Doom ----> 2/7/06

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From dvdactive.com:

Title: Doom
Starring: The Rock
Released: 7th February 2006
SRP: $29.98 Each

Further Details:
Universal has revealed early details on Doom which stars Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Karl Urban and Rosamund Pike. This action adventure film from director Andrzej Bartkowiak, will be available to own in seperate rated (full frame only) and unrated editions from the 7th February. Each should set you back around $29.98. Audio will arrive in the form of English, French and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks. We are also able to confirm that the unrated edition will have a runtime of around 1 hour 53 minutes, making it around 12 minutes longer than the theatrical cut. We'll bring you further details very shortly. Stay tuned

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/doom.html

[Giles]

12 minutes longer - waah! bring it on!

[kornboy]

Was this a good film? Or should I say, would this be a good blind buy? I loved all the Doom games. I remember the original SNES version, red cartridge, yeah, those were the days.

[Mr. Cinema]

It didn't exactly light up the box office grossing about $44 million worldwide (including a 72% drop! its second weekend.). I'll rent it, but it looks like something I'd watch only once.

[Giles]

it was the perfect rainy Saturday afternnon popcorn movie when I saw it. I quite enjoyed it - sure it wasn't deep but it was fun.

[Seantn]

I'd really suggest a rental first.

[ShagMan]

Yeah, good screen fodder for a boring weekend, I'm in.

[Slowpc]

Yea , it was not "that" bad, worth at least a rental.

[matome]

I'll give this a rent

[sracer]

Was this a good film? Or should I say, would this be a good blind buy? I loved all the Doom games. I remember the original SNES version, red cartridge, yeah, those were the days.
The movie was pathetic. Took way too much time to build-up. Even though I fully expected it to be total junk, it somehow managed to be even lower than that!

It is NOT a good blind buy, IMO. If you have 90 minutes with nothing better to do than jabbing your eyeballs with a ballpoint pen, then it is worth saving your eyesight and renting it.

[fryinpan1]

I like the Rock, so I will probably get this as an eventual Columbia House blind buy.

[demonio]

The Rock was a fine wrestler and everything but seems to me that all his movies aren't exactly very good or make much money.....oh well I guess he's gotta find a niche somewhere.

[Libby]

its a rental at best. The rock was way better in the rundown.

[mbw555]

Special Features Are: (FROM DVDTIMES.CO.UK)

-First-Person Shooter Sequence (Unrated Editions only)
-Game On: A beginner's tour of locations, weapons, creatures and strategies (Unrated Editions only)
-Basic Training: Join The Rock and the rest of the cast as they train with the SAS
-Doom Nation: Exploring the worldwide phenomenon of Doom, the video game franchise
-And Much More

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/protectedimage.php?image=DaveFoster/doom_r1pack.jpg

[Mr. Cinema]

I didn't think Karl Urban would have gotten cast billing ahead of The Rock. This reminds me of "Bad Boys" and "Bad Boys II". Martin Lawrence is named first, and then it's Will Smith.

[tonymontana313]

Wow, that cover looks pretty bad.

[nemein]

That cover alone may keep me from buying it as a blind buy ;)

[Bill Geiger]

Too bad no dts...guess I'll have to get it elsewhere!

[atari2600]

ill blind buy it

[RichardW]

I like The Rock, but I'll probably just rent it.

[fumanstan]

I'll probably blind buy this, didn't get to catch it in theaters even though i wanted to.

[Liquid Death]

Cover is way too cheesy - loved & grew up with the games and saw the flick in the theater - but I have to be honest, it is very much a rental :)

[dadaluholla]

Yup. I'll be doing the blind buy on this one.

[Dean Kousoulas]

What's with the choice of color on the cover? Isn't Doom...supposed to be dark?

Also, what gives with this fullscreen only bullshit for the rated version?

[Bluebomber]

Liked the movie but man that has to be the worst cover i've seen in awhile. I would expect something like that for a made for t.v movie but not something that had a theatrical run.

[CertifiedTHX]

Cover art feels like an '80s sci-fi flick. Red tones would have been far more effective. Along with a creature or two.

Didn't bother with this. I had hopes for how the game might be interpreted cinematically, but figured the filmmakers likely weren't going to do it very well, and it wasn't worth my money. Probably good for a rental, unless HBO gets it.

I presume there was a focus on action rather than atmosphere. I think a story like that of Doom works better when the reality of the situation is unknown, and a feeling of mystery and eeireness is maintained until perhaps half way through--when all hell finally erupts. Action is good, but buildup is better. In my view.

--THX

[CertifiedTHX]

Also, what gives with this fullscreen only bullshit for the rated version?
That seems to be a new trend coming in now. Theatrical cuts are given 4:3 transfers only, while unrated versions are presented in OAR. Another that received this treatment was The Ring Two. Perhaps it's a subtle hint of which version filmmakers really want you to have.

--THX

[Fincher Fan]

I wish I didn't see this movie theatrically. My three word review: Stupid, Stupid, Stupid.

[mzupeman2]

You'd expect as said, a cover like this for a made for TV movie, Doom was not much further up the chain than a made for TV film. It seriously could have been, minus the five minutes of first person action which had no impact because it was pretty predictable and more like one of those lame jump out at you 'boo' rides at the county fair that don't do anything to you. Rent first, I highly recommend it.

[Giles]

I wish I didn't see this movie theatrically. My three word review: Stupid, Stupid, Stupid.

you know let's just get it out in the open and thread crap all over this film. Come on lighten up, it aint high art, but to some of us it wasn't all that bad - jeesh.

[demonio]

you know let's just get it out in the open and thread crap all over this film. Come on lighten up, it aint high art, but to some of us it wasn't all that bad

LMAO, some people will defend anything.........except The Fog remake ofcourse :)

[nemein]

um... I'm starting to see a pattern here. Those who have seen it recommend renting it, those who haven't are going to blind buy it. Maybe that indicates something ;)

[Seantn]

Exactly. I really really really recommend renting it first.

This film could have been helped by quite a few things, but 12 additional minutes of footage is not one of them!

[dadaluholla]

what is so bad about it?

I mean obviously it doesn't look like "GOOD" movie but still...i am considering the blind buy because i occasionally like dumb action films (and also the Rock).

[Seantn]

That's the reason I went to see it in the first place, because it looked like dumb fun. I found it to be a dissapointment on that level.

[nodeerforamonth]

So it wasn't violent or anything? Was it cheesy?