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The Truman Show - DVD
Writer: Andrew NiccolDirector: Peter Weir Producer: Lynn Pleshette Studio: Paramount Characters: Truman Burbank - Jim Carrey Meryl - Laura Linney Marlon - Noah Emmerich Lauren/Sylvia - Natascha McElhone Features: Standard and widescreen formats, Interactive menus, Digitally mastered, English 5.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround, English subtitled, Theatrical Trailer, Teaser Trailer. Review: The first time I have ever watched The Truman Show was when I went to Circuit City one afternoon (being the cheapest place in town to purchase dvd's) and bought the disc after reading several reviews and hearing a lot about the movie from family and friends. To say that this movie is good is a severe understatement. It is by far one of my top movies of the year. In fact I watched it three times in just two days and I am still in awe of it. Jim Carrey, who I thought would never do a good job at serious acting role, really showed another side of his acting talents. I personally think that his performance in this movie made the movie excellent. His charming personality, wit, and comedic talents made for a very well rounded character Truman Burbank. To say that Carrey played his part well would be outrageous, because it is so much more than just well. Not only did Carrey get into the part he played I would almost go as far to say that he became Truman Burbank for this part. If you have seen Carrey in Dumb & Dumber, Ace Ventura, or The Mask you already know how silly Carrey can be and probably don't want to see any of his movies because that's the Carrey you have come to expect. Well trust me this is not the Carrey of those movies and you will be pleasantly surprised by the job he does with Truman Burbank. The directing for this movie must have been interesting to work with. Here you have all sorts of camera angles and distortions that you can play with at your disposal. I think that it could have been better than it was but in all Peter Weir did an excellent job portraying the movie as though it was a TV show. Something that enters my mind, even when I first heard that this movie was coming out, was that it is a total rip-off of one Twilight Show that I saw a few years back. Being so long since I have seen this one episode I can't remember what the title of it was but I will tell you it was the basic idea that The Truman Zhow goes off of. It was about this one man who's whole life was recorded and broadcast all over the world, and then one day he finds a camera. The next thing you know someone from the show shows up at his front door to fix the problem. After about five minutes of the main character asking questions to the repair man about the camera the repair man tells him all about the intricate network of cameras recording his entire life. The only real difference between this Twilight episode and The Truman Show that I noticed is the lack of a huge dome in the episode. Everyone was real (except for his wife) but somehow played along. So as far as originality The Truman Show gets none from me. If you haven't seen this movie it is a must have for your collection. The video is spectacular and the interactive menus are incredible. However, it seems that Paramount has a problem with bonus features. There are only two theatrical trailers. I know I would have loved to hear what the Peter Weir had to say about this movie, I also would have liked to have seen or read interviews from the actors about the movie, and some biographies would have been nice. Even though the special features are lacking the movie is of high quality that shouldn't be missed. So if you haven't seen The Truman Show yet or you have only seen it once I would really recommend grabbing someone and sitting down and just watch a really good movie. -- Jay
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