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Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond => Brokeback Mountain Open Forum => All Things Brokeback: Books, Interviews and More => Topic started by: oilgun on March 08, 2009, 02:29:53 pm
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I was at Best Buy today and according to their flyer, BbM is coming out on Bluray on Tuesday (March 10th -$21.99 CAN). I don't know if there are ay new special features included but I doubt it. I've pretty much given up on getting a decent release.
(http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w197/oilgun/ABC%20Movies/Brokeback-Blu-ray.jpg)
I just checked Amazon.ca and they are selling it for $20.95 CAN. Anyone planning on getting it?
EDIT: Here are the specs:
Tech specs will see a BD-50 dual-layer disc with 1080p/VC-1 video and English DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Surround.
Extras will match the previous HD DVD and DVD special editions, with a wealth of making-of featurettes: "A Groundbreaking Success," "Music From the Mountain," "Impressions From the Film," "On Being a Cowboy," "Directing From the Heart: Ang Lee," "From Script to Screen" and "Sharing the Story: The Making of Brokeback Mountain."
The Blu-ray will also come BD-Live-enabled, and with the My Scenes bookmarking feature.
Suggested retail price for the Blu-ray has been set at $34.99.
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My friends and I chipped in and got the Hi-Def version already. You're right about the lack of special features, sorry to say.
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Extras will match the previous HD DVD and DVD special editions, with a wealth of making-of featurettes: "A Groundbreaking Success," "Music From the Mountain," "Impressions From the Film," "On Being a Cowboy," "Directing From the Heart: Ang Lee," "From Script to Screen" and "Sharing the Story: The Making of Brokeback Mountain."
The Blu-ray will also come BD-Live-enabled, and with the My Scenes bookmarking feature.
Suggested retail price for the Blu-ray has been set at $34.99.[/i]
But still no deleted scenes, even in a separate section. I'll think I'll pass.
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Wonderful review by Ben Williams (although he got some details wrong...a mountain in Montana??) along with the Blu-Ray offer on Amazon.
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=3741&show=review (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=3741&show=review)
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Wonderful review by Ben Williams (although he got some details wrong...a mountain in Montana??) along with the Blu-Ray offer on Amazon.
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=3741&show=review (http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?id=3741&show=review)
What a beautifully erudite review. It was like rediscovering my original BBM fever all over again. I may get it simply for the enhanced music experience and greater audibility of Ennis's few but oh so poignant words.
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Yes, this part is interesting:
"Thank goodness for lossless audio encoding. Heath Ledger’s performance as Ennis Del Mar, while brilliant, has always been slightly difficult to comprehend, due to the actor’s use of a particularly grumbly and deeply pitched voice. I’ve seen Brokeback Mountain on a number of occasions, both theatrically and on DVD; Mr. Ledger’s voice has always seemed difficult to discern and frustratingly unintelligible. Remarkably, with this Blu-ray’s use of 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio for the film’s audio, I was, for the first time, able to discern some of his most harshly grumbled lines. This improvement alone, makes lossless encoding worth the price of admission."
And it's great have a brand new rave review of Brokeback Mountain written in 2009 for people to see!
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And it's great have a brand new rave review of Brokeback Mountain written in 2009 for people to see!
I agree! And I'm getting majorly bugged that there's no in-depth review of the movie, book length. We just may have to take matters into our own hands!
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Hmm if only I had a Blu Ray player lol. I think I will be fine with the two disc special edition for now. :)
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I've seen BBM on high def and it's totally worth it. The color alone is like going to a national park by yourself.
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But still no deleted scenes, even in a separate section. I'll think I'll pass.
Marcia, you saw the movie in high definition already...at the service for Heath and Jackie on February 9, 2008.
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But still no deleted scenes, even in a separate section. I'll think I'll pass.
Yup, I agree. Still no commentary? I suppose at this date, it would be too sad to get through for any of the principles.
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Yup, I agree. Still no commentary? I suppose at this date, it would be too sad to get through for any of the principles.
Probably so, Ian.
But I really would want to see deleted scenes and get a commentary. *wishful sigh*
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Marcia, you saw the movie in high definition already...at the service for Heath and Jackie on February 9, 2008.
I don't remember there being anything much different about the version we saw, but then again that was an unusual occasion so there were so many more things I was paying attention to.
Thanks for letting me know. :)