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If they
made a Dilbert movie, it would be a lot like Office Space.
If you've ever worked for a frivolous organization that puts
more emphasis on the process of how things get done than actually
getting things done, this movie will make you laugh. In fact,
if you've ever been involved in corporate culture at all,
this movie is going to tickle you. Mike Judge, the man you
either love or hate for bringing Beavis and Butthead into
the world, wrote and directed this film, which is based on
the "Milton" series of animated shorts, which were shown on
Saturday Night Live.
Office Space
also has the distinction for having a "Friends" cast member
in it (Jennifer Aniston) and being entirely watchable at the
same time. This is a funny movie that would be even funnier
if so much of it weren't true. There should really be one
of those disclaimers at the beginning telling us that all
of the vents are true and that the names have been changed
to pretect the guilty. I liked this movie and I'd really like
to recommend this DVD wholeheartedly, but†
Video
How Does It Look?
Office
Space looks OK. It is non-anamorphic widescreen and the picture
is what I'd call acceptable. Its not bad but it doesn't make
you jump up and down and say, "Man, this looks great, I can't
believe its not anamorphic" either.
Audio:
How Does It Sound?
Office Space
also sounds OK. A serviceable Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack,
with a pretty well recorded music soundtrack. Not a sound
movie for sure, but nice. I'd say it's a 3 rating for audio
and a 3 rating for video, which isn't anything to be ashamed
of.
Supplements: What Goodies Are There? Now, the
supplements. Office Space has a trailer, which is very funny.
There's also cast and crew bios...No wait, there really aren't
cast and crew bios. There's just a picture of each main cast
member with the actor's name next to it. You actually can't
select any of them and get any information. Now this wouldn't
be so damn comical if it weren't for two things: one, the
end credits already showed this and more. The credits in Office
Space are one of those live action "Gary Cole as Bill Lumbergh"
things (for example) that is far superior to the primitive
graphics of still photos showing the same information. That's
funny. Two, Fox is expecting you to pay $35 for this turkey
of a disc. That's really not that funny I guess.
Parting Thoughts
To put this
in perspective, Fox is expecting you to pay the same price
you would pay for the awesome Prince of Egypt Special Edition.
They're expecting you to pay $10 more than one would pay for
New Line's terrific Platinum Series disc of the Corruptor
or Warner's hot Special Edition of the Matrix.
Needless
to say, I'd be ashamed to recommend this disc at this price.
For the same price you'd pay for a hot anamorphic widescreen
transfer and all the fixins a special edition has to offer,
Fox serves up cold, soggy non anamorphic widescreen with a
pathetic parody of the special features found on other discs
at and below the asking price of Office Space. New release
or not, that dog won't hunt, and I won't recommend anyone
do anything other than rent this DVD until Fox comes to its
senses with respect to pricing and features.
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