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Contains 31 discs, thorough of all calm ever formerly released, in serve to over 5 hours of never before seen special features, in a singular and numbered edition.
18 film discs
Harry Potter and a Sorcerer’s Stone Theatrical Version and Extended Cut
Harry Potter and a Chamber of Secrets Theatrical Version and Extended Cut
Harry Potter and a Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and a Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and a Order of a Phoenix
Harry Potter and a Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and a Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2D and 3D Versions
Harry Potter and a Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2D and 3D Versions
13 Special underline discs
Includes mixed specially-produced, collectable memorabilia items, including judgment art, a Map of Hogwarts and many more!
Check behind to this product fact page for serve details.
Coming in 2012.
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Harry Potter and a Sorcerer's Stone
Here's an eventuality film that binds adult to being an event. This filmed chronicle of Harry Potter and a Sorcerer's Stone, blending from a extravagantly renouned book by J.K. Rowling, stunningly brings to life Harry Potter's universe of Hogwarts, a propagandize for immature witches and wizards. The biggest strength of a film comes from a fealty to a novel, and this new cinematic universe is filled with all a sum of Rowling's imagination, interjection to generous sets, elaborate costumes, crafty makeup and visible effects, and a crème de la crème cast, including Maggie Smith, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, and more. Especially excellent is a interplay between Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his schoolmates Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), as good as his protector, a appearing Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane). The second-half adventure--involving a suggested sorcerer's stone--doesn't interpret ideally from page to screen, eventually since of a film's fealty to a novel; this is a box of creation a film for a book's fans, as opposite to a transcending film. Writer Steve Kloves and executive Chris Columbus keep a spooks in check, creation this a constant family film, and with a quick favourite wide-eyed and ready, one can't wait for Harry's return. Ages 8 and up. --Doug Thomas
Harry Potter and a Chamber of Secrets
First sequels are a constant exam of an fast film franchise, and Harry Potter and a Chamber of Secrets passes with drifting colors. Expanding on a intemperate sets, special effects, and grand journey of Harry Potter and a Sorcerer's Stone, Harry's second year during Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry involves a darker, some-more malignant story (parents with younger children beware), commencement with a petrified bodies of several Hogwarts students and enchanting clues heading Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) to a 50-year-old poser in a monster-laden Chamber of Secrets. House elves, squealing mandrakes, hulk spiders, and vicious serpents stock this constant instrumentation (by Sorcerer's Stone executive Chris Columbus and screenwriter Steve Kloves), and Kenneth Branagh delightfully tops a autarchic ancillary expel as a complacent scoundrel Gilderoy Lockhart (be certain to perspective past a credits for a visible punchline during Lockhart's expense). At 161 minutes, a film suffers from miss of abyss and disproportionate pacing, and John Williams' measure mostly reprises determined themes. The young, fast-growing expel offers copiousness compensation, however, as does a late Richard Harris in his final shade coming as Professor Albus Dumbledore. Brimming with cleverness, wonderment, and big-budget splendor, Chamber honors a bequest of J.K. Rowling's novels. --Jeff Shannon
Harry Potter and a Prisoner of Azkaban
Some movie-loving wizards contingency have expel a sorcery spell on Harry Potter and a Prisoner of Azkaban, since it's another grand impact for a Harry Potter franchise. Demonstrating conspicuous flexibility after a arthouse success of Y Tu Mamá También, executive Alfonso Cuarón proves a ideal choice to beam Harry, Hermione, and Ron into fraudulent adolesence as a now 13-year-old students during Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry face a new and daunting challenge: Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has transient from Azkaban prison, and for reasons nonetheless opposite (unless, of course, you've review J.K. Rowling's book, deliberate by many to be a best in a series), he's after Harry in a bid for revenge. This dim and dangerous poser drives a movement while Harry (the fast-growing Daniel Radcliffe) and his third-year Hogwarts classmates learn a drifting hippogriff Buckbeak (a miraculous CGI creature), a good nonetheless puzzling Professor Lupin (David Thewlis), offensive black-robed Dementors, disreputable Peter Pettigrew (Timothy Spall), and a smashing advantage of carrying a Time-Turner usually when we need one. The informed Hogwarts staff earnings in excellent form (including a pleasant Michael Gambon, replacing a late Richard Harris as Dumbledore, and Emma Thompson as a goggle-eyed Sybil Trelawney), and even Julie Christie joins this prestigious prolongation for a brief nonetheless acquire cameo. Technically dazzling, fast-paced, and crowded of Rowling's eternal imagination (loyally blending by ace screenwriter Steve Kloves), The Prisoner of Azkaban is a Potter-movie classic. --Jeff Shannon
