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The Hangover [Rated/Unrated] [Blu-ray] [2009]

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Great movie, lackluster Bluray

on January 12, 2010

Posted by: jnaks

from Honolulu, HI

The Hangover has been getting rave reviews and many commenters giving it "instant classic" status. So a great movie, but a terrible use of the Blu ray format. There is no insert to speak of, no special packaging, no nothing. You open it up and you get a bluray, no questions asked. If not for the constant price specials on this item, it would be horribly overpriced. The movie itself is decent but the sound, even with the latest codecs, garnishes no real audio sound benefits over dvd.

Speaking of DVD, that is exactly what this Bluray feels like. The amature attempt at a menu still has the hard clipped (and cheap looking) icons of DVD menus. You won't even get a vignette of moving imagery or clips to half amuse you, you'll just get a flat title screen. Extras are also the biggest joke. The highlight of the extras are the "extra photos" from the camera. While entertaining content, it was presented in an incredibly cumbersome and simple manner. I've seen 10 year old movies redone in Bluray with better extra content and highlights than this.

For purists (who could care less about extras) a good buy just for the movie, but you definitely won't be impressed with anything else. For those who buy Blurays for the step-up in quality and extras, not the best buy. Make sure you buy it on sale for under $17 or you're paying a premium for content that isn't there.

What's great about it: Movie/storyline

What's not so great: extras and sound

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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