{"id":48763,"date":"2013-03-18T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=48763"},"modified":"2017-04-06T08:24:37","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T15:24:37","slug":"bluray-highlights-mar-17-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/bluray-highlights-mar-17-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 17th, 2013 &#8211; I Dreamed a Dream in Time Gone By"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember the days when movies wouldn&#8217;t come to home video until six months to a year after they finished their theatrical runs? Lately, the release windows have shrunken so much that even major, high-profile Oscar nominees hit Blu-ray barely eight weeks after their theatrical opening weekends. Is that a good or bad thing? For someone like me who rarely gets out to the theater anymore, I suppose it&#8217;s very nice indeed.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-422\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_422\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_422_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"798bb355ef\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_multiple_ans_422\" name=\"poll_multiple_ans_422\" value=\"31\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which Blu-rays Interest You This Week (3\/19\/13)?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-422-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3846\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3846\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3846\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8526\/bachelorette.html\">Bachelorette<\/a>' (Starz\/Anchor Bay)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3847\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3847\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3847\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8402\/badlands.html\">Badlands<\/a>' (Criterion)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3848\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3848\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3848\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8373\/baytown_outlaws.html\">The Baytown Outlaws<\/a>' (Peace Arch Trinity)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3849\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3849\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3849\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8446\/big_picture.html\">The Big Picture<\/a>' (MPI)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3850\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3850\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3850\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8238\/company_heroes.html\">Company of Heroes<\/a>' (Sony)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3851\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3851\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3851\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8391\/fatestay_night2.html\">Fate\/Stay Night: Collection 2<\/a>' (Sentai Filmworks)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3852\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3852\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3852\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8560\/gorgo.html\">Gorgo<\/a>' (VCI)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3853\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3853\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3853\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8444\/great_magician.html\">The Great Magician<\/a>' (Well Go USA)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3854\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3854\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3854\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8643\/hobbit_journey_3d.html\">The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - 3D<\/a>' (New Line Cinema)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3855\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3855\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3855\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8626\/hobbit_journey.html\">The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/a>' (New Line Cinema)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3856\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3856\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3856\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8689\/k_perry_part_reissue.html\">Katy Perry: Part of Me (Reissue) <\/a>' (Warner Brothers)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3857\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3857\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3857\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8403\/colonel_blimp.html\">The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp<\/a>' (Criterion)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3858\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3858\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3858\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8521\/love_levon.html\">Love for Levon<\/a>' (Time Life)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3859\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3859\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3859\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8520\/love_levon_combo.html\">Love for Levon (Combo Pack)<\/a>' (Time Life)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3860\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3860\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3860\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8532\/les_mis\u00e9rables_2012.html\">Les Mis\u00e9rables (2012)<\/a>' (Universal \u2013 March 22nd)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3861\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3861\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3861\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8704\/davis_jones_1991.html\">Miles Davis with Quincy Jones &amp; the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux<\/a>' (Eagle Rock)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3862\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3862\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3862\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8458\/nanook_wedding.html\">Nanook of the North \/ The Wedding of Palo<\/a>' (Flicker Alley)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3863\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3863\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3863\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8395\/nude_for_satan.html\">Nude For Satan: Remastered Edition <\/a>' (Kino)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3864\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3864\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3864\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8809\/on_approval.html\">On Approval<\/a>' (Inception Media Group)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3865\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3865\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3865\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8439\/other_son.html\">The