Harry Potter and a Goblet of Fire
The latest entrance in a Harry Potter tale could be retitled Fast Times during Hogwarts, where anticipating a date to a winter turn is scarcely as terrifying as worrying about Lord Voldemort's return. Thus, a immature wizards' entrance into adolesence (and find of a conflicting sex) opens adult a abounding mining margin to change out a dim calm in a fourth film (and a stories are usually going to get darker). Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) handily takes a directing reins and eases his immature expel by ungainly expansion spurts into constant immature actors. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe, some-more certain of himself) has his initial lady vanquish on associate tyro Cho Chang (Katie Leung), and has his initial large quarrel with best blossom Ron (Rupert Grint). Meanwhile, Ron's underlying regretful tragedy with Hermione (Emma Watson) comes to a conduct over a winter ball, and when she creates one of those girl-into-woman Cinderella entrances, a boys' reactions prove they've all crossed a threshold.
But don't worry, there's copiousness of necromancy and movement in Goblet of Fire. When a lethal Triwizard Tournament is hosted by Hogwarts, Harry finds his name mysteriously submitted (and chosen) to contest opposite wizards from dual adjacent academies, as good as another Hogwarts student. The foe scenes are distinctively shot, with much-improved CGI effects (particularly a underwater challenge). And a climactic fight with Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes, in a shining bit of casting) is a many stirring yet. Goblet, a initial installment to get a PG-13 rating, contains some assault as good as unfortunate images for kids and some hardly hidden references during passionate awakening (Harry's bath stage in particular). The 2 1/2-hour film, gaunt deliberation it came from a 734-page book, trims out subplots about house-elves (they're not missed) and gives tiny shade time to a customary organisation of a other Potter films, nonetheless adds in some-more of Britain's excellent actors to a cast, such as Brendan Gleeson as Mad-Eye Moody and Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter. Michael Gambon, in his second turn as Professor Dumbledore, still hasn't brought audiences around to his interpretation of a purpose he took over after Richard Harris died, nonetheless it's a tiny blemish in an differently unadulterated adaptation. --Ellen A. Kim
Harry Potter and a Order of a PhoenixAlas! The fifth Harry Potter film has arrived. The time is prolonged past that this can be deliberate a elementary "children's" series--though children and adults comparison will humour it immensely. Starting off from a dim and comfortless culmination of a fourth film, Harry Potter and a Order of a Phoenix starts in a gloomy and angst-filled tinge that carries by a whole 138 mins (the shortest of any HP film notwithstanding being blending from a longest book). Hopes of winning a Quidditch Cup have been transposed by woes like supervision corruption, twisted media spin, and a casualties of war. As a themes have matured, so have a primary characters' behaving abilities. Ron (Rupert Grint), Hermione (Emma Watson), and generally Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) are some-more convincing than ever--in roles that are some-more demanding.
Harry is deeply aggrieved from carrying witnessed Cedric Diggory's murder, nonetheless he will shortly find that this was usually another section in a stability detriment he will endure. Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has returned and, in an try to disguise this disaster from a wizarding public, a Ministry of Magic has teamed adult with a sorceress journal The Daily Prophet to allegation immature Potter and correct Dumbledore (Michael Gambon)--seemingly a usually dual people in a open eye who trust a Dark Lord has returned. With no one else to mount opposite a disagreeable Death Eaters, a Hogwarts headmaster is forced to revitalise his tip anti-Voldemort society, a Order of a Phoenix. This welcomes behind characters like Mad-Eye Moody (Brendan Gleeson), kind Remus Lupin (David Thewlis), kind Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), and guileful Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), and introduces a brief list of intriguing new faces. In a meantime, a semi-psychotic proxy from a Ministry (brilliantly portrayed by Imelda Staunton) has seized energy during Hogwarts, and Harry is forced to form a tip multitude of his own--lest a other immature wizards during his propagandize be left ill-equipped to urge themselves in a appearing fight between good and evil. In addition, Harry is filled with an irregular fury that usually his Godfather Sirius seems to be means to understand.
