Glee: The 3D Concert Movie Ultimate Edition (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy)

Ill keep this short.

I actually took my niece to see these guys in concert the day they filmed this and i can tell you absolutely it was one of the best concerts i have ever seen.

Now bear in mind that im a bit of a rock chick and go to donnington park and leeds almost every year that has to tell you something.

My nieces face when she realised where we were on the day was priceless as i didnt tell her where we were going, and i have never seen a kid so excited in my life.

The concert was fantastic, i was happily singing and dancing along with everyone else, and im sure all the little added faux documentary additions will be fab as well.

If you didnt get a chance to go earlier in the year and your little girl/boy is a gleek they will love this.

Perfect christmas pressie for Gleeks everywhere !!

Didn't see the film at the cinema or the live concert so this was a first look.

I really enjoyed the film BUT why isn't the full concert released? I presume another Blu Ray/DVD will appear in the fullness of time to get you to buy it again.

Singing quality is awesome for a live concert - sounded like studio quality but I couldn't see evidence of lipsync and a number of singers threw in extra comments to audience members. Shows just how talented they are! Dancing is also excellent - though often you can't see much of it because the cameras focus on the singers more.

The running time for the film is list as about 1 hour 23 minutes but a large chunk of the film is fans chatting, backstage gossip and nonsense - not to say I didn't think those parts added to the film and were worthwhile in themselves (a couple of really moving and inspiration stories) but it cuts down the amount of music. I haven't measured it but I'd guess there is no more than 45-50 minutes of music.

The editing means that it is obvious that large chunks of the concert are simply cut out and many of the songs that are there are abridged (there are two extra copies of songs in the full performance version) which is a little sad.

For this issue - there are two disks in the pack. The Blu Ray constains the standard and 3D editions of the film (can't comment on the 3D because my TV doesn't support it) but the picture and sound quality of the standard Blu Ray version are very good. As for the CD there is a lot of audience noise but as you can seem them it is less intrusive and you do feel you are at a very lively concert. The drawback of the BR having both versions is that the majority of the extras are not present on the BR disk. The second disk is a DVD version including all the extras (a couple of full length songs and some missing footage of various characters talking to the audience and acting out silly/fun bits - including the hilarious Sue Silvester introductions - she doesn't actually appear in the film). There is also a short behind the scenes featurette. The DVD also includes the necessary info for the digital copy - not sure why but this has to be downloaded and for PC use is 1Gb and the server was very slow - very strange.

Also note that the leaflet with the download code for the digital copy says it will not be available indefinitely. So you may find you buy the digital copy and then can't get it - surely this would break the Trades Description Act since the box is clearly labelled and advertised as containing the digital copy and you don't see the warning until you have broken the seal.

My copy the DVD looks a bit scratched and dusty(seems to play OK though) even though it was still securely fastened in the case on arrival.

All in all I enjoyed the film but it would have been better to have the film plus the full concert without interruptions.

One big gripe - not enough Curt!

From questions people are asking here are some details (shame Amazon can't include this int eh product description):

On the Blu Ray:
Languages are: English 5.1 DTS-HD, English 5.1 (descriptive audio), German 5.1 DTS, Italian 5.1 DTS, Portugese

Subtitles are: English HOH, Spanish, French (Quebec), French, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portugese, Swedish

Region codes (from the disk labels):
DVD - Region 2
Blu Ray - Regions A and B

I purchased this blu-ray as a Christmas present and we were looking forward to a live Glee concert. Instead we were assaulted to a series of songs which appear to be shown out of order (spot some of the costume changes and see what you think), with the most irritating / distracting talking head clips from fans shoe horned inbetween. It also seems some of the performances when performed live had little sketch introductions which have been removed for the purposes of the movie presentation. A few remain as extras on the blu-ray hinting at what might have been.

What happened to the concert we were promised? The performances we do get are really good. They hint at a fantastic live concert. However bad editing from the actual performance to images of the screaming crowd, and fans talking about their favourite character and how Glee changed their lives, was very distracting. Ultimately these moments were fast forwarded through or we skipped to the next chapter anyway to get back to the concert.

Sue Sylvester's introductions to the performances are brilliant but unbelievably are now nothing more than a blu-ray extra when they are clearly the opening to the concert and introductions to some of the other performances such as the Warblers.

We were horrified when one of the Warblers songs was cut short by a child dancing in his living room in front of his TV playing the song from the actual episode, before switching to the actual live performance, at least a few lines into the song. We didn't buy a concert Blu-ray to watch a child dancing in front of his TV!

The truly cheesy, pass a sick bucket, "life stories" should have been extras as should the back stage scenes. This would have added depth to the overall presentation of the Blu-ray without distracting from the actual concert and the live performances. People don't generally buy a live performance DVD/Blu-ray from a pop group and expect most of the performance to be made up of images of the screaming crowd rather than the actual performers during a performance, so why does the editor/director of this movie think it appeals here?

We came away from this concert movie feeling cheated and let down by the show makers. Rather than seeing a live concert it felt like a clip show laughing in our face that we weren't actually able to see the live performance in America. Talk about lining the pockets of the makers of Glee. You have to be a really, really, really hard core Glee fan to enjoy this Blu-ray.