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jubaiweaponx · 01-31-2008, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Marcusarilius

I thought finding a BD on the shelves early and "getting lucky" were two different things.

Oh.... never mind. Wrong crowd.

..........nice ..........

Jaguar007 · 01-31-2008, 06:12 AM

This movie suffers the same thing that Golden Compass did (and it is not the pairing of Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig) - the editing. Both movies move too fast. They both felt like the film that made it to the screen is not the movie that was originally shot (regionrodie confirmed this earlier for Invasion). I was hoping for a different cut on video and I'm praying for a 2 1/2 - 3hr version of Golden Compass on Blu.

w_tanoto · 01-27-2008, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NATHAN09

Hi--ive just finished wathching " The Invasion" starring Nicole Kidman on Blu Ray--very good film--excellent picture quality and sound quality--i give it 9 out of 10.

have they started using AVC? Is the audio PCM?

MrGlass214 · 01-27-2008, 06:44 PM

I agree with Sky Captain. The movie was not great. In my theater, everyone laughed when Nicole Kidman slammed that kid into the bedpost. That was the best part.

neo_reloaded · 01-27-2008, 07:29 PM

Nicole Kidman was gorgeous in this, as always. I thought the story was decent, although the editing and general tone of the movie seemed a little off (which makes sense given the troubled production the movie went through).

There were quite a few moments that were unintentionally humorous, like Kidman slamming the kid into the bedpost. I personally had quite a laugh when the cop was going to grab her son and she screams "DON'T TOUCH MY CHILD" and starts shooting everyone.

kknight · 01-27-2008, 08:05 PM

I'm looking forward to this movie, after watching Sunshine, it brought back good memories of sci-fi movies.. now i'll be purchasing majority of them since I love most of them!!

SolidBlu · 01-27-2008, 08:22 PM

i'll get this one

jubaiweaponx · 01-27-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by kknight

I'm looking forward to this movie, after watching Sunshine, it brought back good memories of sci-fi movies.. now i'll be purchasing majority of them since I love most of them!!

I have to say i watched sunshine and kept waiting and waiting and at the end it lost me and my friend ,I have to say the invasion sounded good by plot lines anyway ,but i`ve never been a kidman fan but i agree i`ll at least see it and judge for myself

ClaytonMG · 01-27-2008, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by w_tanoto

have they started using AVC? Is the audio PCM?

Why would AVC matter? All that matters is that they don't port the HD DVD over. And it has Dolby TrueHD.

kknight · 01-27-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ClaytonMG

Why would AVC matter? All that matters is that they don't port the HD DVD over. And it has Dolby TrueHD.

I believe MPEG-4 AVC is the best video codec transfer compare to VC-1 and MPEG-2. As for Dolby TrueHD, not all players can decode it (including the PS3) so PCM would benefit most of us...

ClaytonMG · 01-29-2008, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kknight

I believe MPEG-4 AVC is the best video codec transfer compare to VC-1 and MPEG-2. As for Dolby TrueHD, not all players can decode it (including the PS3) so PCM would benefit most of us...

Do you have proof of this? I am guessing most of the VC-1 transfers you've seen have been WB. Check out Kingdom of Heaven and Crank (what a crap movie by the way) for Mpeg2 and then Deja Vu for VC-1. I guarantee you that you'll be just as impressed by those as you are with AVC titles. And another thing, AVC does NOT automatically guarantee a quality encode. That's something that a bunch of people tend to think around here and I am not sure why.

Johk · 01-29-2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kknight

As for Dolby TrueHD, not all players can decode it (including the PS3) so PCM would benefit most of us...

the PS3 can decode Dolby TrueHD... it cannot send bitstream but it will decode it to lpcm via HDMI to an HDMI receiver.

CAB · 01-31-2008, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kknight

I believe MPEG-4 AVC is the best video codec transfer compare to VC-1 and MPEG-2. As for Dolby TrueHD, not all players can decode it (including the PS3) so PCM would benefit most of us...

PS3 decodes TrueHD just fine. It will not do lossless DTS (yet) It's a short list of those that cannot decode TrueHD. BDP-S300 comes to mind. Which others?

Hypnopooper · 01-31-2008, 02:09 PM

I didnt think it was a bad movie, but I wouldn't buy it. There were some pretty lame scenes. The one thing that I found the most absurd was the Product placements. There were more product placements in this movie than most other movies i can recollect. The Phone, Drugs(Idderall), Mountain Dew, News TV Stations, Bose, Apple, Sony PSP, Nokia Cell Phone, Mercedes SUV, Rolling Rock Beer,Fisher Nuts, Pepsi, Did I mention the phone,Brand store named Lucy, And the Phone

reginaroadie · 01-31-2008, 04:07 AM

Seeing THE INVASION on Blu-Ray kinda ticks me off in that an opportunity to see the REAL version of the film has gone to waste.

