Byzantium (2012) - October 29, 2013 - Blu-ray Forum

Akijama · 06-30-2013, 04:42 PM

Dubstar · 06-30-2013, 05:00 PM

I can't wait to see this - 'theatrically' - the film opens here in the DC area at the AFI Silver on the 5th of July (which incidentally is denoted as bluray projection

- huh? the Silver's new DCP unit's debut in July anyways - what's up with that?)

Scottie · 06-30-2013, 05:15 PM

Awesome! Really interested in seeing this.

arcadeforest · 06-30-2013, 05:39 PM

Looks good - will give this one a watch, especially with Gemma being in it.

hagios · 06-30-2013, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

Awesome! Really interested in seeing this.

me 2

Cvalda · 06-30-2013, 07:05 PM

Can't wait to see this. Neil Jordan is one of the greatest (and sadly, most underappreciated) filmmakers working. We need more of his films on Blu-ray.

blu-ray_girl_fan · 06-30-2013, 07:08 PM

It's amazing how street dates are announced so quickly. Doesn't this discourage people from trying to catch certain movies in theaters at all?

hagios · 06-30-2013, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by King-Pause

me 2

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/61221/byzantium/

RandyK · 06-30-2013, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by blu-ray_girl_fan

It's amazing how street dates are announced so quickly. Doesn't this discourage people from trying to catch certain movies in theaters at all?

No.

Scottie · 07-12-2013, 11:34 PM

This was painful. I couldn't even get halfway into it!

hagios · 07-13-2013, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

This was painful. I couldn't even get halfway into it!

Why didn't you like this movie, I've got it on pre-order, blind-buy? However, I do like

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movies.

I was thinking this, Stoker, The East, Orphan Black, would be some good films to buy!

Scottie · 07-13-2013, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by King-Pause

Why didn't you like this movie, I've got it on pre-order, blind-buy? However, I do like

[Show spoiler]

movies.

I was thinking this, Stoker, The East, Orphan Black, would be some good films to buy!

The East and Stoker, yes. However, I wouldn't recommend a blind buy of this film at all. I saw an hour of it and nothing spectacular happened. These two girls are 200 year old vampires and the only interesting thing that happened in the one hour I witnessed was three people dying and just a lot of bland back and forth dialogue.

Orphan Black sounds like a hit-or-miss television show.

*PREACHER* · 07-13-2013, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by iScottie

The East and Stoker, yes. However, I wouldn't recommend a blind buy of this film at all. I saw an hour of it and nothing spectacular happened. These two girls are 200 year old vampires and the only interesting thing that happened in the one hour I witnessed was three people dying and just a lot of bland back and forth dialogue.

Orphan Black sounds like a hit-or-miss television show.

Sounds like another free torrent download for me and cancelling my pre-order of the nice Zavvi steelbook then if thats the case.

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RipleyLV426 · 07-26-2013, 03:35 PM

This is also on amazon VOD for $8

Cinemach · 07-26-2013, 08:21 PM

I liked this a lot better than I was expecting to: for one, the melodramatic elements chagrined about in respectable reviews I've read weren't as damagingly overwhelming as I had been prepared for.

Might it be un-wieldy or over-ambitious, particularly in its attempt to transmute a narrative through two disparate eras, with concerns of femininity and vampirism? Perhaps, but I feel the direction and acting (Gemma Arterton - new crush alert!) kept it far enough out of the deep end

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.

I've seen only a handful of Neil Jordan's pictures (Mona Lisa, The Crying Game), but I'm a fan of his direction, and his means of establishing atmosphere: muted, with dark and sanguine moods that match the frequent overcast of his vistas. The seaside environs here brim with cool, salty vitality.

But it is slow. It's more of a (very) arthouse vampire film rather than an 'answer' to the Twilight's or other self-such modern horror films. Not wholly spectacular, but a solid watch that I enjoyed.

Zen_Amako · 07-27-2013, 10:27 AM

I really like Jordan's The Company of Wolves (which is available on Blu-ray in the UK). I liked Interview with the Vampire at the time it came out, but I don't think it has aged well. I really wanted to see Byzantium, but it never played anywhere near me (it seemed to open in NY and LA and that was it) and I don't have cable. There doesn't seem to be any legal way to watch this unless you're a cable subscriber.

RipleyLV426 · 08-11-2013, 06:15 PM

Just watched this from amazon VOD for $4 (had coupon). I wanted to see it before blind buying just in case, and now I definitely will! Hoping there is a commentary and some making of's...visually it's striking, with a haunting score, and Ronan's ethereal beauty simply radiates her heartbreak. The story is reminiscent of Interview with the Vampire (this is also told with a bit of voiceover as Eleanor writes in a journal her story). But the narrative is weaved in and out of flashback/reality in a somewhat original way and I did not get bored. Though some may find it slow going in the beginning, I actually wish it had explored more of the girls' past. There was a bit of love interest for Ronan's character that I felt was a bit forced, perhaps because the chemistry wasn't really there very much with her and the overly awkward, near mumbling, drenched in freckles Caleb Landry Jones (most recently in the directorial effort by Brandon Cronenberg, Antiviral).

But again, overall, I enjoyed this film very much!

Cvalda · 08-11-2013, 07:39 PM

Finally got to see this and loved it as well. The third act is somewhat anticlimactic (the entire final confrontation should have taken place on the very striking black island just to make it stronger visually, I think), but the atmosphere is fantastic, the visuals probably the most beautifully composed of Jordan's career (love the shot early on of the flaming apartment curtains billowing while the two women escape far below) and the performances likewise very strong. Can't wait to own the Blu

Pezeta · 09-03-2013, 02:53 PM

Britnasty · 09-03-2013, 03:38 PM

I LOVED this movie. Day one for me. Gemma stole this film entirely.