This film, nonetheless not as frightening as a predecessor, earns a PG-13 rating mostly since of a ever-darkening tone. As always, a constant fans of J.K. Rowling's books will humour outrageous cuts from a strange tract and impression developments, nonetheless make no mistake: this is a good movie. --Jordan Thompson
Harry Potter and a Half-Blood PrinceThe sixth installment of a Harry Potter array starts right where The Order of a Phoenix left off. The wizarding universe is rocked by a news that "He Who Must Not Be Named" has truly returned, and a assembly finally knows that Harry is "the Chosen One"--the usually sorceress who can better Lord Voldemort in a end. Dark army dawn around any corner, and now frequently try to dig a stable walls of Hogwarts School. This is no longer a fun and fascinating universe of sorcery from a initial few books—it's dark, dangerous, and scary.
Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) suspects Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) to be a new Death Eater partisan on a special goal for a Dark Lord. In a meantime, Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) seems to have finally private a hide of privacy from Harry about a dim trail that lies ahead, and instead provides private lessons to get him prepared. It's in these intriguing scenes that a dim past of Tom Riddle (a.k.a. Voldemort) is finally revealed. The actors expel as a opposite immature versions of Riddle (Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Frank Dillane) do an eerily illusory pursuit of portraying a knave as a child. While a prior movies' many new characters could be somewhat overwhelming, usually one new pivotal impression is introduced this time: Professor Horace Slughorn (with a spot-on opening by Jim Broadbent). Within his mind he binds a pivotal tip in a conflict to better a Dark Lord, and Harry is tasked by Dumbledore to expose a memory about Voldemort's darkest weapon--the Horcrux. Despite a prolonged list of distractions, Harry, Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) still try to concentration on being teenagers, and audiences will humour a budding ungainly romances. All of a actors have grown nicely, giving their many convincing performances to date.
More thespian and poignant things go down in this film than any of a predecessors, and a stakes are aloft than ever. The creators have been tasked with a many unfit challenge, as fans of a dear J.K. Rowling book array desperately wish a cinema to constraint a sorcery of a books as closely as possible. Alas, a indicate during that one accepts that these dual mediums are really opposite is a indicate during that one can truly humour these shining adaptations. Harry Potter and a Half-Blood Prince is no exception: it competence be a best film yet. For those who have not review a book, nail-biting party is guaranteed. For those who have, a film does it justice. The pivotal thespian scenes, including a cavern and a intolerable turn in a final chapter, are executed really well. It does a ideal pursuit of environment adult a two-part grand culmination that is to follow. --Jordan Thompson
Harry Potter and a Deathly Hallows, Part IHarry Potter and a Deathly Hallows, Part I is a brooding, slower-paced film than a predecessors, a outcome of being usually one half of a final story (the final book in a array was separate into dual movies, expelled in theaters 8 months apart). Because a penultimate film is all buildup before a final showdown between a teen sorceress and a immorality Voldemort (which does not start until The Deathly Hallows, Part II), Part I is a road-trip movie, a heist film, a lot of exposition, and some-more weight on a 3 immature leads, who adult until now were amply upheld by a revolving doorway of British thesps via a series. Now that all a movement takes place outward Hogwarts--no some-more Potions classes, Gryffindor scarves, or Quidditch matches--Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Emma Watson (Hermione), and Rupert Grint (Ron) shoulder a film roughly wholly on their own. After a near-fatal waylay by Voldemort's Death Eaters, a 3 embark on a query to find and destroy a remaining 5 horcruxes (objects that store pieces of Voldemort's soul). Fortunately, as a story gets some-more grave--and relatives should be warned, there are some scenes too frightening or adult for immature children--so does a intensity. David Yates, who destined a Harry Potter films Order of a Phoenix and The Half-Blood Prince, drags a second half a little, nonetheless right along with some of a slower moments are some