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Originally posted by dBrowne:
I was unaware of the HD DVD issue of that film. Thanks. I should have dug a little deeper; being Warner it should have been obvious. I'll grab whichever version is cheapest.
The US Bluray version will probably be the cheaper of the two as the HD DVD version is a combo release, although that would still only make it about $4 more at Amazon I think, and with the pound worth just over two dollars at the moment it may become a choice of which format you think deserves the support.

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As I am forced to choose with BD, Region A makes the most sense to me: more, cheaper, earlier releases and no BFC. Traditionally, Europe has tended to get the fag ends when video formats have been introduced. Hence the Nipponese ps3.
No argument from me there. If Bluray shows itself to be an unstoppable force I`ll jump and wouldn`t dream of anything else other than an imported region A device.

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Both of the above would make it into any of my top film list, particularly Pi, so I was also very keen to see The Fountain. Unfortunately the Aronosfski train derailed on this film - three of us went to see it, all fans of his previous work, and three of us agreed it was truly *awful*. But the strange thing was that I couldn't stop thinking about the film during the following week and as soon as the disc was announced on HD I put in my pre-order
I think people tried to overcomplicate the film, which rendered many writing it off as a pretentious mess. At its core it`s a very simple concept and the film is served best if viewed without trying to analyze everything that`s going on. It is flawed, but I found it quite captivating and again I praise its ambition. It was rare to see something like that come out of a Hollywood studio.

For this to be made for $35million, and this to be made for $64million speaks volumes. Of course the former only made about $10million at the US Box Office, and the latter was a number one release taking $59million so what do I know? frown

I only saw The Fountain once, but I`ve been invited to a special screening of it in June with some of the effects team in attendance to talk about it. Really looking forward to it.