PCU

Rating:
Summary: Bonus features offer up a mixed bag of enjoyment
Review: I'll make my point upfront: This was a great movie (one of my personal favorites), and purchasing the DVD is worth every penny spent for Hart Bochner's commentary alone.

Now for the reasons behind my opinion: Let me premise this review by saying that I watched PCU on cable not too long ago, so I skipped straight to the Bonus features upon getting the DVD home. I wasn't very impressed with the Mud Honey video or the Behind-the-scenes featurette, but seeing the trailer (for the first time ever) was cool and the fact that I had TWO separate commentaries to choose from was very promising. HOWEVER, being a Jeremy Piven fan, I started with his commentary, which is actually second on the list of bonus features and not necessarily a logical place to start the show. I was sorely disappointed by Piven's whiney repetitive rant about how the actors were denied creative license & not allowed to improvise. He spent half the movie complaining about the director (not very professional). The other 50% was pretty evenly split between him mentioning that he came down with Malaria and just letting the movie play because he couldn't think of anything else to say. I felt like he hadn't watched the movie since it's release a decade ago and didn't bother to prepare for his stint as commentator.

I then turned to Hart Bochner's commentary, figuring that he would have comparable complaints to those of Piven. I was surprised to find that he seems to be under the exact opposite impression - namely that he actively gave the cast creative license. He did have some complaints of his own though... namely that HE was not allowed to have creative license due to being contractually bound by the studio to deliver a PG-13 movie, whereas his vision of PCU would have been R (language, visual, drug use, etc). He makes several references to scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor (most notably the Jerrytown scene, which is apparently completely different than the original version), which would have made an excellent addition to the Bonus Features section. Other interesting info served up by Bochner include the other actors considered for certain roles. I found Bochner's commentary to be the most entertaining and educational commentary I have ever watched.

If you buy this DVD for one reason, buy it because PCU is a thoroughly enjoyable movie. If you buy it for two reasons, make sure you watch Bochner's commentary. You'll gain a new appreciation of an old favorite.

Rating:
Summary: And now I'll rate the DVD features
Review: You can read my movie review below; this is for the DVD extras. (By the way, my reference in my first review to Hart Bochner as Ellis is from the first _Die Hard_ movie, in case you couldn't guess.)

The extra features are:
- The disc has a Fullscreen edition on the front and Widescreen on the back.
- Commentary by director Hart Bochner
- Separate commentary by Jeremy Piven
- Featurette
- Mudhoney "Pump It Up" video
- Original trailer

I didn't find the featurette or the video too thrilling. Hart Bochner's commentary was dry, but occasinally had informative nuggets. When I saw PCU in the theater, I remember being a little disappointed that it seemed to be more of a "party" movie rather than really skewering the PCU movement, which should have been its focus in my opinion. Hart Bochner basically says the same thing...he was contractually forced to deliver a PG-13 rating, and feels a more edgy, R-rated movie would have better suited the material. It would have been nice to see some of the scenes that were cut to avoid the "R" (like half the Jerrytown scene.)

Jeremy Piven's commentary was a little bit of a letdown, because he spends something like half of it complaining that the actors didn't get to do improvisation with the script during shooting. Really gets annoying the third or fourth time he brings it up

But hey, the extras are all free on the disc, so I can't complain too much. Enjoy this great movie!

Rating:
Summary: unknown monster of a movie
Review: When you're in school you find that a movie or two becomes a reference point for your life. You watch it with your boys after you get home from a bar, you see parts of the plot in your everyday life, you give people you know nicknames from the movie, you pull the quotes out for no reason to crack people up, and you wear out the vhs tape to the point that you need a new one.

For me, PCU is that movie. Buying this DVD will be my third purchase of this movie. That has to say something.

Just some highlights:

Piven jumping on Spade (while asleep in bed) in thier freshman year with a woman and a bottle of vodka screaming "GO BACK TO SLEEP"

A stoned Favreau interpreting "Can you show me where the campus is?" as "Can you blow me where the pampers is?"

The womanysts.

The Secret Society of Balls and Shaft and their doorcodes.

The stoners' dog, named Blotter.

The Hackman-Caine Theory.

Kegs - multiple, cold & domestic

Meat Tossing.

Senator Gutter - "I didnt exhale?"

Bringing the Funk with George Clinton.

All classics. If your looking for sophisticated comedy try something else. This is juvenile humor, but well written and well acted juvenile humor. Its right up there as one of my favorites ever.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: Probably the most underrated film of the last 10 years.

Glad to see it out on DVD.

Rating:
Summary: If you went to college you have to see this movie.
Review: This movie is a must see for anyone who ever went to college and got a little out of control. A lot of great actors are in this movie before they really made it. Alex Desert, Jon Favrau, Jeremy Piven, Jake Busey all have really funny roles in this flick. I highly recommend it and suggest checking it out. I've seen this movie over 70 times and will probably hit 100 times before the end of next year.

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Summary: College classic!
Review: Great movie, so happy its finally out on DVD, been watching it forever on ComedyCentral. They've made us wait too long!

Rating:
Summary: Classic movie
Review: This is a classic movie and Jeremy Piven at his best. It is about time they put this clasic on DVD. You also have other great funny actors like David Spade (Rand McPherson) and John Favreau (Gutter)...and of course Chris Young is funny too...but I think anyone who played the Pre-Frosh would be funny!!!

If you have not seen this movie then get it...and watch it over and over again.

If you want to know what this movie is about...well I will tell you...Portchest University, Preps, Party Animals, and just about every other type of person you meet at college. They all hate something and do a great job at expressing it!!! However, Jeremy Piven's character does a great job to party, go to school (ha ha ha) and make everyone get along.

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Summary: To whom it may concern!,
Review: Thank you for whomever is responsible for releasing this DVD. It has been well deserving of one for a long time. For anybody who may have missed this fine college flick should definately check out the DVD when it is released.

Rating:
Summary: WHERE'S THE DVD?!?!?!?
Review: Why is there no DVD out for this film yet? ("Nobody's Fool" is another fantastic movie that is also not out on DVD). Come on - enough people have DVD players and enough people love this extremely funny movie - what's the hold-up?

Rating:
Summary: A movie that every college student needs to see
Review: If you love college movies about beer, sex, music, and drugs then this is the movie for you. If you like Animal House, Dazed and Confused, and Half Baked then you will Love PCU. Funny and seems like life in college. Remember you have to be Politically Correct these days.
Finally "were getting housed man lets bring in Blotter..."