Great Blu-ray clearance in HMV

Basq

Couple of titles at €8.99 including (from the top of my head):

• Public Enemies
• Shaun of The Dead
• Hot Fuzz
• Fast And The Furious (1st)
• Fast & Furious (3rd)
• American Gangster
• Serenity
• King Kong
• Gremlins

Also noticed The Wolfman at €12.99, and The Mummy Trilogy at €20.99.

ScrubsfanChris

Cheers basquille, I already have four of the titles on your list

Not to be pedantic or anyting, but Fast and Furious was the 4th to be released, but time-line wise it is 3rd

Basq

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Cheers basquille, I already have four of the titles on your list

Not to be pedantic or anyting, but Fast and Furious was the 4th to be released, but time-line wise it is 3rd

Ahh.. whatever..

Can't say I watched any after the 1st film. I'm sure it's more quality from Vin "single-expression" Diesel.

I also have a lot of the titles already on DVD (Serenity, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of The Dead and King Kong) and I made a vow to stop double-dipping.

Although I was tempted to pick up 'Public Enemies' for that price. Haven't seen it and it's a great price for a Blu-ray that's not out that long.

Oh.. and the first 'Gremlins' was in it too at €8.99. Have that on DVD also!

Zapp Brannigan

Saw (and bought) Public Enemies the other day after walking past it.

Decent film, not brilliant though.

Basq

Yeah.. don't think i'll bother Zapp.

Great price though at best price online is £10.85 (ex. 99p) delivery from Zavvi / TheHut.com so a saving of almost €6.

Zapp Brannigan

Yeah I wouldn't think you're missing much tbh basq.

Also, Bruno is in the offer for 12.99 (not seen it so I dunno if it's worth that)

Basq

Oh yeah.. now that you mention it, I saw that was in it too alright!

Didn't like Bruno... Borat on the other hand!

moonboy52

if anyone is interested, HMV (uk) are selling Mafia 2 (PC Game being released soon) and the blu-ray of Public Enemies for 24.99GBP

Klingon Hamlet

basquille wrote: »

I also have a lot of the titles already on DVD (Serenity, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of The Dead and King Kong) and I made a vow to stop double-dipping.

As a huge sci-fi fan and a major Serenity fan, let me recommend you get the blu, because:

• The Audio and Visual standards are absolutely fantastic on this disc. Action scenes pop and rumble and it completely blasts away the DVD format.
• The audio commentaries are wonderful, and thanks to Blu you can watch them chatting away on a sofa like the bunch of buddies they are:)

basquille wrote: »

Although I was tempted to pick up 'Public Enemies' for that price. Haven't seen it and it's a great price for a Blu-ray that's not out that long.

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Saw (and bought) Public Enemies the other day after walking past it.

Decent film, not brilliant though.

basquille wrote: »

Yeah.. don't think i'll bother Zapp.

Great price though at best price online is £10.85 (ex. 99p) delivery from Zavvi / TheHut.com so a saving of almost €6.

I read on several sites that the Public Enemies blu-ray is sub-standard. Michael Mann stuck to digital video throughout most of the scenes but there is a serious issue with artifacting, and the audio balance is way off, making it hard to discern dialogue in some scenes. One to avoid TBH. Especially as it was IMHO a very disappointing film anyway!

ScrubsfanChris

Great site for Blu-ray reviews:
http://uk.blu-ray.com/

Make sure to stay on the UK option, as sometimes the region A and B versions can differ.

Basq

Decided to pick up the Blu-ray of Serenity Klingon Hamlet..

.. once I read there was a visual commentary, I was tempted into purchasing.

Although they tried to sell it to me at €10.99 in the Sligo store.. but got it for €8.99 in the end.

Klingon Hamlet

basquille wrote: »

Decided to pick up the Blu-ray of Serenity Klingon Hamlet..

.. once I read there was a visual commentary, I was tempted into purchasing.

Although they tried to sell it to me at €10.99 in the Sligo store.. but got it for €8.99 in the end.

Cheeky buggers! Yeah it's the same as the commentary added to the R1 Special Edition DVD, but with added faces:) And as I said before, for a low-budget sci-fi movie, it really zings on blu. You won't be disappointed.

ShaneU

Bourne Ultimatum is €7

James Forde

Couldn't find anything in Galway

Sad Professor

Klingon Hamlet wrote: »

I read on several sites that the Public Enemies blu-ray is sub-standard. Michael Mann stuck to digital video throughout most of the scenes but there is a serious issue with artifacting, and the audio balance is way off, making it hard to discern dialogue in some scenes.

That's how Mann wanted the film to look and sound. It was the same in the cinema. He used a lot of production sound and pushed the digital cameras a bit too far. The Blu-ray is probably as good as the film is ever going to look. The night photography is incredible though and worth the trade-off in picture quality imo.

ShaneU

I thought the public enemies bluray looked fantastic, especially that gunfight in the woods.

Gregsor

Sale still going on in Newbridge with all the above titles still there,i also picked up Kasabian`s self titled album and Morrissey Years of Refusal both at 99c each :cool:.

Basq

Bump for this!

Lots more added to the Blu-Ray clearance in Sligo.

I picked up the Ocean's Trilogy (Ocean's Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen) for €15

Reg'stoy

Picked up the Blade Runner ultimate final maybe 2 disc edition blu-ray (to add my boxset and dvd) in HMV Blanch for €11 and saw the Watchmen Dr. Manhattan special edition blu-ray (have the standard blu-ray myself) for only €13 which is great value.

Was in powercity Coolock this morning and there was loads of blu-rays going for a tenner, a lot of good titles amoung them; "When we were soldiers" stood out for me.

Just on a personnal note I have 2001 A Space Odyssey on blu-ray and for me it has translated beautifully to blu-ray; for sound and picture it was an absolute WOW.

There was a shed load of Public Enemy blu-rays for €8, giving them away for free with Mafia II PS3 game. Saw The Italian Game (the Caine original not that other muck version) going for less than a tenner if I remember correctly.