Spree!

I got a raise. That naturally resulted in an orgy of cd and dvd buying. Because, well, I like stuff! Here's what I got:

Music

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Album

I'm not sure why I bought this. I only know one song (the evocatively-titled "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme"), unless the Garbage song is on Version 2.0. If the bands on this album ever appeared on Buffy, I didn't notice it. Oh, wait, except for Bif Naked; I remember liking their icon.

But I bought it anyway. One reason, I guess, is that sometimes you want the Buffy theme song. And also, the music on Buffy is good often enough to make to make the gamble acceptable. And also because I was on a spree. When you're on a spree, you take risks.

Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film Moulin Rouge 2

Sexy title, huh? I like when movies have multiple soundtrack albums, like with Hackers or Beat Street. The important part of that album title isn't "Baz Luhrmann" (sorry, Baz!); it's "from". As opposed to "from and inspired by". These are songs that were actually in the movie. How innovative!

The songs include "Sparkling Diamonds", "The Show Must Go On", "The Pitch (Spectacular Spectacular)", and, most importantly, "Like a Virgin". Yes! Academy Award-winning actor Jim Broadbent singing "Like a Virgin"! Wacky covers, as always, are good. There's also some instrumentals, including the cool end-credits "Bolero". So I'm happy about this purchase, although I'm a little suspicious about the "Tony Phillips Remix"; that sounds more like an "inspired by" than a "just sell me the songs I heard in the movie already!"

Movies on DVD

Bull Durham

This is a "Special Edition". In fact, according to the sticker, it's a "Fully Loaded Special Edition". I assume that means it has power windows and four on the floor, whatever that means. Actually, it has a new audio commentary by Tim Robbins and Kevin Costner to go along with the old one by Ron Shelton. Now, I have nothing against Ron Shelton, who both wrote and directed this movie. I'm sure he has many interesting things to say. But I like it when actors do the commentary. Because they're performers and usually make it interesting. Also, I like it when the people doing commentary haven't seen the movie in years, so there's awkward silences while they try to remember a scene.

There's also a "Brand-New Making-Of Documentary", and I'm not sure how that's even possible. Did they suddenly unearth lost behind-the-scenes footage? Anyway, I enjoy this movie a great deal, so I bought it. So there.

Caddyshack

This is the 20th anniversary edition. I'm such a sucker for "editions". It's just another way of saying "It's been another five years; don't you think you ought to buy another copy?" The only actual "extra" is a behind-the-scenes documentary (what, another one?) featuring outtakes and stuff from "Chevy Chase, Harold Ramis, and others". By cutting it off there, I assume that there's no Bill Murray, Ted Knight, or Rodney Dangerfield. We probably get to hear anecdotes from the kid who played Danny, though.

I'm not that concerned about the extras, though, because this is an extremely funny movie. There are those who claim it's the funniest movie ever made. And those people include my boss's boss, so I'm not going to dispute it.

Exit to Eden

This is not East of Eden starring James Dean. This is Exit to Eden starring Dana Delany and featuring Rosie O'Dennell and Dan Aykroyd in leather. Also Paul Mercurio, playing the guy who's the book's main character. Although it has many, many flaws, I enjoyed this movie. Shut up. No, seriously. Shut up.

Although I enjoyed the movie (didn't I tell you to shut up?), the main reason I bought it was because I couldn't believe it was on DVD. Grease is not available on DVD. Exit to Eden is. That's just crazy talk.

Mulholland Dr.

I haven't seen this yet, but everyone says it's great. Well, that's not true. Some people say it's an incomprehensible mess. And some people liked it but thought the lesbian porn scenes could have been a little longer. But enough people have said it was good that I'll give it a try. Lord knows I'm not expecting any narrative flow out of David Lynch anyway.

I'm probably going to watch these movies this weekend while I'm at work in the middle of the night. Although it's going to take a certain amount of effort to watch Mulholland Dr. instead of just watching Caddyshack over and over for several days in a row.