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DVD’s I Bought This Week - November 27, 2007

Posted by Brian C. Gibson (brian@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 28, 2007

A wise man once said “It’s not just about seeing Star Wars two weeks before everyone else. You’ve gotta plow through crap like Marie Antoinette and Catwoman as well.” I have the fortune of being able to see all of the films that I want, and find out that they are only worth one viewing (or less) before I would willingly pay for the DVD…and subsequently end up hating myself later. But for every The Whoopee Boys there has to be an Indiana Jones, and because of the great films I am able to put myself further in debt every week.

DVD’s I Bought - Week of November 27th

Hot Rod - HD-DVD
	Hot Rod may never shake comparisons to Napoleon Dynamite, but it is by far a better film. The randomness and absolute deliberate stupidity of the film makes it one of those guilty pleasures that had my friends and I walking out of the theater wishing we could see the film again while intoxicated. Thank you DVD and hooray for beer! Who can argue with Isla Fisher in High Definition? I would wager that no one would argue against the worth of this film in HD-DVD.
Waitress
	Every now and then a chick-flick comes along, and I end up really liking it. One of the reason’s I love this movie, is that it is brutally honest and very cynical. You have this woman who just found out she is pregnant, but is she jumping for joy? No, she is writing in her mommy book “Dear damn baby.” The film is a perfect monument to the late Adrienne Shelly’s career.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy - HD-DVD
	If I had a penny for every time I or one of my friends have quoted one-liners from this film, I would probably be a thousandaire. When fellow Reject Neil Miller and I went to San Diego, we might have said “A whale’s vagina” one too many times. Neil got punched in the face by a large woman, and I all I got was this stinkin’ t-shirt.
Old School - HD-DVD
	I remember seeing this film in theaters and laughing from start to finish and thinking it was one of the best movies I had ever seen. I don’t know if this was due to the fact that the night I saw Old School was the second part of a double feature, with Daredevil being the headliner. RIP Joseph “Blue” Pulaski.
Hot Fuzz: 3 Disc Collector’s Edition
	I like money, I really do. But I have a DVD addiction that doesn’t allow me to keep much money. With the purchase of this DVD, I now have three different versions of Hot Fuzz (Standard Definition, HD-DVD, and this 3-Disc).
First Snow
	Because of a little films like L.A. Confidential and Memento, I will give any Guy Pearce film a chance. Also, director/screenwriter Mark Fergus has a pretty impressive streak of screenplays with First Snow, Children of Men and then Ironman. So all we are say–ing…is give Guy Pearce a chance. Anyone get that reference?
Spiceworld: Special Edition
	I know what you are thinking, but I own this DVD for all the same reasons you bought both Charlie’s Angels and Coyote Ugly. Those Spice Girls aren’t too bad to look at, and maybe 20 years down the road this will be looked at as a piece of art. They are actually getting a reunion tour together. Mark my word bands like the Spice Girls, Chumbawumba and The Rembrandts are ready to make a comeback.
Mr. Bean’s Holiday
	Anyone who says Mr. Bean doesn’t make them happy is lying. The films may be mindless, but at least they are mindless pieces of entertainment. Mr. Bean makes me happy inside, so I will gladly put down some cash for happiness. If you are looking for another type of mindless piece, then check out Miss South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton.

DVD’s I Didn’t Buy - Week of November 27th

I Know Who Killed Me
	I know a great sequel in the making: I know Who Killed My Career-The Attack of The Agent. Luckily Lindsay’s career was already reaching a Hasselhoff home video low.
The Omega Man
	Richard Matheson wouldn’t allow this or Vincent Price’s The Last Man on Earth to destroy the legacy of his greatest work I Am Legend. He forced the studio to change the title but since the film was already shot, the name of Charlton Heston’s character couldn’t be changed from the novel’s Robert Neville. What a piece of crap.
Skinwalkers
	Some friends of mine had seen this, and since then any movie that we see has been given a Skinwalkers rating: Is it as bad as Skinwalkers? However, the film is in DTS and I have been known to buy DVD’s only for their soundracks. Flyboys sounds great, but makes my eyes bleed.