Identity Thief - 15th July, 2013

[Phil92]

Available in a BD/UV Combo Pack this Summer from Universal Home Entertainment.

Personal notes: I didn't care for it. I love the main stars, but the film dies in the middle and never picks up.



Identity Thief Blu-ray

[FilmFanSam]

Missed this one in the cinemas.

Will pick it up.

[Blu MacReady]

Not see it, like Jason Bateman so thought of blind buy, but even the trailor for this looks unfunny...And thats meant to show the best bits to make you want to see it !

No one I know who has seen it said it was good. Will wait until HMV include this in the 5 for £30 about 4 months after release.

[roshambo]

Originally Posted by Sam McCormack

Missed this one in the cinemas.

Will pick it up.

Can I just ask why? - and this is by no means a jibe or anything like that - but i've just never understood why, when you've not seen something and it's going to be widely available to rent for about a quarter of the purchase price, you would buy it?

Appreciate its probably a collectors mentality, but i've never personally been inclined to purchase something I didn't already love.

[Blu MacReady]

Originally Posted by roshambo

Can I just ask why? - and this is by no means a jibe or anything like that - but i've just never understood why, when you've not seen something and it's going to be widely available to rent for about a quarter of the purchase price, you would buy it?

Appreciate its probably a collectors mentality, but i've never personally been inclined to purchase something I didn't already love.

Not for this film, my post earlier shows I'm not going to just buy this... But you've asked a good question......

For me its a bit of collectors mentality, but also an 'educated guess'. I'll blind buy Die Hard 5 because I love the first 3 and I really did enjoy part 4, fan of Bruce and these kind of action movies. I have the box set so will always want to put part 5 and if they do one part 6 in my collection.

Sometimes I'll buy after reading reviews and going on the actors and genre, I've bought a lot of horror and sci-fi from 70s - 00s.

I could pay £4 to rent first, but I'm a bit like 'I'll probably like this and will want to own it to watch again when I fancy. Its £14.99 so if I rent and like it I'll pay nearly £20 for the inevitable.' I could wait six months after I've rented to pick up the film for a bargin, but at that point its close what it was buying it day one (or preorder as that is a £ or two cheaper).

I didn't buy the Universal Classic Monsters coffin straight away, but when I was hearing it was going OOP and difficult to get etc. I found it online with Sainsburys (£40) and bought it. Never seen any before, wanted this set, wanted to see these etc, but was waiting until price drop, then it was becoming OOP so I paid full price for a blind buy.

In my preorders below, Django. Haven't seen it, ordered through Tesco for £10. Won't pay cinema prices etc for me and the wife when we have a decent system at home and big screen etc, £10 is cheaper then the cinema to find I don't like it but want to see it because I like the directors previous films and same with the actors....If I rent this for £4 and do like it, well it'll cost me £15.99 in HMV + £4 blockbusters. Twice the cost.

Just happens like this for me. Do you only buy films you've seen before and love then ??

[roshambo]

Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Not for this film, my post earlier shows I'm not going to just buy this... But you've asked a good question......

For me its a bit of collectors mentality, but also an 'educated guess'. I'll blind buy Die Hard 5 because I love the first 3 and I really did enjoy part 4, fan of Bruce and these kind of action movies. I have the box set so will always want to put part 5 and if they do one part 6 in my collection.

Sometimes I'll buy after reading reviews and going on the actors and genre, I've bought a lot of horror and sci-fi from 70s - 00s.

I could pay £4 to rent first, but I'm a bit like 'I'll probably like this and will want to own it to watch again when I fancy. Its £14.99 so if I rent and like it I'll pay nearly £20 for the inevitable.' I could wait six months after I've rented to pick up the film for a bargin, but at that point its close what it was buying it day one (or preorder as that is a £ or two cheaper).

I didn't buy the Universal Classic Monsters coffin straight away, but when I was hearing it was going OOP and difficult to get etc. I found it online with Sainsburys (£40) and bought it. Never seen any before, wanted this set, wanted to see these etc, but was waiting until price drop, then it was becoming OOP so I paid full price for a blind buy.

In my preorders below, Django. Haven't seen it, ordered through Tesco for £10. Won't pay cinema prices etc for me and the wife when we have a decent system at home and big screen etc, £10 is cheaper then the cinema to find I don't like it but want to see it because I like the directors previous films and same with the actors....If I rent this for £4 and do like it, well it'll cost me £15.99 in HMV + £4 blockbusters. Twice the cost.

Just happens like this for me. Do you only buy films you've seen before and love then ??

Quite honestly, yes.

Appreciate its purely a personal choice but I'm perfectly happy to rent something, see if I like it, and if I'm inclined to see it again I'll purchase it when it drops to a reasonable price.

A good example is 'This Is 40'; i'm a massive fan of Apatow's films previously (more Knocked Up and Funny People than the Pineapple Express end of the scale) but I missed it in cinemas. When it's released, i'll watch it at home and in the event I like it - and i'm sure I will - i'll purchase at a later date.

But I fully understand the differing mentalities and preferences. I'd never buy on day of release for a film I love, either, as they drop in price so soon after. Some people go nuts for pre-ordering but that's also not for me.

[Blu MacReady]

Originally Posted by roshambo

Quite honestly, yes.

Appreciate its purely a personal choice but I'm perfectly happy to rent something, see if I like it, and if I'm inclined to see it again I'll purchase it when it drops to a reasonable price.

A good example is 'This Is 40'; i'm a massive fan of Apatow's films previously (more Knocked Up and Funny People than the Pineapple Express end of the scale) but I missed it in cinemas. When it's released, i'll watch it at home and in the event I like it - and i'm sure I will - i'll purchase at a later date.

But I fully understand the differing mentalities and preferences. I'd never buy on day of release for a film I love, either, as they drop in price so soon after. Some people go nuts for pre-ordering but that's also not for me.

Trying to lean that way, I only preorder items I am desperate to see or am afraid of going OOP/OOS, not keen on paying scalpers eBay prices.

[roshambo]

Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Trying to lean that way, I only preorder items I am desperate to see or am afraid of going OOP/OOS, not keen on paying scalpers eBay prices.

Yeah, totally understand on limited edition stuff... I remember the heady days of pre-ordering the region 1 DVD of Basic Instinct in the ice case with ice-pick pen!

[KRW1]

Quite possibly the worst film I've seen this year. Jason Bateman is not a guarantee of quality.

[aequalszero]

It was indeed profoundly disappointing. Although I thought McCarthy handled her character's inevitable 'turn' quite well, the movie as a whole was a bit of a non-starter.