Any
Given Sunday (1999/Warner Blu-ray w/DVD)
Picture:
B/C+ Sound: A/B- Extras: A Film: A-
The
Miami Sharks have been been losing all season, their
captain/quarterback (Dennis Quaid) is injured, their backup
quarterback (Jamie Foxx) is solo showboat, and all that coach Tony
(Al Pacino) is trying to do is keep the team together without them
tearing each other apart. Their new owner (Cameron Diaz) thinks the
Sharks are finished and is considering to selling them off. After
losing all season, the team has one last chance to redeem itself in
the playoffs, but will they find glory or fall and never rise again?
In
Oliver Stone's Any
Given Sunday
(1999), the Miami Sharks is a group of hot headed jocks that refuse
to play together as a team. They rather worry about how many
millions they are getting paid, instead of defending their teammates.
Their head quarterback is out because of slipped disc, and their
back up quarterback is still wet between the ears and throws up at
each game. While the coach still believes in them, he has a drinking
problem and must face and convince their new owner the team is not
past it's glory days and still has a chance to win.
See
why so many players call Any
Given Sunday
their favorite football movie of all times. Like all sports movies,
it is about an underdog team that learns to believe in themselves to
work together, but what was unique about it is how it makes it's
viewers/audience feel like they are part of the game, that they are
actually IN the game as if they are a player on the team. It reminds
people the spirit of the game lies not winning or losing, but in the
teammates around you and how everyone working together towards same
goal.
The
1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image repeats the old HD
master of the previous Blu-ray and is far from Stone's best film
visually, but the lossless DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 mix is much
more impressive throughout in its sound range. The DVD's anamorphic
video presentation is much softer and lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 mix
weaker by comparison. Extras include extra scenes, commentary,
deleted and extended scenes, music videos, gag reel, outtakes,
gallery and trailers.
-
Ricky Chiang
