'Bruce Almighty' - High-Def Digest review

[jed]

Just posted Peter's review of 'Bruce Almighty.' While he enjoyed the
film, unfortunately he found this HD DVD release to be a bit reheated,
with the video, audio and supplements all showing their age (even
though the film is only four years old). He concludes that it's still
worth a rent, but diehard Carrey-philes will likely be disappointed to learn
that this isn't one of Universal's best catalog efforts.

Full review here:
http://hddvd.highdefdigest.com/brucealmighty.html

[Iggytx]

Wow, he really thought lowely of it.

[RichGardner]

Though he's married to the beautiful Grace Connelly (Jennifer Aniston), his career as a local TV newscaster is going nowhere.

They weren't married. Just a technicality, but if I didn't catch it someone else would have.

I agree with the review however.

[DSmalls84]

might still get this one because I never had it on dvd and deepdiscount is still doing their sale

[KaneRobot]

For Carrey, aside from 'The Truman Show,' his forays into "legit" moviemaking haven't curried much favor with critics

Eternal Sunshine, anyone?

[willxcore]

Just wanted to say that there are plenty of typos in the review. Not very professional looking.

[Cider X]

A dissapointing release...

[PIHB]

does anybody have this? i wonder if sometimes peter does not just give bad reviews because of mood swings,

[Brad1963]

I don't think Bruce Almighty's transfer is the crime against humanity everybody claims it is. There have been worse. Bruce did not seem that bad in my opinion.

[taygan315]

Movie was o.k. Had some funny parts but overall, not Carrey's best. I think I will pass on this one. Jim Carrey's comedy is growing old on me.

[illegalprelude]

the movie got a 2 1/2 star? eeerrr. this was an awesome comedy

[1080p]

Originally Posted by illegalprelude

the movie got a 2 1/2 star? eeerrr. this was an awesome comedy

Watch it this aint a smackdown thread I gonna run over to the "Bad Intentions" thread now lol

I saw this HD DVD yesterday via rental (thank god )

This was just a bad source used and really should have been reviewed before using it.

I was disapointed in the PQ for it but know that the SD dvd suffered from a less than stellar picture as well. Universal really made a bad judgement with this release but I guess thay didn't have enough time (Maybe) to do a whole new remastering to release it in time for "Evan Almighty"s release.
Problems with this IMO were:
1. Washed out looking colors
2. Blooming contrast in a few scenes
3. Dim whites and black level.

I had this on Pre-order and cancelled once I heard the reviews coming out and now happy i did.



Still happy with my other UNI titles that got less than favorable reviews though
Since I don't see them at all as bad as this one.

[Space_Butler]

Ugh, I can't believe this. I rented it from netflix, but around the scene where he first meets God in the warehouse building, it starts to lock up. The reason was a series of micro-scratches that, together, almost look like an air bubble between the disc pressing, or a white smudge. I reported it damaged, sent it back.

I recieved my newer copy today, and it has the EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I wonder if this is netflix's fault, or if this was a production error, or what. I just want to watch this freaking film the whole way through!

[1080p]

Originally Posted by Space_Butler

Ugh, I can't believe this. I rented it from netflix, but around the scene where he first meets God in the warehouse building, it starts to lock up. The reason was a series of micro-scratches that, together, almost look like an air bubble between the disc pressing, or a white smudge. I reported it damaged, sent it back.

I recieved my newer copy today, and it has the EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I wonder if this is netflix's fault, or if this was a production error, or what. I just want to watch this freaking film the whole way through!

Maybe a bad batch was recieved by Netflix?
I got mine from Blockbuster and It played all the way through.

[MrE]

Originally Posted by Space_Butler

Ugh, I can't believe this. I rented it from netflix, but around the scene where he first meets God in the warehouse building, it starts to lock up. The reason was a series of micro-scratches that, together, almost look like an air bubble between the disc pressing, or a white smudge. I reported it damaged, sent it back.

I recieved my newer copy today, and it has the EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I wonder if this is netflix's fault, or if this was a production error, or what. I just want to watch this freaking film the whole way through!

Maybe they sent back the same disc