The Terminal

[tpfkabi]

can someone link me to a review of the 2 disc edition?
the ones i find only have reviews of the bareboned edition.
thanks.

[mutinyco]

I watched it again last night. Liked it more the second time around. The only scene that bugged me, and really seems like it was written and shot late, was the Russian goat scene. It was an admirable attempt at an important issue, but poorly handled.

One other thing, a lot of people have trouble understanding why Viktor seems so dumb or goofy in the opening scenes, then suddenly he can speak some English after that. Well, he's from a country that was previously Communist. And now he's being questioned here by authorities. So he's just playing dumb in those scenes. He grew up in a police state.

[MacGuffin]

can someone link me to a review of the 2 disc edition?
the ones i find only have reviews of the bareboned edition.
thanks.

Haven't been able to find a review, but I can give you some idea of what's included.

Disc 1 is the film only. Disc 2 has all the special features. Disc 3 is the soundtrack.

On disc 2, the featurettes broken up into six different aspects of the production:

Booking The Flight: The script, the story (8 minutes)
Waiting For The Flight: Building the terminal (12 minutes)
Boarding: The people of the terminal (31 minutes)
Take Off: Making The Terminal (17 minutes)
In Flight Sevice: The music of The Terminal (6 minutes)
Landing: Airport stories (5 minutes)

If you've seen Spielberg's other DVD featurettes, then you can get an idea of what's included here. No commentary, but he does gives interviews and tells his thoughts about why he wanted to do the film, the technical aspects, why he hired these actors, and so on. It's really a wonder why this wasn't just released like the two disc Minority Report instead of the barebones and three disc sets. The best of extras are the ones about the construction of the impresive set (in a hangar that could hold six airplanes) and about the shooting of the film discussing the logistics of lighting the huge set to make it look like a real terminal with sunlight pouring in.

Let me know if you have anymore questions. Hope that helps.

[tpfkabi]

thanks.
that blows my mind that a Spielberg release wouldn't get reviewed.
i guess they only sent out the bareboned version.
how is the soundtrack?

[SHAFTR]

delightful little film.  I fell under its spell and loved it.

[modage]

you didnt think the zetajones character/subplot was underwritten?

[SHAFTR]

you didnt think the zetajones character/subplot was underwritten?

Spoiler

I would have thought that if he would have ended up with her at the end.  The fact that he didn't allows me to let that character be undeveloped.  I would have been more upset had we left the realm of Victor's world and saw what she did outside the terminal.

[Gold Trumpet]

you didnt think the zetajones character/subplot was underwritten?

Underwritten or just unbelievable. Take your pick. The film has charm for Hank's character and his situation, but why does it feel the need to throw in a romance as well? And especially for this off center foreigner and this stunning woman. It feels like a bad cliche being carried through.