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| Reviewed by: Chris Burton 03 Feb 2009 Any Given Sunday
| |  Oliver Stone has an experimental, and consequently an often annoying approach to filmmaking. Nowhere was that more evident than U-Turn, but his football drama Any Given Sunday almost crosses the line into annoying. But it manages to be entertaining enough that you can forget those inequities.
Al Pacino is Tony D’Amato, an old- school football coach who’s been in the game for years. Younger faces are coming into their own, attempting to run things they don’t fully understand. Jamie Foxx is Willie Beamen, a third string quarterback who steps up one day and suddenly becomes a star. He begins to clash with Tony, however, and he doesn’t respect him. Foxx does a pretty good job, especially considering that this was quite early in his career.
Cameron Diaz is Christina, who’s just inherited the league from her father. She is a hard scrapping businesswoman, whose bottom line is strictly cash. The feelings of others don’t concern her at all. Diaz tries pretty hard, but she doesn’t seem to deliver on her performance.
You know what Al Pacino is good at? Yelling. He yells a lot. Especially in this movie. I think the trailer was just him screaming.
Also, this movie is set in the future. Weird.
The Blu-ray is presented in 2.40:1 widescreen and encoded at 1080p. A big step up from the prior DVD transfer. The image here is cleaner, crisper, and a heck of a lot more sharp. Detail is greatly improved. Colors are great, the print is clean and the compression is pretty much issue free.
Audio is Uncompressed PCM 5.1 surround (48 KHz/ 24-bit). Dialogue is never garbled and bass is strong. Surrounds are active throughout, even though I wish they weren’t. Throw this movie in the trash can. |
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