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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
New on DVD: The Spirit & The Who
Posted by Joe Bardi on Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Comic fans continue to debate the merits of Frank Miller's The Spirit, which arrives today in a Blu-ray and two-disc DVD package. They say you never want to follow in the footsteps of a legend, and The Spirit largely proves this point by failing to live up to its predecessor, the much-beloved Sin City. Of course, Sin City had Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino on board, and reveled in darker material and the R rating to go with it. (The kinder/gentler Spirit somehow squeaked out a PG-13 despite violence galore.) But forget the story for a second — as a show-off disc for your hot new home theater set-up, The Spirit is a winner. The films sharp visuals and crisp sound are perfect for basking in the glow of that new 1080P monster you just installed in the family room. Special features include Frank Miller talking about the film on a commentary track and about his work in a "Miller on Miller" segment, Samuel L. Jackson adding his mothafucking voice to a storyboarded alternate ending, and the de rigueur bonus of the moment — a digital copy of the film for use with iTunes or Windows.
More (including a trailer for The Spirit) after the jump …
Another release worth checking out this week is The Who Maximum R&B. Actually a re-release (it's been available on DVD and VHS for over a decade), Maximum R&B is a greatest-hits package of live Who footage spanning 30 year. This new release earns it's keep by featuring a re-editing version of the original feature and adding a second disk containing a complete, previously unreleased 1981 concert from Rockpalast, Germany. If you even kinda-sorta like The Who, Maximum R&B is required viewing.
What else? Kate Winslet finds love in the time of the Holocaust in The Reader, Eminem's 8 Mile lands on Blu-ray, and a deluxe box set of the complete run of NBC's Wings rounds out this week's notable releases.
And finally, here's the trailer for The Spirit to help you decide if it's worth your time:
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