Product Details

• Language: French
• Subtitles: English
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002Q4TKZY
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #18,500 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amélie in High Definition, at last!, December 1, 2009

By	D. G. Pratt (Colorado, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I'm going to assume that anyone looking at this listing is familiar with the movie Amélie and will stick to technical details of this release. If you want thoughts about the movie, I suggest taking a look at the 980+ reviews of the DVD: Amélie Suffice to say that this is a "top 5" favorite movie for me, since I first saw it in a theater, or I wouldn't have bothered importing it on Blu-ray Disc.

This Blu-ray Disc was released by Icon in Australia. It comes in a blue Amaray case that is the same height as a regular BD case but is the same thickness as a standard DVD case.

The main menu and movie are in Region A, B, C ("region-free") High Definition and will play on any Blu-ray Disc player. The leading trailers and extras are in standard definition PAL format and will not play correctly on most USA/Canada BD players, except for region-free ones (such as Momitsu, or equivalent).

The disc opens with some copyright screens in high definition (I thought the "don't burn" one was nicely done). These are followed by some PAL trailers that are not watchable on NTSC BD players. The main menu button doesn't work but the trailers can easily be skipped by using the "chapter skip" button on the player remote. That brings you to the main menu, in high definition. The main menu doesn't have a "setup" tab. Instead, when the movie is played, the disc defaults to the lossless DTS-HD Master Audio track with English subtitles "on" (they can be turned off if you wish). Very convenient. (For those folks with front projectors, please note that the subtitles are "Sony-style" and have the top line in the 2.35:1 image and the lower line below the picture. This can be a problem for those using 2.35:1 masked screens.)

I thought the movie was lovely in high definition; I couldn't ask for a better presentation. Perhaps someone with a higher end system can find flaws to criticize but for me, this is what I was hoping for with this purchase. Best of all, this release has the correct English subtitles! The Disney/Miramax DVD release had numerous subtitle errors, some of which changed the meaning of the dialog and led to confusion. Having the correct subtitles is a big plus for me and was the other thing I was hoping for in this release, in addition to a good high def picture.

To sum up: this release of Amélie is gorgeous in high definition and has the correct subtiles. But the extras aren't viewable on most USA/Canada BD players. Since I've already seen the extras on the DVD, I'm happy to have the movie in high def at last. Very pleased with my purchase. I'm giving this BD four stars because the extras and leading trailers can't be viewed on NTSC BD players (they could have converted them to HD). But the movie itself is five stars all the way!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blu-ray at Last ... Everything Plays on LG BD390, January 2, 2010

By	TomT - See all my reviews

I sold my regular DVD before my Blu-ray arrived, and was thinking I'd be out of luck
for everything but the movie.

On a Panasonic DMP-BD30, that is the case. You have to skip over the trailers,
as all you see is Black. When it goes to the menu, you can click on the bonus
features, but again all you see is Black. I would of been OK with this,
as I really like the movie, and was looking forward to HD.

What a surprise, in my LG BD390 ... Trailers, Bonus Features, and the movie ALL play!
(No modifications were done to my player.)

Hopefully the price will come down ... this is a little steep.
But the 3rd party sellers are more reasonable.

...and by the way, it looks phenomenal. Excellent transfer. Single subtitles are below
the picture in the black, and doubles are in the picture & below. Very easy to read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Love This Movie, November 29, 2009

By	Robert Tarantino "TSSINTMovie" (California) - See all my reviews

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First let me say that I own the DVD. When I saw that it had become available on Blu-ray I ordered it. As you can probably tell it is an import from Australia. Because of this, the case is slightly thicker than a normal case. The movie comes as a single disc.

The audio/video transfer was well executed, the movie was gorgeous to begin with, and it's nice to see they managed not to mess this up (unlike "Hero").

The only reason for the 4 stars was that the extras are not 1080p and as a result will not play on my PS3 so I won't be enjoying those.

As with the original, the movie is in French with English subtitles.

As for the movie, very briefly, it is the story of a young woman who goes on a mission to help others despite her own problems.

If I were to classify the story, I'd say romantic comedy with a side of fantasy.

It is an adult movie so there is some nudity, for those who have not seen it.

If you've seen the movie, then you already know this, the jump to blu-ray was worth the $34, for me anyway.

However, as always, rent it first (as a DVD most likely) and decide for yourself.