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post #51 of 74
5/18/07 at 10:12am
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll
Yep. You'd be surprised how many people change their minds about renting this once they learn that.
Reminds me of when I bought "Grizzly Man" used at a Movie Gallery and the clerk said "You know this is a documentary, right?".
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post #52 of 74
5/18/07 at 1:03pm
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Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll
Yep. You'd be surprised how many people change their minds about renting this once they learn that.
You'd be surprised how many people changed their minds about seeing it in the theater once it started and they realized it was in Spanish. I had a bunch of obnoxious people walk out of the showing I went to ("Why isn't this movie in English? Can't they make it in English? Go tell them to turn on the English!"). Yeah, just wow.


(On a side note, I saw a trailer for Verhoven's Black Book the other day, and I think it's the first foreign language trailer I've ever seen that actually has dialogue--subtitled dialogue--in it. It was kind of a surprise since usually trailers for subtitled movies, like Pan's Labyrinth, try as hard as they can to not have any dialogue.)
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post #53 of 74
5/18/07 at 1:58pm
I had to go to 2 Best Buys to try and find this. When I found it I bought the last 2 - Disc set of Pan's and the last Widescreen version of The Fountain.
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post #54 of 74
5/18/07 at 2:43pm
I was in the electronics dept. of Wal-Mart (the only thing open when I got off work last night) picking up a few small things and noticed that all the copies of the 2-disc edition of this were gone.

I was quite surprised by this and don't believe they were recalled, as the regular edition was still stocked.

Has GdT tapped into the American consciousness enough to sell out copies of his newest film (and a foreign title at that) at a Wal-Mart in the Bible Belt?

The plot thickens...
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post #55 of 74
5/18/07 at 3:17pm
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Originally Posted by Rene A. Moncivais
I had to go to 2 Best Buys to try and find this. When I found it I bought the last 2 - Disc set of Pan's and the last Widescreen version of The Fountain.
A little off topic, but I went to Best Buy on Wednesday to pick up The Fountain and there were a grand total of two widescreen copies left in the whole store. I'd love to believe that they sold that many copies, but the realistic side of me just can't believe that.
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post #56 of 74
5/18/07 at 3:57pm
I saw three 2-discs left at the Best Buy I went to today here in Houston.
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post #57 of 74
5/18/07 at 4:13pm
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Originally Posted by Nibblonian
Probably for the same reason that you see teenagers smoking cigarettes despite knowing all the nasty things they do to your lungs - because of the natural human desire to rebel. There are several scenes that set up that Ofelia, in particular, is rebellious, like the fact that she walks off whenever she gets the chance, fucks up her dress (accidentally, but still...), chooses the first lock in the Pale Man's room, etc. etc. It fits in with the theme of choice and disobedience in the film. Del Toro at one point says in the commentary (which you really should give a listen, he goes into far more detail than I can remember) that although there are sometimes negative consequences for her rebellions - such as the Pale Man running after her - she is still pure and innocent enough to truly trust her heart, her impulses, without question in a way that so many of the adults (particularly her mother) can no longer do.
And they were really good grapes.
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post #58 of 74
5/18/07 at 4:46pm
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Originally Posted by BobClark
And they were really good grapes.
They sure were. Did you see how big those fuckers were? As big as her hand.
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post #59 of 74
5/20/07 at 12:24am
All week i resisted the urge to go broke and buy this, because i'm waiting for a HD version.

TELL ME ITS COMING. PLEASE.
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post #60 of 74
5/20/07 at 2:26am
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Originally Posted by MrMushnik
(On a side note, I saw a trailer for Verhoven's Black Book the other day, and I think it's the first foreign language trailer I've ever seen that actually has dialogue--subtitled dialogue--in it. It was kind of a surprise since usually trailers for subtitled movies, like Pan's Labyrinth, try as hard as they can to not have any dialogue.)
Yeah, it's like the studios consider foreign languages a form of leprosy that they're desperate to hide from the consumer. As if the consumer isn't going to find out 5 minutes into the film.
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post #61 of 74
5/20/07 at 4:28pm
And the weird thing is, most of the time, these trailers are attached to prints of foreign films in art theaters, so it's not like they are presenting them to an audience who won't be intrigued.
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post #62 of 74
5/20/07 at 10:28pm
I blindly bought the 2-disc edition of the film never having seen it in theaters (didn't make it near my neck of the woods, unfortunately). Brilliant, brilliant film. It instilled in me the same feeling I get while watching Spielberg's early films, but with a darkness and emotional beating core unlike any other. I may have just watched one of my top 10 films.

