Product: Frequency (2000)
Rating: 5.0
My favourite movie on blu-ray is cheaply done
Review of the $30 Canadian version: The one star refers not to the movie, which for me, is a five-star movie, but rather to the cheaply done blu-ray version of this movie. All the commentaries, extras, subtitles, etc., have been stripped out in this overpriced ($30 USD) Canadian version of the blu-ray, as compared with DVD versions. It's so sad, because I own the American, German, and Czech versions of the movie on DVD, which have all been well done, with all the extras you would expect. This new stripped down no-menu 'your movie will start now' without your control, idea of creating blu-rays is awful! Shame on companies who cheaply do this just to get something quickly out on blu-ray! The whole idea of blu-ray is not just the high def, but also all that available space so that you CAN add other languages, extras, etc. Talk about a waste of space on a blu-ray disc! I have also noticed this same thing with two other blu-rays I've purchased recently, movies I really love: "The Return" and "Dark Water" (all three of these are my most recent blu-ray purchases and seem to indicate a trend, heaven forbid). The movie starts automatically without the ability to go to a menu and when you hit the menu button, you get the "forbidden" sign. If you're lucky enough to have a "pop-up menu" button on your blu-ray player, then you can sometimes get some minimal functionality through that -- but still not much. On this DVD, the entirety of all extras and extra functionality is that you can listen to it in French or English, not even any subtitles! The DVD versions are what you should purchase if you want to have anything beyond that. I'm not sure the high def alone is worth it if all my blu-rays have no extras nor ability to control the little functionality that may exist on them. Update as of 20 April 2012: I see that another version of this movie is coming out on Blu-Ray. It is half the price of the other. Hopefully it will have the extras that were stripped out of the other!Review of the $15 American version: Update as of 10 July 2012: I am SOO pleased with the new blu-ray disc of 2012! It looks like the definition problem has been fixed. Extras have all been added back in. This is the American version, available for half the price ($15.00) of the useless Canadian one. All the wonderful extras of the DVD were added back in. Other languages were added, and to my delight, a Czech language track (I'm currently learning Czech full blast). In short, I've changed my rating back to a 5-star rating and added this update. I'm so glad that those responsible for making this and doing it right this time! Hats off! Thank you...finally.