Review:
Well I don’t think I gotta say this but this movie is fucking money. My esteemed partner in crime doesn’t think so but fuck ‘em what does he know. Now I gotta say this upfront and it won’t come as a surprise to most of you, but the book is a better story. That Stephen King didn’t fuck around on this one.

With that aside, this movie is also the springboard for a group of young actors. They were just kids, and none of them knew each other. Yet they make it seem like they’ve known each other for years. The dialogue seems to flow from character to character. That’s a big deal cuz some of these mofo’s ain’t never acted before.

There are a couple choice shots in this film but nothing to get the KY out for. Well maybe the dear scene. The run across the trestle and the subsequent train dodge was the fuckin’ shit! The bit with the leaches was some fucked up repugnant shit, but you still can’t take your eyes off of it. Maybe I like this film cuz I was young when I first saw it. I think I like it cuz it’s a solid film, nuff said.

Special Features :
First off it should be noted that this is the special edition version of “Stand by Me” It was previously released, but that mother fucker was pan & scan and it didn’t even have any features. That’s what I call a pile of horseshit. I’m glad to see Columbia got their heads out of their asses and revamped the disc.

The “Stand by Me” video was nothing special and if you hate the 80s, don’t watch it. A lot of acid wash jeans and the like. What were we thinking? The isolated music score….hmmm. Let me crank the volume on this one. Am I the only guy that thinks this is a worthless feature? How many people just want to listen to the score? Anyways, the quality was good on the score although it had some empty spots.

The commentary was too quite. Rob Reiner is a funny guy, but you don’t hear that side of him. He seemed to just repeat what he said in the featurette. When he wasn’t doing that, he would just note what was a nice shot and say nothing for 10 minutes at a time. So you get an empty feeling from the commentary.

The featurette was worth the time. It’s about half an hour long and it covers the entire film. There is even a bit on phoenix, who died recently choking on his own vomit, or some other drug induced death. All the interviews with the cast were recently done, so the featurette is sans phoenix.

The trailers provided were an absolute wasted of time. Considering they weren’t even for the film. Instead they plugged some other films. Now, I’ve got to say something about one feature: The “scene selection with motion images”. Listen up jag offs, it’s been done before and it ain’t that cool. You don’t have to go out of your way to list it as a special feature on the back of the box.

Video:
The transfer was high end. You can tell there wasn’t a balloon head on this one.

Audio:
The 5.1 was great everything came out clear and the ambience was all there. Now bring on the trains!

“I’m gonna rip your head off and shit down your neck!” -Teddy

-Zorbs