ldhenson: (stealth)
ldhenson ([personal profile] ldhenson) wrote2006-10-25 01:10 pm

The new Batman Begins HD-DVD, commentaries.

Why was there practically no promotion for this?

It apparently came out Oct. 10 and I heard nothing about it until I wandered over to the boards at SHH. Even the official Batman Begins site doesn't mention it.

At Amazon

A detailed review at DVDtown.com

If there was one thing I missed on the 2-disc DVD, it was a commentary track. I love commentary tracks. Now this new HD-DVD has a "In-Movie Experience," which sounds like it's a commentary track but with inset video. Something like that. If so, I may seriously consider getting it, even though it sounds like the rest of the features are the same as the 2-disc. Still, that's about 2 hours of new material. And I'd love to hear Nolan's thoughts.

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Speaking of commentary tracks, I can't get enough of 'em. I sometimes wind up watching them more often than the movie itself.

My current top desert-island CT's:

1. Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Robert Rodriguez takes us on a whirlwind tour of low-budget, high-production values filmmaking.

2. Equilibrium. See above, but with Kurt Wimmer and Lucas Foster.

3. LOTR, all three SE's. Not only do we get three directing/effects/writing tracks each, we also get the actors ripping on each other. And no, I've never finished listening to all...let's see...12 tracks. That's something like 44 hours total.

Honorable Mention: Van Helsing. The actor track is hilarious, with David Wenham getting (lovingly) slammed in absentia.

Recommendations, anyone?

[identity profile] tainry.livejournal.com 2006-10-31 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
OH! I'd love to have commentaries on the Harry Potter movies! But...they don't want to spoil the magic for the kids??? Huh? Maybe when all seven are out and they make some kind of super-mega-uber-giganto-box set with zillions of special features? Sigh.