ART S The Michigan Daily - Friday, October 18, 2002 - 9 Nolan's 'Insomnia' makes for a worthy DVD Courtesy of WarnerBros. I can't wait for "Scooby Too." Let's hope Scrappy makes a cameo. 'Scoobydoes DVD By Douglas Wernert Daily Arts Writer We're all fans of everyone's favorite canine, Scooby Doo. Everyone, when they were a youngster, remembers watching the animated adventures of Mystery Inc. and singing the infamous theme song (Scooby Dooby Doo, .where are you?). However, the big screen version of "Scooby-Doo" fails to live up to the intrigue of its two- dimensional counterpart, and the blame falls squarely on two factors: Bad writ- ing and the mere fact that Freddy Prinze Jr. is in the movie. The plot is simple: The crime-bust- ior will cause little children to laugh with delight, but on the other, Fred's speaking of Ebonics when he gets brainwashed will cause teens to roll their eyes in disgust (don't forget, it's Freddy Prinze Jr. that's talking in ebon- ics). The best and most memorable part of the movie is the bodily-noises con- test between Scooby and Shaggy. If that's the best they have, they should have stuck to animation. As with most recent DVDs, this one comes loaded with extras, some of them actually worth your time. One that many will love is the Outkast music video for "Land of a Million Drums," but an alternate animated opening sequence, all access footage of the sets and Mystery Inc. van and Y DOO more behind the scenes rD documentaries are also : **** worth checking out. When you pop the DVD in your computer, you can then play some Scooby edutainment Bros. games that will keep your little sibling busy By Ryan Blay Daily TV/New Media Editor In Christopher Nolan's remake of "Insomnia," Detective Ellie Burr (Hillary Swank, "Boys Don't Cry") says, "A good cop can't sleep because he's missing a piece of the puzzle. And a bad cop can't sleep because his conscience won't let him." Burr's quip aptly sums up L.A. Det. Will Dormer (Al Pacino, who unquestionably deserves an Oscar nomination). Dormer is a protypical good cop, save for a pending investigation by internal affairs in Los Angeles. So he and his partner, Eckhardt (Martin Donovan, "Malcolm X"), go to investigate the muder of a local 17- year-old girl in Nightmute, Alaska. Once in Alaska, the baggy-eyed Dormer loses sleep when the sun refuses to stop shining. He develops insomnia, revealed brilliantly by slick director Nolan ("Memento") via hallucinations and shots of Dormer awake before the alarm clock goes off in the morning. As the local hotel keeper (Maura Tierney, "News Radio") explains it, people are either born in Nightmute or they go there to hide. As Dormer and Eckhardt continue the investiga- tion began by Burr and the other local detectives, the two partners have a falling out over the troubles in Los Angeles. Soon after, while chasing down a suspect in the mur- der, Dormer shoots his partner in the bright, hilly and snowy town. Was it on purpose? Pacino is simply brilliant at por- traying the methodical but troubled detective, one who inspired Burr through his casework. Dormer is a complex character, pushing Burr to investigate the shooting of Eckhardt while keeping secrets about the girl's killer. While Pacino has been, through- out his career, more often than not a master thespian, it was Robin Williams (as writer Walter Finch) who received more publicity for his darker role. Yet of his three dark roles this year ("One Hour Photo" and "Death to Smoochy"), this is by far his finest and meatiest role. Williams can indeed play serious characters without going over the top or falling face first into tearjerk- er roles. As the cunning Finch, he matches Pacino's Dormer nearly blow for blow, leaving even Swank's ground. The DVD edition of this movie is a must, not only because the film will remain as one of the year's 10 best, but also because of the extras. Director Nolan took an odd turn and did his commentary in the order which the scenes were filmed, so solid performance a bit in the back- sion first, folowed by a scene from one might see the chilling conclu- surprisingly dull conversation INSOMNIA DVD Picture/Sound: **** Movie: ****i Features: **** Warner Bros. earlier on. This is clever, but one should note this and wait until seeing the movie all the way through before lis- tening to Nolan's take on the filming of his third feature. "Day for Night," a documentary on the creation of the film, and "180 Degrees," a between Pacino and Nolan, are less than adequate, but the amusing addition of "Eyes Wide Open," a look at the world through insomni- acs' eyes, is solid. Interviews with doctors and suffering insomniacs is a welcome addition to an otherwise mediocre list of extras. Just as the supporting cast of the film (including Nicky Katt, "Full Frontal") helps keep the film from slowing down, the supporting extras on the DVD make this disc worthy of purchase. ing gang, composed of golden boy Fred (Freddy Prinze Jr., "She's All That"), the damsel in dis- tress Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Cruel Intentions"), the brainiac Velma (Linda Cardelliti, "Freaks and Geeks") and goofy scaredy-cat Shag- gy (Matthew Lillard, "Summer Catch") SCoOB' DV Picture/Sound Movie: ** Features: ** Warner decides to go their separate ways. How- for a w] ever, they reunite on a trip to a theme want to park near Spooky Island where the see the; owner (Rowan Atkinson, "Mr. Bean") pose a s convinces them his park is haunted. Scooby' After some hilarious hijinx, love inter- the who: ests (when did Fred and Daphne Ther become a couple?) and the kidnapping when yo of Scooby, the gang has to band togeth- the DVI er to keep Scooby from being sacri- erable ar ficed so the souls of the world will member remain intact. eight or Aside from an incomprehensible ic. For ti story, the writing is just plain horrible. watch C It's almost as if the writers couldn't ed repe decide on their intended audience. On contest,1 one hand, Scooby's outrageous behav- They als the michigan daily LEARN THE MUSIC BUSINESS! The THE UNI Blind Pig, one of mid-America's premier live Research music venues, is in need of two smart, music ple with e: loving interns, 18-22 yrs. old, to assist w/ the terest/bact research, marketing, and promotion involved ences to j in the booking of the venue. Students pre- opinion t ferred. No experience necessary. Perks are need to b plentiful. 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