touching surprises (Harry heading Hermione in a dance, a lapse of Dobby in a totally non-annoying way). Deathly Hallows, Part I will be a many treacherous for those not informed with a Potter lore, quite in a shorthand approach characters and vernacular wobble in and out. For a rest of us, though, examination these characters over a final decade and observant farewell to a few faces creates it all bittersweet that a finish is nearby (indeed, an early stage in that Hermione casts a spell that creates her Muggle relatives forget her existence, in box she doesn't return, is quite emotional). Despite a challenges, Deathly Hallows, Part I succeeds in what it's many meant to do: smooth your ardour for a grand end to a Harry Potter series. --Ellen A. Kim
Harry Potter and a Deathly Hallows, Part II
The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is a film all Harry Potter fans have waited 10 years to see, and a good news is that it's value a hype--visually stunning, movement packed, true to a book, and mature not usually in a themes and tragedy nonetheless in a behaving by a cast, some of whom had spent half their lives creation Harry Potter movies. Part 2 cuts right to a chase: Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has stolen a Elder Wand, one of a 3 objects compulsory to give someone energy over genocide (a.k.a. a Deathly Hallows), with a vigilant to hunt and kill Harry. Meanwhile, Harry's query to destroy a rest of a Horcruxes (each containing a bit of Voldemort's soul) leads him initial to a stirring (and hilarious--love that Polyjuice Potion!) outing to Gringotts Bank, afterwards behind to Hogwarts, where a fantastic conflict pitting a immature students and professors (a showcase of a British thesps who have stolen any stage of a series: Maggie Smith's McGonagall, Jim Broadbent's Slughorn, David Thewlis's Lupin) opposite a dim army of Dementors, ogres, and Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter, with distant reduction crazy eyes to make this round). As likely all via a saga, Harry also has his final showdown with Voldemort--neither can live while a other survives--though a production of that difficulty competence need a set of crib records to explain. But while any installment has turn gradually grimmer, this culmination is a many offset between light and dim (the dim is quite dark--several informed characters die, with one poignant genocide quite grisly); a amusement is sprinkled in during a many acquire times, interjection to a apt instrumentation by Steve Kloves (who scribed all nonetheless one of a films from J.K. Rowling's books) and instruction by four-time Potter executive David Yates. The climactic lick between Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), capping off a decade of regretful tension, is ideally tuned to their particular relationship, and Daniel Radcliffe has, over a final decade, positively proven he was a right child for a pursuit all along. As Prof. Snape, a many ideal of casting choices in a best-cast authorization of all time, Alan Rickman breaks your heart. Only a addition (and a miss of chemistry between Harry and adore Ginny Weasley, hardly benefaction here) mount a tiny shaky, nonetheless no matter: a many remunerative authorization in film story to date has usually reached a conclusion, and it's finished so but losing a soul. --Ellen A. Kim
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53 of 58 people found a following examination helpful.
By M. G. Pollock
I am a outrageous Harry Potter fan. we am peaceful to spend good income on a severely illusory DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital set, as prolonged as it's indeed worthwhile. Meaning it's full of truly never-before-seen footage and extended versions. This set is usually a re-packaged (and overly-packaged, IMHO) bucket of all else that's already been released. And a price...AYFKM?! Cruel, greedy, lousy, money-mongering, ungrateful--this is what Warner Brothers has turn towards HP fans. The ones who have seen a cinema regularly during a museum and who have already bought all a other HP releases, as good as a ton of a other HP-related products. Thanks, nonetheless no thanks. Give us something we wish and something we truly deserve, and afterwards cost it so that people can indeed buy it nonetheless carrying to feel definitely gouged. As Ron would say, "Bloody hell!"
185 of 224 people found a following examination helpful.
By Joey Gillis
1) NEW cut element - Note a outline says "over 5 hours of never before seen special features". Not secret cut material, usually new features.
