Customer Reviews

Grumpy Old Men / Grumpier Old Men (Double Feature) [Blu-ray]

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I owned both of these movies on Laserdisc, long, long ago. And until this Blu Ray was released, that was the only way to see these funny movies in a WIDESCREEN transfer! I was very excited to get this Blu Ray in the mail a few days ago! The transfers look awesome! Very clean, and sharp, and, at LAST, in 16x9 WIDESCREEN.

I do agree with the reviews that I've read, stating most people are kind of upset about being able to own BOTH films for the same price, or less than, the cost paid for Grumpy Old Men on Blu Ray. I too bought the Grumpy Old Men Blu Ray, back in December. I paid $17.99 here on Amazon for it. Then a few weeks later I saw the listing, thanks to High Def Digest ([...]) and was bummed to think I bought 1 film for 17.99, when the pre-list price for BOTH was 17.99! But oh well! I am just EXTREMELY happy to see both of these great films on Blu Ray!

Now I am hoping that FOX will release Out To Sea on Blu Ray! Walter and Jack were the greatest duo in the past 30 years, and are always a joy to watch!!!

Sure this disc is missing the trailers, and there are NO special features. But, if you like the movies, BUY this Blu Ray! You will NOT be disappointed!!!

Although Warner already released Grumpy Old Men on Blu-ray last year and now are technically re-releasing it again, I am pleased that the underrated sequel, Grumpier Old Men finally received a proper widescreen transfer versus the full frame video the DVD versions have had.

The Blu-ray itself, for both films, look as good as they probably can and the audio (both sport DTS-HD Master Audio, with Grumpy has 2.0 channels and Grumpier has 5.1) for both are better than acceptable. Also, both films are on one disc but given there are no features, a 50GB Blu-ray disc easily handles them both.

If you're a fan like I am for both of these films, Warner has set a respectable SRP ($24.98 at the time of this writing) so it very well may reach the $10 mark in the not too distant future. For those who don't appreciate Warner doing this, I understand, but if you can get it on the cheap, then just think of it as getting this sequel and ignore the original (if you already own the stand alone Blu-ray).

Personally, I think it's worth it to get the widescreen transfer at long last...

I was really looking forward to the double feature blu-ray Grumpy/Grumpier package. I returned my first blu-ray copy to Amazon and got an exchange.
Then the second copy had the same audio issue:
the audio on the Grumpy title would only play in French and Spanish, not English.
The Grumpier title had no problem.
So I decided to search the web for any other comments about this. Ah, there was someone else out there. I do have a DTS receiver, but for whatever reason, and I am no rocket scientist, I had to reset my audio out feature on blu ray player to PCM? I don't know. Somehow I managed, and it worked. Since the Grumpy feature is only a 2.0 DTS. while the foreign language was Dolby Digital. Since the track was only 2.0 why did they have to make it DTS? In my opinion the manufacture %#@!ed up on this.
Would love to hear feedback if anyone knows the science. I am so much grumpier since I purchased this disc. But I loved these movies.

Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau are top rate in both of these movies. Wish they were still around to do a trilogy (i.e., Grumpiest Old Men). Will never be a duo like them. Watching these two movies in high-def blu ray is just fantastic.

This is family entertainment at its best.
Each movie has a long list of Wonderful cast members.
As well as some Great footage of the great outdoors.
ENJOY

I have enjoyed these films since their intitial release and I don't think they have ever looked better. You think that Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau looked craggy before, what until you see them now. The detail of the HD transfer is very obvious in the first film when you are able to read the addresses on the ice shacks. A great two-pack at a great price.

two really funny movies, my only complaint is that the picture is so clear that all of their facial wrinkles are visible. kinda gross

The picture quality was better with "Grumpy" than with "Grumpier". But "Grumpier" was still quite viewable, though.

If I could have rated this Blu-Ray lower than one star, I would have. It is unplayable on my system, specifically in conjunction with my Pioneer Elite VSX-03 receiver. As others and I have discovered, the English audio setting (DTS-HD MA 2.0) does not play on Grumpy Old Men (the French and Spanish tracks play just fine). This makes the disc worthless. Some others have found that if they fiddle with the output settings on their Blu-Ray player they can get the audio to work, but that is a ridiculous expectation for WB to make of their customers. I would return this to Amazon, but it is now outside of their 30-day return policy. I will be contacting WB directly and insisting they give me a refund.

Product recieved had no sound on the second side. Amaxon immediatley replaced the product with a good one. Good by Best Buy hello Amazon!