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39 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Everything you could ask for in a 2 disc special edition,
By Marc Matney (Oklahoma, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Get Him to the Greek (2-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Instead of reviewing the plot to one of the funniest movies of the year, which can be found in all other reviews, I will focus on what you get with this 2-disc Blu-Ray edition.
This set includes both the theatrical and an unrated version, which includes approximately 4 additional minutes. Additional Features: 3 Documentaries - "Getting Him to the Greek" which includes behind the scenes clips and interviews with the cast and crew "Getting in Tune with the Greek" the writing and recording of the music of 'Infant Sorrow' "The Making of African Child" a look at the making of the music video Music extras - Hilarious music videos for 5 songs from the film Concert footage of the performances of 7 additional songs Karaoke! Sing along with 15 of Aldous Snow's hits Alternate Ending - "Riding Daphne" (VERY entertaining!) Audio Commentary - the feature length commentary includes Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne, director Nicholas Stoller, and producer Rodney Rothman. Also includes - Deleted and extended scenes, alternate intro 'The Castle,' two gag reels, Line-o-Rama, and cast auditions. If you liked the movie you will not be disappointed with this Collector's Edition.
24 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Get Him to the Greek,
By Jason C. Wilkerson (Green Bay, WI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Get Him to the Greek (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) (DVD)
Sergio (Sean Combs) is looking for the next big thing to bring in revenue for Pinnacle Records. Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) suggests that they bring Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles for the tenth anniversary of his last live concert there, which was the highest selling live album of all time. As a result Sergio sets up the concert and gives Aaron the task of escorting Aldous from London to Los Angeles in 72 hours. But since Aldous is off the wagon getting him there might be a little harder than Aaron imagined.
The character of Aldous Snow was first conjured up by Jason Segel and brought to life by Russell Brand in the 2008 movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Not too long after the release of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, director Nick Stoller announced they would be doing a spin off movie based on Aldous Snow falling off the wagon, and that movie would star Russell Brand and Jonah Hill, albeit, in a different role than Hill played Marshall. While the idea seemed intriguing, and the character of Aldous was brilliant in Marshall, I have to admit I had some reservations about the idea of a spinoff focusing on Aldous as a main character. So how did the movie turn out? It turns out I had nothing to worry about. While the premise might sound a bit contrived at first (and the trailers don't help that feeling when you see Combs's character bring it up) the plotting feels nothing less than organic. While at times over the top, it never truly feels over the top, making the world these characters live in feel real. Part of the reason for that is the characters have been perfectly rounded out. One of the things that I was worried about, was in Sarah Marshall Snow wasn't completely fleshed out nor did he need to be, he was a blissed out rock star, and you really didn't need to know more about him for his role in the plot. For Greek writer/director Nick Stoller gives the character a soul, and Russell Brand does a great job of breathing life into that soul. Speaking of Russell Brand, he might have stolen every scene he was in during Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but here he's upstaged, not by Jonah Hill, but (dare I say it) Sean Combs. I never would have expected that I would be saying anything of the sort, but Sean Combs truly steals the movie playing a music executive who's the spiritual brother of Tom Cruise's Les Grossman from Tropic Thunder. Everyone does a great job in their roles, but it's Combs and Brand that really make the movie. Of course not everything comes up roses, the movie suffers from a nearly cliché third act that stops nearly dead in it's tracks as it gets overly serious. It's understood that in a movie where they show excessive drug use and debauchery things are eventually going to have to come to a head for the characters, at the same time this probably could have been handled in a more entertaining manner. About half way through the third act though things pick up, but it feels like a long way through the third act before they bring back the funny. Overall I highly recommend this movie, and I wouldn't be surprised if when all is said and done at year's end this remains the funniest movie of the year. If you like other movies produced by Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, and most definitely Forgetting Sarah Marshall) you'll most likely, almost definitely love this movie. Come for the brilliant performances of Russell Brand and Sean Combs, stay for the Vegas scene with the Jeffrey, trust me! 4/5
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious,
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This review is from: Get Him to the Greek (Single-Disc Edition) (DVD)
Brand and Hill are great, but P. Diddy steals the show in some scenes.
Right up there with Superbad, American Pie, the Hangover and Caddyshack. Only "off" part was the end...look like they were desperate to wrap it up.
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