The most badly reviewed but one of the biggest earning movies of 2009 is Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen. I think the movie is a piece of crap. But, weirdly enough, I am still looking forward to buying the Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen Blu-ray when it gets released on October 20 (blame my five year old son who absolutely loved the movie).
The Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen two-disc Blu-ray and DVD editions will have more than three hours of comprehensive special features that will give viewers a wonderful view of the world of Transformers. Aside from the by-now requisite commentary, expect a documentary of the making of the movie that covers all of its aspects — from conceptualization to special effects to coordination with the US military. There are also multi-angle breakdowns of pivotal scenes, which budding directors will surely appreciate.
Blu-ray & Oscar Winners
I can still remember back when it was Betamax, then it was VHS, then VCDs, DVDs and now HD DVD and Blu-ray. I guess they got sick of the acronyms. Am glad in a really shallow kind of way because Blu-ray does sound better. Anyway what really does make Blu-ray better than DVDs is not the name but the fact that it uses a a blue-violet laser to read and write data instead of red laser. What this means is that the wavelength of the laser is much shorter making the writing of the data more precise. The other result is that it allows for more data to be stored in the same disc size, hence the extra features in Blu-ray discs or the higher definition of the movies.
Oh and in case you’re wondering which of the Oscar winners are already available in Blu-ray here’s a short list from Blu-ray.com.
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
The Reader
The Dark Knight
Man on Wire
The Duchess
Wall-E
Vicky Christina Barcelona
As for the rest, most have already announced upcoming releases.
The Dark Knight Breaking Records Yet Again
Even before the Dark Knight came out, the hype reached immense proportions. Some people say that it was because of the untimely passing away of Heath Ledger – and that certainly is one of the critical factors. However, no one in his right mind can deny that the movie was a big hit on its own. The acting was superb, the effects magnificent, the story great. The result was that it broke box office records – not surprisingly.
It is also thus not a surprise that, not long after the movie’s release in DVD and Blu Ray, it is breaking records one more time. It was released on Tuesday in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. After the first day of being in the market, the figures that were tallied amounted to 3 million copies. Right now, the current record holder is Iron Man – another high profile movie that did not fail to impress – with a 7.2 million DVD and Blu Ray debut week. With almost half of that number in the bag within a day, it is thus safe to project that The Dark Knight will surpass that figure within its first week.
With the Oscars just around the corner, the sales of the DVD and Blu Ray copies just might skyrocket even more. If The Dark Knight receives a good number of nominations – which many (including yours truly) think will happen, the sales are sure to go up even more. So what about you, have you gotten your copy yet?