DVD/Blu-ray DISCussion (New for 9.13.11)

There was only going to be one winner for Recommendation of the Week, and that's Star Wars: The Complete Saga. Finally the whole Saga is coming onto Blu-ray in one big boxset and has everything a Star Wars fan would want: commentaries, documentaries of the filmmaking process and even comedy sketches. But has fans’ patience been tested to the limit?

First Releases
- Thor (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Incendies (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
- Meek‘s Cutoff (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Hesher (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (DVD and Blu-ray)

Re-Releases
- Citizen Kane (DVD and Blu-ray)
- O Brother Where Art Thou (Blu-ray)
- Trainspotting (Blu-ray)
- 3 Women (Blu-ray)
- My Life As A Dog (Blu-ray)
- The Frighteners (Blu-ray)
- Manhunter (Blu-ray)
- The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) (Blu-ray)
- Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Blu-ray) (Release Date 16th Sept.)
- Star Wars: The Original Trilogy (Blu-ray) (Release Date 16th Sept.)
- Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy (Blu-ray) (Release Date 16th Sept.)


Star Wars The Complete Saga (Blu-ray) (Release Date 16th Sept.) *Recommendation of the Week*

What’s the Deal?
Star Wars is one of the biggest film franchises ever (it used to be the highest grossing series until Harry Potter overtook it). This fantasy sci-fi adventure saga has provided enjoyment for countless people and has influenced a massive expanded universe of novels, comics, TV series and computer games. Now all six movies are together for the first time in one Blu-ray box-set. Some Star Wars fans are already hostile to this new release because it includes moments like CGI eyes on the Ewoks and Darth Vader shouting no when throwing the Emperor. It already has a low rating on Amazon.com. Despite this negative reaction, many will no doubt love the collection. After all, you're getting six entertaining movies in one boxset.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 61% (good)
Player Affinity Score: 6.6/10

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 67% (good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.3/10

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 80% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.8/10

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 94% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 9.5/10

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 97% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 10/10

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 79% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 8.4/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: Disc One – Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace: Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren and Scott Squires; Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew: Disc Two – Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones: Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow; Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew: Disc Three- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith: Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Roger Guyett; Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew: Disc Four- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope: Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren; Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew: Disc Five- Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back: Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren; Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew: Disc Six- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi: Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren; Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew:

Disc Seven – NEW! Star Wars Archives: Episodes I-III: Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; a flythrough of the Lucasfilm Archives and more: Disc Eight – NEW! Star Wars Archives: Episodes IV-VI: Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; and more: Disc Nine – The Star Wars Documentaries: NEW! Star Warriors (2007, Color, Apx. 84 Minutes) – Some Star Wars fans want to collect action figures...these fans want to be action figures! A tribute to the 501st Legion, a global organization of Star Wars costume enthusiasts, this insightful documentary shows how the super-fan club promotes interest in the films through charity and volunteer work at fundraisers and high-profile special events around the world.: NEW! A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later (2010, Color, Apx. 25 Minutes) – George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan and John Williams look back on the making of The Empire Strikes Back in this in-depth retrospective from Lucasfilm created to help commemorate the 30th anniversary of the movie. The masters discuss and reminisce about one of the most beloved films of all time.; NEW! Star Wars Spoofs (2011, Color, Apx. 91 Minutes) – The farce is strong with this one! Enjoy a hilarious collection of Star Wars spoofs and parodies that have been created over the years, including outrageous clips from Family Guy, The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother and more — and don’t miss “Weird Al” Yankovic’s one-of-a-kind music video tribute to The Phantom Menace!; The Making of Star Wars (1977, Color, Apx. 49 Minutes) – Learn the incredible behind-the-scenes story of how the original Star Wars movie was brought to the big screen in this fascinating documentary hosted by C-3PO and R2-D2. Includes interviews with George Lucas and appearances by Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher.; The Empire Strikes Back: SPFX (1980, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Learn the secrets of making movies in a galaxy far, far away. Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back into reality!; Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983, Color, Apx. 48 Minutes) – Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is interspersed with vintage monster movie clips in this in-depth exploration of the painstaking techniques utilized by George Lucas to create the classic creatures and characters seen in the film. Hosted and narrated by Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams; Anatomy of a Dewback (1997, Color, Apx. 26 Minutes) – See how some of the special effects in Star Wars became even more special two decades later! George Lucas explains and demonstrates how his team transformed the original dewback creatures from immovable rubber puppets (in the original 1977 release) to seemingly living, breathing creatures for the Star Wars 1997 Special Edition update; Star Wars Tech (2007, Color, Apx. 46 Minutes) – Exploring the technical aspects of Star Wars vehicles, weapons and gadgetry, Star Wars Tech consults leading scientists in the fields of physics, prosthetics, lasers, engineering and astronomy to examine the plausibility of Star Wars technology based on science as we know it today.

