An insurmountable amount of extras comes second only to New Line’s stunning visual and audio transfer of Peter Jackson’s exhilarating and exhausting epic.
Graeme Obree is clearly a great man, but you wouldn’t know it from this uncomplicated evocation of his life and successes.
It’s all very, very adorable and uplifting in spite of Gaby Dellal’s half-hearted attempts to affect a grave, tortured tone.
With Seed of Chucky, Don Mancini finally admits his true love for camp and homage.
Remember: the definitive, extended DVD edition of the film is a few months away.
The narrative is competent but Master and Commander looks and sounds unlike any film you’re likely to ever see.
Throughout, Peter Jackson’s majestic longshots and extreme close-ups will make you swoon.
Start as soon as possible or you’ll still be watching the extras here by the time The Return of the King hits theaters.
This ambitious seafaring epic almost holds its rickety hull together thanks to Russell Crowe’s intense, broad-shouldered star power.
If you’re reading this, you know that the definitive, extended DVD edition of the film is still a few months away.
The film’s greatest strength is how Peter Jackson brings to life the haunting conflict between Gollum and Smeagol.
Peter Jackson emphasizes the territorial nature of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth by fascinatingly playing with lines of division.