Annie (1982) - October 02,2012 - Page 3 - Blu-ray Forum

Dubstar · 08-24-2012, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

The Broadway revival opens in October. Makes complete sense.

the stage version is vastly superior to this dreck.

StoogeFan1118 · 08-24-2012, 10:14 PM

My Mom loves Annie so I will be picking this up for her. While I am not a big fan of musicals I do not mind this one will be good to finally see the film in widescreen

rafaelsalguero · 09-04-2012, 10:12 PM

wow I want this for a christmas present to my girlfriend

JenM · 09-08-2012, 11:47 PM

This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. And yes, I know how different it is from the stage musical (which I'm looking forward to seeing on Broadway this fall), but I still love this movie. Just watched the DVD again a few weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I can't wait to get this on blu.

mzupeman · 09-24-2012, 09:43 PM

Watching this now, and it looks and sounds great.

GxyExpress999 · 09-24-2012, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mzupeman

Watching this now, and it looks and sounds great.

Thanks for a heads up.

MJW · 09-25-2012, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by mzupeman

Watching this now, and it looks and sounds great.

How did you get it a week early?

I'm really looking forward to seeing this one next week!

mzupeman · 09-25-2012, 12:43 PM

Review copy. My review will likely be up later today, but I'll make sure to post a link here as there will be screen caps included. Just be warned, I'm not too kind on the film itself... but Sony really has done an outstanding job with the A/V.

GxyExpress999 · 09-25-2012, 01:50 PM

That's fine with me. I usually read only the PQ & AQ sections anyway.

BluAtreyu · 09-25-2012, 04:06 PM

I'm the same way with the reviews: PQ/AQ and bonus are what interest me. Can't wait to read! Did Sony fix the big framing issue that marred the widescreen DVD?

GxyExpress999 · 09-25-2012, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mzupeman

My ANNIE Review

Ernest Rister · 09-25-2012, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mzupeman

My ANNIE Review

Just a point of disagreement...songs in musicals are not supposed to exclusively exist to advance the plot. They can also be used to show character or to express emotion. Sometimes they exist because they're too entertaining not to exist. Sequences for their own sake. If movie musical numbers were limited to story advancement, Singin in the Rain would be about 30 minutes long. "When You Wish Upon a Star" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" wouldn't exist.

"Let's Go To The Movies" is - I think - meant to express Annie's joy in her new life. I'm not sure it goes over as well as planned, because the lavish indulgence that's meant to be a 30's fantasy today plays like horrible excess.

mzupeman · 09-25-2012, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Just a point of disagreement...songs in musicals are not supposed to exclusively exist to advance the plot. They can also be used to show character or to express emotion. Sometimes they exist because they're too entertaining not to exist. Sequences for their own sake.

"Let's Go To The Movies" is - I think - meant to express Annie's joy in her new life. I'm not sure it goes over as well as planned, because the lavish indulgence that's meant to be a 30's fantasy today plays like horrible excess.

Character development, in a way, does help advance the plot. I didn't feel most of these new songs actually did that though. To each their own!

But damn, that Blu looks good, don't it?

JenM · 09-25-2012, 07:32 PM

Annie never thought her parents left her at the orphanage by accident. They'd left a note saying they'd be back (I believe they were looking for work), and broke off part of her locket to bring back with them just so they'd be able to prove they were her real parents. She actually had good reason to suspect they'd be back - why else would they have taken the locket if they'd planned to abandon her?

Unless the review refers to the lyric "Their one mistake was giving up me," which isn't a literal accident, it's just a dent in how great she imagined her parents must be.

The songs that were cut from the stage musical and replaced in the film did a much better job advancing the plot - "NYC" (replaced in the film with "Let's Go to the Movies") was when you first saw Warbucks and Annie actually bonding, and "Something Was Missing" (which was cut from the film entirely - although I loved Albert Finney's performance) took place at a point in the show where Annie starts to realize that her parents might actually be gone and Warbucks fills in that gap to tell her how much he loves her. I love that song, wish it had been left in the movie.

There parts of the 1982 movie I love - ending with "I Don't Need Anything" instead of "A New Deal for Christmas", and the song between Warbucks and Hannigan at the orphanage is great too. The orphans had a bit more to do in the film too (trying to stop Annie's kidnapping). But there's stuff in the musical I wish they'd left in.

Ernest Rister · 09-25-2012, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mzupeman

Character development, in a way, does help advance the plot. I didn't feel most of these new songs actually did that though. To each their own!

But damn, that Blu looks good, don't it?

Looking forward to it!

And go watch Singin in the Rain again.

Some musicals aren't about plot, they're about life. "Moses Supposes", "Make 'em Laugh", "All I Do", "Fit as a Fiddle", "Beautiful Girl", "Broadway Melody", etc. They exist to entertain, and the story is just a clothesline to hang these moments on. Granted, these have to be wowsers, and when people of lesser abilities try it, you get XANADU or THE PIRATE MOVIE, or - I suppose it can be argued - ANNIE.

rafaelsalguero · 09-25-2012, 07:57 PM

do you know if this will come with a slipcover?

mzupeman · 09-25-2012, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by rafaelsalguero

do you know if this will come with a slipcover?

It does not.