I don't know if this was covered already, but this was a casualty between the producer and director. The guy that directed it was Oliver Hirschbiegel, who had previously made two really great German films, DAS EXPERIMENT and DOWNFALL (which is so far my favorite foreign film of the decade as well as an amazing WW2 movie). THE INVASION was supposed to be his big break into Hollywood. This wasn't a bad movie from the get go. There was the possibility of it being just as good as the original and 78 version. But his initial cut was I guess more along the lines of a psychological thriller or something a little more cerebral. Not the action, summer blockbuster type of movie that Joel Silver and the folks at WB had in mind. So they went back and got the Wachowski's to re-shoot a ton of stuff.

I highly doubt that the guy that made DOWNFALL would have had aliens hoking up loogies onto their victims or turn the ending into something from a zombie movie.

I was secretly hoping that since the movie tanked and that they could figuratively do whatever they wanted, that the Blu-Ray edition would include Oliver's original cut of the film so that audiences could actually make up their mind if the original version was the right version.

Oh well. At least there's the possibility that we can finally see a proper version of I AM LEGEND in March.

Jipilo · 02-05-2022, 11:33 PM

Sorry for the strange bump, does anyone know if a slipcover (or Steelbook) exists for this movie?

johnm_001 · 11-11-2024, 06:13 PM

I've never seen this film, but the reviewer refers to Angela Cartwright cameo, and I'm guessing he means Veronica Cartwright, Angela's sister.

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01-31-2008, 06:12 AM	#2
Jaguar007 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Portland, OR Blu-ray reviews:1	This movie suffers the same thing that Golden Compass did (and it is not the pairing of Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig) - the editing. Both movies move too fast. They both felt like the film that made it to the screen is not the movie that was originally shot (regionrodie confirmed this earlier for Invasion). I was hoping for a different cut on video and I'm praying for a 2 1/2 - 3hr version of Golden Compass on Blu.

01-27-2008, 06:44 PM	#4
MrGlass214 Junior Member Member since:Jan 2008	I agree with Sky Captain. The movie was not great. In my theater, everyone laughed when Nicole Kidman slammed that kid into the bedpost. That was the best part.

01-27-2008, 07:29 PM	#5
neo_reloaded Banned Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray collection:416 Trading Score:72	Nicole Kidman was gorgeous in this, as always. I thought the story was decent, although the editing and general tone of the movie seemed a little off (which makes sense given the troubled production the movie went through). There were quite a few moments that were unintentionally humorous, like Kidman slamming the kid into the bedpost. I personally had quite a laugh when the cop was going to grab her son and she screams "DON'T TOUCH MY CHILD" and starts shooting everyone.

01-27-2008, 08:05 PM	#6
kknight Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Minnesota Blu-ray reviews:55	I'm looking forward to this movie, after watching Sunshine, it brought back good memories of sci-fi movies.. now i'll be purchasing majority of them since I love most of them!!

01-27-2008, 08:22 PM	#7
SolidBlu Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Singapore Trading Score:2	i'll get this one

01-31-2008, 02:09 PM	#14
Hypnopooper Member Member since:Nov 2007	I didnt think it was a bad movie, but I wouldn't buy it. There were some pretty lame scenes. The one thing that I found the most absurd was the Product placements. There were more product placements in this movie than most other movies i can recollect. The Phone, Drugs(Idderall), Mountain Dew, News TV Stations, Bose, Apple, Sony PSP, Nokia Cell Phone, Mercedes SUV, Rolling Rock Beer,Fisher Nuts, Pepsi, Did I mention the phone,Brand store named Lucy, And the Phone

01-31-2008, 04:07 AM	#15
reginaroadie Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 4K collection:171 Blu-ray collection:600 DVD collection:75	Seeing THE INVASION on Blu-Ray kinda ticks me off in that an opportunity to see the REAL version of the film has gone to waste. I don't know if this was covered already, but this was a casualty between the producer and director. The guy that directed it was Oliver Hirschbiegel, who had previously made two really great German films, DAS EXPERIMENT and DOWNFALL (which is so far my favorite foreign film of the decade as well as an amazing WW2 movie). THE INVASION was supposed to be his big break into Hollywood. This wasn't a bad movie from the get go. There was the possibility of it being just as good as the original and 78 version. But his initial cut was I guess more along the lines of a psychological thriller or something a little more cerebral. Not the action, summer blockbuster type of movie that Joel Silver and the folks at WB had in mind. So they went back and got the Wachowski's to re-shoot a ton of stuff. I highly doubt that the guy that made DOWNFALL would have had aliens hoking up loogies onto their victims or turn the ending into something from a zombie movie. I was secretly hoping that since the movie tanked and that they could figuratively do whatever they wanted, that the Blu-Ray edition would include Oliver's original cut of the film so that audiences could actually make up their mind if the original version was the right version. Oh well. At least there's the possibility that we can finally see a proper version of I AM LEGEND in March.

02-05-2022, 11:33 PM	#16
Jipilo Active Member Member since:Dec 2016 Trading Score:43	Sorry for the strange bump, does anyone know if a slipcover (or Steelbook) exists for this movie?

11-11-2024, 06:13 PM	#17
johnm_001 Member Member since:Mar 2011 4K collection:38 Blu-ray collection:388 Blu-ray reviews:1	I've never seen this film, but the reviewer refers to Angela Cartwright cameo, and I'm guessing he means Veronica Cartwright, Angela's sister.

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