[Hades]

Usual rumour stuff for now, but excellent news if it happens. This would be the ultimate '**** your neighbours off' blu-ray

Blu-ray.com - Rumor: Saving Private Ryan Blu-ray in March

German specialized site Bluray-Disc.de recently gained access to a list of upcoming Blu-ray titles from retail chain Saturn, which included Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan' for March 25, 2010. As usual, this information must be considered unofficial until there is a formal announcement from the studio.

[Doctor Hades]

This will be another one for my collection then. I've seen it on DVD and thoroughly enjoyed it (it was the reason I bought Band of Brothers really) but don't actually own it on disc yet. The BD edition will be just perfect. Hope it comes with tons of extras too.

[Captain_Danger]

Is there a UK or US release pending?

[shand754]

Originally Posted by Captain_Danger

Is there a UK or US release pending?

Errrr read the title of the thread and first post again mate. The word is rumoured

[MarkusThatch]

Demo material potentially but as with most of spielberg's recent output he seems incapable of delivering a good film, just lots of good set pieces.

Much prefer to see the thin red line on blu-ray - beautiful film.

[CJPowers81]

Rumour or not, a film like Saving Private Ryan WILL materialise at some point on Blu-Ray, it just depends on when.

[Beany31]

Will be a must buy for me. Love this film.

[KBD1]

Originally Posted by beany31

will be a must buy for me. Love this film.

+1

[simonblue]

Originally Posted by MarkusThatch

Demo material potentially but as with most of spielberg's recent output he seems incapable of delivering a good film, just lots of good set pieces.

Much prefer to see the thin red line on blu-ray - beautiful film.

Do like Saving Private Ryan.

But The Thin Red Line a great film,love to see both on blu ray

[Rasczak]

I think Saving Private Ryan is a very clever bit of cinema personally - the Omaha landing is certainly excellently managed and a very impressive setpiece. Thereafter though it very much goes downhill IMHO - I think it's disappointing that they had to have Ryan as a hero, i.e. we are introduced to him blowing up a half track, followed by insisting on sticking with his team and subsequent heroic defence of a bridge that the success of the entire Normandy landings hinge upon. Really, in many ways Saving Private Ryan is an old school war movie in a modern (blood and guts) dress. Naturally with the anti-British (Montgomery) dig in as well - we have to preserve Paton's legend don't we?

Will certainly buy it on Blu-ray though - when it's in the bargain bin

[24 P]

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Cheeeaaaah..

Has Apocalypse now been released? This is a war movie that is a must, as some one else posted, Private Ryan is just set pieces, as harrowing as it is, and 1 really stupid thing, yeah I will get me butt kicked for this, the bullets in the water, its a fallacy..
Mythbusters debunked that myth , how far would a bullet travel under water ?..
As much as his movie looked and sounded great, it was just demo material, very light on the story IMO...
Tom Hanks with his arms in the air as the yanks come to save the day, just did not cut it for me..
Too chiche`...

Das Boot is quite good from what I have heard, can't watch it, some thing about being claustrophobic.

Might rent this one when it finally surfaces... SPR...

[RickDastardly]

My all time favourite war movie...Platoon!

Can't wait for that one to come to blu-ray! Might not be as demo-worthy as Saving Private Ryan, but as a film it is absolutely one of my favourites of all time. It's also my most re-watched film (closely followed by Jaws )

[Goooner]

Originally Posted by simonblue

But The Thin Red Line a great film,love to see both on blu ray

I remember when this first came out on DVD, it had an insert inside the case saying that for best results, you needed to have the sound turned up higher than normal. My mrs loved that

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[simonblue]

Originally Posted by Goooner

I remember when this first came out on DVD, it had an insert inside the case saying that for best results, you needed to have the sound turned up higher than normal. My mrs loved that

I remember that,i upgrader mine to the DTS copy when that came out,great soundtrack

[simonblue]

Originally Posted by Rasczak

I think Saving Private Ryan is a very clever bit of cinema personally - the Omaha landing is certainly excellently managed and a very impressive setpiece. Thereafter though it very much goes downhill IMHO - I think it's disappointing that they had to have Ryan as a hero, i.e. we are introduced to him blowing up a half track, followed by insisting on sticking with his team and subsequent heroic defence of a bridge that the success of the entire Normandy landings hinge upon. Really, in many ways Saving Private Ryan is an old school war movie in a modern (blood and guts) dress. Naturally with the anti-British (Montgomery) dig in as well - we have to preserve Paton's legend don't we?

Will certainly buy it on Blu-ray though - when it's in the bargain bin

I think your right,to be fair to the Yanks,they did feel Monty was moving to slow,Caen was suppose to been taken on the first day,but what they didnt know,was that Monty was facing tougher SS units at Caen who were well dung in.
Also its was down to UK films of the war,after the war we starter chuning out films,about how the nice middle classes had won the war,and left the poor old working class tommey out of the picture,those who had done most of the fighting.

[tony brazao]

Originally Posted by Beany31

Will be a must buy for me. Love this film.

^^^ +1 for me too ^^^

[B12]

Originally Posted by Rasczak

I think Saving Private Ryan is a very clever bit of cinema personally - the Omaha landing is certainly excellently managed and a very impressive setpiece. Thereafter though it very much goes downhill IMHO

Spot on observation, when this first came out My jaw dropped at that landing scene, gruesome but probably very realistic, it must have been living hell in real life back then, and Spielberg re-created that very well.

Thank God I've never been called up to do anything like that in my lifetime ... respect is due for those that did, on both sides.

It did go downhill a bit after that, but there were some great moments ... I recall the sniper scene, not as good as the sniper scene in FMJ ... IMHO, but still good, then there was that scene where the German soldier slowly put his knife through the neck of the American soldier while softly and gently talking to him ... and the tank scene towards the end, the sound of it on my mediocre system of the time on DVD put the fear of death into me, it was like I was there.

Its been years since I watched this one so my memory may be fuzzy, but that's as I re-call it.

What does concern me though, when this was released on DVD I read comments from the DVD newsgroup about how grainy the DVD was, the answer was, Spielberg obviously wanted an older historical look, and the answer was probably right ... so don't expect pristine state of the art visual quality for the Blu Ray release is my prediction.

Be interesting to see how it turns out ... I was going to buy FMJ with my other Blu-Ray purchases from Play yesterday, but apparently this transfer is really dire and I'd be as well keeping my DVD?

I reckon, especially since I've not watched SPR for a long time, I'll hold off watching it and buy the Blu Ray too ... its certainly got its moments and the sound always was explosive