DVD: Save the Last Dance (SE)

Well first when I received Save that Last Dance Special Collectors Edition, I asked myself what is the company doing re-releasing this film when it originally came out in 2001 that's five years from when it was made over five years ago. Then as I played the previews and I found out why they are doing this I believe of the first week of October 2006, Save the Last Dance 2 will coming to stores with Straight to DVD. Very much like the the original marketing ploy, When the sequel comes out send out the DVD with a couple new Features just to make some more money, from the buyers.

If you have not yet seen Save the Last Dance, it was a very successful film. It more that tripled its budget from the US Box Office. With in case you might not know that's amazing to earn back what you payed to make it and also make a lot of more money.

The story of Save the Last Dance is about a young woman you use to Dance, ballerina, and as some that forces her to move to the gritty of South Side Chicago, and at first she just tries to fit in, though she never wants to dance ever again. She finds some who bring dancing to her again, and love. The love is which other might not like to cope with because of the color of skin, might brake up her love of dancing again.

Watching the film after around five years, I thought it was an OK the acting, story-line was nothing to brag about but you can live with it. This was one of the major films that brought Julia Styles in to the movie business. I would also have to say this could have been the fist time MTV Film really make a name in the film studio industry. Mostly for teens at the time around 2001 you went to go and watch this film in the theaters.

If you are a huge fan of either the film or any of the actors that are in the film then this could be a must in you watch list. I like and I would have to say that this could be just a rental, rather than a buy.

DVD

Specs.

Save the Last Dance Special Collectors Edition is presented in Widescreen format. Widescreen is enhanced for 16:9 TV's . The audio comes in English in both 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital Surround Sound, and French 2.0 Surround Sound. Though there is one one type of Subtitles for the film which is English.

The Special Features included:

• Commentary by director Thomas Carter.
• The Making of Save the Last Dance.
• The Writer's Story
• In Step: The Choreographer ' Story.
• What it takes
• Save the Last Dance - A Retrospective
• Music Video -"Crazy" by K-Ci & JoJo
• 2 Deleted scenes.
• Sneak Peek at Save the Last Dance 2
• Save the Last Dance 2 Trailer

On the Original First DVD release, Special Features:

• Commentary by: director Thomas Carter
• The making of Save The Last Dance
• Crazy from K-Ci & JO JO music video
• Deleted scenes

Comparing the Special Features , it would seem that the Collectors Edition has around four new Features with the Save the Last Dance 2 behind the scenes. Those four Features really don't add to the features at all they just in my mind show the same thing over and over so the features get very repetitive, because the Director/Writer/ or the Producer talks about the exact same thing for about ten to five minutes.

I don't think this is something tat you should go and get right away, I think if you really want this movie till it gets extremely cheap and then maybe you should buy it. In till then though I suggest that this film is a rent or not even buy.