UHD Review A Star Is Born (2018) UHD Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

The most recent version of A Star Is Born under the direction of star Bradley Cooper is an affecting, mostly well-told show business story featuring outstanding songs and illuminating performances.



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[Todd Erwin]

It should be noted that this is yet another Warner 4K disc that defaults to DTS-HD MA 5.1 rather that Dolby Atmos. It is mind boggling....

 

[dpippel]

I've become so paranoid about this that I check EVERY Atmos disc I play to make sure I've got the good stuff selected. Thanks for the review Matt!

 

[Robert Crawford]

It should be noted that this is yet another Warner 4K disc that defaults to DTS-HD MA 5.1 rather that Dolby Atmos. It is mind boggling....

An old habit of mine, but I always manually set my audio track and also the subtitles if they're available on the disc before playing the movie.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Thanks for the fine review Matt. I've preordered my 4K disc and will be picking it up on Tuesday morning. A fine film that I will revisit for my third viewing of it. The movie looked and sounded fantastic in my second viewing which was in a Dolby Cinema theater.

 

[PMF]

Ah, yes...now, if only WAC would put out "What Price, Hollywood?" on BD;
then all FIVE versions would be finally available.
But, until then, I guess I'll just have to be happy with my Garland, Gaynor, Gaga and Babs.

 

[Scott Merryfield]

An old habit of mine, but I always manually set my audio track and also the subtitles if they're available on the disc before playing the movie.

I do the same thing — all the way back to my DVD days. Too many times a disc defaults to a different audio track than the one I desire.

 

[Todd Erwin]

Very strange - I redeemed my code last night on Movies Anywhere, and it appears this movie is not available, not even to purchase, from Amazon Prime Video.

I wonder if Amazon and Warner are having a feud again, this time over digital titles.

 

[Tino]

Very strange - I redeemed my code last night on Movies Anywhere, and it appears this movie is not available, not even to purchase, from Amazon Prime Video.

I wonder if Amazon and Warner are having a feud again, this time over digital titles.

Not sure about Amazon as I never stream there but it was immediately available in 4K on iTunes and Vudu.

 

[Todd Erwin]

Not sure about Amazon as I never stream there but it was immediately available in 4K on iTunes and Vudu.

Oh, yeah, it's there on all my other MA-linked retail accounts.

 

[Tina_H_V]

Have the 4K Steelbook!!!! Picked it up last night!!!!! Will watch this weekend.

 

[TJPC]

I picked up the regular Blu today at Target (my wife had $15 worth of complementary gift cards, so we paid about $9.00 for it). I was disappointed to discover that the Target exclusive was sold out. I had not realized that they had one.

Was anyone able to secure a copy? How much should I lament that I didn’t get one?

 

[Jake Lipson]

I was disappointed to discover that the Target exclusive was sold out. I had not realized that they had one. Was anyone able to secure a copy? How much should I lament that I didn’t get one?

@Mike Frezon covered this in the Roundup this week.

I don't have one, but as I recall, the listing for the exclusive version on their website (which I can't find now) said that it had "extra content" but didn't say what the extra content was. It also didn't say whether that content was on a disc or tied to a download. When they can't be specific about what the extra content is, I don't feel the need to go chasing after it. My guess based on past Target exclusives is it probably includes a featurette or two, or maybe a Q&A with the cast or something. I used to chase after exclusives but now I'm perfectly content with the basic edition which I have.

Would it have been nice to see what that extra stuff held back for Target is? Sure.. I got the Target exclusive version of La La Land a couple years back, which did have its exclusive content on an actual disc, and it was a taping of a post-screening Q&A somewhere. I found it interesting to watch once but haven't looked at it again. Since the Target version and the basic version were the same price in that case, I was happy to take the Target one. But according to @Mike Frezon 's work in the Roundup, the Target edition is $26.99. That's more than I paid to Amazon for the standard edition, which I thought was already overpriced at $24.96. Even if Target had advertised their exclusive version with more detail, I doubt I would have been willing to pay more for a featurette I'd more than likely only watch once.

So this is a particularly long-winded way of saying I don't know what's on the Target edition for this film, but I doubt I'm missing anything Earth-shattering. YMMV.

 

[TJPC]

Thanks! There is an 8 min. featurette on you tube that may be part of the Target disc.

 

[24fpsNinja]

The Target Exclusive is a 20 minute featurette “Behind The Scenes” on DVD. I’ve watched the first 5 minutes which documents Bradley Cooper learning to play the piano and taking vocal lessons to lower his SPEAKING voice a full octave. Pretty interesting so far.