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RT on DVD: A Matthew McConaughey Stinker or Event Horizon on Blu-ray?
by Jen Yamato
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9. Days of Thunder Blu-ray -- 42%



The movie often called "Top Gun on Wheels" scored middling reviews with critics and doesn't hold up especially well, but will make a decent addition to your growing Blu-ray collection if you love racing, like over-the-top sports movies, and have ever considered naming a pet "Cole Trickle." The 1990 NASCAR flick starred a young, post-Maverick Tom Cruise (who also shared story credit) and boasted memorable supporting turns by Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker, and Dennis Quaid (not so much for the then-23-year-old Nicole Kidman, who played Cruise's leggy brain surgeon love interest). Unfortunately, Days of Thunder on Blu-ray lacks considerable bonus features, so the only reason to buy it (other than your ceaseless love of early '90s action flicks and/or obsession with celebrity Scientologists) would be to crank up the volume and listen to its AWESOME soundtrack in glorious, lossless High Def audio.



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jokerboy1991
jokerboy1991 writes:
on Dec 29 2008 04:46 PM

Man what a crappy week for dvds.

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Kokushi
Kokushi writes:
on Dec 29 2008 04:57 PM

yep, event horizon is a decent/good movie but not worth buying in any format.

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wordweaver12
wordweaver12 writes:
on Dec 29 2008 05:09 PM

Surfer dude by M. Mcconogay is coming out...***** YEAH DUDES, ***** YEAH. This will be a totally awesome movie DUDES, YEAH DUDES! AMERICA! ***** YEAH!
(inject sarcasm here)


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ARTaylor
ARTaylor writes:
on Dec 29 2008 05:53 PM

Anything really worth buying would have been released before Christmas. Lets face it, most people don't have any money left. Anyone who got money for Christmas will probably save it or get those things they put on their Christmas list and didn't get. This will probably be a pretty dead week for DVDs even if they had some decent stuff coming out. Which is probably why they don't have anything decent coming out. Save it for another week where people might actually spend money.

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indiefilmfan2
indiefilmfan2 writes:
on Dec 29 2008 05:59 PM

What about Serenity and The Truman Show on Blu-ray? That's a much better duo than Event Horizon and Days of Thunder.

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Random_Jake
Random_Jake writes:
on Dec 29 2008 07:58 PM

What do you mean bad week for dvds. Ghost Town just came out.

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emoticant
emoticant writes:
on Dec 29 2008 11:10 PM

Event Horizon is a turd.

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Comment
Comment writes:
on Dec 30 2008 12:05 AM

It's about time Surfer Dude came out, I've been waiting months for this masterpiece. I shall be first inline when my local DVD shop opens.

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Flap s.
Flap s. writes:
on Dec 30 2008 04:25 AM

That Bob Saget is so not funny, i can't believe people really like it.

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whitey_mcwhite
whitey_mcwhite writes:
on Dec 30 2008 08:05 AM

I actually did really like the Bob Saget Roast, but there are very few roasts that I would actually pay money for.

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ledawg1138
ledawg1138 writes:
on Dec 30 2008 09:12 AM

"What a crappy week for DVD's."

That's putting it mildly. Seriously, "Kyle XY", "Days of Thunder", "Nip/Tuck", and Bob Saget all suck. Saget was in "Full House" and AFHV", which are both popular, but horrible shows. This week should be filed as "ABSOLUTE SUCK!"


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hdbngr63
hdbngr63 writes:
on Dec 30 2008 11:29 AM

Yeah, this is a pretty sucky week for DVD's. The Bob Saget Roast was pretty funny, but I wouldn't pay money for it. Oh well, at least Pineapple Express comes out next week (about time).

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Solonik -.
Solonik -. writes:
on Dec 30 2008 06:05 PM

I've never seen Days of Thunder so maybe it has some significance but what does Cole Trickle mean?

It seems to me that Event Horizon could have been a better movie if a better director and writer had control.


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reapermad
reapermad writes:
on Dec 31 2008 06:14 AM

Wow nothing but crap this week. Utter crap.

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jaysix
jaysix writes:
on Dec 31 2008 01:44 PM

EVENT HORIZON IS AWESOME. ***** YOU ***.GY HATERS.

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Speaker for the Films
Speaker for the Films writes:
on Dec 31 2008 03:47 PM

Best week ever.


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rowan c.
rowan c. writes:
on Jan 01 2009 08:41 PM

event horizon, despite sharing it's name with an awesome aux88 track, sucks big time. ever feel pissed off after watching a movie? that's event horizon. you're like "why would they do that?"

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ledawg1138
ledawg1138 writes:
on Jan 04 2009 02:40 PM

Note to Willie Nelson. Pick your films wisely.

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