'The Untouchables' - High-Def Digest review

[jed]

Just posted Peter's review of 'The Untouchables.' He says the film holds up as a very commercial, very entertaining mob picture, and that this Blu-ray release is a solid catalog effort from Paramount. Though the transfer isn't as strong as some of the studio's other recent catalogue titles, the surprise inclusion of a DTS 6.1 soundtrack, and a nice batch of recycled making-of featurettes helps pick up the slack.

Full review here:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/untouchables.html

[bsweetness]

I'm definitely looking forward to this release. My only little nitpick with the review is that Peter kept talking about a 2-disc special edition DVD, but it was only a single disc release (at least in R1). Besides that, it's a good review, and I can't wait to pick this one up.

[fryinpan1]

I like De Niro's performance as Al Capone, but Kevin Costner kind of ruins the movie for me.

[taygan315]

Originally Posted by fryinpan1

I like De Niro's performance as Al Capone, but Kevin Costner kind of ruins the movie for me.

Ditto. I like De Niro in this film, but I think Costner was the wrong choice for this part in this movie. I liked him in WYATT EARP and THE GUARDING was ok. I thought his best movie was JFK. That is about it for me liking Costner movies. I thought he was dull in THE UNTOUCHABLES.

[BlkM383]

Originally Posted by taygan315

Ditto. I like De Niro in this film, but I think Costner was the wrong choice for this part in this movie. I liked him in WYATT EARP and THE GUARDING was ok. I thought his best movie was JFK. That is about it for me liking Costner movies. I thought he was dull in THE UNTOUCHABLES.

Don't forget about Dances with Wolves, I enjoyed that movie with him in it..JFK was a great movie!

[Das Koopa]

Originally Posted by fryinpan1

I like De Niro's performance as Al Capone, but Kevin Costner kind of ruins the movie for me.

wow bought blind even though i cant stand costner i swear i think he is only good in The War and Tin Cup (Chris Griffin i wish i knew how he keep getting work too)

[taygan315]

Originally Posted by Das Koopa

wow bought blind even though i cant stand costner i swear i think he is only good in The War and Tin Cup (Chris Griffin i wish i knew how he keep getting work too)

I forgot about THE WAR. That one was pretty good.

[taygan315]

Originally Posted by BlkM383

Don't forget about Dances with Wolves, I enjoyed that movie with him in it..JFK was a great movie!

I tried to watch WOLVES twice and both times I fell asleep. Never really caught on with that movie. Maybe if I get around to it....nah. I will let that wolf lie. I am glad you enjoyed it, just not for me.

[jackinbox]

Can anyone else confirm that this is indeed DTS-HD HR? It makes no mention of anything other than standard DTS in the packaging or menus.

[ajamils]

Originally Posted by taygan315

I tried to watch WOLVES twice and both times I fell asleep. Never really caught on with that movie. Maybe if I get around to it....nah. I will let that wolf lie. I am glad you enjoyed it, just not for me.

Exactly the same thing happened to me. I tried watching it twice with the wife and both times I fell asleep. Then I decided that I should watch the movie in two sitting and that way I was able to watch it completely in two days.

Good movies but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to long.

[PeteB]

Is this still available? I can't find it anywhere, at least not new, and I'd rather not validate Paramount's BS by relenting to buy their HD DVD version, on sale or not.

[PeteB]

Out of print after just six months???

[Ashamed Pegasus]

Originally Posted by PeteB

Out of print after just six months???

It's out of print because Paramount dropped Blu-ray back in the summer of '07... You can still find it on ebay or you can just wait until Paramount releases it again on Blu-ray...

[PeteB]

Originally Posted by Ashamed Pegasus

It's out of print because Paramount dropped Blu-ray back in the summer of '07...

That's what I was terming "BS", the switch just before Transformers, and the only reason we got the A35 almost immediately after the PS3.

[Clear]

Originally Posted by PeteB

Is this still available? I can't find it anywhere, at least not new, and I'd rather not validate Paramount's BS by relenting to buy their HD DVD version, on sale or not.

check best buys, circuit citys etc

i still find paramount titles behind various movies on the shelves. Today I went shopping and found Black Snake Moan, Disturbia, Dreamgirls and various other paramount titles