Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump: Chocolate Box Giftset (Widescreen)
$29.98
I love this film and just had to get the Blu-Ray version. It looks crisp and clean as you would expect, but for some strange reason, the rock music soundtrack has vanished. The film's normal soundtrack is there, but when the rock music is supposed to kick in (Vietnam for instance), you hear about half a second then silence. I have to say that it totally ruined the film for me and my wife, as this was such an integral part of the emotions that this film can evoke. I do have this film on normal DVD and I compared the two, just to be sure. I will be returning this copy to Amazon, and will let you know what the outcome is. I wonder if this a single disc fault, or a fault in the copying process for all these discs?

Forrest Gump (Chocolate Box Giftset) [Blu-ray]
$49.99
I love this film and just had to get the Blu-Ray version. It looks crisp and clean as you would expect, but for some strange reason, the rock music soundtrack has vanished. The film's normal soundtrack is there, but when the rock music is supposed to kick in (Vietnam for instance), you hear about half a second then silence. I have to say that it totally ruined the film for me and my wife, as this was such an integral part of the emotions that this film can evoke. I do have this film on normal DVD and I compared the two, just to be sure. I will be returning this copy to Amazon, and will let you know what the outcome is. I wonder if this a single disc fault, or a fault in the copying process for all these discs?

Fight Club [Blu-ray]
$34.99
Maybe I'm a blasphemer for saying this, but I think Fight Club falls short of being as thought-provoking or surprising as others seem to tout it as. Chuck Palahniuk's stuff in general just does not elicit from me any deep or profound thoughts -- not in the slightest; and Fight Club's pop-profundity is kept simple enough for the masses to digest -- the same masses that this movie seems to be poking fun of.
The "plot twist" or "surprise ending" is an old and tired one. The first time I started watching it, I turned it off. Not because of the violence (I've been watching Freddy Kruger since I was in Pampers), but because I knew where it was going. When I decided to give it a full viewing, it turned out I was spot-on. Being that so many people hold this movie to be both sacred and clever -- I thought it would be a lot more creative.
As-is, the movie is only ok. I enjoyed the contrast between the gritty fight club "Superman" version of the narrator, to his "Clark Kent" -- but that contrast was already so clearly defined that it made the ending not only unnecessary, but a huge disappointment. The whole thing may as well have ended with, "and then I woke up."

Forrest Gump (Sapphire Series) [Blu-ray]
$39.99
I love this film and just had to get the Blu-Ray version. It looks crisp and clean as you would expect, but for some strange reason, the rock music soundtrack has vanished. The film's normal soundtrack is there, but when the rock music is supposed to kick in (Vietnam for instance), you hear about half a second then silence. I have to say that it totally ruined the film for me and my wife, as this was such an integral part of the emotions that this film can evoke. I do have this film on normal DVD and I compared the two, just to be sure. I will be returning this copy to Amazon, and will let you know what the outcome is. I wonder if this a single disc fault, or a fault in the copying process for all these discs?