Not Another Teen Movie (2001) |
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Not Another Teen Movie (2001) |
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| Category | Comedy |
Main Menu Introduction Main Menu Audio & Animation Dolby Digital Trailer-City Audio Commentary-Director/Writer Audio Commentary-Cast Informational Subtitles-Teen Movie Factoids Featurette-Best Dressed Featurette-Class Clown Featurette-My Freshman Year Deleted Scenes-16 Featurette-Making Of-Marilyn Manson's Tainted Love-The Unrated Version Featurette-The Yearbook Featurette-Meet The Cast Promos (7) Featurette-Auditions Montage Featurette-Joel Gallen's "Car Ride" Quiz-Test Your Teen Movie IQ Theatrical Trailer Trailer-Big Daddy; Loser |
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| Year Of Production | 2001 | ||
| Running Time | 85:22 | ||
| RSDL / Flipper | RSDL (43:40) | Cast & Crew | |
| Start Up | Menu | ||
| Region Coding | 2,4 | Directed By | Joel Gallen |
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 Sony Pictures Home Entertain |
Starring |
Chyler Leigh Chris Evans Jamie Pressly Eric Christian Olsen Mia Kirshner Deon Richmond Eric Jungmann Ron Lester Cody McMains |
| Case | ? | ||
| RPI | $36.95 | Music | Theodore Shapiro |
| Video | Audio | ||
| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s) Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s) English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0  (192Kb/s)English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s)
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| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | ||
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| Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
| Original Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | Miscellaneous | |
| Jacket Pictures | No | ||
| Subtitles |
English Spanish Hindi Portuguese English for the Hearing Impaired English Information Spanish Information Spanish Audio Commentary Spanish Audio Commentary |
Smoking | Yes, even by a pig! |
| Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
| Action In or After Credits | Yes, both during the credits, and after the credits. | ||
The story (such as it is) most closely resembles that of the Freddy Prinze, Jr., Rachel Leigh Cook movie She's All That (one of more stereotypical teen movies of late - although still a very good teen movie). Janey Briggs (Chyler Leigh) is the Laney Boggs character from She's All That - an overall-wearing, uniquely rebellious girl who wears glasses (oh no!), and has a pony-tail (gasp!). Jake Wyler (Chris Evens) is the popular jock who has just been dumped by his girlfriend a short time out from prom. Jake, rather full of himself, seems to think that anyone who dates him will be the prom queen - and so a bet is set by Austin, the cocky blond guy (Eric Christian Olsen), that says Jake can't turn Janey - with her hideous glasses and horrific pony-tail into the prom queen.
Along the way, virtually every teen movie that has ever been made gets a reference or dressing down in one way or another. The humour is interesting in that it combines both subtle parody with outright stupidity, meaning that there is something in this for almost everyone. The gross-out moments are kept to a minimum (and director Joel Gallen makes it clear that it was not his preference to leave the single real gross-out moment in the movie), while there are many occasions when there is more than one thing happening in frame at any one time - always try to read as many signs in the background as possible, as they usually have some humorous content.
Probably the one downside to this movie is that it is so wide-ranging in its parodies. The audiences for the older teen movies from the Molly Ringwald era, such as The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink, are completely different to those who will have watched Can't Hardly Wait or Varsity Blues. Originally the script only included the newer movies, but then Joel Gallen brought in his own script-writing team and re-wrote it to include the older references. While it probably improved the movie (the original script was apparently almost entirely gross-out humour), it does mean that it is a lot harder to pick up all the references. Overall however, this is not enough to bring the movie down, as the parody comedy is still funny. This is a very worthwhile effort that will actually appeal to those who don't like teen movies as much as to those who do, which means that it is a little more clever than it first appears.
Presented at the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1, this transfer is 16x9 enhanced.
This transfer is quite sharp, without being exceedingly so. This slight softness is not particularly distracting, and in general detail is more than sufficient. There are a few instances of grain, however probably the worst instance of visible grain is at the start of the musical number at 59:13 to 59:34. Shadow detail is extremely good, although as almost the entire film is well lit, it plays little part. There is no low level noise.
Colours are generally very good. There are a few sequences where they appear somewhat muted, but these were all due to either artistic or natural restrictions (such as filming outdoors on a completely overcast day).
There is some light pixelization that occurs when the grain becomes visible, but it is not any more distracting than the grain itself. There are a few instances of minor aliasing, but most are few and far between. The longest example is on Janey's glasses from 75:57 until the credits roll, and even then it is very minor. There are only a very few film artefacts present, although there are quite a large number of small film artefacts at the same time as the grain becomes noticeable - between 59:13 to 59:34.
The subtitles are not particularly accurate and drop many words, to the point that the dialogue occasionally loses its impact.
This is an RSDL formatted disc, with the layer change taking place between Chapters 16 and 17 at 43:40. It is well placed on a scene transition, however it is still detectable due to some disruption to the audio.
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There are four audio tracks present on this disc. There is the original English dialogue and a Spanish dub, both in Dolby Digital 5.1 (at 448 Kbps), and there are two English audio commentary tracks, both in Dolby Digital 2.0 surround (at 192 Kbps).
Dialogue is clear and easy to understand for the most part. There are a few lines spoken by Randy Quaid that are difficult to make out (and his line of the musical number needs the subtitles to decipher), but the remainder has no problems. There are also no problems with audio sync, apart from during the musical number when the re-recorded voices tend not to sync at all well, although this does help the comedy at points.
The music consists of contemporary pieces and a score attributed to Theodore Shapiro. The score is quite effective and helps with impact where necessary, while the contemporary pieces (largely covers of 80s pieces by contemporary bands) help to associate the film with its audience and are very effective, giving a more coherent feel to the film overall.
Surround use is extremely good, especially considering the nature of the movie. The surrounds are almost constantly used for ambient effects, they help carry the score and other music, and even get a small amount of directional sound use.
The subwoofer is largely used only to back up the music, however there are a few occasions when it is used elsewhere. Overall, while certainly not a bass-heavy film, the subwoofer is still good enough to provide a floor to the soundtrack.
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NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
The video quality is brilliant, and there are no real causes for complaint.
The audio quality is just as good, especially for a release of this nature. No longer do comedy soundtracks have to be the poor cousins to action movies.
The extras are very extensive, and so much more than the usual marketing dribble. It is almost worth getting this disc for the extras alone.
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| Review Equipment | |
| DVD | Pioneer DV-535, using Component output |
| Display | Loewe Xelos 5381ZW. Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
| Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | Onkyo TX-DS787, THX Select |
| Speakers | All matching Vifa Drivers: centre 2x6.5" + 1" tweeter (d'appolito); fronts and rears 6.5" + 1" tweeter; centre rear 5" + 1" tweeter; sub 10" (150WRMS) |