Amazon Price: $79.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com):  N/A


Under normal circumstances there would have been many contenders for Recommendation of the Week with a number of classic movies being releases: Trainspotting, Citizen Kane and O Brother Where Art Thou. New Releases include the superhero movie Thor and the Oscar nominated Incendies.


Thor (DVD and Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
The success of Iron Man showed to the world that lesser known superheroes stories could be turned into successful movies and proved to Marvel they could go ahead with their big project, The Avengers. Thor is Marvel’s version of Norse mythology and this project had a number of writers working on it: Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz (X-Men: First Class), Don Payne (The Simpsons), J. Michael Straczynski (Changeling) and Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend). An ensemble cast is lead by newcomer Chris Hemsworth and includes Tom Hiddleston (Midnight in Paris), Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins and Stellan Skargard and Clark Gregg respires his role as agent Phil Coulson from the Iron Man movies. But the biggest surprise of Thor is that the great Shakespearian actor and director Kenneth Branagh took on the directional duties and brought his grand visual style to this new series.

Thor is a great warrior and heir to king of Asgard, Odin (Hopkins). But he is arrogant and after starting a conflict against the Frost Giants of Jotunheim, Thor is banished to Earth without his powers. He soon teams up with a intelligent astrophysicist, Jane Foster (Portman) in New Mexico and work together to get his hammer, Mjolnir, back from S.H.I.E.L.D. In Asgard, Thor’s half-brother Loki (Hiddleston) starts to manipulate events so he can seize power.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 77% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 6.9/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: N/A

Additional Blu-ray Special Features: Commentary by director Kenneth Branagh; Marvel one-shot: the consultant (HD); 7 featurettes (HD); Road to the Avengers (HD); 11 deleted scenes (HD)

Amazon Price: $15.99 (DVD), $22.99 (Blu-ray), $27.99 (3D Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): Content 4.5 stars, Video 5 stars, Audio 5 stars, Extras 4 stars, Replay 4.5 stars (out of 5). Highly Recommended.


Incendies (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

What’s the Deal?
The French-Canadian movie Incendies was nominated for the Best Language Movie at the 83rd Academy Awards and was met with high praise. Based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies was directed by Denis Villenuve and the movie tells the story of two twins, Jeanne (Melissa Desormeaux-Poulin) and Simon (Maxim Gaudette) who go to the Middle-East to explore their complex roots.
 
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 92% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: N/A

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: Commentary with Director Denis Villeneuve; Remembering the Ashes: Incendies Through Their Eyes

Amazon Price: $28.99 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Score (DVDTalk.com): Content 4 stars, Video 5 stars, Audio 4.5 stars, Extras 4 stars, Replay 3.5 stars (out of 5). Highly Recommended.


Meek’s Cutoff (DVD and Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
Director Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams’ first movie together, Wendy and Lucy, was met with a lot of critical praise back in 2008 and they have reunited for a Western movie with a twist: it is focused on the women’s point of view.

In 1845 during the early days of the Oregon Trail, a group of settlers hire a mountain man, Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood, Star Trek), to lead them over the Cascade Mountains. But gets the group lost, bringing them to breaking point. When a Native American tribe meet them the group has to decide whether to trust the man who has failed them or accept help from their natural enemy.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 86% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: N/A

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: The making of Meek's Cutoff; Original theatrical trailer

Amazon Price: $18.99 (DVD), $23.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com):  Content 4.5 stars, Video 5 stars, Audio 4.5 stars, Extras 2 stars, Replay 3 stars (out of 5). Highly Recommended.


