i can't agree more. by the way, AMZ UK is going to release CROSS OF IRON, a very brutal war movie made in 1970s. 1 of the best war movie ever made by Sam Peckinpah (the Wild Bunch)

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Added on March 17, 2011, 8:45 pmI just tried to made an order with 3 pre-order-Apocalypse Now, Don't look now & Cross of Iron & 6 available titles. But AMZ UK would only ship all the discs to me together in Jun when all titles available.

I don't think i can wait for 3 months, so i cancel the order.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Mar 17 2011, 08:45 PM


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A YES for me, can't resist any of Robert De Niro movies , highly recommended by me owned the dvd and now it's time to upgrade

Tempting will there be a US release ?

I just checked my records, since 2009, I made 23 orders (contain different quantities of BDs in each order) in Amazon UK and out of total 23 orders, 6 orders had been split into 2 separate shipments.

I'm more than happy to buy from them if the price is right and use the coupons provided for members.

Bro anfieldude,

You are absolutely right. I had the similar fashion of behavior from them last year during Black Friday. The Criterion Collection was on offer at 50% off from retail price. I have placed order like 43-45 copies of various Criterion titles and guess what, 12-13 copies was rejected due to out of stock. And FFS, the stock for those items were sold off within hours. Could recall few title , if im all right, its The Wages Of Fear , Wings Of Desire, M , For All Man Kind , Chungking Express, In The Realm Of The Senses.

Luckily i have managed to grab some like 29 - 31 copies of various titles from Criterion but all arrived within 18-20 days after Black Friday and one was missing for sometime and they have sent a wrong format. Antichrist DVD instead of Antichrist Blu-ray. I was really furious after waiting a month or so, sent me a wrong format of item. Well, after 15 - 20 emails , i managed to get refund for their customer services stupidity and irresponsible manner of handling customer needs. I've got my refund and got a complimentary copy of Antichrist Blu-ray at no charges. That was the 1st time. (Nazmanson might have some comments on this )

And the 2nd incident was during Black Friday too. I ordered 5 copies of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 25th Anniversary Boxset, it was like 12.99 or 13.99 , if i'm not mistaken. They rejected automatically 3 copies and i got 2 out of 5.
I guess they are prioritizing for ****** Americans and not to other Regions. I wouldn't say there are many bad incidents occurred when buying from B&N but i would say its like one off. I have been buying from them since Feb 2010 and all parcels arrives in nice box. Sometime they write a different amount on the box and god knows why!

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Mar 17 2011, 11:41 PM

finally completed the Planet of the Apes saga, just finished Conquest and Battle.

what an experience, those who like scifi films can consider this series.

PQ/AQ are great, decent amount of special features and a very nice boxset!

Iron Man 2 Blu-ray Review

Starting off with Iron Man 2's packaging as it comes with an awesome 2 50GB discs (movie & special features). Next up, the Video..What could i say more than WOW ! Its absolutely stunning , incredible video presentation. The stunning video represented by vibrant colors and the details which are so elegant and strong. I liked the video moments when the girls danced before the Stark Expo kicked off; outstanding!. Its in overall gorgeous looking video and the transfer is excellent. I'm not sure how many would agree with the above , but i definitely couldn't agree if the above wasn't relatively describing the Video elements. Hats off to Paramount!

Some reviews claims that there isn't a single "speck of grain and the transfer has wonderfully lush , film-like appreance" , I Do Not Agree. If you watch closely, the scene where Tony visits Ivan in prision, the entire couple of mins or so scene has light grains although they turn out to be healthy ones. The scene was little dusty , probably cause the way prisons are meant to be under the dim light? Or somethin' else?..not good at describing the elements of the scene further..

The scene at Monaco was one of my favorite, with visual effects and rich colors. Also the CG of the suit in briefcase had stunned me watching! That must have taken them ages to come up with the sort of ideas in film making!. That fight scene never looked cg-like scene. Look more life-like. The CG in the basement has improved compared to Iron Man with more precisely advanced voice recognition effects.

