Bridge of Spies - Steven Spielberg / Tom Hanks

[Tony208]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

But its Disney. The Help, Lincoln all had the same banner.

The blue sticks out like a sore thumb with the red background.

[Pieter V]

Running time extras:

• A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies (17:44)
• Berlin 1961: Recreating the Divide (11:35)
• Spy Swap: Looking back on the Final Act (05:42)
• U-2 Spy Plane: Beale Air Force Base (08:46)

[TheLivingEnd]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

Running time extras:

• A Case of the Cold War: Bridge of Spies (17:44)
• Berlin 1961: Recreating the Divide (11:35)
• Spy Swap: Looking back on the Final Act (05:42)
• U-2 Spy Plane: Beale Air Force Base (08:46)

Not terrible for a quasi disney release. I really can't wait to pick this up.

[disneywildcat]

Originally Posted by 1blufan

Yes it will work for Vudu , it's UV and iTunes
No Disney DMA/DC+

While it will redeem directly in Vudu, it will be a Vudu only copy with no UV or DMA access. And the Digital Copy code will not be redeemable in another service if redeemed in Vudu. For redemption of all other eligible services (including iTunes), redemption will need to be done thru DigitalCopyPlus.com.

As stated before, since it's a Touchstone release of a Dreamworks film, it will not earn DMR points (and will not be eligible for DMA).

iTunes Extras will have two exclusive features: a photo gallery and a 12 min featurette "The Sound of Spies", the latter will focus on the score by Thomas Newman and the sound design by Gary Rydstrom.

[DrWally]

Originally Posted by TheLivingEnd

Not terrible for a quasi disney release. I really can't wait to pick this up.

Well, War Horse and Lincoln got an entire bonus disc of meaty extras so it's a little on the thin side for a Spielberg release. And they were both released by Touchstone too. I'm not even sure that Spielberg 's usual documentarian Laurent Bouzerau was involved in the movie though, which may explain the slightly thinner bonus package.

[disneywildcat]

Originally Posted by DrWally

Well, War Horse and Lincoln got an entire bonus disc of meaty extras so it's a little on the thin side for a Spielberg release. And they were both released by Touchstone too. I'm not even sure that Spielberg 's usual documentarian Laurent Bouzerau was involved in the movie though, which may explain the slightly thinner bonus package.

Interestingly, I think Lincoln's Fox release in the UK had all the same bonus features as the 2 disc Blu-ray released by Disney in North America, however the Fox release only had one BD disc, which meant Fox had to compress the video bit rate to 19.36 Mbps (Disney's release had a video bit rate of 29.12 Mbps).

Fox's release will likely have the same features as the Touchstone/Disney release, although it is possible it could have the iTunes exclusive "Sound of Spies" featurette.

I definitely plan to get the Touchstone/Disney release, and will redeem for iTunes to get access to the iTunes Extras exclusive featurette and photo gallery.

[Pieter V]

Blu-ray.com review will up soon. Seems 4 stars giving.

[Darth Marcus]

[The Debts]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

[Show spoiler]

Emperor Arrives - Patience My Friend.wmv - YouTube

[Mandalorian]

Blu-ray.com Bridge of Spies BD Review

5's where it matters most.

[Darth Marcus]

[imsounoriginal]

Loved the hell out of this movie, but will wait for a price drop. It's Disney so it won't be any time soon, but hopefully I can get a cheap used copy relatively soon. Also, not really in a rush to rewatch anyway.

[BaerGriggs]

This might be premature, but this and The Martian are the first films that I'm choosing not to buy solely because there might/will be a 4K version later on. I loved this film but I'm not going to spend $23 on it right now when there will probably be another version coming out soon.

[Tom Servo]

Haven't seen this, and will probably pick it up at the right price. But I'm probably correct in assuming this is one of those movies that tries to create an equivalency, or an ambiguity, as to who the good guys and bad guys were in the Cold War.

[balthazar_bee]

I haven't seen the film, but most of the best cold war films don't foreground ideology; as in my favourite example, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, there's an emphasis on "expediency" -- doing the most harm to the enemy at a minimum cost. And "cost" in this context meant lives, of course, along with cash.

So from a practical operations standpoint, if the film's interested in being taken seriously (not Rambo: First Blood, part II) neither side comes out looking great.

I'm not sure if that's "ambiguity" or "equivalency" so much as "authenticity". Even something like Charlie Wilson's War, which is admittedly a comedy (at least in large part), doesn't make a secret of the fact that the U.S. goal in Afghanistan is to "kill Russians"; not a lot of lofty political rhetoric there.

In any case, I'm really looking forward to seeing this; I haven't loved every movie Spielberg has made in the last ten years, but if it has the Munich and Lincoln touch, I'm sure it's great.

[syndicate]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Loved the hell out of this movie, but will wait for a price drop. It's Disney so it won't be any time soon, but hopefully I can get a cheap used copy relatively soon. Also, not really in a rush to rewatch anyway.

That is true, like Frozen still never had it release week sale price again, since then. That is the same with Big Hero 6, Planes: Fire & Rescue. Those movies also never had a good Black Friday sale price either like Inside Out Blu-ray at 9.99. But Sleeping Beauty, Dumbo and Mary Poppins had sales again, either at a better price or same as the release week price.

[Midnight Rambler]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Loved the hell out of this movie, but will wait for a price drop. It's Disney so it won't be any time soon, but hopefully I can get a cheap used copy relatively soon. Also, not really in a rush to rewatch anyway.

Disney + Spielberg + Hanks probably makes it even less likely to see a big price drop, not just soon but maybe hardly ever. Even though it's not Disney, look at 'Catch Me If You Can', that's one stubborn title when it comes to finding a low price. I caught it at BB ages ago for $9.99 but I don't think I've ever seen it that low since.

[brushrop03]

$23??? C'mon. This was a pretty low budget movie. $40 million budget and $170 gross worldwide. Highway robbery. Will set an alert for $10.

[balthazar_bee]

Oh, you young'uns.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by BaerGriggs

This might be premature, but this and The Martian are the first films that I'm choosing not to buy solely because there might/will be a 4K version later on. I loved this film but I'm not going to spend $23 on it right now when there will probably be another version coming out soon.

Given how they've proceeded with Blu-ray, I'm not holding my breath for 4K versions of any Disney titles, with Spielberg or without. It's pretty clear that the people in charge of their home entertainment division never really figured out how to exploit Blu-ray to its full potential, so I would assume that they will be one of the last to release UHD titles, if they ever do release any in the first place.