| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Series |
Men in Black |
| Chapters |
28 |
| Release Date |
11/26/2002 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
| Subtitles |
English; French |
| Audio Tracks |
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
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| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes |
2 |
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| Purchase Date |
11/26/2002 |
| Owner |
Thomas Eisenmann |
| Store |
Best Buy |
| Purchase Price |
$17.99 |
| Condition |
Excellent |
| Reviewed |
Widescreen Review
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| Bit Rate |
448 KB |
| Anamophic |
Yes |
| Links |
IMDB
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| Disc 01 |
Anamophic
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Disc One of this two-disc set adds Barry Sonnenfeld’s audio commentary with telestrator diagrams (Sonnenfeld with a pen drawing play-by-play style diagrams on screen), an up-to-the-minute Alien Broadcast feature (keeping you in-the-know when you select an icon while viewing the movie) and Frank’s Favorites selection, which takes you to theatrical and bonus trailers.
Disc Two begins with a “Special Delivery: MIIB Orb.” The orb reveals nine featurettes, which you can select any number or order in which to view them. The featurettes are: MIIB: ADR (nine-minutes on dialogue looping), Design In Motion: The Look Of MIIB (nine minutes of production design insight), Nick Baker: Alien Maker (10 minutes about a guy with a really cool job), Serleena (a three minute background on the transformation from fungus to the boobs and body of Lara Flynn Boyle), Jeff (three minutes on how they created that giant flower sprouting worm), Frank The Pug (a four minute testimonial about a little K-9 named “Mushu” who went from a bit part in MIB to a supporting role in MIB II), Squish, Splat, Sploosh: The Stellar Sounds Of MIB II (seven minutes of Foley fun), Cosmic Symphonies: Elfman In Space (a 12-minute score featurette), and Alien Esoterics (the supporting alien thugs get a four minute featurette of their own). Moving on, you can enjoy a five-minute blooper reel, rough Serleena animatics, multi-angle scene deconstructions, an alternate ending, theatrical one-sheets (posters, promo material), Will Smith’s “Nod Ya Head” music video, filmographies, and DVD-ROM enhancements. Oh, and there are eight “Creature Featurettes” to be found in another sub-menu (repeating the same orb featurettes for Serleena and Jeff), as well as a bonus six minutes dedicated to Barry Sonnenfeld’s Intergalactic Guide To Comedy. (Suzanne Hodges) |
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Special Notes:
Also available in a full screen version. Also available in a DVD two-Pack with the original "Men In Black."
Story Synopsis:
Five years ago, Jay (Smith) and Kay (Jones) were agents working for the government in search of aliens. In “Men In Black II,” Jay still works for the secret department but Kay, who had his memory of his former self erased, is now living the simple life of a civilian. When Serleena (Boyle), an evil alien who disguises herself as a lingerie model, hits town intent on destroying the earth’s population, Jay springs into action. Turning to his former partner, Jay restores Kay’s memory, and the two join forces to save the world from all things evil. Based on the Malibu Comic by Lowell Cunningham. (Tricia Littrell)
DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD exhibits a bright picture that is sharp and nicely detailed, with excellent contrast. Shadow delineation is also superb, with excellent visual information in the darkest scenes. Colors are rich and well balanced, with accurate fleshtones and, aptly, deep blacks. While pixelization is minor, edge enhancement can be quite annoying, especially in the many high contrast black coats against white background scenes. (Suzanne Hodges)
Soundtrack:
The Dolby Digital 5.1-channel audio presentation features excellent fidelity and, in general, offers honest-to-goodness surround sound. There's a rather pleasing sense of atmosphere throughout, both with the music and effects. The soundstage has the tendency to be somewhat biased toward the screen channels. Still, the superb recording quality makes this soundtrack a standout and wonderful for playback on high-end home theatre systems. The music score, as well, features great fidelity, and has a welcome, palpably panoramic presence across the screen. Surround envelopment is sometimes aggressive in nature, with poignant split surround engagement. It is characteristically modest in nature, though, yet is certainly effective, particularly in the rendering of atmosphere. The “deneuralizer” in Chapter 10 offers a nice example of the creative use of surrounds in fully enveloping you. And this effect should surely be accentuated throughout the use of back surround processing. Another distinguished aspect of this soundtrack presentation is the dialogue, for which voices sound particularly natural in terms of tonality and spatial placement. Deep bass is especially clean and articulate with the music score, and along with detailed and occasionally powerful effects rendering, offers low frequency extension to below 25 Hz all around. This is a great audio production that takes effective advantage of both fidelity and dimension. (Perry Sun)
This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality
Superb Music Score Recording Quality
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality
