Fatal Attraction 4K UHD (1987)

[zepol]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Never even opened my Paramount Presents BD yet.

Save it for after Christmas sale and take it to TARGET or BEST BUY and you get a the cost for the movie back.

[zepol]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

I think the alternate ending would have played better if the movie came out 10-15 years later. Audiences in the 80's needed that original ending.

80s' audiences were mostly young getting used to all that FRIDAY 13th nonsense for thrills with the killer is not really dead. So they loved that crap.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by zepol

80s' audiences were mostly young getting used to all that FRIDAY 13th nonsense for thrills with the killer is not really dead. So they loved that crap.

Yep...pretty much ALL thrillers - even ones ostensibly aimed at adults - devolved into a slasher climax well into the 90s.

[zepol]

Originally Posted by Brian81

They are like Shout editions where it looks great in spots and shitty in others

What SHOUT! 4k look great in spots & shitty in others?

[disco1979]

Originally Posted by zepol

80s' audiences were mostly young getting used to all that FRIDAY 13th nonsense for thrills with the killer is not really dead. So they loved that crap.

This echoes Roger Ebert's review. The one where he flat-out stated, "Give me a break."

[Panson]

The War of the Roses (1989), please.

[Brian81]

Originally Posted by Panson

The War of the Roses (1989), please.

Fox

[houseca]

Originally Posted by Brian81

Fox

Disney = Deathbed for collectors

[Ryan1973]

The one thing I forgot about this movie is the guy that played Jim Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 made a cameo in this in the beginning at the Japanese restaurant. He made another cameo a year later in the movie Cocktail when Tom Cruise was in Jamaica.

[Torgon]

Odd that since they put a 4K (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) into the Paramount Presents line, that this isn’t included (again). I guess they didn’t want to confuse everyone.

[chewbabka]

Originally Posted by Torgon

Odd that since they put a 4K (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) into the Paramount Presents line, that this isn’t included (again). I guess they didn’t want to confuse everyone.

At least it means it will launch at $20. Also assume that means it will not include the BD in the package like Paramount’s non-presents UHDs of late.

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by chewbabka

At least it means it will launch at $20. Also assume that means it will not include the BD in the package like Paramount’s non-presents UHDs of late.

I mean...the OP started this thread with a picture of the box, which answers that question.

[houseca]

Originally Posted by Ryan1973

The one thing I forgot about this movie is the guy that played Jim Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 made a cameo in this in the beginning at the Japanese restaurant. He made another cameo a year later in the movie Cocktail when Tom Cruise was in Jamaica.

James Eckhouse. I don't remember the FA scene with him in it, but I do remember him in Cocktail sitting at the beach bar in Jamaica. "Cameo" is being very generous. I don't think he had any lines, just facial gestures. More like an extra I would say

[Rayjg]

Now I know to wait on Back to the Beach 4K UHD.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

The "original" ending should have been there from the get-go. Caving to hypothetical audience expectations (cultivated by boardroom executives no less) ruins many a film. The theatrical ending doesn't suck, but the original is perfect.

From an artistic standpoint, yeah, probably. But it was the theatrical ending that helped make it such a hit.

[houseca]

Originally Posted by RCRochester

From an artistic standpoint, yeah, probably. But it was the theatrical ending that helped make it such a hit.

Well said. They did the right thing in the sense they wanted a successful movie, and they got it.

[Markgway]

I prefer the theatrical ending. More suspenseful and intense. Works for a pulpy erotic thriller. The original ending belongs to a more serious drama.

[dallywhitty]

It's weird, I've known about the original ending for ages and obviously know what happens in it, but I don't think I've ever actually seen it. Off to YouTube I go.

[Oatlord]

Yeah the theatrical ending is much better. It’s pulpy but it’s done really well, and it was nice to see Dan’s wife settle the score after all she’d been through, she was the true victim in the story.

Glenn Close really didn’t want to go with the theatrical ending because it made Alex ‘less sympathetic’ but I had no sympathy for that crazy, manipulative, psychotic bunny-boiling b**ch anyway. I get that an actor needs to empathise totally with their character but it’s like - you are the villain in this psycho-thriller, just own it.

And what a psycho-thriller. It’s pitch-perfect and all the performances are outstanding. I wish they still made films like this. It was nice to see Adrian Lyne return with Deep Water. It’s no Fatal Attraction but it was a pretty absorbing erotic thriller.

[DawnShadow]

Originally Posted by zepol

What SHOUT! 4k look great in spots & shitty in others?

The Craft is the main one. The Halloween movies also look bad but I’m unsure if it’s the same issue.