BluAtreyu · 09-25-2012, 08:59 PM

Great review - cant wait to get mine next Tuesday. As for the changes made to the move, I grew up on ANNE both on stage and the move so I love both equally, though I see them as two different beasts. In my opinion, Annie the Movie has one song leg up on the show: the hilarious and wonderfully performed "Sign" with Carol and Albert. "NYC" is my favorite song in the show and I miss it every time I watch the move, but "Sign" more than makes up for it for me.

mzupeman · 09-25-2012, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BluAtreyu

Great review - cant wait to get mine next Tuesday. As for the changes made to the move, I grew up on ANNE both on stage and the move so I love both equally, though I see them as two different beasts. In my opinion, Annie the Movie has one song leg up on the show: the hilarious and wonderfully performed "Sign" with Carol and Albert. "NYC" is my favorite song in the show and I miss it every time I watch the move, but "Sign" more than makes up for it for me.

I didn't grow up with the film, so that might have something to do with it.

worldchmps · 10-01-2012, 03:41 AM

It's weird to think about all the scenes in and around the mansion were filmed at my college, Monmouth University. They used the mansion for, well, the mansion. It's amazing the way they turned a building full of offices into the mansion you see. I was only about 3 years old when the movie came out so it wasn't my college at the time, but I hope they have some behind the scenes stuff about filming there. The actress who played Annie is an adjunct instructor in the theater department at the school now. When she came back, she said it was like coming back to the set since that's how she remembered it.

08-24-2012, 10:14 PM	#42
StoogeFan1118 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2007 Trading Score:2	My Mom loves Annie so I will be picking this up for her. While I am not a big fan of musicals I do not mind this one will be good to finally see the film in widescreen

09-04-2012, 10:12 PM	#43
rafaelsalguero Special Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Mexico Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:117 Blu-ray collection:1358 DVD collection:8 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:12	wow I want this for a christmas present to my girlfriend

09-08-2012, 11:47 PM	#44
JenM Active Member Member since:Jan 2010	This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. And yes, I know how different it is from the stage musical (which I'm looking forward to seeing on Broadway this fall), but I still love this movie. Just watched the DVD again a few weeks ago and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I can't wait to get this on blu.

09-24-2012, 09:43 PM	#45
mzupeman Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Upstate New York 4K collection:385 Blu-ray collection:1669 DVD collection:173 Digital collection:589 Trading Score:7	Watching this now, and it looks and sounds great.

09-25-2012, 12:43 PM	#48
mzupeman Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2009 Location:Upstate New York 4K collection:385 Blu-ray collection:1669 DVD collection:173 Digital collection:589 Trading Score:7	Review copy. My review will likely be up later today, but I'll make sure to post a link here as there will be screen caps included. Just be warned, I'm not too kind on the film itself... but Sony really has done an outstanding job with the A/V.

09-25-2012, 01:50 PM	#49
GxyExpress999 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 Location:US of A Home Theater Gallery:7	That's fine with me. I usually read only the PQ & AQ sections anyway.

09-25-2012, 04:06 PM	#50
BluAtreyu Active Member Member since:Feb 2011 Location:San Gabriel Valley, CA Trading Score:4	I'm the same way with the reviews: PQ/AQ and bonus are what interest me. Can't wait to read! Did Sony fix the big framing issue that marred the widescreen DVD?

09-25-2012, 07:32 PM	#54
JenM Active Member Member since:Jan 2010	Annie never thought her parents left her at the orphanage by accident. They'd left a note saying they'd be back (I believe they were looking for work), and broke off part of her locket to bring back with them just so they'd be able to prove they were her real parents. She actually had good reason to suspect they'd be back - why else would they have taken the locket if they'd planned to abandon her? Unless the review refers to the lyric "Their one mistake was giving up me," which isn't a literal accident, it's just a dent in how great she imagined her parents must be. The songs that were cut from the stage musical and replaced in the film did a much better job advancing the plot - "NYC" (replaced in the film with "Let's Go to the Movies") was when you first saw Warbucks and Annie actually bonding, and "Something Was Missing" (which was cut from the film entirely - although I loved Albert Finney's performance) took place at a point in the show where Annie starts to realize that her parents might actually be gone and Warbucks fills in that gap to tell her how much he loves her. I love that song, wish it had been left in the movie. There parts of the 1982 movie I love - ending with "I Don't Need Anything" instead of "A New Deal for Christmas", and the song between Warbucks and Hannigan at the orphanage is great too. The orphans had a bit more to do in the film too (trying to stop Annie's kidnapping). But there's stuff in the musical I wish they'd left in.

09-25-2012, 07:57 PM	#56
rafaelsalguero Special Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2009 Location:Mexico Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:117 Blu-ray collection:1358 DVD collection:8 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:12	do you know if this will come with a slipcover?

09-25-2012, 08:59 PM	#58
BluAtreyu Active Member Member since:Feb 2011 Location:San Gabriel Valley, CA Trading Score:4	Great review - cant wait to get mine next Tuesday. As for the changes made to the move, I grew up on ANNE both on stage and the move so I love both equally, though I see them as two different beasts. In my opinion, Annie the Movie has one song leg up on the show: the hilarious and wonderfully performed "Sign" with Carol and Albert. "NYC" is my favorite song in the show and I miss it every time I watch the move, but "Sign" more than makes up for it for me.

10-01-2012, 03:41 AM	#60
worldchmps Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2011 Trading Score:5	It's weird to think about all the scenes in and around the mansion were filmed at my college, Monmouth University. They used the mansion for, well, the mansion. It's amazing the way they turned a building full of offices into the mansion you see. I was only about 3 years old when the movie came out so it wasn't my college at the time, but I hope they have some behind the scenes stuff about filming there. The actress who played Annie is an adjunct instructor in the theater department at the school now. When she came back, she said it was like coming back to the set since that's how she remembered it.

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