{"id":7352,"date":"2014-05-29T08:44:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T15:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=7352"},"modified":"2022-01-01T09:38:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T17:38:07","slug":"review-endlesslove-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2014\/05\/review-endlesslove-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Endless Love Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Endless Love<\/em><\/strong> actually isn\u2019t a terrible film (not exactly the highest praise, I know) where the two leads at least have some good chemistry and Bruce Greenwood is a lot of fun even if his character becomes a caricature by the end. It\u2019s the typical love story seen numerous time but it\u2019s not all bad and at least watchable if not also safe and forgettable.<\/p>\n

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Endless Love<\/span>
\n(2014)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Romance, Drama
\nUniversal | PG13 \u2013 105 min. \u2013 $34.98 | May 27, 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nDirected by: <\/strong>Shana Feste
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Scott Spencer (novel); Shana Feste and Joshua Safran (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Alex Pettyfer, Gabriella Wilde, Bruce Greenwood, Joely Richardson, Robert PatrickDISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>Featurette, Deleted Scenes, DVD Copy, Digital Copy
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), French (DTS 5.1), Spanish (DTS 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>40.0 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Another year and another remake but in this case, from what I\u2019ve sampled of the 1981 version (via The Cinema Snob) starring Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt, Endless Love<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t going to trample on a classic or anything and this version at least somewhat marks an improvements, so it at least has that going for it.<\/p>\n

Jade Butterfield (GABRIELLA WILDE) is a reclusive yet gorgeous teen just graduating from high school. She spent most of the past formidable years either buried in a book or hanging out with her parents. But there\u2019s one young man who has had his eye on her. David Elliot (ALEX PETTYFUR) has had a crush on Jade for years yet never worked up the courage to ask her out (teen clich\u00e9 #20) but the pair manage to talk and sparks apparently fly (teen clich\u00e9 #122).<\/p>\n

David\u2019s fortunes further change while at working as a valet when she \u2013 along with dad Hugh (BRUCE GREENWOOD), mom Anne (JOELY RICHARDSON) and brother Keith (RHYS WAKEFIELD) \u2013 go to the restaurant for a post-graduation brunch. The Butterfield family is tight-knit and the father controlling but they also have a tragic past with the death of a son and brother who died from cancer a couple years earlier. David and Jade strike up a conversation and against her better judgment joins David and his best friend Mace (DAYO OKENLYL) on a joy ride in the car of a rich douche bag. David takes the full brunt of the blame and gets fired, content with working in the auto garage owned and run by his father (ROBERT PATRICK).<\/p>\n

Having felt alive for the first time in a long while, Jade is quickly falling for David, and vice versa, much to the chagrin of her father but David charms his way into the heart of Anne and soon enough is invited to dinner and gets the third degree from Jade\u2019s dad. But the love might be short lived as Jade is set to attend Brown University where she\u2019s studying to become a doctor, like her father, and David and Jade are determined to make the most of the time they have left. Jade\u2019s father doesn\u2019t like the direction his daughter is taking believing she might jeopardize her future for some fledgling love while the rest of his family apparently have changed for the better with Anne wanting to write again and Keith finding inspiration and proposing to his longtime girlfriend.<\/p>\n

This is really your typical romantic-drama. As the trailers have advertised, it\u2019s from the producer of The Vow<\/em> and has the same amount of sap that will resonate with women, and many men as well, that no doubt gives an unrealistic view of relationships and love, yet even I have to admit, it kind of works even if it\u2019s unbelievably predictable at every turn from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

One thing that did really irk me had to with the characters and in particular, Mace. As I mentioned, David takes the blame for the joy ride but later in the movie when David, Mace, Jade and other friends go into a zoo, with the help of one of Mace\u2019s friends who works there, the cops are called (by David\u2019s jealous ex), David once again volunteers, offering to throw the police off the trail allowing Jade and the rest to escape. Ok, so here\u2019s the thing: this was Mace\u2019s idea which David was resistant to, so why didn\u2019t Mace interject and help his friend escape? I realize plotwise it would then lead to an altercation with Jade\u2019s father, one that would further make him look like an ass, but it doesn\u2019t make Mace look very good… It\u2019s a minor quibble, but one that did annoy me.<\/p>\n

