip: Rumours of a plague outbreak on the moon. Yet this is just a cover story. As Floyd makes his way to the moon in another beautifully choreographed sequence, we learn that a magnetic anomoly was discovered in the crater Tycho (named after astronomer Tycho Brahe) -- Tycho Magnetic Anomoly 1, or TMA-1. This discovery is so important, that the cover story was created to keep everyone far away from Tycho.
The discover of TMA-1 leads to another jump forward in time, to a mission to Jupiter helmed by David Bowman (the perpetually young Keir Dullea) and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood of the second Star Trek pilot episode). Aboard their ship the Discovery are three sleeping astronauts and the most famous computer of all time, H.A.L. 9000 (voiced by Stratford resident Douglas Rain). Bowman and Poole do not know why they are going to Jupiter, but we are given a glipse into the possible life of two men with nothing but a computer for company, in space for years as they make the long transit to the biggest planet in our solar system. H.A.L. is a character to himself, perhaps the one with the most emotion onboard the Discovery.
Things go wrong when an antenna is predicted to fail by H.A.L., requiring one of the astronauts to go outside and repair it. H.A.L., who controls the life support and every function of Discovery, begins to show signs of what humans call mistakes. Yet no 9000-series computer has ever failed, or found to be in error. You will be haunted by the song "Daisy" by the end of this chapter.
After an intermission, Discovery finally arrives at Jupiter and its true mission is revealed. This chapter too has no dialogue, bringing us full circle. David Bowman once again must venture outside the ship and find out just what was discovered on the moon, how it relates to Jupiter, and perhaps even how it related to our millenia-dead ancestors. What follows is one of the most baffling and strange sequences in movie history, one which will require dozens of viewings to appreciate, let alone understand. The beauty of this final sequence is that there is no right or wrong interpretation. While on the surface it may appear to be a psychedelic caleidoscope of colour followed by a bizarre dialogue-less encounter with a being that seems to have no bearing on reality, it is actually Kubrick's way of showing the audience something that is beyond anyone's imagination. Like the audience, David Bowman and humanity have come full circle.
Lacking what modern audiences might call action, lacking typical space sound effects (there is no sound in space!), lacking dialogue for most of the movie, and lacking any sort of warm human characters (except maybe H.A.L. who is not human), this movie was a challenge to watch in 1968 and is still a challenge today. It is, however, a piece of art that trancends its genre and is a landmark in film making. Kubrick, always a visionary and always breaking through boundaries of what could not be done in film, outdid himself and made a science fiction film that still has not been topped 40 years later. Nobody has made anything this epic, this beautiful, this deep or this scientifically sound since. The special effects -- all practical effects and mostly in-camera, as CG did not yet exist -- still stand up today. Nobody will ever forget the rotating Dicovery set that allowed one character to be seated while another seemingly walked from the top of the cylinder, down the side, and sat down next to him.
Sure -- we don't have a moon base. We haven't sent anyone to Jupiter. However, we do talk to each other via video conference. We do have a space station. We have created computers that can beat the best humans at chess. This is not that far off. If they had named this film 2031: A Space Odyssey, we might be in the right ballpark. In the end, the year does not matter. You never see modern Earth in the movie at all.
This blu-ray release is loaded with special features and has a beautiful transfer in 2.20:1, as Kubrick shot it and intended it to be. Both Dullea and Lockwood provide an audio commentary. There are documentaries about Kubrick, about the predictions of the film, and about the effects. The only thing missing is the Arthur C. Clarke lecture from the first issue DVD.
2001: A Space Odyssey is, without any doubt or any argument, the greatest science fiction film of all time. With Kubrick and Clarke now both gone, I doubt we will ever see anything like it again. 5 stars is not enough of a rating. I give this movie 200 billion stars, one for each star in our galaxy.
The result was 2001: A Space Odyssey, the film, and a companion book of the same name which is actually a completely different animal. The film -- striking, innovative, visually engrossing, ambiguous, and scientifically solid -- is as good today as it was in 1968, even if many of the "predictions" of the film have failed to come to pass. (Perhaps if the shuttle didn't explode in '86, we'd be closer to having moon bases today?)
