A life less ordinary

[dvdmike]

Anyone pick this up?
The caps make it look like the terrible low detail HDTV version

[Sky_Captain]

Didn't even know it'd been released. My parents are in Germany at the mo...

[Erasmus Craven]

Mine's been despatched this morning. A member on cinefacts.de has reported that the film is in 2.35:1, I believe that's the first time it's released on home video in Europe in that AR. As a bonus, it is also on disc in 1.85 and 1.33 (in SD probably). No new extra content, but it seems like most of the old DVD extras have been ported over. Can't wait, Holly Hunter & Delroy Lindo are a hoot!

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Didn't even know it'd been released. My parents are in Germany at the mo...

...But unfortunately, much like the time when they were in Poland and I asked them to pick up Pulp Fiction, it'd be easier to just order the damn thing myself.

[mager]

This was Danny Boyles first American Production - and iirc the budget was small for a film of this scope or so i remember hearing, last time i saw it it was a fairly 'dreamy' shot production

[dvdmike]

I have seen shots from a ripped disc, and it looks like the same HDTV/DVD master its mushy as all hell
But at least it's out on disc!

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Erasmus Craven

Mine's been despatched this morning. A member on cinefacts.de has reported that the film is in 2.35:1, I believe that's the first time it's released on home video in Europe in that AR. As a bonus, it is also on disc in 1.85 and 1.33 (in SD probably). No new extra content, but it seems like most of the old DVD extras have been ported over. Can't wait, Holly Hunter & Delroy Lindo are a hoot!

Yup

[KowalskiVideo]

Comparsion (German) DVD vs. Blu-ray:

http://www.hd-compare.de/?cmp=life_less_ordinary

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by KowalskiVideo

Comparsion (German) DVD vs. Blu-ray:

http://www.hd-compare.de/?cmp=life_less_ordinary

Interesting

[Sky_Captain]

Colour me intrigued enough to chuck it in with my Retroactive pre-order.

**Ooh, German edition of Slither down to eight Euro. I'll bung it in with that instead**

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Colour me intrigued enough to chuck it in with my Retroactive pre-order.

**Ooh, German edition of Slither down to eight Euro. I'll bung it in with that instead**

Where???????

[Sky_Captain]

http://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00KHK1...ywords=slither

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

http://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B00KHK1...ywords=slither

Ta

This is the same old HDTV master I have had for yonks, just compared and the print damage is in the same place

[Mortimer]

Originally Posted by KowalskiVideo

Comparsion (German) DVD vs. Blu-ray:

http://www.hd-compare.de/?cmp=life_less_ordinary

I added a few shots: #10 shows some heavy print damage, #12 shows the end credit sequence with correct aspect ratios in both versions, 2.39:1 and 1.85:1.

[figrin_dan]

I watched this last night. It's definitely the most dirt covered BD I have. It's not the best HD and a couple of shots of Diaz at the end look really bad. But it's so much better than my non-anamorphic dvd and I had forgotten how great Holly Hunter is in every scene she's in.

[goodstuff]

Wow, did not know this had been released and given up a long time ago looking! I love this movie. Does anyone know if this is region free (I'm in A)? I ordered it anyway for $16 USD shipped, but I'd love to be surprised if I could play this on my main Oppo, instead of my crappy region-free Insignia player.

[figrin_dan]

Afraid it's region B only. Tested on my region free Oppo!

[goodstuff]

OK thanks, at least I'll have it on Blu!

[dvdmike]

Originally Posted by figrin_dan

I watched this last night. It's definitely the most dirt covered BD I have. It's not the best HD and a couple of shots of Diaz at the end look really bad. But it's so much better than my non-anamorphic dvd and I had forgotten how great Holly Hunter is in every scene she's in.

She is the secret MVP of the movie

[goodstuff]

Originally Posted by figrin_dan

I watched this last night. It's definitely the most dirt covered BD I have. It's not the best HD and a couple of shots of Diaz at the end look really bad. But it's so much better than my non-anamorphic dvd and I had forgotten how great Holly Hunter is in every scene she's in.

My thoughts exactly. I actually bought the UK DVD a long time ago to get anamorphic though it was 1.85:1. Then I bought the VUDU HDX to get HD, though that was still 1.85:1. I'm happy with this disc to get the OAR and lossless audio now, even if the PQ isn't the greatest.