Blu - ray Highlight: There's some really good supplemental material on the disc —
like audio commentaries with the movie's producers, consultants and composer Cliff Martinez, as well as demonstrations on film processing, editing and dialogue editing — but Soderberg and writer Stephen Gaghan's commentary track is jam - packed with so much great information about making the movie that you'll definitely want to start there.
The highlight of Disc 1 is Rutt & Tuke's Commentary, which is just
like any audio commentary, except that the speakers are Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas in character as the film's comic relief moose.
Not exact matches
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Commentary â $ cents Feature - length
audio commentary with Directors David Bowers and Sam Fell) * Featurettes o From Clay to CG: A Technical Journey o Jammy Dodger Fly - Thru o The Music of Flushed Away o Meet the Cast * Gallery o Animator's Gallery o Behind the Scenes Interactive Tour (Name TBD) * DVD - Rom o Learn to Draw Roddy o DWA Jukebox o Flushed Away Juke Box o Build - A-Slug o Set Top Games: A Maze of Pipes o Flushed Away Underground Adventure DVD - ROM Game o Printables DVD - ROM Feature o 2 Animated Slug Songs («Pump It», and «I Don't Feel Like Dancin
commentary with Directors David Bowers and Sam Fell) * Featurettes o From Clay to CG: A Technical Journey o Jammy Dodger Fly - Thru o The Music of Flushed Away o Meet the Cast * Gallery o Animator's Gallery o Behind the Scenes Interactive Tour (Name TBD) * DVD - Rom o Learn to Draw Roddy o DWA Jukebox o Flushed Away Juke Box o Build - A-Slug o Set Top Games: A Maze of Pipes o Flushed Away Underground Adventure DVD - ROM Game o Printables DVD - ROM Feature o 2 Animated Slug Songs («Pump It», and «I Don't Feel
Like Dancing».)
Like its predecessor, The Shaggy D.A. is equipped with two featurettes and a feature - length
audio commentary.
The special features for the DVD are not amazing but worth checking out if you
liked the film, especially the
audio commentary track.
EXTRAS: The Blu - ray release includes an
audio commentary with directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (along with actors Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Alison Brie and Charlie Day) and a host of bonus material
like a making - of featurette, deleted scenes, outtakes and a series of fun mini-featurettes.
The ending in the theatrical release was not well -
liked, but a much - better alternate version is included here, along with interviews with director John Boorman and art director Anthony Pratt, as well as an
audio commentary with film historians Travis Crawford and Bill Ackerman.
EXTRAS: In addition to a pair of
audio commentaries (one with director / co-writer Paul Feig and co-writer Katie Dippold, and the other with Feig and various crew members), there's a series of production featurettes covering things
like casting, creature design and visual effects, over an hour of deleted / extended scenes, alternate takes and two different gag reels.
Although some might lament the lack of an
audio commentary by director Gary Ross and the cast, the ridiculously in - depth making - of featurette «The World is Watching» (which runs just over two hours long) more than makes up for it, covering an array of topics
like adapting the script, casting, production and costume design, stunts, special effects and more.
The supplement package seems
like overkill, providing three
audio commentaries, a making - of featurette, audition footage for the main cast members, and a teaser and theatrical trailer.
The non-HD features on Shrek 2, just
like on the Shrek disc, include another look at the music of the film and
audio commentaries, but no deleted scenes this time.
The New York Times has a
audio commentary slideshow with Aaron McBride, the visual effects art director for Iron Man, describing how the suit up machine was created for the film, featuring concept art
like the photo seen above.
On the Blu - ray Disc stamped FEATURE FILM, additionally find a full - length
audio commentary from Johnson, who's recorded — and likely listened to — enough of these by now that he avoids common pitfalls
like narrating the action or treading overcautiously.
Blu - ray Highlight: There's not much in the way of special features, but if you don't mind sitting through the movie a second time, writer / director Lesyle Headland's
audio commentary is worth a listen, especially for any aspiring filmmakers interested in what it's
like to shoot your first feature.
Plus, it comes with hours of bonus material,
like vintage MGM shorts and cartoons,
audio commentary by Frank Sinatra Jr. on «Robin and the 7 Hoods» and «Ocean's 11» (alongside Angie Dickinson), featurettes for «Guys and Dolls,» and a 32 - page photo book with movie stills and behind - the - scenes photos from each film.
EXTRAS: In addition to an
audio commentary by director Andrew Stanton, co-director Angus MacLane and producer Lindsey Collins, there's a series of featurettes on topics
like crafting the story and animating Hank the octopus, some deleted scenes, the short film «Piper» and more.
The feature - length picture - in - picture track boasts interviews with the people involved in the event (
like CIA operative Tony Mendes, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, former Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor and the «house guests»), while director Ben Affleck and writer Chris Terrio discuss the actual making of the movie on the disc's
audio commentary.
Any Blu - ray selling for $ 5 ought to be a no - brainer for someone who
likes the movie it holds, but fans of The Hoax may very well be dismayed to see it lose subtitles, an
audio commentary, and other bonus features in the jump to high definition.
I imagine this is great for anyone who is blind and / or deaf, but for everyone else, it's
like watching a captivating movie in your native language with closed captioning turned on while listening to someone provide an
audio commentary on what you're watching.
Blu - ray Highlight: In addition to a fairly informative
audio commentary by writer Seth Grahame - Smith, the disc also includes a collection of production featurettes (ranging from a basic making - of documentary, to more specific departments
like make - up effects and fight choreography) that fans of the movie will definitely want to check out.