Separated into four chapters (The Dawn Of Man, TMA-1, Jupiter Mission (and an intermission with music), and finally Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite), 2001 has no dialogue at all for the entire first quarter of the film. Beginning with a blank screen and "Atmospheres" by Ligeti, this is a film paradoxically anchored by both music and silence. The screen changes to the Earth rising over the moon, and the sun rising over the Earth (an important clue and recurring symbol) accompanied by "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". We are then introduced to a tribe of pre-human apes (Australopithecus, perhaps), starving and on the verge of extinction. Other tribes are stronger and out-competing them. There is no dialogue here but the barking of the apes, yet that and the scenery speak volumes. Suddenly one morning, the game has changed: A mysterious black monolith has appeared. The apes are drawn to it, and soon find that they are now able to compete with predators thanks to a new discovery: weapons.
The TMA-1 chapter begins with what Clarke has called "the longest jump-cut in history" and we see that humanity has evolved into a spacegoing race. Orbital weapons platforms orbit the earth as a shuttle is making way to an under-construction space station. The Blue Danube plays as the spacecraft dance in calculated perfection. Our first main character, Dr. Heywood Floyd, arrives on the station and we are given some tantalizing clues as to why he's made this trip: Rumours of a plague outbreak on the moon. Yet this is just a cover story. As Floyd makes his way to the moon in another beautifully choreographed sequence, we learn that a magnetic anomoly was discovered in the crater Tycho (named after astronomer Tycho Brahe) -- Tycho Magnetic Anomoly 1, or TMA-1. This discovery is so important, that the cover story was created to keep everyone far away from Tycho.
The discover of TMA-1 leads to another jump forward in time, to a mission to Jupiter helmed by David Bowman (the perpetually young Keir Dullea) and Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood of the second Star Trek pilot episode). Aboard their ship the Discovery are three sleeping astronauts and the most famous computer of all time, H.A.L. 9000 (voiced by Stratford resident Douglas Rain). Bowman and Poole do not know why they are going to Jupiter, but we are given a glipse into the possible life of two men with nothing but a computer for company, in space for years as they make the long transit to the biggest planet in our solar system. H.A.L. is a character to himself, perhaps the one with the most emotion onboard the Discovery.
Things go wrong when an antenna is predicted to fail by H.A.L., requiring one of the astronauts to go outside and repair it. H.A.L., who controls the life support and every function of Discovery, begins to show signs of what humans call mistakes. Yet no 9000-series computer has ever failed, or found to be in error. You will be haunted by the song "Daisy" by the end of this chapter.
After an intermission, Discovery finally arrives at Jupiter and its true mission is revealed. This chapter too has no dialogue, bringing us full circle. David Bowman once again must venture outside the ship and find out just what was discovered on the moon, how it relates to Jupiter, and perhaps even how it related to our millenia-dead ancestors. What follows is one of the most baffling and strange sequences in movie history, one which will require dozens of viewings to appreciate, let alone understand. The beauty of this final sequence is that there is no right or wrong interpretation. While on the surface it may appear to be a psychedelic caleidoscope of colour followed by a bizarre dialogue-less encounter with a being that seems to have no bearing on reality, it is actually Kubrick's way of showing the audience something that is beyond anyone's imagination. Like the audience, David Bowman and humanity have come full circle.
Lacking what modern audiences might call action, lacking typical space sound effects (there is no sound in space!), lacking dialogue for most of the movie, and lacking any sort of warm human characters (except maybe H.A.L. who is not human), this movie was a challenge to watch in 1968 and is still a challenge today. It is, however, a piece of art that trancends its genre and is a landmark in film making. Kubrick, always a visionary and always breaking through boundaries of what could not be done in film, outdid himself and made a science fiction film that still has not been topped 40 years later. Nobody has made anything this epic, this beautiful, this deep or this scientifically sound since. The special effects -- all practical effects and mostly in-camera, as CG did not yet exist -- still stand up today. Nobody will ever forget the rotating Dicovery set that allowed one character to be seated while another seemingly walked from the top of the cylinder, down the side, and sat down next to him.
Sure -- we don't have a moon base. We haven't sent anyone to Jupiter. However, we do talk to each other via video conference. We do have a space station. We have created computers that can beat the best humans at chess. This is not that far off. If they had named this film 2031: A Space Odyssey, we might be in the right ballpark. In the end, the year does not matter. You never see modern Earth in the movie at all.
This blu-ray release is loaded with special features and has a beautiful transfer in 2.20:1, as Kubrick shot it and intended it to be. Both Dullea and Lockwood provide an audio commentary. There are documentaries about Kubrick, about the predictions of the film, and about the effects. The only thing missing is the Arthur C. Clarke lecture from the first issue DVD.