Aside from that, the performances are fine with Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde having enough on-screen chemistry to keep the predictable and overwrought screenplay together. Their characters are a bit too whimsy in nature but I enjoyed seeing them with Wilde playing up the pretty girl next door and Pettyfer and his superhero chiseled chin is picture perfect for the genre.<\/p>\n

As for the rest, Bruce Greenwood unfortunately gets the thankless job of being the d-bag; at first his concerns are reasonable but the writers needed to makine him a bigger ass and ratchet up his antagonism toward David thus giving the audience even better reason to root for David and Jade. Joely Richardson works well opposite Greenwood as you feel her heartache as their characters\u2019 marriage has gone loveless and she gets invigorated seeing Jade and David\u2019s relationship flourish. It\u2019s probably one of the better elements to an otherwise routine story.<\/p>\n

Helmed by Shana Feste, marking her third feature following The Greatest<\/em> and Country Strong<\/em> (a movie I loathed), Endless Love<\/em><\/strong> is a perfectly safe romantic drama that doesn\u2019t break new ground nor does is especially memorable, but thanks to at least the decent chemistry between the two leads, it\u2019s at least watchable.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release comes with a semi-glossy, title-embossed, slip cover<\/strong>. Inside contains the standard DVD Copy<\/strong><\/span> and a code for the Digital Copy<\/strong><\/span> (both UV and iTunes).<\/p>\n

Extended Ending (2:36; HD)<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 Nothing major was added with this and I assume they cut it down for the sake of, what else, pacing. I actually prefer the original one as it flows better.<\/p>\n

Deleted\/Extended\/Alternate Scenes (29:45; HD)<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 19 scenes are collected here; nothing astounding or major but there are a couple good scenes and performances. I can see why some were cut as they would\u2019ve dragged the movie out and made it unnecessarily longer.<\/p>\n

The Making of Endless Love<\/em> (17:59; HD)<\/strong><\/span> is your usual puff\/EPK piece providing interviews with the cast and crew and some behind-the-scenes footage. It\u2019s actually not terrible but you only learn some of the more basic info and it doesn\u2019t exactly provide a whole lot of deep insight.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 5.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Endless Love<\/em><\/strong> makes a connection on Blu-ray presented with a 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer (AVC codec). This is a great looking video with excellent detail levels throughout, colors are bright and have a certain pop to them, and blacks and darker areas don\u2019t show any compressions issues or pixilation, artifacts, etc. There\u2019s a certain amount of natural noise which doesn\u2019t detract from the picture quality.<\/p>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The movie received a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track and although I don\u2019t think it\u2019s anything amazing, the vast majority of the audio takes place through the center channel for dialogue and on-screen action. The track does pick up some pace for a fire scene as well as the dramatic score by Christophe Beck (The Hangover Trilogy<\/em>, Frozen<\/em>, Edge of Tomorrow<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Endless Love<\/em><\/strong> actually isn\u2019t a terrible film (not exactly the highest praise, I know) where the two leads at least have some good chemistry and Bruce Greenwood is a lot of fun even if his character becomes a caricature by the end. It\u2019s the typical love story seen numerous time (Footloose<\/em> also has the same basic premise) but it\u2019s not all bad and at least watchable if not also safe and forgettable. The Blu-ray released by Universal offers up incredible video, above average audio and a throwaway selection of features.<\/p>\n

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The Movieman
\n<\/em>Published: <\/strong>05\/29\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Endless Love actually isn\u2019t a terrible film (not exactly the highest praise, I know) where the two leads at least have some good chemistry and Bruce Greenwood is a lot of fun even if his character becomes a caricature by the end. It\u2019s the typical love story seen numerous time but it\u2019s not all bad … Continue reading “Endless Love Blu-ray Review”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[766,346,2929,2626,1349,614],"class_list":["post-7352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","tag-alex-pettyfer","tag-bruce-greenwood","tag-endless-love","tag-gabriella-wilde","tag-joely-richardson","tag-robert-patrick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7352"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27798,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7352\/revisions\/27798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}