Hesher (DVD and Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
Hesher was first released at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 but it took over a year for it to finally hit theaters. Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson (Super) and Devin Brochu, Hesher is Spencer Susser’s directional debut and was co-written by David Michôd (Animal Kingdom).

Hesher (Gordon-Levitt) is a drifter, an addict and a loser who ends up befriending a 13-year-old boy, T.J. (Brochu) who has recently lost his mother. But is this man really the best person to help T.J. and his family?

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 54% (average)
Player Affinity Score: 6.0/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: Closed Caption; Deleted scenes; Outtakes; Behind the scenes; Hesher sketch gallery; Air traffic; Teaser channels; Trailers

Amazon Price: $25.99 (DVD), $26.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com):  Content 2 stars, Video 2 stars, Audio 4 stars, Extras 2.5 stars, Replay 2 stars (out of 5). Rent It.


Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (DVD and Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
Conan O’Brien is of course a very successful man in the world of comedy, being a talk show host and writer of Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons. TV director Rodman Flender helms this documentary as Conan goes on tours America and Canada as well as follow him as he looses The Tonight Show hosting gig and the break down of his relationship with NBC.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 79% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 6.0/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: Closed Caption; Commentary with director Rodman Flender, Conana O'Brien, Andy Richter, Mike Sweeney and Sona Movesesian ; Interview with Conana O'Brien ; Interview outtakes ; Additional scenes

Amazon Price: $11.99 (DVD), $20.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A


Citizen Kane (DVD and Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
We all know the history involving Citizen Kane, it was directed, starred and co-written by Orson Welles at the age of 26, considered one of biggest Oscar snubs in history and studied in film classes the world over. Citizen Kane is an undeniedable classic and to celebrate its 70th Anniversary we are getting a DVD and Blu-ray re-release filled with extras. This revolutionary movie with its unique method of storytelling tells of the raise of media tycoon Charles Foster Kane who becomes extremely powerful and wealthy but drives everyone he knows away from him.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 100% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 9.3/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: Bonus Disc: American Experience: The Battle Over Citizen Kane Documentary; Bonus Disc: RKO 281; Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich; Commentary by Roger Ebert; Opening: World Premier of Citizen Kane Vintage Featurettes; Interview with Ruth Warrick; Interview with Robert Wise; Storyboards; Call Sheets; Still Photography with Commentary by Roger Ebert; Deleted Scenes; Ad Campaign; Press Book; Opening Night; 10/30/38 Mercury Theatre Broadcast of War of the Worlds (Audio Only); 10/28/40 KTSA, San Antonio Broadcast of H.G. Wells Meets Orson Welles (Audio Only); Theatrical Trailer

Amazon Price: $31.99 (DVD), $39.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com):  Content 5 stars, Video 5 stars, Audio 4.5 stars, Extras 4 stars, Replay 5 stars (out of 5). DVD Talk Collector Series.


O Brother Where Art Thou (Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
It is a universally accepted fact that The Coen Brothers are great directors and O Brother Where Art Thou is considered a fine movie by the pair. This comedy is a modern adaptation of The Odyssey and was entered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson (The Incredible Hulk) star with Holly Hunter and John Goodman in support.

Set in 1937, Ulysses Everett McGill (Clooney) is a prisoner in a Mississippi prison. Ulysses escapes but there is a problem, he is still chained to two other prisons, the short tempted Pete (Turturro) and the dim Delmar (Nelson). The three embark on a quest to recover Ulysses’ buried treasure and find many obstacles on the way.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 77% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.5/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: Exclusive Behind The Scenes Featurette; Two Storyboard to Scene Comparison; "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" Music Video ; Theatrical Trailer

Amazon Price: $18.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com):  N/A


Trainspotting (Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
Based on a novel by Irvine Walsh, Trainspotting was turned into a great British movie by Danny Boyle, filled with excellent actors, stunning visuals and a soundtrack that features the likes of Iggy Pop, Underground and Lou Reed. Ewan McGregor leads this Edinburgh-set movie with other top British actors, Ewen Bremner (Snatch), Jonny Lee Miller (Eli Stone), Robert Carlyle, Kevin McKidd (Rome) and Kelly Macdonald in her first movie.

Mark “Rent Boy” Renton is a heroin addict living in the Scottish capital. Most of his friends are also addicts, as well as a violent sociopath Franco (Carlyle), and the movie chronicle the horrors of heroin addiction as well as other pitfalls of life, including drug deals and accidentally sleeping with a schoolgirl.

Trainspotting has been criticized for glamorizing drug use, I personally would like to ask how?

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 89% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 9.2/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: Audio commentary by Danny Boyle, Andrew MacDonald, John Hodge and Ewan McGregor; Deleted Scenes; "Trainspotting Retrospective" featurette; "The Making of Trainspotting" featurette; Cannes Film Festival Interviews; Gallery; Theatrical Teaser and Trailer

Amazon Price: $9.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A


3 Women (Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
Robert Altman was renounced as a great director, making movies like MASH, The Player and Gosford Park. His 1977 movie 3 Women was also met with high praise, starring Shelley Duvall (The Shinning), who won the Best Actress Award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, Sissy Spacek (Carrie) and Janice Rule (The Swimmer). The movie focuses on a strange, unhealthy between teenager Pinky (Spacek) and Millie (Duvall), two workers at a Californian spa and roommates.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 95% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: N/A

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Audio commentary by director Robert Altman; Rare production and publicity stills; Original theatrical trailers and television spots; PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic David Sterritt

Amazon Price: $27.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A


My Life As A Dog (Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
Lasse Hallström is known mostly for making movies like What’s Eating Gilbert Grapes and The Cider House Rules, but before he came to Hollywood he made a name for himself in his native Sweden. His movie My Life As A Dog was based on a novel by Reidar Jönsson and it ended up getting Hallström nominated for the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Awards at the 60th Academy Awards.

Ingmar (Anton Glanzelius) is a 12-year-old boy who sent to live in the countryside with his uncle after his mother suddenly falls ill. He soon gets to know the eccentric characters that make up the town’s population and takes refuge from his problems of his home life.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 100% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: N/A

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: High-definition digital transfer, approved by director Lasse Hallström, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Shall We Go to My or Your Place or Each Go Home Alone? (1973), a fifty-two-minute film by Hallström; Video interview with Hallström from 2003; Original theatrical trailer; PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Atkinson and an appreciation by the late author Kurt Vonnegut

Amazon Price: $27.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A


The Frighteners (Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
Following the success of Heavenly Creatures, Peter Jackson was able to show he was more then just a horror filmmaker and was able to get backing from Hollywood. The horror comedy The Frighteners was his first Hollywood movie and he received backing from Robert Zemeckis to make it in his native New Zealand and help special effects company Weta. Michael J. Fox stars in what was his last leading role before going into semi-retirement due to Parkinson’s Disease.

Frank Bannister (Fox) is a man with a unique ability: he is able to see and communicate with ghosts. His abilities allows him to work as a ghostbuster in a small American town. However, he's also a con-artist, working with ghosts to scare people so he could get business. But he is forced into action when a powerful spirit starts to kill people and he has to use his abilities for good.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 69% (good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.0/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: N/A

Amazon Price: $17.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A


Manhunter (Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
The Silences of the Lambs is the most famous of the Hannibal series but it was not the first movie of the series. That honor goes to Manhunter, written and directed by Michael Mann, a stylish thriller starring William Petersen (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Tom Noonan (Synecdoche, New York), Joan Allen, Dennis Farina (Snatch) and Kim Greist (Brazil). Scottish actor Brian Cox was the first actor to play our favorite cannibal.