2001: A Space Odyssey is, without any doubt or any argument, the greatest science fiction film of all time. With Kubrick and Clarke now both gone, I doubt we will ever see anything like it again. 5 stars is not enough of a rating. I give this movie 200 billion stars, one for each star in our galaxy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Anthony L.
Format:Blu-ray
I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for a number of reasons:
1. Christopher Nolan, one of my favorite directors, hails it as one of his favorite films.
2. It is considered to be one of the greatest, most influential and beautiful films ever made.
3. I wanted to write a review on the subject.
So anyhow, I watched it. And I was to-ta-lly blown away.
Here are thoughts, criticisms, and notes on the film, 2001: A Space Odyssey:
WARNINGthefollowingreviewcontainsspoilersinthesectionsindicatedWARNING
1. The Opening Scene
The opening of 2001 is, in my opinion, one of the greatest ever filmed. The iconic music (See: The Theme below) plays as the sun rises above a planet, and the words: "2001: A Space Odyssey" show on the screen. Someone on YouTube commented that even if the whole movie was just the opening scene, they could have walked out of the theatre--feeling they had gotten their money's worth.
I totally agree!
Thankfully for us, there is more...much more!
2. The Dawn of Man
This is my favorite scene in the film. Why? It simply has the most action and plot (See: Criticisms below). It revolves around a clan of Australopithecus in Africa, apparently 4,000,000 years ago! The ape-men live a hard life: scrounging for food, defending themselves from leopards, and being driven from their water-hole. I'm not going to spoil the plot for you but allow me to bring your attention to one scene. In my opinion, this is the greatest scene in the film, and one of the greatest, most iconic film scenes of all time!
I speak, of course, of the Tool-and-Bone-Scene (just made that name up)
An ape (Moon Watcher, in the book) approaches a pile of dry bones. Picking one up, he wields it as a tool. Bones fly, music plays, wild pigs fall dead and skulls are smashed in a scene that sends shivers down my spine (in a good way).
3. Special Effects:
For a film made 50+ years ago, this film has flawless special effects. Impeccable. Perfect. Faultless.
Truly, endless scrutiny will find nothing wrong with the effects. Endless scrutiny will just further my opinion that great cinema can be achieved WITHOUT CGI.
(George Lucas, James Cameron, and Michael Bay, I'm looking DIRECTLY at you.)
Stanley Kubrick, how you achieved this is beyond me. You were a perfectionist, a control-freak, and a brilliant mind in cinema. There will never be anyone else like you, ever again.
4. HAL 9000
HAL is part of the reason this film is so famous. A state-of-the-art computer, whose "face" is just an unblinking red eye, serves as the antagonist of the film.
And he's a damn good one, too. I can't go into detail because that would spoil the film for you. Just remember, HAL steals every scene he is in, is one of Kubrick's greatest inventions, has influenced everyone from Hannibal Lecter to Apple's Siri, to and is part of the reason YOU should watch 2001.
Memorable quote: "My mind is going. I can feel it."
5. Criticisms
All movies, even the greatest, have their cons. Even Classic films. ESPECIALLY Classic films. No one can deny Citizen Kane is a truly good film, but who'd watch it for fun? To me, 2001 has but one con, but it is a big one:
2001: A Space Odyssey is abominably slow.
- The first section: (The Dawn of Man) is not slow at all. It is marvelous.
- The second section: (Moon) moves fast and has lots of great dialogue--something you begin to miss in the latter half of the film.
- The third section: had scenes so long one could skip 5 seconds ahead and the camera had not moved, still, it had some dialogue. The scenes with the "pod" were the slowest in the film. The pod was so slow!
- The fourth section had no dialogue, which is sad, but that is made up for by some of the most amazing, moving scenes I have ever witnessed in a film.
Also note the lack of dialogue. This is not really a con. Stanley Kubrick intended 2001 to be a visual experience (The Ultimate Trip), not a verbal experience. Still, for about 30 minutes, all you hear is Dr. Bowman's breathing, nothing else. (This is also intended--space is perfectly silent)
Plus, (and this also isn't really a con) you will NEVER, EVER be able to fully understand, comprehend, or wrap your mind around the mind-blowingly wondrous ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It's impossible, trust me.
So stop trying!
6. Conclusion
This is what Rotten Tomatoes has to say:
"One of the most influential of all sci-fi films -- and one of the most controversial -- Stanley Kubrick's 2001 is a delicate, poetic meditation on the ingenuity -- and folly -- of mankind."
