6.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A jock makes a bet that he can turn the school's most awkward and pretty-ugly girl into prom queen, while spoofing teen movies from the '80s & '90s.
Starring: Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Mia KirshnerComedy | 100% |
Teen | 29% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
They say time flies when you're having fun, which must be why it feels like an eternity since Not Another Teen Movie released in 2001, one of the last vestiges of "good" Parody films before the flood of brain-dead drivel like Disaster Movie and Meet the Spartans mucked up the works and brought the once-proud genre to its knees. Though it follows the standard bread-and-butter formula of hand-picking various movies to poke and scenes to duplicate and characters to recreate with a funny bend -- even as many of the "Teen" movies it parodies are themselves of the "RomDramedy" sort -- the movie actually works for a few good reasons, chief amongst them that it's just really good at recreating not the crude mechanics but the look, feel, and spirit of the films it finds funny, whether in scenes that are amalgamations of several different movies or straight rip-offs of classic moments from its peers. It's fairly funny, light on its feet, and the filmmakers prove capable of making something that's not just the proverbial blender full of ingredients but a well organized film that flows with, often, as much spunk as its cinematic targets.
Transformed.
Not another Choice Collection BD-R! Not Another Teen Movie is indeed another in Sony's controversial line of budget-constructed (but not budget-priced) Blu-ray releases, and like Little Women it beats expectations. The presentation is healthy and filmic, retaining a light and easy-on-the-eyes grain structure that helps accentuate many of the film's refined and naturally complex details, particularly clothes (denim, sweaters, varsity jackets). Facial features are finely complex at the intimate and even medium-close distances. Various surfaces, accents, and odds-and-ends around the frame in the school or in various houses seen in the film shine. Colors are pleasing and natural, vibrant but never showy. Orange accents litter the school. Clothes are varied and cheerful. Green grass, a red car, and plenty of colorfully diverse support bits around each frame present with an honest vitality and neutrality. Black levels are inky and deep without pushing to crush. Skin tones appear natural. No serious source flaws or encode issues are apparent. Sure, it's a BD-R and the actual package is rough-around-the-edges, but Sony's transfer is as pristine as one could want it to be.
Not Another Teen Movie's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack meets the movie's needs with ease. It's a fairly active movie, with wide-berth music and some interesting and exciting discrete effects. Music is wide, immersive through the back, and makes good use of the low end support at its disposal. Whether lighter notes or sharper guitar riffs, there's no missing the presentation's clarity and ability to play the period music with impressive flair and depth. Clanks and clatter and crashes are impressively detailed. Party din is immersive. Reverberation at a largely empty stadium is impressive. Packed crowds, hits on the field, and a blowing airhorn dot the football game landscape and make exacting use of the entire stage. Traffic zips about at the 72-minute mark. It's very adept at using the full stage to its advantage in a balanced, believable, and agreeable manner. Dialogue is clear and well prioritized in its natural front-center position.
If nothing else, Sony has at least packed Not Another Teen Movie with a ton extra content, albeit a bunch of standard definition carryover
material. No "top menu" is included. All features must be accessed in-film via a crude "pop-up" menu, and with this many options, the lack of a
better
system makes digging through them all more tedious than is necessary. The release comes in a needlessly extra-thick Blu-ray case. No DVD or
digital
versions are included.
Not Another Teen Movie is a treasure trove of 90s Teen movie goodness recycled, repurposed, and copied with a lot of spirit, enthusiasm for the material, and an understanding of how to mesh it all together in the funniest way possible. One of the last good "spoof" films and one that's in several ways more fun than watching all of the movies on which it's based, it's an excellent take on the genre and does a fantastic job of cramming all of the high notes into one 90-minitue laugher. Sony's "Choice Collection" Blu-ray is, surprise, pretty great. Setting aside the legitimate issues -- the whole BD-R thing, cheap (and needlessly thick) packaging, a pathetic in-film menu, and lousy disc art -- and concentrating on the positives shows a solid release. Video is excellent, the 5.1 lossless soundtrack holds its own, and there's a ton of ported extras on the disc. Highly recommended.
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