Re: Gomorra (Italy) Blu-ray/DVD
 

dvdtimes UK BD review

Just got the UK DVD today, which has the same extras as the BR,
Deleted Scenes, Making of documentary, Interviews, Trailer

Another nice read is the following Blu-ray review from...a familiar face in a new place:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies...71&show=review

Re: Gomorra (Italy) Blu-ray/DVD
 

Same here... it won't let me past the "select your state" phase, in both Safari and Firefox. And www.dvd.it doesn't have the blu-ray. Grrrrrr !

Re: Gomorra (Italy) Blu-ray/DVD
 

I was just able to order the GOMORRA Blu-Ray through www.cdbox.it. Shipping for the 1 DVD runs about E17, so I tacked on 3 other (standard DVD) movies I wanted (my regular player is an Oppo region-free), and the total shipping for the Blu-Ray + 3 DVDs was 21 Euros. They also had the cheapest price on the Gomorrah BD that I've seen so far, at 26 Euros. Worth checking out!

Organized crime - the real-life kind - is a very, very bad thing...but I think we already knew that. Maybe I should let it stew for a while, but having just watched GOMORRAH my initial reaction would be to grade it short of the general consensus from critics. I suppose it scores well enough to be marked as a good film, yet at the same time it was a rather dry and detached experience for me. I knew full well what type of film to expect (realistic docu-drama...wrapped with a bow of pre-end credits, statistical text), and I didn't have any difficulty following the multiple characters or with the style of storytelling. And I have great respect for the effort it took to make this film. I just never really got pulled in to the actual movie. While it was reasonably interesting enough, at the same time I could have stopped watching it at any given moment too and not felt like I missed out on anything...as if I were simply channel-surfing away from an organized crime documentary on the History Channel, Discovery Channel, etc. I just didn't feel drawn to any of the characters nor was I overly curious to see how things played out. To fine-toothed comb a couple of things, I thought that the start of the stripper scene was a little gratuitous, more akin to something you'd find in more standard gangster-film fare. Also, the boo moments of violence felt overplayed to some degree. GOMORRAH is a brave piece of filmmaking, but for me not as great a movie as it was for most others. TRAFFIC meets CITY OF GOD seems to be an apt buzz line, yet I'd say it falls short of both the aforementioned films.

Re: Gomorra (Italy) Blu-ray/DVD
 

^^ Interesting review, maybe I'll wait for a possible domestic blu-ray release.

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Flixtime, I think I may end up agreeing with your review -- I'm not crazy about mafia movies -- but I'm curious enough to see it, and it actually costs the same to get the blu-ray from Italy as it does for 2 people to go see the movie in NYC whenever it comes out, so I'll take the leap of faith on this one. :)

We have now entered the stage of rationalization...

:lol:

I expect there is no shortage of like-minded souls around here...myself most certainly included.

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hey, it may seem to be rational, but, in the end, the only rational thing is to base your choices and award your plaudits to films based on their value to you, and not to share them in expectation that they should be regarded as anything other than additional opinions on something people should be choosing in isolation as much as they humanly can. it's only when you know people are influenced by them that you start to deceive and be deceived, i suspect - it's then that it's not just about how you enjoy a film... that's a relationship that is, ultimately, between your brain and the films.