Lean on Me (1989) Blu-ray (Warner Archive Collection) - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

HeavyHitter · 04-06-2025, 12:04 AM

I've not seen this in ages (VHS or DVD?) - looking forward to it.

filmbuffTX · 04-06-2025, 01:53 AM

Great movie and will pick it up Day 1 probably. Watched it all the time as a kid. Easily one of Morgan Freeman's best roles. Very quotable as well, lol.

You're killing your brain cells, son! You're killing your brain cells!

Mr. Clark! Mr. Clark!

They used to call me Crazy Joe, now they can call me Batman!

He's like a father to us! Only father some of us have!

Splatterhouse 5 · 04-11-2025, 01:25 AM

Oooohh! I had a feeling they’d drop this after their “Stand and Deliver” release … and it’s about time! Day One!

MifuneFan · 05-01-2025, 12:22 PM

Good news, Lean on Me is now available to order at MovieZyng, and is still holding to its May 27th release date. I thought it might have been delayed to June or later after it didn't get listed with other May titles last week.

https://www.moviezyng.com/lean-on-me...n/840418326459

JDizzle420 · 05-19-2025, 04:05 AM

Amazon pre order: https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Me-Blu-r...s%2C167&sr=8-1

filmgrainiac · 05-26-2025, 06:43 AM

Welcome to the Jungle!

Troy Perkins · 06-01-2025, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Somebuddy

I hugely agree. I'm waiting on some of those 90s New Line classics like the House Party trilogy, The Players Club and Above the Rim

Add the Tupac / Mickey Rourke minor classic “Bullet” to that list and thats pretty much the lot.

adamjankowski · 06-02-2025, 10:44 PM

Anyone watched this release yet?

MathTeacher · 06-03-2025, 09:20 PM

lawl at that review. It's hilarious some of the takes I read from the critical reviews on the movies.

Doctor Jack · 06-03-2025, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MathTeacher

lawl at that review. It's hilarious some of the takes I read from the critical reviews on the movies.

The review is a little much, but it’s really not that good of a movie.

Sopranogl · 06-03-2025, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

The review is a little much, but it’s really not that good of a movie.

I enjoyed the movie when I watched it on cable back in the 1990s. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't hold up very well. It's pretty corny....

DVDFreaker12345 · 06-03-2025, 11:50 PM

I am going to pick up Stand and Deliver and Lean on Me, they are both great movies!

jblank · 06-04-2025, 12:34 AM

Quite an interesting review. Clark was no "fascist", a term I really wish would join several other words in the stop using box. Anyway, that school as way too many are still today, was a cesspool of violence, truancy, teacher apathy, and kids that that were unmotivated, undisciplined, and lost. Clark was no miracle worker, but he gave a damn, and he provided structure that was sorely lacking.

Mikezilla3k · 06-04-2025, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MathTeacher

lawl at that review.

Dr Svet be like:

thepotentone · 06-04-2025, 02:52 AM

You smoke crack don't you?!!

Look at me boiiii! Don't you smoke crack?!!!

Sopranogl · 06-04-2025, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by thepotentone

You smoke crack don't you?!!

Look at me boiiii! Don't you smoke crack?!!!

"Say you're my mom, Amber!"

Oops.

Wrong movie.

Sopranogl · 06-04-2025, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by THF90

Yes, I have it ordered.

Excellent!

I teach for a living, so movies like Lean on Me are difficult for me to enjoy.

I love, love, LOVE the Fourth Season of The Wire. I feel like The Wire NAILED what teaching is really like.

Randy Miller III · 06-04-2025, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MathTeacher

lawl at that review. It's hilarious some of the takes I read from the critical reviews on the movies.

Hey, what can I say? I'm not the biggest contrarian out there, but my own life experiences have made me resent the message this film attempts to send. Even without all those artificially sweetened "true story" elements Lean on Me is pretty paint-by-numbers stuff, but boldly painting the real-life Joe Clark as a "real hero" -- which, due to Morgan Freeman's commanding performance, has sadly blurred the line between drama and history, as it usually does -- is just too much for me personally.