2) Extended Editions of all 8 movies. Only cinema 1 and 2, that have already been expelled as extended in a UE, are extended. Again, zero new here.
3) Director's cut of Order of a Phoenix. Sorry- I'm not selling another Harry Potter front until we see this.
4) Digital Copy. The outline promises "UltraViolet Digital Copy" that is a falsification and WB should be sued for it. There is no COPY. There is a digital tide that requires signing adult for another use (UltraViolet) and we can't watch it nonetheless an internet connection. It is not a digital copy.
The above is what it would take for me to buy any new HP sets. Certainly no less. They have padded this with both Blu-ray and DVD copies to supplement some-more discs, and 3-D chronicle of DH2, and a usually new calm is some special features. Basically, we substantially possess all in this box already solely a 5 hours of new features.
Bottom line: not value it. Tell WB to stop being inexpensive and milking this with crap box sets. It's time they gave us something substantial.
64 of 77 people found a following examination helpful.
By Jason
This is really, unequivocally long. It's dictated as a opposite indicate to WB being so deceptive with their sum afterwards seeking such a high price.
Here is a Summary:
* This Collection contains all of a Ultimate Blu-ray sets and 8 DVD movies. That's 31 disks total.
* The "5 hours of unreleased additional features" are a 2 additional facilities disks that would be in a Ultimate sets for film 7 partial 1 and 2. Those haven't been expelled nonetheless so a matter is technically correct.
* The initial dual cinema are extended (by 7 and 13 minutes) and a final dual come in 3D. Everything else is a customary Blu-ray recover of a films.
* There is an 8 partial documentary total by WB that we can get one partial during a time in a Ultimate sets or in it's entirety in this Wizards Collection. That's a bulk of a new additional features.
* The box appears to be cardboard. Really cold and imagination cardboard. They are perplexing to make it collectible by creation it a "limited and numbered edition". As distant as we can tell, there is zero offering (the box or a special contents) that indeed creates a set a collectible. It says we get a map too, nonetheless we can already buy those.
* If we REALLY like additional features, tiny design books, 3D, and don't possess any of a Ultimate sets afterwards we will find a value of this collection to be... Okay.
* It's about $50 some-more than selling all a Ultimate sets individually.
* Look during a box sets expelled in France and we will presumably wish to cry or punch someone when we comprehend how many improved they are. we am not joking. (http://www.amazon.fr/Int%C3%A9grale-Harry-Potter-Blu-ray-sp%C3%A9cifique/dp/B005EOU9LW)
* WB states: "Check behind to this product fact page for serve details."
If we are sitting there with income in palm and wish to know what we are getting, examination on. The rest of we can substantially stop here unless we are a genuine Potter film geek. we hatred spending income and not meaningful what we will get. This examination is dictated to answer that with a minute research as a pretension suggests. we competence be wrong in some places, nonetheless until WB releases some-more information, this is a best we can offer.
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I'll admit, we have been watchful for this set to be released. we bought a Harry Potter 7 book set when all of a books were printed and we dictated to do a same thing when all a cinema had been released. we do already possess a movies. It's a hodge-podge set that inclused mostly DVD's and some Blu-ray that we purchased as any film came out. There are even a few pre-viewed ones in there from a internal video store. we cruise like many people looking during this set, we already possess a cinema on DVD.
I don't mind repurchasing them as, like we mentioned, we dictated to get a easily finished finish set. The "all 8 film finish set" expelled in 2011 didn't cut it though, those were usually a cinema and we have been watchful for a "ultimate book box set" with all a extras and extended cuts. If we wish all 8 cinema on blu-ray, it can be had for $80 right now. The DVD set is $50. You usually get 8 discs, usually a movies. You won't get any all a extras and no extended editions with those sets. The ubiquitous accord when they were expelled was, "don't bother, there is a improved set coming".
The information on a essence of a discs in a ultimate "Wizard's Set" here is sparse, nonetheless lets take a closer look. The calm outline says, "Contains 31 discs, thorough of all calm ever formerly released" and we can usually assume it is fundamentally a total box set of all a prior ultimate sets.
