Comments on: Sleeping Beauty

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:49:38 +0000

The way I see it, Blu-Ray is really being pushed towards videophiles that absolutely want extras on their DVDs.

So when the choices are a single disc edition DVD with no extras for $14.99, a 2-disc special edition DVD for $22.99, or the superior Blu-Ray edition with all the 2-disc’s extras and more for $27.99-$29.99, then it just makes more sense to pay the difference and buy the Blu-Ray edition if the movie warrants it.

Obviously, I doubt anyone would pay a premium to have “The Love Guru” on Blu-Ray, but “Iron Man” and “Sleeping Beauty” were well-worth it as they look and sound amazing in high def. Laserdisc was really the same way. You bought those “must-have” films in that format.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:59:21 +0000

I haven’t seen Sleeping Beauty in gosh 15 or more years? I may look for it, especially after having read the Castle Waiting HC recently.

On upgrades, I tend to only upgrade on something when it gets a second level. I didn’t get Laser, but jumped at DVD. I tend to do the same with computer operating systems as well. It just has to be something really special otherwise, something I haven’t seen yet from Blueray or the like.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:19:44 +0000

Yes, but (speaking as someone who owns two boxes of them) look at what happened to the laserdisc! I like spending $5-10 on movies instead of $30 and up, and I don’t want to rebuy a bunch of things.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:35:40 +0000

Having just watched the Blu-Ray version, it’s flat out gorgeous. It completely blows away the DVD version in such a way that it’s like comparing a VHS to Laserdisc. It’s that stunning of a difference.

(I played the DVD on an upscale DVD player and had the Blu-Ray in my PS3 and switched the video sources to compare them.)

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:34:59 +0000

Oh, I missed what you were saying. Yes, that’s a valid point. That’s one of the reasons I asked Roger to do this review, to talk about whether an upgrade would be recommended.

By: Dave Rose

Dave Rose — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:23:05 +0000

Don’t get me wrong. I love DVDs – for the extras, picture quality, and size (buying the Batman animated series on VHS took a ton of room!).

I just don’t like to buy items I already have in another form. I’ve done so occasionally, but would rather spend the money on things I don’t have for the most part.

In the case of Sleeping Beauty, I feel the VHS quality is good enough as I don’t re-watch the film often enough to warrant an upgrade.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:15:44 +0000

If that suits you, that’s great, Dave. I find DVDs easier to handle, regardless of the special features.

Kelson, they’re encouraging people to do that, buy the Blu-Ray for later — that’s why it comes with a free regular DVD for now. Me, I’m not that sure I’ll ever upgrade formats.

By: Dave Rose

Dave Rose — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:51:57 +0000

I’m going to sound very retro here, but I’m quite happy with the VHS version of this film.

By: Kelson

Kelson — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:32:08 +0000

Sleeping Beauty is probably my favorite of the classic Disney films. Beauty and the Beast would be my favorite of the modern films.

Of course, given Disney’s tendency to pull their animated features off the market quickly, now I need to decide whether to just get the DVD or grab the Blu-Ray and hang onto it until the day I eventually get an HDTV and a Blu-Ray player.