In any case, as I mentioned in the "hilarious" review, fans of the film will love this Blu-ray as it really is an outstanding restoration. I'm glad you all will get to enjoy Lean on Me looking its best.

However...

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Originally Posted by jblank

Clark was no "fascist", a term I really wish would join several other words in the stop using box.

That's barely even debatable, but "fascist" should never be put in the "stop using box". ("Woke", on the other hand...)

malicedoom · 06-04-2025, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Sopranogl

Excellent!

I teach for a living, so movies like Lean on Me are difficult for me to enjoy.

I love, love, LOVE the Fourth Season of The Wire. I feel like The Wire NAILED what teaching is really like.

I've definitely heard that before from other educators.

adamjankowski · 06-04-2025, 03:34 PM

Boy, did this thread go under a . . . "makeover."

04-06-2025, 12:04 AM	#21
HeavyHitter Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jul 2007 Home Theater Gallery:4 Trading Score:154	I've not seen this in ages (VHS or DVD?) - looking forward to it.

04-06-2025, 01:53 AM	#22
filmbuffTX Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:May 2015 4K collection:267 Blu-ray collection:6361 DVD collection:2270 Digital collection:1617 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:16	Great movie and will pick it up Day 1 probably. Watched it all the time as a kid. Easily one of Morgan Freeman's best roles. Very quotable as well, lol. You're killing your brain cells, son! You're killing your brain cells! Mr. Clark! Mr. Clark! They used to call me Crazy Joe, now they can call me Batman! He's like a father to us! Only father some of us have!

04-11-2025, 01:25 AM	#23
Splatterhouse 5 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2023 4K collection:258 Blu-ray collection:1662 DVD collection:313	Oooohh! I had a feeling they’d drop this after their “Stand and Deliver” release … and it’s about time! Day One!

05-01-2025, 12:22 PM	#24
MifuneFan Blu-ray Emperor Top contributor Member since:Mar 2012 Location:New York City 4K collection:28 Blu-ray collection:1145 Trading Score:69	Good news, Lean on Me is now available to order at MovieZyng, and is still holding to its May 27th release date. I thought it might have been delayed to June or later after it didn't get listed with other May titles last week. https://www.moviezyng.com/lean-on-me...n/840418326459

05-19-2025, 04:05 AM	#25
JDizzle420 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2017 Location:FL Trading Score:172	Amazon pre order: https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Me-Blu-r...s%2C167&sr=8-1

05-26-2025, 06:43 AM	#26
filmgrainiac Member Member since:Mar 2014 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:605 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:1	Welcome to the Jungle!

06-02-2025, 10:44 PM	#28
adamjankowski Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2017 4K collection:206 Blu-ray collection:483 DVD collection:60	Anyone watched this release yet?

06-03-2025, 09:20 PM	#29
MathTeacher Active Member Member since:May 2015 4K collection:224 Blu-ray collection:837 Digital collection:41	lawl at that review. It's hilarious some of the takes I read from the critical reviews on the movies.

06-03-2025, 11:50 PM	#32
DVDFreaker12345 Active Member Member since:May 2025 4K collection:140 Blu-ray collection:209 DVD collection:22	I am going to pick up Stand and Deliver and Lean on Me, they are both great movies!

06-04-2025, 12:34 AM	#33
jblank Power Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Bristol, Tennessee 4K collection:283 Blu-ray collection:373 Trading Score:131	Quite an interesting review. Clark was no "fascist", a term I really wish would join several other words in the stop using box. Anyway, that school as way too many are still today, was a cesspool of violence, truancy, teacher apathy, and kids that that were unmotivated, undisciplined, and lost. Clark was no miracle worker, but he gave a damn, and he provided structure that was sorely lacking.

06-04-2025, 02:52 AM	#35
thepotentone Expert Member Member since:Feb 2010 Location:North Carolina 4K collection:412 Blu-ray collection:412 Blu-ray reviews:3	You smoke crack don't you?!! Look at me boiiii! Don't you smoke crack?!!!

06-04-2025, 03:34 PM	#40
adamjankowski Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2017 4K collection:206 Blu-ray collection:483 DVD collection:60	Boy, did this thread go under a . . . "makeover."

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