And this is what I have to say:
With 2001, Stanley Kubrick has created a visual masterpiece. It is a film that cannot be described in words; it must be SEEN to be experienced. A beautiful, moving, voyage of wonder through space. 2001: A Space Odyssey is truly...the Ultimate Trip.
...
P.S. Watch this film, I hope you enjoy as much as I have. Also, LIKE this review, POST a comment, and READ my other reviews.
1. Christopher Nolan, one of my favorite directors, hails it as one of his favorite films.
2. It is considered to be one of the greatest, most influential and beautiful films ever made.
3. I wanted to write a review on the subject.
So anyhow, I watched it. And I was to-ta-lly blown away.
Here are thoughts, criticisms, and notes on the film, 2001: A Space Odyssey:
WARNINGthefollowingreviewcontainsspoilersinthesectionsindicatedWARNING
1. The Opening Scene
The opening of 2001 is, in my opinion, one of the greatest ever filmed. The iconic music (See: The Theme below) plays as the sun rises above a planet, and the words: "2001: A Space Odyssey" show on the screen. Someone on YouTube commented that even if the whole movie was just the opening scene, they could have walked out of the theatre--feeling they had gotten their money's worth.
I totally agree!
Thankfully for us, there is more...much more!
2. The Dawn of Man
This is my favorite scene in the film. Why? It simply has the most action and plot (See: Criticisms below). It revolves around a clan of Australopithecus in Africa, apparently 4,000,000 years ago! The ape-men live a hard life: scrounging for food, defending themselves from leopards, and being driven from their water-hole. I'm not going to spoil the plot for you but allow me to bring your attention to one scene. In my opinion, this is the greatest scene in the film, and one of the greatest, most iconic film scenes of all time!
I speak, of course, of the Tool-and-Bone-Scene (just made that name up)
An ape (Moon Watcher, in the book) approaches a pile of dry bones. Picking one up, he wields it as a tool. Bones fly, music plays, wild pigs fall dead and skulls are smashed in a scene that sends shivers down my spine (in a good way).
3. Special Effects:
For a film made 50+ years ago, this film has flawless special effects. Impeccable. Perfect. Faultless.
Truly, endless scrutiny will find nothing wrong with the effects. Endless scrutiny will just further my opinion that great cinema can be achieved WITHOUT CGI.
(George Lucas, James Cameron, and Michael Bay, I'm looking DIRECTLY at you.)
Stanley Kubrick, how you achieved this is beyond me. You were a perfectionist, a control-freak, and a brilliant mind in cinema. There will never be anyone else like you, ever again.
4. HAL 9000
HAL is part of the reason this film is so famous. A state-of-the-art computer, whose "face" is just an unblinking red eye, serves as the antagonist of the film.
And he's a damn good one, too. I can't go into detail because that would spoil the film for you. Just remember, HAL steals every scene he is in, is one of Kubrick's greatest inventions, has influenced everyone from Hannibal Lecter to Apple's Siri, to and is part of the reason YOU should watch 2001.
Memorable quote: "My mind is going. I can feel it."
5. Criticisms
All movies, even the greatest, have their cons. Even Classic films. ESPECIALLY Classic films. No one can deny Citizen Kane is a truly good film, but who'd watch it for fun? To me, 2001 has but one con, but it is a big one:
2001: A Space Odyssey is abominably slow.
- The first section: (The Dawn of Man) is not slow at all. It is marvelous.
- The second section: (Moon) moves fast and has lots of great dialogue--something you begin to miss in the latter half of the film.
- The third section: had scenes so long one could skip 5 seconds ahead and the camera had not moved, still, it had some dialogue. The scenes with the "pod" were the slowest in the film. The pod was so slow!
- The fourth section had no dialogue, which is sad, but that is made up for by some of the most amazing, moving scenes I have ever witnessed in a film.
Also note the lack of dialogue. This is not really a con. Stanley Kubrick intended 2001 to be a visual experience (The Ultimate Trip), not a verbal experience. Still, for about 30 minutes, all you hear is Dr. Bowman's breathing, nothing else. (This is also intended--space is perfectly silent)
Plus, (and this also isn't really a con) you will NEVER, EVER be able to fully understand, comprehend, or wrap your mind around the mind-blowingly wondrous ending of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It's impossible, trust me.
So stop trying!