Ok, i would definitely fail at describing Audio part cos with 2.1 setup i would not be able to pen more on the largely stunning audio but im more than satisfied with ...the blasts , occasionally vibrating Sub. Explosions , the CG sound effects are absolutely breathtaking. The climax had its best moments presenting superb sound demo. I loved completely the dialogues in the film, spontanious and made me laugh at some of Robert Downey Jr's jokes (not excessive jokes though). Never had listened much from Scarlett, except final few mins.Not an expert to talk about LFE etc but overall the sound from the sub was and my speakers were amazing. Was making coffee during the climax moments of the film while wanted to make myself freshened up for Liverpool's game tonight , i felt the vibration from my sub on the climax fights ! Damn ..that was wicked cool!

Had no-time chance to watch the Extras but from the look of the back cover, it has some interesting extra's to explore. Will revisit the disc sometime later during my off days. , I've never written such a long review on any movies (perhaps Bollywood ones wasn't this long i suppose). Overall, Iron Man 2 definitely goes into Reference Quality category without a second thought.

Very Highly Recommended.

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Mar 18 2011, 03:24 AM

Thank you so much for providing such in-depth explanation.

At this point in time, I must say that I have yet to have any problem with their shipment except the fact that it has yet to arrive since the BDs were shipped on 25th Feb. Perhaps I have been "pampered" by AMZ all these while which deliver within 9 working days at the latest. This is my first time purchase through B&N and probably be my last given such a lengthy delivery process - I don't mind paying extra USD2 for a quicker delivery by AMZ.

Thanks again for the help.

Well, you gotta give it time with B&N. 25th Feb , should arrive sometime next week.

when brilliant, no doubt that iron man 2 can be considered reference material... however there are too many scenes that the picture becomes soft in comparison to the rest of the film that juuust shys off perfection. grain also becomes apparent in a few scenes with less brightness...but IM2 style of imaging is very close to that of a cinematic experience in the sense that it never feels overly "digitised"(is that even a real word?) that sKyWiR3pT3lTd also pointed out in his review... guess what i'm just saying that it is inconsistent in some areas... but then again, may just be me being picky

no such quibbles with the sound tho. a brilliant mix throughout and not over the top (ala transformers 2)

Some scenes may have appeared soft but its a one off, you wouldn't particularly notice them. Grains? Any particular scenes you noticed? I'm still impressed with the authoring. Its "Digitized".
Never felt it was overly digitized. For such CG movies it may fit into. I was wondering if anyone had the disc lagging during some climax scenes. During the RDJr's birthday party scene? While he visits GP with strawberry?

Could possibly be the disc. Anyway thanks for the supporting comments yonggoh..

Digitised with an "s" unless you're American.

hi ,

my WALKING DEAD SEASON 1 arrived, yes!

with slipcover, tested the picture, very good, the picture grain is natural & intact with good green color. with Dolby True HD 5.1.


update on 198-Mar-2011
just finished the series 1 of WALKING DEAD, good TV series, worth watching with a acceptable season ending. The best season 1 ending I felt is SPARCATUS BLOOD & SANDS S1. good TV series should at least gave us a ending. I love LOST very much, but every season ending is shit, especially the last season.

This post has been edited by johnbluraylover: Mar 20 2011, 08:24 AM

New release definitely has slipcover. It will be sold with slipcover for several months before they strip it off.

Thanks to your previous post, I asked 2Entertainment and they say they will replace our copy but we have to pay the postage. Does that mean we will be advsed to collect at the post office and pay postage there?

This post has been edited by specuvestor: Mar 18 2011, 06:27 PM

That 2Entertainment ask me send back the faulty disc.....hmmm.....I am requesting not sending back now. Haizz.,.

Was browsing a couple a minutes ago and found this fantasy JP Blu-ray Box-set design. Looks kewl!

Fan art? Or for real..?

Its not the real boxset obviously. Its a fan-art. Read this

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Mar 18 2011, 11:21 PM

hi..im new here

soryy.. may i know the shops that sell bluray movies softcopy in klang valley..juz want to watch in media player..
tq

Don't request for illegal downloading or purchasing options. This is not the right place to do so

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Mar 19 2011, 04:57 AM