While former fans continue to vocalize their disdain for the
prequels and special editions like spurned lovers, loyalists like me keep
fighting the good fight. My love for the
original trilogy has tirelessly endured every indignity George Lucas has
inflicted on his industry changing creation.
Therefore, I have no shame in admitting that I will be purchasing the
complete saga when it’s released on Blu-Ray this September 16th. If that makes me a dupe, so be it. I will be comfortable in the fact that the set
will contain some truly sweet extras, not the least of which are a handful of
legendary deleted scenes from the first three films.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Red Band Movie Trailer: Drive
It’s no secret that even the best blockbusters can be rather
insubstantial affairs. Their saving
grace is that are usually adept at providing the requisite action and thrills,
often because the massive production budgets allow for such things. Well, times must and always do change. Just as the western and the musical
completely fell out of favor long ago, so too will big blockbusters one day go
the way of the dodo. Lower budgeted
films may one day begin to dominate the market place for a time, just as they
did after the collapse of the big studio system. Fear not, fellow adrenaline junkies, for we
will still be able to get our collective fix.
A new generation of filmmakers seems capable of delivering the goods at only a fraction of the cost. What else would explain the existence of a
modest budgeted thriller like Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive.
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