Beginners (Ewan McGregor) November 2011 - Blu-ray Forum

The Driver · 09-15-2011, 02:13 PM

Never heard of it!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004VEY1O2
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProduct...;-1&sku=114065

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1532503/

US PR release: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/14/v-p...rtainment.html

adamhopelies · 09-15-2011, 03:23 PM

I saw it theatrically, and loved it. Its a real return to form for McGregor, in Mike Mills' follow-up to the equally wonderful Thumbsucker. Great to see it heading to Blu-ray.

Dubliner1 · 11-13-2011, 02:43 PM

UK release is a BD25 disc.

The Driver · 12-06-2011, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Dubliner1

UK release is a BD25 disc.

Eh, some fantastic releases on single sided discs. We ain't talking about Gone With The Wind type running times.

Anyway, dropped to £8.89 http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004VEY1O2

Kuros · 12-06-2011, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dubliner1

UK release is a BD25 disc.

It's an entirely different encode, as well, compared to the American release (which is a Focus Features/Universal release, like ours). The US BD uses VC-1 compression, versus AVC on the UK BD.

A BD-25 is perfectly sufficient for this release. Trust.

nknizam · 12-07-2011, 11:44 AM

Can anybody help to advice whether this is a region free blu-ray? thanks

aequalszero · 06-18-2012, 01:55 PM

Finally caught up with this last night and thought it was pretty excellent. A very lovingly crafted study on sadness both self-inflicted and forced-upon, it lacked the cold seriousness of something like A Single Man and instead bounced along on its slideshow voice-over ("This is the sun in 2003..." etc.) and two rather cute burgeoning relationships between Oliver and Anna, and Oliver and his newly reborn father, Hal.

For a film with so many nice, original notes it was a shame the ending couldn't have been a little more final and unique (50/50 ended the exact same way, on almost the exact same line of dialogue) - but that might be more of a reflection on the fact that if it had gone on another hour I wouldn't have minded.

So, are the features identical on the blu releases worldwide (commentary and a short featurette)?. Has anyone actually put the US and UK discs together for an image comparison?

manicsounds · 06-18-2012, 02:16 PM

Considering they are both released by Universal, it must be the same picture and audio quality.

aequalszero · 06-22-2012, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by manicsounds

Considering they are both released by Universal, it must be the same picture and audio quality.

Thank you, sir.

dandybud · 07-11-2012, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by nknizam

Can anybody help to advice whether this is a region free blu-ray? thanks

I assume it is because most if not all Universal blu rays are region free. I'm hoping it is because I've already ordered it!

09-15-2011, 03:23 PM	#2
adamhopelies Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Sheffield Blu-ray reviews:1	I saw it theatrically, and loved it. Its a real return to form for McGregor, in Mike Mills' follow-up to the equally wonderful Thumbsucker. Great to see it heading to Blu-ray.

11-13-2011, 02:43 PM	#3
Dubliner1 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 Location:Spain Home Theater Gallery:11 4K collection:346 Blu-ray collection:598 DVD collection:5 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:18	UK release is a BD25 disc.

12-07-2011, 11:44 AM	#6
nknizam Member Member since:Dec 2009 Blu-ray collection:661	Can anybody help to advice whether this is a region free blu-ray? thanks

06-18-2012, 01:55 PM	#7
aequalszero Special Member Member since:Oct 2011 Location:UK Trading Score:2	Finally caught up with this last night and thought it was pretty excellent. A very lovingly crafted study on sadness both self-inflicted and forced-upon, it lacked the cold seriousness of something like A Single Man and instead bounced along on its slideshow voice-over ("This is the sun in 2003..." etc.) and two rather cute burgeoning relationships between Oliver and Anna, and Oliver and his newly reborn father, Hal. For a film with so many nice, original notes it was a shame the ending couldn't have been a little more final and unique (50/50 ended the exact same way, on almost the exact same line of dialogue) - but that might be more of a reflection on the fact that if it had gone on another hour I wouldn't have minded. So, are the features identical on the blu releases worldwide (commentary and a short featurette)?. Has anyone actually put the US and UK discs together for an image comparison?

06-18-2012, 02:16 PM	#8
manicsounds Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Tokyo 4K collection:227 Blu-ray collection:4992 Blu-ray reviews: 99	Considering they are both released by Universal, it must be the same picture and audio quality.

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