Just back from holiday (in Greece) – feeling tanned and refreshed, so that’s good. 🙂
Excitements? Well, the oz DVDs all worked (hurrah!), and both the Blues Brothers and Aliens are special editions, with extra previously unseen footage.
The Blues Brothers had loads of new stuff – most of the songs extended, plus one or two new scenes, and one or two extended scenes. In most of the cases I can understand why they were cut for the theatrical release, but for some of them I can’t!
Aliens – well what can I say? Still possibly my “best film of all time” – I have watched it many many times, and can still hardly find any way the film could be improved. This special edition seems to be even longer then the special edition released on VHS a few years ago, but I wouldn’t swear on that.
Also saw Moulin Rouge – a fantastically clever and well-made film, with some great cinematic techniques and a rocking score. However I have to say I came out of it feeling ‘dirty’ somehow, and very sad.. It has such a sense of squalor and quiet desperation/hopelessness to it that I couldn’t really say I enjoyed it, even though in a technical sense it’s a very good film.