The full - length
audio commentary with Ruzowitzky is interesting enough, boasting a generous supply of anecdotes about the production and some of the director's thoughts on translating real events into screen material (and inventing a few), but it feels
like the 90 - year - old Burger is the real star of the fairly generous slate of extras, almost all of them only in SD.
Blu - ray Highlight: It may seem a bit weird to hear people
like Patton Oswalt and Adam Brody on an
audio commentary for a movie they're barely in, but the two actors help make the track — which also includes writer / director Lorene Scafaria, her mother Gail, and producer Joy Gorman — more lively and entertaining.
With absolutely no
audio commentaries to be found, the biggest highlight of the set is the 25 - minute «Masters of Design» — a series of production featurettes that cover the creation of props
like Sao Feng's map and the Pirate Code book, the Singapore set, and Keith Richard's costume.
These come as video interviews that cut to film clips with the
audio running atop them, so it feels
like an abbreviated substitute for a feature
commentary.
Like past DVD releases there are also two
audio commentaries, one with the cast and one with creator Felicia Day, director Sean Becker and producer Kim Evey.
Writer - director Jeremy Saulnier touches on this in his
audio commentary, saying they had fun with the P.A. System and making certain speakers sound
like they were on the fritz.
DVD special features on the movie's single - disc, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen release include an
audio commentary track with Favreau and co-producer Peter Billingsley, a look at the making of the accompanying videogame to the movie and a clutch of featurettes on the work of author Van Allsburg, the cast, the visual effects and the
like.
Like WB's Maximum Movie Mode, Blu - ray exclusive The Devil's in the Details: Inside the Action with Joe Carnahan is a souped - up
commentary with the film's director that includes behind - the - scenes footage, storyboards, animatics, model - building and visual - effects presentations, and an interactive dashboard with info on vehicles and weaponry, as well as a running counter of steps in each plan (at times, Carnahan's
audio commentary gives way to video segments with the director as on - screen host for the supplementary video footage.
Playback modes
like this can be more trouble than they're worth, but this substantial one adds genuine value and more than any combination of plain old
audio commentaries could have.
Wall Street didn't do a lot for me, but I
liked it for the most part, and the presence of the excellent
audio commentary and documentary make this a DVD worth watching.
The original extras still appear (including a hilarious
audio commentary with Paul Giamatti and Thomas Hayden Church, seven deleted scenes, and a short making - of featurette), but surely Fox could have put something together to make the Blu - ray release feel more
like an upgrade than a double - dip.
There is an
audio commentary track with director Simon West, which is awesome but I would have also
liked to seen a cast
commentary track as well.
I really
like doing the
audio commentaries.
In terms of extras, the 4K Ultra HD disc includes the original Blu - ray
audio commentary featuring Kosinski and Cruise — it's an interesting listen but nowhere do they really address the film's larger concepts in much depth (and Cruise tends to use buzzwords
like «iconography» a lot).
And I really
like really film - geeky
audio commentaries where you find out what the director was thinking, trying to do, or technically with the actors and mechanical things or the script.
As has become Criterion's habit, included are a number of features geared toward the cinephiles who make up its fan base, things
like film historian Bruce Eder's
audio commentary, experts from Francois Truffaut's 1962
audio interview with Hitchcock, and a gallery of production stills.
You also get some other extras
like a complete game guide,
audio commentaries and so on however these aren't anything a brief internet search couldn't provide so, whilst they're nice to have, I don't think they're essential.
It's one enjoyable listen for anyone who has ever wondered what an
audio commentary that's both entertaining and informative sounds
like.
EXTRAS: Sadly, there's no
audio commentary by director Baz Luhrmann, but there are a number of featurettes on things
like pre-production, costume design and the soundtrack, as well as on - set video diaries by Tobey Maguire, an in - depth look at five sequences and some deleted scenes.
Sure, it's nice to discover little tidbits about the film (
like how production design was based around the concept of a Victorian Tokyo), but where's our
audio commentary with the cast and crew, not to mention a more comprehensive making - of documentary?
In «Tracking Untraceable,» writer Allison Burnett outs himself as a closet psychopath when he admits that if there were a site
like the one portrayed in the movie, he would visit it, while the
audio commentary track with director Gregory Hoblit is almost as boring as the film itself.
The
audio commentary with director Duncan Jones, writer Ben Ripley and star Jake Gyllenhaal is entertaining and informative, and better yet, none of the participants hog the spotlight
like so many other
commentaries.
Gilliam provides optional
audio commentary on each deleted sequence, which is actually more interesting than the feature
commentary, as he explains what he
likes about each scene and why it had to go.
And having the key players sit down for an 80 - minute
audio commentary doesn't seem
like a lot for fans and animation enthusiasts to ask of a 4 - year production.
Yes,
like them or loath them, the tour includes
audio commentary as you float through the Puerto Princesa Underground River.
The graphics were far beyond anything we'd seen in a sports game up to that point, the
audio commentary from Dan Stevens and Peter O'Keefe (who are actually fictional characters) sounded
like it was pulled from a live NFL broadcast, and the gameplay was absolutely superb.
As a result, I'm tempted to believe that legal practitioners today would be more open to accepting content
like a video recording of a conference as potentially valid
commentary, but not (for example) an
audio - only version of the exact same content recorded in [a basement disguised as] a studio.
Free
audio commentary would have made the score more
like an 8 or 9... The rest was fine.