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Clueless
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Alicia Silverstone stars in this 1995 teen comedy hit, an adaptation of "Emma", but only this time, the heroine is a Beverly Hills teen named Cher. She hangs out with her best friend Dionne(Cher states, "We're both named after great singers of the past that now do infomercials."). That line alone gives an idea of the kind of playful, smart humor that the film has to offer quite a great deal of. Cher's dad asks if she's in Kuwait, and she replies "Where is that? In the valley?"
As Cher and Dionne spot the new girl in school who's in need of a makeover, the film gives an idea of it's tone. There's a sweet nature to the film that most of the newer teen films that have been released in the past couple of years can't seem to come up with. It's that sweetness that makes Silverstone's self-absorbed teen sympathetic and enjoyable.
The two eventually make the new girl into Miss Popular and unite two teachers, to find that she hasn't spent anytime looking for a love of her own. Although "Clueless" isn't a movie with particularly deep thoughts, it certainly provides a large portion of wonderfully light humor. The film seems a far smarter and more original offering than the current crop of offerings now about 4 years later, with the exception of a few strong offerings like the similar Never Been Kissed. The performances are very good as well, with Silverstone's being her very best, and a few hilarious moments from Breckin Meyer, who went on to star in Go.
"Clueless" is definitely light entertainment and a fun couple of hours. Definitely recommended.
The DVD
VIDEO: "Clueless" has recieved an anamorphic "makeover" from Paramount and it looks great throughout. The image consistently does justice to king of cinematography Bill Pope(Army Of Darkness, The Matrix)'s work. The picture is consistently clear, sharp and containing fine detail. The bright colors look vivid and eye-popping throughout, looking well-saturated and accurate. Flesh tones are accurate and for the most part, lovely. Many of the images, especially the bright outdoor scenes, take on an almost three-dimensional quality. Even the darker scenes contain a very pleasing amount of information.
There are one or two short instances of shimmering and a tiny mark or two on the print used, but for the most part, "Clueless" looks great and praise to Paramount for delivering another very good anamorphic transfer to a catalog title. The image is letterboxed at 1.85:1.
SOUND: "Clueless" contains a great soundtrack full of pop and alternative rock tunes and it sounds great here, sounding clear, full and with nice definition. The performance at the party by one of my favorite bands, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, sounds especially strong. The rest of the movie is mainly focused upon the dialogue, which sounds clear and clean; easily heard and never sounding thin.
MENUS: Again, the basic Paramount menus taken from the cover art. Nothing animated.
EXTRAS:: Just the trailer and teaser trailer(both full-frame, unfortunately). It would have been nice to have an Alicia Silverstone commentary(it would go something like this: "I apologize for "Excess Baggage"...I apologize for "True Crime"...I apologize for "Batman and Robin"...uh, should I fire my agent?), but again, all we get are the 2 trailers.
As Cher and Dionne spot the new girl in school who's in need of a makeover, the film gives an idea of it's tone. There's a sweet nature to the film that most of the newer teen films that have been released in the past couple of years can't seem to come up with. It's that sweetness that makes Silverstone's self-absorbed teen sympathetic and enjoyable.
The two eventually make the new girl into Miss Popular and unite two teachers, to find that she hasn't spent anytime looking for a love of her own. Although "Clueless" isn't a movie with particularly deep thoughts, it certainly provides a large portion of wonderfully light humor. The film seems a far smarter and more original offering than the current crop of offerings now about 4 years later, with the exception of a few strong offerings like the similar Never Been Kissed. The performances are very good as well, with Silverstone's being her very best, and a few hilarious moments from Breckin Meyer, who went on to star in Go.
"Clueless" is definitely light entertainment and a fun couple of hours. Definitely recommended.
The DVD
VIDEO: "Clueless" has recieved an anamorphic "makeover" from Paramount and it looks great throughout. The image consistently does justice to king of cinematography Bill Pope(Army Of Darkness, The Matrix)'s work. The picture is consistently clear, sharp and containing fine detail. The bright colors look vivid and eye-popping throughout, looking well-saturated and accurate. Flesh tones are accurate and for the most part, lovely. Many of the images, especially the bright outdoor scenes, take on an almost three-dimensional quality. Even the darker scenes contain a very pleasing amount of information.
There are one or two short instances of shimmering and a tiny mark or two on the print used, but for the most part, "Clueless" looks great and praise to Paramount for delivering another very good anamorphic transfer to a catalog title. The image is letterboxed at 1.85:1.
SOUND: "Clueless" contains a great soundtrack full of pop and alternative rock tunes and it sounds great here, sounding clear, full and with nice definition. The performance at the party by one of my favorite bands, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, sounds especially strong. The rest of the movie is mainly focused upon the dialogue, which sounds clear and clean; easily heard and never sounding thin.
MENUS: Again, the basic Paramount menus taken from the cover art. Nothing animated.
EXTRAS:: Just the trailer and teaser trailer(both full-frame, unfortunately). It would have been nice to have an Alicia Silverstone commentary(it would go something like this: "I apologize for "Excess Baggage"...I apologize for "True Crime"...I apologize for "Batman and Robin"...uh, should I fire my agent?), but again, all we get are the 2 trailers.
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