Get Over It (2001)

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General		Extras
Category	Comedy	Main Menu Audio
Rating
Year Of Production	2001
Running Time	82:36
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Tommy O'Haver
Studio Distributor	Walt Disney Studios Home Ent.	Starring	Kirsten Dunst Ben Foster Melissa Sagemiller Sisqo Shane West Colin Hanks
Case	Amaray-Transparent
RPI	$19.95	Music	Steve Bartek

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	2.35:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	2.35:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	English for the Hearing Impaired	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	Yes, during closing credits

    There must only be a handful of teen-film ideas doing the rounds in Hollywood, as most of them over the years have been variations of each other. While you're on a good thing...well...make half-a-dozen could be a new adage. Get Over It is not going to stretch the grey matter too far at all, and is essentially a rework of a story that you would have seen many, many times before.Having said that, I still enjoy watching them, so keep making them I say!

    When Berke Landers (Ben Foster) is dumped by his longtime girlfriend Allison (Melissa Sagemiller) in the opening scenes, he decides to stop at nothing to try and win her back. It seems his ex-love has decided that ex-Swingtown Lads singer, Stryker (Shane West), is far more interesting, charming, and sophisticated (what with his faux English accent and debonair manner). Berke's efforts to win back his one-true-love leads to some funny moments, such as a very off-key rendition of him serenading his love with the song Alison by Elvis Costello from her rooftop. Now Stryker of course turns out to be a complete jerk, but it looks too late to let Allison know this and all appears lost.

    In a last ditch attempt to win back her affections, Berke decides to audition for the up-coming school play "A Midsummer Night's Rockin Eve", even though his thespian talents leave much to be desired (especially his singing). He manages to enlist the help of his friend's younger sister Kelly (Kirsten Dunst) to help him learn his part and provide some tutoring on the finer points of acting. Now Kelly just happens to be a decent actor, singer, and songwriter, and is beautiful to boot. Okay, I hear you all saying, we can see where this is going. Well you're right, so I won't give away any more. Suffice to say that there are some funny moments, the usual toilet humour, and the best line of the film delivered by Berke to his never angry parents when a party at their house is sprung, "You're my parents...stop trusting me so much". The actual performance of the play is particularly amusing with catchy songs and a real sense of fun pervading the whole production.

    One of the better characters is the archetypal fanatical drama teacher played by Martin Short. In a true-to-type role he embodies Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates with the right amount of lunacy and stupidity to keep everyone guessing just what planet he is from.

Video

    Another very nice video transfer with nothing to complain about at all.

    Quite unusually for this genre, it is presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1. It is also 16x9 enhanced.

    Overall sharpness is excellent, with finely detailed images and only the barest glimpse of edge enhancement on a couple of scenes. No problems with shadow detail and grain is also kept to an absolute minimum. There is no low level noise.

    Colours are vivid and vibrant. Primary tones abound. There are no problems to report with bleeding or over saturation.

    I couldn't pick any apparent MPEG artefacts if they existed. No aliasing or any other film-to-video artefacts are present. A couple of minor film artefacts that in no way spoil the picture quality are present.

    The only subtitles available are English for the Hearing Impaired. I sampled them extensively and found them excellent, almost to the point of being perfect. Certainly among the best subtitle streams I have sampled in recent times.

    A single sided, single layer DVD, thus no layer change is present as a result.

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Audio

    There is only one audio track available on this disc. It is a Dolby Digital 5.1 track and is quite impressive though not overly immersive.

    Dialogue is precise and very well mixed. There are certainly no audio sync problems.

    The music is one of the highlights of this film. The score is hip, funky and in-your-face. There are also tracks from Elvis Costello with Alison, and Vitamin C with Love Will Keep Us Together in the opening credits and the Earth, Wind and Fire classic September in the closing credits. Both of the latter tracks are quite well done and sound superb.

    The surround channels are used, though not to the point of overkill. Notable use at 10:01 is a good example of the sort of use throughout.

    Likewise for the subwoofer. It complements the music well.

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Main Menu Audio

    Doesn't really count as an extra, but we get a little tune playing over a menu that allows you to only select the subtitles and the scenes.

    The Region 4 disc misses out on:

•     8 Deleted Scenes
•     Outtakes from Martin Short
•     Martin Short Make-up Tests
•     Audio Commentary from Director Tommy O'Haver and Writer R. Lee Fleming
•     2 Music Videos
•     5 Audio Only Tracks
•     5 Additional Trailers
•     Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
•     French Dolby Digital 5.1 Soundtrack

    The Region 1 Disc misses out on

•     Nothing

    This is not a fair comparison, as the Region 4 disc is a rental only. Once the sell-through version hits the market, hopefully the specs will be similar. The Region 1 offering is really a quite decent collector's edition.

    Another teen flick starring the effervescent Kirsten Dunst, a gal who is certainly going places when she finally stops making films like this, though to give her credit this role is more support than star. Get Over It is not as good as Bring It On, which I enjoyed immensely, but it is still worth a look.

    The video is excellent with no problems of any note.

    The audio is hip, funky, with the music particularly dominant in the sound mix.

    A rental only equals no extras.

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