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yaboywoo

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Picked this up today on R1 dvd...apparently the UK dvd is not out until April.

It's very good...but it's not really the cutesy, cutesy kiddie orientated fare that Pixar are generally known for.

Primarily the story revolves around a rather sad and cantankerous old man, though he is thrown together with a little fat kid on his adventure, and there are some amusing talking dogs.

It has a rather surreal quality to it...I kept thinking that it was all happening in the old mans head, especially because of the rather affecting opening sequence.

Visually, it's as good as anything Pixar have ever done, and has some great subtle touches, not so much laugh out loud humour to be expected from the usual animated fare. There is also a touch of melancholy about the movie...I could see children being a little distracted by it, but for adults there is certainly a lot to enjoy and appreciate here.

Got to say a word also for one of the Pixar shorts on the disc, Partly Cloudy - certainly one of the best they have done in a very long while.
 
You should have got the Bluray - I believe you get a dvd with that anyway

Even if you're not multiregion for Bluray you may as well have bought it
 
The blu ray is not region free, and I don't have a multi region blu ray player.

Plus I figured that if I like it enough I may upgrade to the UK blu ray when that eventually comes out, and offload the DVD.

Another factor is that there are tendencies to do special editions on blu ray with additional dvd's, digital copies and all sorts of 'interactive' extras and games...none of which frankly excites me much. No use whatsoever for a digital copy, a dvd I may pass on to a friend, but the sort of extras that come with Pixar movies (apart from the shorts) are really aimed at the very young.
 
Bugger! April is a long time away. i wanted to get this for my niece for Christmas (i still might on r1 dvd for her - i'll check with our Karen if they have a multi-region)

and i wanted it on blu-ray for me - so bugger! that i cant get that as the non multi region bluray does not fit in to my plans of a ps3 for december. oh well!

i do love this film though. suprised they hadnt got their act together for a Christmas realise like Wall-E lasy year. i do appreciate that isnt possible as it was only realised in October in uk cinemas - which brings me to the statement - why exactly was that? why such a late realise over in UK? NZ got it in September. in these days of international date realising mainly being at the same time - i am suprised this film got such a late date.
 
oh yes - i realise, its pretty easy to convert them. will speak to sister. I aint even sure if my niece wants the dvd!
cheers.

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I know that the distributor for Disney in the UK didn't want it to be released anywhere near Harry Potter. Beyond that I don't know.
 
The distributor for Disney in the UK is Disney.

Up was released on R1 around the time it hit cinemas here so there was always going to be a gap between the US and UK releases.

Most films now arrive in the UK and and US at the same time to put people off importing , but Disney sometimes have these delays as they catch US holidays and then will use the delay to guage US reaction in order to change the UK marketing campaign if necessary and in the past films that dont go down too well in the US will have their UK cinema releases cancelled altogether
 
You're taking a monolithic view of how Disney (or any major studio) operates. Nomenclature aside I made the distributor distinction for an important reason. Many people have the misconception that these decisions are made around some table in California. That is not what happens. The decision on a release date is for all intents and purposes made by those charged with marketing the product. You'd have to go back to the paleolithic era in film to have Hollywood studios micromanaging for what is to them marketing minutiae. Rather, what we have are British clients working for Disney making decisions on behalf of the UK/Ireland market. Nominally, studios have leverage and give guidelines but the people that know the market best make the decision (i.e. those in the market). When asked about a UK release date for Wall-E Lasseter a couple years ago deferred to "our people in Britain." I do know that prior to the decision on a release for Up that it was said that Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK (that would be our distributor) were looking to give Harry Potter a wide berth.

UP had a staggered release throughout the world. Many places around the globe had the opportunity to see it in the summer not long after release in North America. It came down to what each marketing/distribution arm decided was best for their markets.
 
Not sure where you get that opinion from.

Before dvd arrived staggered releases in the US and UK were the norm because there was no reason not to.

With US VHS being NTSC there was very little importing.

US response was always taken into account when deciding whether changes were needed in the UK.

DVD and the internet changed everything.
Not only did it allow importers the chance to get films early it also gave the pirates the chance to sell copies of films that were only just appearing in the UK.

Gradually over the last 10 years the staggered release practice has mostly ended and very few blockbusters have earlier releases in the US than they do in the UK.(on dvd anyway)

Up is a rarity in that happening
 
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