Heartbreak Kid on HD DVD - Dreamworks is just desperate!

[E-Dogg]

'Heartbreak Kid' Heads to HD DVD'

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...to_HD_DVD/1170

[sj001]

Originally Posted by E-Dogg

'Heartbreak Kid' Heads to HD DVD'

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...to_HD_DVD/1170

Saw this when it came out, meh, it's a wannabe There's Something About Mary.

[Spankey]

Gotta love this for the "cheap" format...

Retail for the HD DVD is $39.98.

[sj001]

The video quality will probably be terrible, they sound like they are throwing this together in a major hurry.

[LynxFX]

Not surprising. A boxoffice bomb they release on HD DVD 3 months later. Oh wait, a boxoffice smash (transformers) and they also release on HD DVD 3 months later. Why even bother releasing in theaters anymore?

[glenn22]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Not surprising. A boxoffice bomb they release on HD DVD 3 months later. Oh wait, a boxoffice smash (transformers) and they also release on HD DVD 3 months later. Why even bother releasing in theaters anymore?

You're not kidding... I mean you pay $7 - $12 (depending on where) per person to see a film in the theatre. You might as well save your money and buy the DVD for a few bucks more.

[sj001]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Not surprising. A boxoffice bomb they release on HD DVD 3 months later. Oh wait, a boxoffice smash (transformers) and they also release on HD DVD 3 months later. Why even bother releasing in theaters anymore?

Yeah, it does seem like they come out way too fast these days. I remember when it was nearly a year before a movie went to video, next thing we know it will be released in theaters, and then video the next week.

[badboi]

I've never even heard of it. But I'm sure the residents of HD-Dudsville will go apeshit over it and claim it to be the one movie to put the final blow on Blu.

[LynxFX]

Originally Posted by badboi

I've never even heard of it. But I'm sure the residents of HD-Dudsville will go apeshit over it and claim it to be the one movie to put the final blow on Blu.

There are some already saying that this will be the last week that Blu leads in sales...ever! Talk about dillusional.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by sj001

Saw this when it came out, meh, it's a wannabe There's Something About Mary.

Funnily enough, both movies were directed by the Farrelly Brothers.

[Zyclone]

i saw a preview for it when i went to saw4 , it looked like the usual ben stiller crap movie (meet the parents etc) i enjoy his films like mystery men , zoo lander etc but his romantic/funny movies just don't do it for me.

[darinp2]

Originally Posted by glenn22

You're not kidding... I mean you pay $7 - $12 (depending on where) per person to see a film in the theatre. You might as well save your money and buy the DVD for a few bucks more.

With these short box office to disc windows it seems like region encoding will become even more important. Not every movie is going to be released worldwide around the same time. For this one it looks like all the major theatrical runs will have at least 4 weeks before a region free HD DVD is released, with it opening in France 11/28 and out on disc on 12/26. I wonder if they will release a PAL version on DVD in the UK on 12/26 also, or whether that will come out later.

--Darin

[tru2blu707]

hopefully spielberg does decide to leave paramount and take dreamworks studio with him. since he just happens to be PRO-blu...thatd work in our favor

[Porscheman]

$40 for it? ummm, when did laserdisk make a comeback?

[sj001]

Originally Posted by Porscheman

$40 for it? ummm, when did laserdisk make a comeback?

I think that is MSRP, it probably will be more in the $30'ish range.