Topic: My Blu-Ray Reviews

[GSyren]

I don't think I have seen a Hitchcock film that I'd call bad, either. Off the top of my head I would say that the Hitchcock film I have liked the least is Topaz.

[Piffi]

Title: Gravity 3D
Year: 2013
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Rating: Rated PG-13 : Intense Perilous Sequences, Some Disturbing Images and Brief Strong Language
Length: 92 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: Engelsk: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Fransk: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spansk: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portugisisk: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: Engelsk, Fransk, Portugisisk, Spansk













Stars:
Sandra Bullock
George Clooney
Ed Harris
Orto Ignatiussen
Phaldut Sharma
Amy Warren












Plot:
Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone--tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth...and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.












Extras:
Dokumentar
Digital Copy













My Review:
With over $700M in the boxoffice, and winning 7 Oscars, i have to say that i had my expactions up a great bit. And for me it didnt dissapoint at all. What an amazing movie with some great special efects. And with two of my favorite actors playing the characters it didnt hurt. And let me just say that i think Sandra Bullock was amazing in this one! I watched the 3D version, and they did just an amazing job with the 3D. Just amazing! If you have a chance, check out the 3D version! If not, this is such a great movie that you should check it out anyways.












My Rating:

[GSyren]

I'm mostly into older films (as yoy may have gathered from my reviews), but I guess Gravity is one new movie that is going to be impossible to ignore. And I like Sandra Bullock.

[Piffi]

Oh, me too are in to older movies. Casablanca and Platoon is two of my absolute favorite movies (if you can call Platoon a older movie) but Gravity was just amazing. I can almost guarantee you that you will enjoy it!

[GSyren]

I have to confess that I haven't seen Platoon. But the BD is in my unwatched pile. I'm just waiting until I'm in the mood for it. I'm not really fond of realistic combat scenes. But i've decided to give Platoon a chance. Some day...

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I have to confess that I haven't seen Platoon.

It is among the best movies of the 80-ies.
And while the combat-scenes are quite realistic they are nowhere near the brutality of (e.g.) Saving Private Ryan.

[GSyren]

And while the combat-scenes are quite realistic they are nowhere near the brutality of (e.g.) Saving Private Ryan.

Well thank God for that. If you had said they were, then Platoon would likely have remained in my unwatched pile until blu-ray players were museum pieces. 

[Achim]

It is among the best movies of the 80-ies.

I always preferred Full Metal Jacket over Platoon. Sure, Platoon is a good/great movie, but somehow Full Metal Jacket had a much more profound impact at me when I saw it in the cinema for the first time. Maybe it has to do with Platoon appearing way more black & white

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(bad guy has huge scar, good guy dies in Jesus pose, even)

or maybe it's strongly anchored in R. Lee Ermey's performance. Strange overall, maybe, as Kubrick's Vietnam looks almost nothing like the real thing

[GSyren]

Haven't seen Full Metal Jacket either. Nor Born on the 4th of July, for that matter.
But Platoon is in my player right now...
 

[GSyren]

Is Platoon an older movie?
It must be. Evidence:
A) Johnny Depp is #12 in the credits
B) Charlie Sheen looks sober
 

[GSyren]

Nope. Platoon just wasn't for me. It's a well made movie, but it just upsets me too much to be able to enjoy it. Well, at least I gave it a chance.

[Piffi]

Title: Salt: Extended Edition
Year: 2010
Director: Phillip Noyce
Rating: Rated 15 : Strong Violence and One Use of Strong Language
Length: 105 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: Engelsk: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Japansk: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Tysk: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Hindu: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: Engelsk, Hindu, Hollandsk, Japansk, Turkish, Tysk, Kommentar












Stars:
Angelina Jolie
Liev Schreiber
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Daniel Olbrychski
August Diehl
Daniel Pearce












Plot:
Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt,a trusted and loyal CIA operative who is forced to go on the run when a Russian defector convinces her superiors that she's a double agent sent to assassinate the President of the United States. As the intense manhunt heats up, Salt uses all of her skills as a covert operative to elude capture as she fights to uncover a secret so explosive it could change the course of world history.












Extras:
Scenevalg
Audio Commentary
Dokumentar
Picture-in-picture
BD-Live
Three Versions of the Film, Movie IQ












My Review:
So i was in the mood for a spy movie. And i decided to check this one out again. And it is actually a great movie, with some intense action trough out, and a great twists that makes the movie alot more interesting. And i just have to say that Angelina Jolie still got it! All in all, this is a great spy-thriller that is recommanded to check out!












My Rating:

[GSyren]

Yes, Salt is a lot of fun if you're in the mood for some action. Sure, there are some "oh really?" moments where the film streches credibility a bit too thin, but I can overlook that in a spy thriller. I'm usually a bit ambivalent about Angelina, but she's quite good here.

[Piffi]

Oh, i do agree 100%. Like jumping down on those moving trucks on the highway? I mean, come on.. The law of fysics etc. But like you, i can overlook some of that, for the greater story. When it comes to Angie, i can really enjoy her work sometimes. But far from everytime, (i enjoy the oldschool Angie the best) Lara Croft etc. But have you seen 'Taking Lives' a great movie from her. Wich reminds me, i just prolly watch that again aswell. Dont want to step on anyone's toes here, but the last few years Angie has been a bit overrated imho. I'm not saying she's bad or anything, but she isnt what she once were. In some movies it just looks like she's in it for the money.

[Piffi]

Title: The Debt
Year: 2010
Director: John Madden
Rating: Rated 18 : Strong Language and Violence
Length: 113 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: Engelsk: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Engelsk: DTS: 2-Channel Stereo, Italiensk: DTS: 5.1, Spansk: DTS: 5.1, Tysk: DTS: 5.1, Fransk: DTS: 5.1
Subtitles: Dansk, Engelsk, Finsk, Fransk, Hollandsk, Icelandic, Italiensk, Kinesisk, Koreansk, Norsk, Spansk, Svensk, Tysk













Stars:
Helen Mirren
Tom Wilkinson
Ciarán Hinds
Romi Aboulafia
Tomer Ben David













Plot:
Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington star in "The Debt," the powerful story of Rachel Singer (Mirren), a former Mossad agent who endeavoured to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal - the Surgeon of Birkenau - in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must go back to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth.












Extras:
Scenevalg
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Dokumentar












My Review:
Wow, that was a much better movie than i expected it to be! I've had this in my unwatched pile for ages. Dont know why i havent seen it before, but now i finally did. And what a great movie it was. But i'm not sure what kind of movie it is really, is it a war movie? Is it a action\thriller? I would say something in between all that. Even with a simple story\plot, they made the most of it. With some brilliant acting by both Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain! This movie is actually just great. Check it out when you got a chance.












My Rating: