Monthly Archive for April, 2011

The Vow (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) By Screen Gems   One for the Money [Blu-ray] By Lionsgate   Tron: Legacy (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) By Walt Disney Pictures   The Kingsroad By

As per Gilliam’s touch, that the master’s hand is readily visible here works as the film is so narrated (how could it not be) that being sentient of an authorial control comes with the territory. This is one of his best films because he manages to capture the book, and still make a Gilliam film. He also loads it with cameos, from Flea, Thompson himself, Cameron Diaz, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Ellen Barkin, Gary Busey, Mark Harmon, Michael Jeter, Lyle Lovett, Craig Bierko, Penn Jilette, and Harry Dean Stanton among others. This would be distracting if the artifice weren’t so necessary.

The Criterion Blu-ray presents the film in widescreen (2.35:1) and in 2.0 and 5.1 DTS-HD. The transfer is better than the previous Universal Blu-ray, and was approved by the director. Both are exceptionally clean, but the tweaks Gilliam made enhance the film. The film also comes with three commentaries, the first by director Terry Gilliam, the second with Depp, del Toro, and producer Laila Nabulsi, and the third with Hunter S. Thompson as provoked by Nabulsi. All three commentaries are must-listens.

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