I'm still shaken and shocked at its awe and inspiration. This is a fairy tale that can stand head-and-shoulders with any.
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post #63 of 74
5/21/07 at 12:35am
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Originally Posted by Ray Abed
never having seen it in theaters (didn't make it near my neck of the woods, unfortunately).
Same here. The local theater said they weren't going to get it because they usually don't get foreign films. Which of course explains the martial arts films I saw there, like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Iron Monkey, not to mention other foreign films like Brotherhood Of The Wolf. It's also important to note that a week or so before I called the theater to see if they were going to get it, they had Curse Of The Golden Flower and a week after I called they got Letters Fro Iwo Jima.

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Went and rented this at Blockbuster today. The clerk ringing us up leans towards us conspiratorially and says, "You know this is in Spanish, right?"
They did the same thing at my store.

Out of curiosity, anyone have problems with the picture like I did?
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post #64 of 74
5/21/07 at 2:13am
Not I, proably has the second best picture of any standard def dvd I own.

I must say my respect for the 3 amigos grows every day, I just listened to the commentary, and the fact Alfonso put up half the money to finance pre production after the first 2 stabs at financing fell threw is awesome. Also anyone find it odd GDT doent talk about Ivana once during the whole commentary?
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post #65 of 74
5/21/07 at 2:32am
This has been sold out in alot of stores I've went to 2 walmarts and a target
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post #66 of 74
5/21/07 at 10:36am
Saw this for the first time over the weekend and was mildly surprised. Nobody told me this thing had more headshots than 'The Departed.' And that it's a better movie to boot.
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post #67 of 74
5/21/07 at 11:31am
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Originally Posted by Sharpel007
Also anyone find it odd GDT doent talk about Ivana once during the whole commentary?
Didn't think about it at the time, but now that you mention it, it does seem a little odd. I figure it's probably because he was talking nearly the entire running time in the commentary; there were very, very few dead spots to be found.

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This has been sold out in alot of stores I've went to 2 walmarts and a target
While that sucks for you, it's hopefully a sign that it is getting a lot of sales. I don't think it's because they aren't stocking enough, because the Best Buy near me had a huge display case when I bought mine last Tuesday.
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post #68 of 74
5/21/07 at 11:48am
Chris' fantastic review is up here.

I've waited too long for this, I'm going to go pick it up at lunch.
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post #69 of 74
5/21/07 at 12:28pm
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Originally Posted by Alex Riviello
I'm going to go pick it up at lunch.
Don't eat those fucking grapes!
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post #70 of 74
5/22/07 at 4:21pm
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Originally Posted by moovyphreak
That just proves that those who were planning to rent it until they find out it's in Spanish are fucking idiots.

And that Blockbuster is evil corporation trying to cover it's own ass to save the hassle later when they have idiot customers return it saying, "I wuh-ent bought to read no Mexican captions. I want my money back."
As dumb as it may be, some folks just refuse to watch foreign, subtitled films. I don't think it helps when studios release trailers that avoid dialogue or dub what dialogue there is. It's misleading to your average movie-goer and the end-result generally isn't a new-found affection for foreign cinema.

I can't recall but don't most US released foreign films come with the English audio track as default? Assuming the Pan's disc has an English-dubbed track, I don't see why Blockbuster would need to relay to customers the fact that Pan's is a Spanish flick. Let them suffer a far worse fate than reading subtitles.

I thought I had to go in and change the default language/turn on subtitles for a few US released foreign titles.
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post #71 of 74
5/22/07 at 5:46pm
Off the top of my head, the DVD I have for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon plays the English dub as a default. Tartan's 1-disc R1 release of Oldboy does this too, although the 3-disc edition is (thank god) set to the original Korean as the default language. Also, all Miyazaki films apply, of course, being, as they are, handled by Disney, though the dubs for those are usually damn good. Howl's Moving Castle was GREAT.
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post #72 of 74
5/22/07 at 5:52pm
I think its safe to say the Guillermo growing up never wanted a pony.
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post #73 of 74
5/22/07 at 8:44pm
Yeah, GDT says the f bomb better than any other director on commentarys, although Ridley is a close second.
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post #74 of 74
5/23/07 at 6:04pm
Picked up the 2 Disc Pan's Labyrinth the other day....havent had the chance to watch it, but from what I've heard, its a kickass DVD. The extras look great. I LOVE the movie.
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