(As distant as we can tell though, that doesn't meant a Full shade versions, appreciate goodness.)
I'll mangle down what was formerly expelled and we cruise some judicious conclusions will arise about what is in this box set. It appears that this compiles all of a Ultimate Edition Blu-ray sets we can now buy and some new additional features.
Harry Potter and a Sorcerer's Stone (Three-Disc Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]
Disc 1 - BD Movie contains strange and extended cut
Disc 2 - BD new documentary Part 1: The Magic Begins and additional features
Disc 3 - DVD additional facilities hoop from strange DVD release
Collectibles include: 48-Page Photo Book with singular images from Years 1-7 and 2 Ultimate Edition Character Cards (Card No. 1: Harry Potter, Card No. 2: Minerva McGonogall)
Harry Potter and a Chamber of Secrets (Three-Disc Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]
Disc 1 - BD Movie contains strange and extended cut
Disc 2 - BD new documentary Part 2: Characters and additional features
Disc 3 - DVD additional facilities hoop from strange DVD release
Disc 4 - digital copy
Collectibles include: 48-page hardcover book, Creating a Characters of Harry Potter with singular images from years 1-7 Two in a array of impression cards
Harry Potter and a Prisoner of Azkaban (Three-Disc Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]
Disc 1 - BD Movie
Disc 2 - BD new documentary Part 3: Magical Creatures and additional features
Disc 3 - DVD additional facilities hoop from strange DVD release
COLLECTIBLES: 48-Page Creatures Photo Book with singular images from years 1-7 Year 3 lenticular label Two in a array of impression cards: Hermione Granger & Sirius Black
Harry Potter and a Goblet of Fire (Ultimate Edition)
Disc 1 - BD Movie
Disc 2 - BD new documentary Part 4: Sound and Music and additional features
Disc 3 - DVD additional facilities hoop from strange DVD release
COLLECTIBLES: 44-Page Sound & Music Photo Book with singular images from years 1-7
Year 4 lenticular label Two in a array of impression cards: Ronald Weasley & Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Downloadable digital copy
Harry Potter and a Order of a Phoenix (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]
Disc 1 - BD Movie
Disc 2 - BD new documentary Part 5: Evolution and additional features
Disc 3 - DVD additional facilities hoop from strange DVD release
COLLECTIBLES: 48-Page Book with Rare Images from Years 1-7 Year 5 Lenticular Card Limited Edition Character Cards #9 Luna Lovegood #10 Dolores Umbridge
Harry Potter and a Half-Blood Prince (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]
Disc 1 - BD Movie
Disc 2 - BD new documentary Part 6: Magical Effects and additional features
Collectibles include: 44-Page Book with Rare Images from Years 1-7 Year 5 Lenticular Card Limited Edition Character Cards: #11 Draco Malfoy & #12 Albus Dumbledore
[The Ultimate Edition set hasn't been expelled for HP 7 tools 1 and 2 yet]
Harry Potter and a Deathly Hallows, Part 1 3D (Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack with Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Copy) [Blu-ray 3D]
Disc 1 - BD Movie
Disc 2 - BD additional features
Disc 3 - BD Movie 3D copy
Disc 4 - Original DVD release
Harry Potter and a Deathly Hallows: Part Two (Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
Disc 1 - BD Movie
Disc 2 - BD additional features
Disc 3 - BD Movie 3D copy
Disc 4 - Original DVD release
The initial dual cinema have extended versions, nonetheless it doesn't sound extrememly critical like a extended LOTR. Sorcerer's Stone gets 7 additional mins and Chamber of Secrets gets 13 additional minutes.
The final dual cinema Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2 are a usually cinema with 3-D versions.
From what we have read, a strange WB press recover on a particular "ultimate" sets claimed that any film was going to get extended cuts, nonetheless usually Chris Columbus total these. Plans to extend a rest seemed to have been cut due to executive division and bill issues. we wouldn't demeanour for this any time shortly (ever?). Which is a shame.
There seems to be an 8-part documentary array called "Creating a World of Harry Potter" that was expelled one territory during a time with any ultimate set. The final dual ultimate sets haven't been released. we can usually assume a final dual tools of a documentary would be in this Wizards Collection.
