Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ Bringing Up Baby – in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Josh Steinberg]

That’s a very eloquent assessment, Will, one I find myself in agreement with.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I listened to the 1969 Cary Grant Q&A on the Blu-ray, and one of the audience members sounds a STUNNING amount like Jeff Goldblum - vocal tones, vocal patterns, whole thing.

Goldblum was 16 and living in Pittsburgh at the time, so it's highly unlikely it IS him.

But DAMN!

 

[Mark Booth]

'Bringing Up Baby' is available on HBOMax and we watched it today. I don't own the Criterion Blu-ray but the streaming image quality was better than I expected so it may or may not be the newer transfer.

It was my first viewing of the film. I'm sorry to report that, while I enjoyed the overall storyline and the quality of the acting, I was put off by the indecisive and submissive nature of Grant's character. Jesus man, grow a backbone and take control of your destiny instead of letting surrounding circumstances treat you like a doormat. I know it's supposed to be funny, but there's nothing funny about a male character that seems to have lost his testicles.

Needless to say, I will not be buying the Blu-ray.

Mark

 

[roxy1927]

It's a farce comedy character not one that is going to have an arc of growth and development. A recognizable stereotype of the absent minded professor that audiences once immediately understood that Grant plays so beautifully.
I mean you're really serious I assume. Maybe that's why in what's up doc Bogdonovich has O'Neil carrying around his igneous rocks with him.

 

[Nelson Au]

This title must be either extremely popular or supplies are limited due to low replication capability or similar because my copy has been delayed first as Amazon was trying to get stock and now I got notification that shipping has been delayed.

 

[BobO'Link]

I'd say the 50% off Criterion sales (Amazon and B&N) have impacted supplies as much as anything.

 

[Matt Hough]

Since I only had two Criterion titles I wanted this time, I just went ahead and ordered them from Amazon. Both have been delayed.

 

[B-ROLL]

This title must be either extremely popular or supplies are limited due to low replication capability or similar because my copy has been delayed first as Amazon was trying to get stock and now I got notification that shipping has been delayed.

I ordered BUB about a week before it came out from Amazon. I separately some undershirts and two of the newer reduced WA blu-rays. They all arrived a day after release day in a cardboard box that was not down by by the river !

 

[ahollis]

Revived my copy last week. Glad I was not delayed. There must have been a greater demand than they anticipated. That’s good news for future releases.

 

[HawksFord]

I watched my copy of Bringing Up Baby, along with most of the extras, last night. It has been one of my favorite movies since I first saw it and I'm so happy to have it on a Criterion blu-ray.

 

[Nick*Z]

My favorite thing about Bringing Up Baby is that it is peopled totally by eccentrics. There is no one (well, perhaps the aged lawyer) who isn't quirky, hilarious, and endearing.

Oh, I don't know...I think May Robson's Aunt Elizabeth is a fairly level-headed egg - a no-nonsense gal who is confused by her niece's behavior and all but thoroughly disgusted by David's. Very funny stuff indeed.

 

[Nelson Au]

Interesting some of you got your discs pretty quickly and Matt is still waiting too for his Criterion titles. It makes sense the Criterion sale has spurred a lot of orders. I have a notification that it will arrive today, but Amazon still shows it has not shipped yet. I’ll let you know.

 

[roxy1927]

May Robson who had quite a range as evinced by Lady for a Day(an Oscar travesty if there ever was one,) Tom Sawyer and BUB does get a bit nutty later in the film.

 

[Nelson Au]

My copy of the Criterion Bringing Up Baby arrived late in the afternoon yesterday! So that’s cool.

 

[Capt D McMars]

Howard Hawks always delivered, and this is no exception. And the power team of Grant and Hepburn is golrious. I first remember seeing it on TMC, and it seemed to be one of their favorites as well, because it seems to be in their rotation often. It may seen strange to see Cary Grant in a comedy, after films like To Catch a Theif or Soth by southwest.But remember, he was trained in vaudville and even in some earlier films, like Gunga Din, had certain comedic elements. A fun film and one of my favorites Hawks projects.

 

[ScottHM]

It may seen strange to see Cary Grant in a comedy,

Not at all. Why should that seem strange?
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[Capt D McMars]

Not at all. Why should that seem strange?
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for those that have only seen his "leading man" roles forget those of Bringing up Baby or Arsnic and old lace, for example...

 

[ScottHM]

for those that have only seen his "leading man" roles forget those of Bringing up Baby or Arsnic and old lace, for example...

Considering that nine of his last ten films were comedies I think I'll disagree that it seems strange to see him playing comedy.
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[cadavra]

Considering that nine of his last ten films were comedies I think I'll disagree that it seems strange to see him playing comedy.
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And even the tenth, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, isn't exactly Shakespearean tragedy.

 

[Capt D McMars]

Considering that nine of his last ten films were comedies I think I'll disagree that it seems strange to see him playing comedy.
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opinions are like assholes, we all have them, LOL!!!