07-26-2013, 03:35 PM	#14
RipleyLV426 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Naperville, IL Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:153 Blu-ray collection:806 Blu-ray reviews: 4 Trading Score:110	This is also on amazon VOD for $8 Last edited by RipleyLV426; 08-11-2013 at 06:07 PM.

07-26-2013, 08:21 PM	#15
Cinemach Special Member Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:415 DVD collection:67 Trading Score:24	I liked this a lot better than I was expecting to: for one, the melodramatic elements chagrined about in respectable reviews I've read weren't as damagingly overwhelming as I had been prepared for. Might it be un-wieldy or over-ambitious, particularly in its attempt to transmute a narrative through two disparate eras, with concerns of femininity and vampirism? Perhaps, but I feel the direction and acting (Gemma Arterton - new crush alert!) kept it far enough out of the deep end [Show spoiler] . I've seen only a handful of Neil Jordan's pictures (*Mona Lisa, The Crying Game), but I'm a fan of his direction, and his means of establishing atmosphere: muted, with dark and sanguine moods that match the frequent overcast of his vistas. The seaside environs here brim with cool, salty vitality. But it is slow. It's more of a (very) arthouse vampire film rather than an 'answer' to the Twilight's or other self-such modern horror films. Not wholly spectacular, but a solid watch that I enjoyed. Last edited by Cinemach; 07-26-2013 at 08:32 PM.*

09-03-2013, 02:53 PM	#19
Pezeta Member Member since:Dec 2011 Location:Bogotá, Colombia Blu-ray collection:393 DVD collection:250 Blu-ray reviews:29 Trading Score:3	Blind Buy

06-30-2013, 05:00 PM	#2
Dubstar Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Jun 2008 Location:down at Fraggle Rock Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:201 Blu-ray collection:1953 DVD collection:304 MA collection:4 Digital collection:33 Trading Score:29	I can't wait to see this - 'theatrically' - the film opens here in the DC area at the AFI Silver on the 5th of July (which incidentally is denoted as bluray projection - huh? the Silver's new DCP unit's debut in July anyways - what's up with that?)

06-30-2013, 05:15 PM	#3
Scottie Moderator Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Rhode Island Trading Score:647	Awesome! Really interested in seeing this.

06-30-2013, 05:39 PM	#4
arcadeforest Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 Location:Sherwood Forest Blu-ray collection:917 DVD collection:54 Digital collection:92 Trading Score:3	Looks good - will give this one a watch, especially with Gemma being in it.

06-30-2013, 07:05 PM	#6
Cvalda Special Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Hollyweird, CA 4K collection:120 Blu-ray collection:315 DVD collection:31 iTunes collection:1 Prime collection:4	Can't wait to see this. Neil Jordan is one of the greatest (and sadly, most underappreciated) filmmakers working. We need more of his films on Blu-ray.

06-30-2013, 07:08 PM	#7
blu-ray_girl_fan Banned Top contributor Member since:Jun 2009 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:87	It's amazing how street dates are announced so quickly. Doesn't this discourage people from trying to catch certain movies in theaters at all?

07-12-2013, 11:34 PM	#10
Scottie Moderator Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Rhode Island Trading Score:647	This was painful. I couldn't even get halfway into it!

07-27-2013, 10:27 AM	#16
Zen_Amako Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Northern VA, USA 4K collection:255 Blu-ray collection:659 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:13	I really like Jordan's The Company of Wolves (which is available on Blu-ray in the UK). I liked Interview with the Vampire at the time it came out, but I don't think it has aged well. I really wanted to see Byzantium, but it never played anywhere near me (it seemed to open in NY and LA and that was it) and I don't have cable. There doesn't seem to be any legal way to watch this unless you're a cable subscriber.

08-11-2013, 06:15 PM	#17
RipleyLV426 Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jan 2010 Location:Naperville, IL Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:153 Blu-ray collection:806 Blu-ray reviews: 4 Trading Score:110	Just watched this from amazon VOD for $4 (had coupon). I wanted to see it before blind buying just in case, and now I definitely will! Hoping there is a commentary and some making of's...visually it's striking, with a haunting score, and Ronan's ethereal beauty simply radiates her heartbreak. The story is reminiscent of Interview with the Vampire (this is also told with a bit of voiceover as Eleanor writes in a journal her story). But the narrative is weaved in and out of flashback/reality in a somewhat original way and I did not get bored. Though some may find it slow going in the beginning, I actually wish it had explored more of the girls' past. There was a bit of love interest for Ronan's character that I felt was a bit forced, perhaps because the chemistry wasn't really there very much with her and the overly awkward, near mumbling, drenched in freckles Caleb Landry Jones (most recently in the directorial effort by Brandon Cronenberg, Antiviral). But again, overall, I enjoyed this film very much!

08-11-2013, 07:39 PM	#18
Cvalda Special Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2011 Location:Hollyweird, CA 4K collection:120 Blu-ray collection:315 DVD collection:31 iTunes collection:1 Prime collection:4	Finally got to see this and loved it as well. The third act is somewhat anticlimactic (the entire final confrontation should have taken place on the very striking black island just to make it stronger visually, I think), but the atmosphere is fantastic, the visuals probably the most beautifully composed of Jordan's career (love the shot early on of the flaming apartment curtains billowing while the two women escape far below) and the performances likewise very strong. Can't wait to own the Blu

09-03-2013, 03:38 PM	#20
Britnasty Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Milwaukee, WI 4K collection:721 Blu-ray collection:1920 Trading Score:574	I LOVED this movie. Day one for me. Gemma stole this film entirely.

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