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 Not So Hot, 2008-03-15
They definitely did not take much time putting this together. There are no interviews with the actors. I think Julia Roberts is fabulous but can't help but think she and Richard Geere are too big to take the time to add something special to this 15th Anniversary edition.
2 of 3 customers found the following review helpful:
 Pretty Woman is Pretty Awesome, 2008-02-24
The 15th anniversary edition of Pretty Woman is everything it was stated to be and one of my all time favorite movies. I enjoy watching it over and over. It was as represented and arrived as quoted in the ad when I purchased it. I am very pleased with the whole experience.
4 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
 Avoind At All Costs, 2008-01-31
I am such a fan of the ORIGINAL Pretty Woman film. In fact, I wore out my VHS copy, which I now wish I had held onto. This is a completely runied version of that film. It is like they took two totally different movies and blended them into one. When the added scenes show up, you know it because they just don't fit and pull you right out of the story. Not sure why they didn't just give the viewers a choice of watching the original or the new version, but they don't. It would actually be fun to see these deleted scenes if they were simply an extra bonus feature. I resent having garbage that was once on the cutting room floor now shoved down my throat.
3 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
Wish I'd read everyone's reviews before buying!, 2008-01-01
I love this movie, but I am disappointed that there are all these scenes in the DVD that were not in the original movie. The scenes are not added features -- they are just part of the movie, so you can't wathc the movie without them. The additional scenes are OK, but they add little to the great original movie. There's a reason why those scenes were cut in the first place!
5 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Not-so-special Special Edition, 2007-12-16
For sheer escapist fun, few movies top this one. It's the age old story of the heart-of-gold hooker/fallen woman who cleans up her act and finds romance with a rich tycoon (in this case, a businessman who buys struggling businesses, and then breaks them up to sell for a profit). Along the way she softens his hard heart and he also improves as a person. Casting an often repeated predictable movie like this is so key; Julia Roberts is perfect for the part, as she makes her character, Vivian, extremely believable (well, as believable as this character can be). She injects her usual bubbly personality with just enough tears to make you root for her the entire way. Richard Gere has never been a favorite actor of mine; at times in this movie, he is spot on, at other times, he simply walks through a performance. However, this still does not detract from the light-hearted enjoyable quality of this film. Roberts is the one to watch, anyway. Hector Elizondo gives a nice supporting turn as the Concierge who preps Roberts on becoming a lady. Jason Alexander gives a good performance as Gere's scumbag assistant who doesn't like the humane changes Roberts' character is causing Gere to take on. As for viewability, there are a few slightly steamy love scenes between Gere and Roberts and a few other adult situations; not good for little children, but fine for teens and older.
Sadly, for this edition, Garry Marshall felt it necessary not only to include the deleted scenes, he actually inserted them back into the movie that you watch. Most people watching this know that it is fantasy escapist comic fare; adding a few scenes of street life/hookers in an attempt to make it more "gritty" or "real" only splits apart the atmosphere. If I wanted to watch a movie on LA street life, I'd rent one.
The extras are very sparse; a blooper reel which is mildly amusing; again, Roberts' infectious laugh and humor make this short section fun. The "LA: Pretty Woman Tour" would be cool, but each location is given an extremely brief explanation. This is not anything indepth. Still, with a little help from Google, you could easily find these locations after Garry Marshall's somewhat funny commentary on these Los Angeles locales. "Live from The Wrap Party" is embarrassing; a very poor video quality excerpt of Roberts, Gere, and Marshall attempting to sing "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood." The whiskey bottle in Roberts' hand gives an explanation as to the context of this drunken clip. Who the heck decided to add this?
I believe the trailer, "Wild Women Do" music video, and "1990 Production Featurette" were all on the previous edition. There are no "looking back" featurettes, current interviews, etc. that would have really added to the value.
For the movie, I give 5 stars (the picture and sound quality are excellent!); for this not-so-special Special Edition, I give 3 stars.
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