Will Graham (Petersen) is a retired FBI profiler who is called back into actor after a serial killer known as the Tooth Fairy has murdered two families in the South. Will turns to Dr. Hannibal Lecktor, a convicted serial killer to help him, believing a killer will know how a serial killer works. As he goes deeper into the case, Will’s own sanity is tested.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 94% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 8.0/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: N/A

Amazon Price: $13.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A


The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) (Blu-ray)

What’s the Deal?
Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel of revenge, The Count of Monte Cristo has been adapted a numbers of times. The 2002 version is the most recent adaptation and it was scripted by Jay Wolpert (Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl). Kevin Reynolds of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves fame helmed this project and the cast was lead by James Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ) and Guy Pearce (Memento). Richard Harris offered support as Edmond Dantes (Caviezel) plans to gain revenge on his former friend Fernad Mondgeo (Pearce) who got the man falsely imprisoned.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 73% (good)
Player Affinity Score: 9.0/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: 5 Deleted Scenes With Commentary By Filmmakers Including Alternate Final Duel; "The Napoleonic World" - Production Design Featurette; "En Garde" - Multi-Angle Sword Fighting Feature; "The Pen" - A Retrospective on author Alexandre Dumas; "Adapting A Classic" - Screenwriting Segment; "The Clash Of Steel" - Stunt Choreography Piece; Layer-By-Layer - Interactive Sound Design Feature; Audio Commentary With Director Kevin Reynolds

Amazon Price: $18.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com):  N/A


Star Wars The Original Trilogy (Blu-ray) (Release Date 16th Sept.)

What’s the Deal?
The Original Star Wars Trilogy is considered one of the great film trilogies in history, a bold epic that spans a galaxy, contains memorial characters and filled with universal themes. As a movie Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope has a lot of history behind it: it had a troubled shoot, with actors hating each other, going way over budget and Fox loosing faith in the project. But of course it turned out to be a massive success, cementing the idea of the summer blockbuster and started the work of one of the biggest special effects company, Industrial Light and Magic. The Empire Strikes Back was even better, expanding on the universe and becoming a darker, broody experience and a model how to make a sequel. And Return of the Jedi was a great way to end the series. The series is loved and its success lead to movies like Star Trek: The Motion Picture (ironically Star Wars saved Star Trek) and Moonraker and has been parodied a number of times, including by Family Guy and Robot Chicken. It helped made the careers of Harrison Ford and Warwick Davis and show of James Earl Jones’ abilities. But other actors like Mark Hamill was not as lucky.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 94% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 9.5/10

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 97% (excellent)
Player Affinity Score: 10/10

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 79% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 8.4/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: Disc One: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope audio commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren audio commentary from archival interviews with cast and crew: Disc Two: Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back audio commentary with George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren audio commentary from archival interviews with cast and crew: Disc Three: audio commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren audio commentary from archival interviews with cast and crew.Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Amazon Price: $39.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com):  N/A


Star Wars The Prequel Trilogy (Blu-ray) (Release Date 16th Sept.)

What’s the Deal?
If you prefer the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy over the original trilogy then you are insane and will need psychiatric help. The Prequel Trilogy really upset die hard Star Wars fans to the point of despair and made George Lucas the target for fans’ anger and ridicule. The Prequel Trilogy promised a lot, including the origins of Darth Vader and the expansion of Jedi and Sith culture. The Phantom Menace was one of the most anticipated movies of recent memory, it was the first Star Wars movie for 16 years and George Lucas’ first movie as a director for 22 years. Frank Oz, Kenny Baker, Anthony Daniels and Ian McDiarmid all reprise their roles and some top actors joined the series, including Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee and Temuera Morrison. A lot of it was ruined by poor dialogue, the over use of CGI, the awful acting of Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen and the less we can say about Jar-Jar Binks the better. But despite all this the Prequels problems, they are still pretty entertaining.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 61% (good)
Player Affinity Score: 6.6/10

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 67% (good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.3/10

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 80% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.8/10

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: Disc One: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren and Scott Squires; audio commentary from archival interviews with cast and crew: Disc Two: Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow; audio commentary from archival interviews with cast and crew: Disc Three: audio commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Roger Guyett; audio commentary from archival interviews with cast and crew.Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithStar Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Amazon Price: $39.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com):  N/A