Unfortunately, distinct a UK release, this does not enclose a digital copy. It is an "Ultraviolet Digital Copy". You can find some-more information on this online, nonetheless fundamentally it is a streaming use we pointer adult for and supplement a cinema to regulating a code. It requires an internet tie to use.
For additional features, as distant as we can tell, cinema 1-5 went to DVD first, a Blu-ray versions were introduced years later. The ultimate sets enclosed a new BD with new additional facilities and afterwards enclosed a strange DVD "disc 2" with a aged additional features. Starting with film 6, Half-Blood Prince, a extras were on BD and DVD. However, review a "2 front Blu-ray" and "3 front DVD" sets. The Blu-ray set total both a aged DVD extras and a new BD extras into a singular BD disc. That will be critical below.
This new box set "Contains 31 discs, thorough of all calm ever formerly released, in serve to over 5 hours of never before seen special features. 18 film discs"
Assuming they recover a same discs as were used in a prior ultimate releases:
2 - BD with film and extended cuts
6 - BD with movie
2 - BD 3-D imitation for a final dual movies
Then add:
8 - Original DVD movies
= 18 film discs
Now that leaves 13 discs for a additional features.
I count 13 additional facilities discs in a sets above. That's 8 BD and 5 DVD.
Remember, this new sorceress set is braggadocio "over 5 hours of never before seen special features". That will approaching be stoical of a few hours of a final dual tools of a 8 partial documentary array and something else. we had nonetheless a additional 5 hours would usually be a new front for a Wizard Collection. After looking closely during what WB did with a Half-Blood Prince Ultimate 2 front set, we altered my mind.
It usually says "5 hours" of new unreleased special features. The Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2 ultimate sets have not been released, nonetheless we cruise they already have a new special facilities Blu-ray front constructed that would seem in a ultimate sets and usually like with film 6, it would mix all a extras into a singular disc. This front will reinstate a aged BD front expelled with a prior Blu-ray sets for film 7 and would have new material. Namely Parts 7 and 8 of a documentary array they had been releasing. Those dual discs together will enclose a 5 additional hours of new facilities in this Wizard Collection. That still adds adult to 13 discs so a math works out as well.
The digital duplicate won't be on a disc. That appears to be all contained within a Ultraviolet streaming service.
Extras:
The ultimate sets already expelled had a array of tiny 44-48 page books that concurrent with a partial of a additional facilities documentary expelled with any movie.
The Wizard Collection information set now says, "Includes mixed specially-produced, collectable [their typo] memorabilia items, including judgment art, a Map of Hogwarts and many more! Check behind to this product fact page for serve details."
I'll assume that will enclose a books. Possibly a cards from a above ultimate sets. Plus a "map of hogwarts" that could unequivocally usually be a Harry Potter Marauder's Map. But it competence not be as vast as a ones on jungle and thinkgeek, who knows? warnerbros.com has no Marauder's Map for sale on their site any more, we can usually assume they pulled all of their batch since it went to this box set release?
You do get a neat fold-out box to enclose everything. As distant as we can tell, this is high peculiarity printed cardboard/paperboard. we have dual issues with it: 1) we can't get to a cinema if there is anything around a box, such as other cinema on a shelf. 2) from a pictures, it looks like a drawers are many too far-reaching for a DVD's contained within and we design to see lots of squandered space.
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Having pronounced all that, do we cruise it is value a money? Well $350 is a lot for this set. The $500 list cost is a joke, it is set that high so they can symbol it down.
WB has previsouly expelled some of these cinema over a dozen times in opposite forms and we cruise 99% of a people looking during this set already have some or all of a movies, substantially a early ones on DVD. Unlike when Star Wars was expelled on Blu-ray, all of these have already been out on Blue-ray and in 3D and a dual extended editions can be found individually. There needs to be adequate new value to make a set value it.
