Product: Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Rating: 3.0
Girls Just Want to be Blu
Got this a day before street date (thanks, UPS!).Actually love this movie...saw it 3 times in the theater when I was in high school, and it's held a special place in my heart ever since. Fun, fluffy, innocent and lively movie with wonderfully appealing performances by Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt. I had this on VHS and DVD, and was so excited to find out that it was coming to blu ray...I pre-ordered it that very day.Now, for my disappointment in the blu ray release.There's no reason for the upgrade from DVD. The same specks, scratches and dirt appear in the film, so no cleanup was done. The sound is a BIT better than the DVD, but not much. And the extras? Only a trailer that is curiously incomplete in comparison to the DVD one. I watched the trailer and immediately noticed something was odd about it on the blu ray...during a couple of moments, the screen went totally black, yet there was still audio..then there was nothing whatsoever with the title of the movie in the trailer. I pulled out my DVD and sure enough, it was different. During the blank spots on the blu ray, the DVD would flash the word "Girls" in light blue neon...and at the end of the trailer was the title with the credits. What would possibly be the reason for omitting this from the blu ray trailer???? It's the TITLE OF THE MOVIE! Just very odd....Anyway, I still love the movie, but I do not see a reason for anyone to upgrade to blu if they already have the DVD (UNLESS you have the version of the DVD that was 1:33 aspect ratio...the previous DVD release was 1:85, as is the blu ray).Side note: What is with the horribly photo-shopped cover? There is nowhere in this movie where Sarah Jessica Parker has that hair style, and her head just looks completely weird and pasted on.