Good version of a great movie
929684
I hate to call things "classic" because the phrase is overused but Princess Bride qualifies. As old as it is, it's not dated and it remains one of the greatest gentle comedic romance fantasies ever made. The entire cast is marvelous, the script is charming and cracks along nicely, the visuals are sometimes great, sometimes good enough. For those who've only read the book, it's been cropped heavily and some of the framing story has been changed but nothing really affects the overall success of the movie. It appeals to several generations too: watch it with grandma.
440248
One of my favorite movies. Picture quality isn't as great as my previous copy, but stll acceptable,
3481676
This is a great classic movie with a good story. It didn't need all the cgi of today's movies. I like the original just fine and all of the bonus features, but don't think it needed 3 different version disks with minimal changes.

They added a very minuscule scene of the spaceship interior. I could have done without it or they could have made it more interesting. I rarely agree that it is better to leave endings or spaceship interiors to the imaginations of the viewers, although I'm not saying every movie always needs either. I just don't sit around long after the movies elaborately imagining what I might see or what an outcome is or sit and draw up my own story, it's their story and ideas.

They discuss the size of the set being the largest of it's time and how they made mbay scenes and how they chose the cast.

That's all I recall at the moment.
3297795
This is the only version of this story I have seen in movie form, but it is a very good version. Great characters and settings. Some have criticized the focus on slavery that wasn't in the book, but I liked that aspect and made it more realistic.
1163236
I viewed my Blu-Ray copy of the movie and throughly enjoyed it. This product is a good transfer of the cult favorite. The only negative thing was some of the special features, interviews with people, I didn't like. Not for appearence, but they were too odd for me. I did like the original featurette that was included. I like this movie better than the film starring, John Travolta as Edna Turnblad and Michelle Pfiffer. I would have much perferred, Harvey Firestein, recreating his performance from the original Broadway cast. The other thing I do not like about the musical version is changing the character of Velma Von Tussel into a career woman. It was much funnier with Divine as Edna and the station owner. The budget might have been the reason for this. The soundtrack might be viewed by some as inferior, but John Waters explained this in the featurette. Between this version and the musical, I would choose this version, which was truer to the period.
338876
Very good movie...this version gives you the real deal, not the Hollywood version.
3084933
I've enjoyed watching this movie again. I saw it when the movie came out originally and there was parts I had forgotten. Thank you for the memories.
1652968
Great rendition of one of the great tales. Good acting, good story, though kind of choppy in the story line. Stayed true to the book to the best of my recollection.
1546778
I saw this movie recently and loved it.  I went to Amazon to buy it and found a bunch of bad reviews.  After reading several of them, a theme came through.  Those that didn't like it seemed to not like it because it wasn't faithful to the book.  I haven't read the book so I can't speak to that but I have seen the original movie.  It was good too but there are significant differences with this incarnation.  I think this movie is well made with many faces you will recognize.  It is suspenseful, more so than the first movie, in my opinion.  If you can get past the fact this is a lot different than the first movie, you will likely enjoy it. I sure did.
273277
Great movie!  Very good version, one of my two favorite movie versions of the book.  I found it on familytv.com for $12.95.
284746
I love the original movies versus a new version. This is the one to watch!!!
3487727
Even this is a remake of a great novel with some modern adaptations, the story flowed fairly well without any major senseless plot changes that are so prevalent in so many current movies just to get an exciting chase or fight scene in the movie.
The quality of the images are great with and without the 3d fature on.
My only peeve is that it requires the enclosed green and red glasses instead of the common red and blue glasses, so only 4 people can see it in 3D. The nice red and blue glasses we bought for 3D movies so more people can watch 3D movies at one time were useless with this movie.
707989
I recommend it highly for anyone who loved the movie.  It has some great photos and reminders of scenes from the movie especially until it comes out on DVD to actually purchase.
3363421
The movie is based loosely on the original with several differences as expected. It doesn't feel as sinister or scary as the original but that could be due to the fact that in the modern world, most horror elements are easily eliminated from being real life possibilities. We also used to use the dark as a source of horror. Newer movies seem to have gotten away from that.

Either way, this movie is a great as a standalone title and makes for a decent remake. It's definitely worth watching at least once. If nothing else, it's better than every single sequel that came from the original.
838282
This was a very good movie that can be enjoyed by the whole family, even people that have not read the books, however they do not movie along the story line very well making it a little less enjoiable for people that have read the books. But they do include some parts from the book letting the fans see their favorite parts on the screen. This is an  overall very good movie.
3104610
The movie itself is great.  The only thing I knock it down a star for is not having an extended edition of the movie.  All the other extras that are included are great.  The documentary series that runs throughout the course of the ultimate editions gives a great behind the scenes look at the series as a whole, then there are a lot of features that are just specific to this movie.  One of the best parts of the first two UE sets was the option of seeing the extended edition (which essentially just incorporated the deleted scenes into the movie).  You do get the deleted scenes here, but they do now flow as well just seeing them one after another.  That is the only drawback.

As for the movie itself, it is great.  By this time you kind of know how the movies flow as opposed to the books, and just expect that a lot is going to be cut from the books to make the movie.  While it took some getting used to in the first couple movies, I found it to be far less of an issue at this point.  The story introduces three characters that are essential to the rest of the story.  Sirius Black, Lupin, and Wormtail.  Neither of which are what they initially seem to be. Lupin gets the most screen time, and is great as the favorite teacher that takes Harry under his wing to start to prepare him for what lies ahead.  The story continues getting darker and the characters are put in more and more peril.  It is the film where the shift from introducing the world and the characters to getting to the meat of the Harry vs. Voldemort story begins.

The big change in this movie is the addition of Michael Gambon as Dumbledore.  Richard Harris died after making the second movie, and it does take some getting used to.  Gambon plays a far less soft spoken and more eccentric version of Dumbledore.  When I first saw the movie I did not like his version as much, but after this film you get used to him more, and his presence feels more natural by the end of the series.

The lack of an extended version of the film aside, the movie is great, and the extras are very good.  If you can find this for the right price, it is worth adding to your collection.
3994202
Loved the movie years ago and wanted to see how this compared. Very enjoyable with a few changes from the movie.