If we wanted to buy all 6 of a ultimate sets and a dual 4 front with 3-D sets of film 7 that we related during above, right now currently (March 2, 2012) from Amazon, it would cost me $312. They operation from $35-$50 a set. If a final dual 3D versions forsaken in cost from about $50 to $35 to compare a rest of them, afterwards we are looking during about $280. Used sets and selling around competence reduce that more. This could be even cheaper if we don't wish 3D, and a lot of people don't judging on 3D TV sales.
That $312 is roughly a cost of this ultimate wizards set. The wizards set adds value with a imagination storage box, a 5 hours of new additional features, and a map (plus presumably something they haven't announced).
If we usually wish a movies, we can get all 8 for $80 on Blu-ray or $50 on DVD.
If we usually wish a extended movies, we can buy a ultimate sets of cinema 1 and 2 for reduction than $40 each.
The digital copies (ultraviolet streaming service) are a fun and we don't cruise them to be adding any value during all.
The miss of extended versions unequivocally hurts a value of this box set in my mind. The usually genuine total value are a new BD additional facilities and a imagination box.
If we unequivocally like additional features, we am going to have to contend that notwithstanding a unequivocally high price, it is about a same as selling all a ultimate sets adult away and competence be value a money. The Ultimate sets and Wizards Collection will have 8 BD value of additional facilities not seen on a 2 front DVD and BD releases (assuming they recover a ultimate sets for a final dual movies). However, we am not saying a lot of value total over what we already own. we have a final dual cinema in Blu-Ray and could get a initial 6 ultimate sets for $210 and be flattering happy. we would usually be blank out on 5 hours of additional features, a box, a map, and 3D chronicle of a final dual movies. we would be profitable $140 reduction than a stream pre-order cost for this Wizard Set.
If we don't like extras, nonetheless wish Blu-Ray, we can get those cinema for $80 and if we have all of a 2 front DVD collections we will have 20 of a 31 discs contained in this set.
At $350 for a Wizard set, we are profitable $43 for any ultimate set. Or to put that another way, if we could find any ultimate set for $35 and bought 8 of them, we would be profitable a additional $70 for a imagination box and map contained in this Wizard Collection.
Realistically, if this new wizards set was around $250 we would cruise it a good value (that would be like removing any ultimate set for $31 and a giveaway additional storage box). Box sets like these are generally approaching to have some bulk assets over selling all individually, nonetheless we cruise WB is looking to emanate a collectors object and lift a price, even nonetheless a essence don't aver that treatment. To make it a genuine collectors item, there needs to be something here besides a label storage box that we can't get anywhere else. In a stream announcement, there isn't.
At a $350 cost we am some-more heedful about a purchase. At $500 we wouldn't even cruise a purchase. Even nonetheless we waited to buy this set, we don't know if we will. Perhaps a some-more minute central proclamation with sum creation it sound like an tangible collectible object will lean my decision.
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One final thing. They unequivocally could have done a box nicer. we don't meant that as sad thinking. Check out what was ALREADY expelled in France (for about $250 USD). Both of these, even now, can be found second palm for around $500USD and import shipping.
A wooden box with a drawer on front to reason a cinema (no folding out sides) and a mount for holding a Elder wand (included). Also all 8 films in Blu-ray and 3 reward discs. This set is grand and we unequivocally wish we could have one.
Intégrale Harry Potter 11 Blu-ray - Edition limitée spécifique Amazon.fr
http://www.amazon.fr/Int%C3%A9grale-Harry-Potter-Blu-ray-sp%C3%A9cifique/dp/B005EOU9LW
This one has Hogwarts Castle creosote palm embellished with plexiglass cover and a good wooden drawer containing all 6 of a ultimate book Blu-ray sets underneath.
Coffret Intégrale Harry Potter 1 à 6 - Edition Prestige limitée Château de Poudlard [Blu-ray]
http://www.amazon.fr/Coffret-Intégrale-Harry-Potter-Prestige/dp/B002AKKFSU
If they had done a good heirloom box like these, even if a wand mount didn't come with a wand (you can buy a Harry Potter Official Collector's Wand - The Elder Wand for about $25) we could see A LOT some-more value in a sets and it would be a genuine good collectible approach to store a movies.
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