American Gangster on HD DVD, anyone picking this one up?

danger boy
danger boy Posts: 15,722
edited March 2008 in Music & Movies
I liked the movie well enough to go pick this up later today in HD DVD. Dead format or not.. i want this damn movie NOW!!!!
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  • acsubie
    acsubie Posts: 773
    edited February 2008
    im debating make the trip down to CC to pick this up, but i'd rather wait for Beowulf and 30 days of nite being released next week, but i have over $100 on a gift card so still might make the the trip tonite, not to mention i wanna get CC to price match BB's $45 price on the matrix trilogy
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2008
    Blockbuster shipped this one from my queue today; should be here tomorrow :)
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  • Kris Siegel
    Kris Siegel Posts: 309
    edited February 2008
    NetFlix for the win!
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited February 2008
    I saw it at the theater, and I am not sure if I like to own it. Also, it is at full MSRP of $29.99 at BB, a bit less at Amazon, I thought the format is dead? :)

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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited February 2008
    I tried to add to Netflix today. . . nice "very long wait."

    Guess they aren't carrying quite enough inventory given the demise of the format. But, still, that sucks that I'll have to wait or pay to rent/buy elsewhere.

    I've had that happen a bunch on netflix, especially with HD-DVD.
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  • sbpolk
    sbpolk Posts: 644
    edited February 2008
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Blockbuster shipped this one from my queue today; should be here tomorrow :)

    Mine shipped today too. I will post my impressions this weekend!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2008
    AndyGwis wrote: »
    I tried to add to Netflix today. . . nice "very long wait."

    Guess they aren't carrying quite enough inventory given the demise of the format. But, still, that sucks that I'll have to wait or pay to rent/buy elsewhere.

    I've had that happen a bunch on netflix, especially with HD-DVD.

    you can rent my HD DVD i picked up today. :p
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  • sbpolk
    sbpolk Posts: 644
    edited February 2008
    Kris Siegel wrote: »
    NetFlix for the win!

    Ummmmm.... nope! Blockbuster for the win. X2. :D
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  • louthewiz
    louthewiz Posts: 581
    edited February 2008
    It's ok for a rental
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  • Finiti
    Finiti Posts: 10
    edited February 2008
    Hopefully it won't be long before it comes out on Blu-ray.
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited February 2008
    Director's cut on the DVD side but only theatrical cut on the HD? LAME LAME LAME!!!!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2008
    While i like the movie.. the HD DVD picture quality is nearly the same as standard DVD's. WTH? I mean, it only looks slightly better in HD than standard DVD. that bites. esp since it is priced at $29.99
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2008
    Just watched this today, had it sitting on the counter for awhile. Awesome movie, though I didnt like that he was a snitch in the end. Definitely replay title.

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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited March 2008
    Shepardp, some of us haven't seen the movie yet... :)
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    Sami wrote: »
    Shepardp, some of us haven't seen the movie yet... :)

    what are you waiting for? it's a killer movie.. LOL get it killer movie? :p
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  • grif32
    grif32 Posts: 267
    edited March 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    While i like the movie.. the HD DVD picture quality is nearly the same as standard DVD's. WTH? I mean, it only looks slightly better in HD than standard DVD. that bites. esp since it is priced at $29.99

    Are you sure you didnt have the SD side playing? Because the HD side blows away the SD side. No comparison

    also its $17.00 at Walmart for this disc.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited March 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    what are you waiting for? it's a killer movie.. LOL get it killer movie? :p

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  • Roy Munson
    Roy Munson Posts: 886
    edited March 2008
    I finally got around to watching American Gangster tonight on sd dvd [I don't own a hd player] and I have to say it's a great flick! The only bad thing was the pq on sd dvd is not very good, it's either a bad transfer or it's one of those directors choices. I didn't see it in the theater so I don't know how it's supposed to look but it's dark and the colors are very subdued. I'm surprised some didn't like the movie..at almost three hours it went by pretty fast which for me is always a sign of a good movie.

    Highly recommended!
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