6. Conclusion
This is what Rotten Tomatoes has to say:
"One of the most influential of all sci-fi films -- and one of the most controversial -- Stanley Kubrick's 2001 is a delicate, poetic meditation on the ingenuity -- and folly -- of mankind."
And this is what I have to say:
With 2001, Stanley Kubrick has created a visual masterpiece. It is a film that cannot be described in words; it must be SEEN to be experienced. A beautiful, moving, voyage of wonder through space. 2001: A Space Odyssey is truly...the Ultimate Trip.
...
P.S. Watch this film, I hope you enjoy as much as I have. Also, LIKE this review, POST a comment, and READ my other reviews.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Steven Aldersley
TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:Blu-ray
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Science Fiction, 141 minutes
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood
Stanley Kubrick certainly didn't restrict himself to one particular genre. In one of his most ambitious films, he took us into space. Up until that point, science fiction was often thought of as amusing and many early movies were laughably bad. Kubrick changed that perception at a stroke with the release of 2001.
The film isn't easy to watch. The opening sequence attempts to show how humans descended from apes and learned how to use tools and weapons. Special effects in 1968 were not advanced and so Kubrick simply dressed actors in ape costumes. This long sequence is told without the use of dialogue and will alienate a lot of viewers.
After one of my favorite cuts in movie history, in which a spinning bone transitions into an orbiting spaceship, we are taken into space. The story involves the discovery of monoliths. The apes find the first one and learn how to use tools. The second is buried on the moon and the third orbits Jupiter. Each monolith marks an advancement in the human race and alerts an alien race to our progress.
Kubrick got a lot of things right, portraying weightlessness and the lack of sound in space. He used classical music throughout the story and saw spaceships docking as a kind of dance. One of his most complex characters was a machine.
This isn't a film I would recommend to everyone. It's suitable for those who like to reflect on what they have just seen. It stands up to repeat viewings and analysis and sparks the imagination, but some viewers will give up very early. The first three minutes appears to be a black screen with background music (it's more than that). The evolution of the apes consists of a lot of shouting and jumping around. It took me several attempts before I fully understood Kubrick's vision and started to make sense of the story. I now regard it as one of the best science fiction movies ever made.
Science Fiction, 141 minutes
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood
Stanley Kubrick certainly didn't restrict himself to one particular genre. In one of his most ambitious films, he took us into space. Up until that point, science fiction was often thought of as amusing and many early movies were laughably bad. Kubrick changed that perception at a stroke with the release of 2001.
The film isn't easy to watch. The opening sequence attempts to show how humans descended from apes and learned how to use tools and weapons. Special effects in 1968 were not advanced and so Kubrick simply dressed actors in ape costumes. This long sequence is told without the use of dialogue and will alienate a lot of viewers.
After one of my favorite cuts in movie history, in which a spinning bone transitions into an orbiting spaceship, we are taken into space. The story involves the discovery of monoliths. The apes find the first one and learn how to use tools. The second is buried on the moon and the third orbits Jupiter. Each monolith marks an advancement in the human race and alerts an alien race to our progress.
Kubrick got a lot of things right, portraying weightlessness and the lack of sound in space. He used classical music throughout the story and saw spaceships docking as a kind of dance. One of his most complex characters was a machine.
This isn't a film I would recommend to everyone. It's suitable for those who like to reflect on what they have just seen. It stands up to repeat viewings and analysis and sparks the imagination, but some viewers will give up very early. The first three minutes appears to be a black screen with background music (it's more than that). The evolution of the apes consists of a lot of shouting and jumping around. It took me several attempts before I fully understood Kubrick's vision and started to make sense of the story. I now regard it as one of the best science fiction movies ever made.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
2001: A space odyssey
The best Sci-Fi movie of all time. Brillant story. A must see movie. Arthur C. Clarke is my favorite sci-fi author.
Published 1 month ago by Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars
Epic, awesome, fanstatic movie. But yes, still boring.
One of my favourite movies of all time.
Picture and sound are awesome.
Kinda weak on teh extras... does thi make 20 words for the minimum?
Picture and sound are awesome.
Kinda weak on teh extras... does thi make 20 words for the minimum?
Published 20 months ago by C. Anderson
4.0 out of 5 stars
I love it but it's not for everyone
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Published on Jan 18 2011 by David S
3.0 out of 5 stars
Lacklustre Blu-ray edition... (edit)
Okay, I've seen some other discussion of this disc, and while I'm not convinced, I'll withhold some of my nastier views (posted in my original review). Read more
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Great Movie. Great Extras
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