Monster’s Ball [Blu-ray]
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 11/04/2008
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars How Much Can You Take?
If you have to see a realistic and horrifically depressing film with great performances - this is it. This tragedy set in a prison community in the racist south is chock full of surprises and shockers. Thornton’s three generational family is a conflictual mess with varying degrees of vicious racism and mental illness. Halle Berry’s family fares no better with tremendous loss of everything and everyone in her life. When the two finally meet, there is a sort of acceptance and redemption on both parts, but its terribly painful to watch. Heath Ledger plays Thornton’s more sensitive son in an underplayed role. Halle Berry bares her soul and her body with a worthiness Oscar rewarded, only to see her disappear into the “X-Men” again! Berry and Thornton have a torrid sex scene that is barely cut only to have him wake up in the morning with his underwear on - only in America!
Now in this blu-ray edition, the colors, crispness and sound is impeccable. The sound is in DTS 5.1 and extras include, Audio Commentary with Director and Writers, four deleted scenes, the featurettes of `On the set’, `Behind the scenes with the producer’, cast and crew interviews, music for the film and the theatrical trailer.
5 Stars Mesmerizing and compeling
When I first saw this film, I was amazed at Halle Berry’s performance. She really “opened up” with her heart wrenching emotions; that stole the show. She deservedly earn the Oscar that year!Monster’s Ball
3 Stars Monster’s Ball - Blu-ray Info
Version: U.S.A / Lionsgate / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-25 / AACS / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:52:42
Movie size: 21,87 GB
Disc size: 24,99 GB
Total bit rate: 25.88 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 20.29 Mbps
DTS-HD Master Audio English 3912 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3912 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English SDH / Spanish
Number of chapters: 16
# Audio Commentary with Director and Writers
# 4 Deleted scenes (SD - 4 minutes)
#Featurettes
–On the set (SD - 4 minutes)
–Behind the scenes with Producer (SD - 18 minutes)
–The cast and crew interviews - (SD - 19 minutes)
#Music for the film (SD - 8 minutes)
#Theatrical trailer
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