DVD Review

I thought I'd give some early feedback on this week's new release DVD's...
[Kate Beckinsale (L) and Jennifer Garner (R), screenshot from the motion picture Pearl Harbor]

You already know how I feel about the movie 13 going on 30, but the DVD is packed with all sorts of goodies. The extras are top-shelf, including the original videos for Pat Benatar's Love is a Battlefield and Rick Springfield's Jessie's Girl. (Does anybody know why he used the feminine spelling of the name Jessie? I'd like to know. Leave a comment if you think you do.) There are 18 deleted scenes included in the package, although I'm glad they deleted at least 17 of them, 2 games, bloopers, and behind the scenes footage. I'll give the DVD my best HOT DATE rating. It will keep you busy for hours.

Just got through watching Tiptoes. Yeah... I know... There's a sucker born every minute but when Kate Beckinsale is the closest thing I have to mistress, what's a boy to do? I only thought Gigli was bad. Gigli just happened to be a national release. This flick would have been better off remaining in distribution limbo forever. I have no idea what Beckinsale, Oldman, and McConaughey were thinking when they inked on for this hunk of junk. Granted, it portrays little people (aka Dwarfs, not midgets) in a regular vein and I guess that's noble, but I just really can't think of much to say good about that movie. Maybe I'll rip it apart in a review some day. Right now, I just want to forget I ever saw it... Except for the fake tattoo on Beckinsale's back. That was...
[Beckinsale in Underworld]
I'm just flabbergasted. Every brilliantly acted scene was ruined by the director, by the props, or by... Something. McConaughey had at least three scenes that were as good, if not better, than anything I've ever seen him do but the scenes are overshadowed by little quirks... Gremlins if you will. There's one scene in particular, after the birth of the child and they discover that he is indeed a dwarf, McConaughey and Beckinsale put on a powerful show--they just blew me away with their talent. But... BUT!!! She's sitting here holding this THING that looks nothing like a baby. And it's stuff like that throughout the film.

How bad is it? Tiptoes is a real stinker. And this is coming from a guy who adores Beckinsale, thinks Texan coolness begins and ends with McConaughey, and believes Oldman is a brilliant actor. Oldman, McConaughey, and Beckinsale give it their very best and that's about the only thing laudable about the whole flick. I'll give it a CATV rating, but only recommend if you have crush on McConaughey or Beckinsale. Otherwise, FORGEDABOUDIT!

How is it possible my favorite actress has appeared in two of the worst movies I've ever seen?