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I've reached the point at which I can no longer remember what I've talked about here and what I haven't. So bear with me if I've told you before that K-19:The Widowmaker is the ultimate film for my immediate family, featuring as it does submarines for brother J, Liam Neeson for me, Harrison Ford for my mom, and... well, my dad has to be content with two brief shots of a silver icon to scratch his theological itch, but he bears up nobly.
[In a bit of minor Christmas-morning comedy, my brother and I both received the dvd from different sources. My parents gave it to me, and my uncle gave it to my brother.]
I've watched the film a couple times now (bringing the grand total to four... I do love me some Soviet sailor boys, yes I do) and it holds up rather well, and the emerging-from-the-reactor-chamber scene does become a tiny bit more tolerable upon re-viewing. And my tiny little Polenin/Vostrikov bunny is showing signs of renewed life.
The big disappointment on the dvd is the extras. The lack of Liam in the documentary sections is tiresome, but far worse is the truly lousy commentary track. I really think that Kathryn Bigelow and Jeff Whosit the cinematographer were not watching the film when they recorded it. I think they just tried to talk for two hours. They avoided the describing-onscreen-action trap that many commentators fall into, but they also discussed many scenes up to forty minutes before or after they happened, which I find highly irksome.
[In a bit of minor Christmas-morning comedy, my brother and I both received the dvd from different sources. My parents gave it to me, and my uncle gave it to my brother.]
I've watched the film a couple times now (bringing the grand total to four... I do love me some Soviet sailor boys, yes I do) and it holds up rather well, and the emerging-from-the-reactor-chamber scene does become a tiny bit more tolerable upon re-viewing. And my tiny little Polenin/Vostrikov bunny is showing signs of renewed life.
The big disappointment on the dvd is the extras. The lack of Liam in the documentary sections is tiresome, but far worse is the truly lousy commentary track. I really think that Kathryn Bigelow and Jeff Whosit the cinematographer were not watching the film when they recorded it. I think they just tried to talk for two hours. They avoided the describing-onscreen-action trap that many commentators fall into, but they also discussed many scenes up to forty minutes before or after they happened, which I find highly irksome.