Other Son<\/a>' (One)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3866\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3866\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3866\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/7482\/porkys.html\">Porky's<\/a>' (20th Century Fox)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3867\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3867\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3867\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8698\/rust_bone.html\">Rust and Bone<\/a>' (Sony Classics)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3868\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3868\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3868\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8504\/schoolgirl_hitchhikers.html\">Schoolgirl Hitchhikers<\/a>' (Kino Classics)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3869\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3869\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3869\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8457\/shadow_people.html\">Shadow People<\/a>' (Starz\/Anchor Bay)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3870\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3870\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3870\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8380\/straight_as.html\">Straight A's<\/a>' (First Look)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3871\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3871\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3871\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8503\/this_40.html\">This Is 40<\/a>' (Universal \u2013 March 22nd)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3872\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3872\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3872\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8273\/timerider_adventure.html\">Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann<\/a>' (Shout Factory)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3873\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3873\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3873\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8038\/zero_dark_30.html\">Zero Dark Thirty<\/a>' (Sony)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3874\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3874\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3874\">'<a href=\"http:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/8393\/zeta_one.html\">Zeta One: Remastered Edition<\/a>' (Kino)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3875\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3875\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3875\">Other (Tell us in the Comments)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"poll-answer-3876\" name=\"poll_422\" value=\"3876\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-3876\">Nothing for me this week<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(422);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(422); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-422-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<h5>New Releases<\/h5>\n<p>The biggest release this week is, ironically, the one with the smallest lead character. &#8216;<strong>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey<\/strong>&#8216; is of course the first of Peter Jackson&#8217;s &#8216;Lord of the Rings&#8217; prequels. I&#8217;m not sure which was more controversial: Jackson&#8217;s decision to adapt the slenderest of J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s books into a bloated trilogy of three-hour epics, or his decision to shoot the movies in the 48 frames-per-second format, which a significant number of viewers felt made this first one look very cheap and ugly. For better or worse, Blu-ray doesn&#8217;t support 48 fps, so whichever version you buy (2D or 3D) will play back at the standard 24 fps rate that has worked just fine for movies for over a hundred years.<\/p>\n<p>True story: Back when I was in college, a theater major who lived on my dormitory floor played the &#8216;<strong>Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/strong>&#8216; cast soundtrack album over and over and over and over again for months on end. Consequently, I have never had any desire to see that musical, or the new movie based on it. Ever. And I never will. Hearing Russell Crowe growl out some verses in the trailer only reinforced that decision for me.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Kathryn Bigelow&#8217;s &#8216;<strong>Zero Dark Thirty<\/strong>&#8216; (or &#8220;That Osama bin Laden Movie,&#8221; as most people I know in real life call it) seemed to be a lock for the Best Picture Oscar. Then the awards&#8217; momentum swung another direction. Ultimately, it walked away with just one trophy for Sound Editing. I&#8217;m sure that Bigelow can console herself with the Oscar she already has for &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/2807\/hurtlocker.html\">The Hurt Locker<\/a>&#8216; and the fact that, unlike that film, this one actually made some money.<\/p>\n<p>In the French film &#8216;<strong>Rust and Bone<\/strong>&#8216;, Marion Cotillard plays a double-amputee whale trainer who has sex with a kick-boxer. Despite that rather bizarre plot description, the movie is actually supposed to be pretty good. I guess you can make a quality drama out of just about any subject if you put your mind to it. <\/p>\n<p>Judd Apatow describes &#8216;<strong>This Is 40<\/strong>&#8216; as a <em>&#8220;sort-of sequel&#8221;<\/em> to his hit comedy &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/1447\/knockedup.html\">Knocked Up<\/a>&#8216;, but audiences either weren&#8217;t buying it or just weren&#8217;t interested anymore. The movie was a box office disappointment when it opened in December (after having been pushed back from an earlier scheduled release last summer). The 134-minute running time may have had something to do with that. Apatow really needs a good editor willing to stand up to him and curb some of his indulgences.  <\/p>\n<p>In the raunchy comedy &#8216;<strong>Bachelorette<\/strong>&#8216;, Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan play a group of bridesmaids who get a little crazy before their friend&#8217;s wedding. If there were such a thing as truth in advertising, the tag line for the movie should have been: <em>&#8220;Because you liked &#8216;Bridesmaids&#8217;, here&#8217;s another movie exactly like &#8216;Bridesmaids&#8217;. Please give us your money. We really need to eat.&#8221;<\/em> <\/p>\n<h5>Catalog Titles<\/h5>\n<p>The best catalog titles this week come from specialty labels. The Criterion Collection gives us new high-def editions of Terrence Malick&#8217;s debut film &#8216;<strong>Badlands<\/strong>&#8216; and the Powell\/Pressburger masterpiece &#8216;<strong>The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp<\/strong>&#8216;. 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