Bulletproof Monk — The DVD
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If you are a Kung Fu aficionado like myself then you must add this little gem to your collection. BulletProof Monk has just recently been released to DVD. That means that my copy is in the mail. Below is a list of DVD extras that should really wet your appetite for this flick.
THE DVD EXTRAS
If you liked stacked DVDs you’ll love the package they’ve put together for the Bulletproof Monk release. Here’s what you get:
1. Two Commentary Tracks, one with director Paul Hunter and producers Charles Roven and Douglas Segal and one with writers Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris.
2. “The Tao of Monk” featurettes
a. “Fists of Fury” - 6 minute featurette detailing Sean William Scott and Jaime King’s martial arts training and wirework.
b. “Enter the Monk” - 19 minute production featurette detailing how the actors were cast, how the costumes were selected and how the shooting locations were picked as well as the movie’s comic book origins.
c. “Zen Palette” - 9 minute featurette detailing how various sets used in the movie (Wooden Bridge, Tibetan Temple, Gang Hangout, Nazi base) were built, both manually and computer generated.
d. “Smoke and Mirrors” - 7 minute featurette detailing how the special FX and CGI FX were done for the big actions scenes in the movie such as the helicopter and the wooden bridge fight scenes.
e. “The Art of Score” - Cool 10 minute featurette detailing how the music was written for the movie. The feature literally shows how the movie was edited from picture and how the music and sound effects were edited into the scenes.
3. “Monk Unrobed” - 6 minute featurette that talks about the movie’s comic book origins.
4. 5 deleted scenes with optional commentary track
5. Alternate Ending with optional commentary track
6. Trailers for the movie, its soundtrack, video game and other movies
7. “Behind the Scenes Gallery” of stills from the set
February 8th, 2004 at 8:16 am
I think the alternate ending was better in some ways but the alternate ending on the disk is not the alternate ending discussed by the directors. So there was the 1st ending (which relied on the duality of the couple), then there was a second ending (which used the gang) and then there was a third ending which actually shipped with the movie. The extra one one the disks (which goes with the deleted scenes is #2). I suspect that the 1st ending (only mentioned in passing) would be the ending preferred by Chow Yun-Fat.
If you enjoy his stuff try getting hold of ‘The God of Gamblers’ (probably in Chinese - I saw it in Chinese with English sub-titles).
February 9th, 2004 at 11:35 am
speaking of DVD’s, “Pirates of the Carribean” has some new nasty copyright protection that my FOR BACKUP PURPOSES ONLY software couldn’t crack. What will I do know if a sudden gigantic magneteic wave passes my house???
February 9th, 2004 at 12:43 pm
I’m not sure if a magnet can destroy your DVDs, so I won’t comment on that until I find a source. Magnets will disrupt magnetic media such as video tapes. And if a magnetic force to pass over your house, that was strong enough to do that type of damage, you may have other issues to worry about and probably wouldn’t care about the outcome of your tapes.
February 14th, 2004 at 12:47 pm
DVD’s are optical, not magnetic.
I always say, if you can read it, you can rip it.
Encrypted stuff always has to be decoded before it can be played, it’s just a matter of finding the right step in the process.
CopyRight protected usually just means you can only play it in the player of some brand, so dvd-players would sell beter. Maybe if mpeg21 comes along, dvd’s may be copyright protected, but until then it’s all a bunch of crap