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The 40-Year-Old Virgin Blu-ray
Universal Studios | 2005 | 133 mins | Unrated | Sep 30, 2008
The 40-Year-Old Virgin(2005)Comedy | Romance     40-year-old Andy Stitzer (Steve Carrell) has done quite a few things in his life. He's got a cushy job stamping invoices at an electronics superstore, a nice apartment with a proud collection of action figures and comic books, good friends, a nice attitude. But there's just one little thing he hasn't quite gotten around to doing yet—something most people have done by his age. Done a lot. Andy's never, ever, ever had sex—not even by accident. So is that such a big deal? Well, for Andy's buds at the store, it sure is. Although they think he's a bit of an oddball, there's certainly a planetful of stranger (and homelier) guys who've at least had one go at having a go. They consider it their duty to help Andy out of his dire situation and go to great lengths to help him. But nothing proves effective enough to lure their friend out of lifelong chastity until he meets Trish (Catherine Keener), a 40-year-old mother of three. Andy's friends are psyched by the possibility that "it" may finally happen...until they hear that Andy and Trish have begun their relationship based on a mutual no-sex policy. For more details about The 40-Year-Old Virgin on Blu-ray, see The 40-Year-Old Virgin Blu-ray Review Starring: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Seth Rogen Director: Judd Apatow The 40-Year-Old Virgin Blu-ray, Video Quality  Arriving from Universal in 1080p, on a BD50 and encoded with VC-1, The 40-Year-Old Virgin is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. I wish I could say that all of the disc space allotted for the film has given it room to breathe and left us with a flawless presentation, but that’s simply not the case. Both the theatrical and unrated versions of the film are included here, so perhaps that took up a bit too much room on the disc, but the resulting image is rife with artifacts and other problems. In addition, this seems to be a direct port of the previously available HD-DVD version of the film, so a Blu-ray enhanced encode was apparently not done. The primary problem with this version of The 40-Year-Old Virgin lies in some compression issues and a startlingly heavy case of edge enhancement. The latter is clearly visible in almost every frame of the film and does actually become a distraction during some scenes. I’m not stating that this is an absolutely horrible transfer, of course. In fact, it is very watchable and pleasant, but those with larger displays and front projection systems will doubtlessly notice the rampant edge enhancement. Color fidelity is also somewhat muted, though I couldn’t say with any authority that this look wasn’t intentional. In the end, this is a decent and rather ho-hum transfer that would have been infinitely superior if Universal had just avoided excessive edge enhancement and had optimized for Blu-ray. The 40-Year-Old Virgin Blu-ray, Audio Quality While the audio on The 40-Year-Old Virgin won’t win any awards for surround content, this is a nice DTS-HD Master Audio track from Universal. As is usually the case with dialogue driven comedies, the strength of lossless comes through in crisp and clear vocals and dialogue. This is especially important in comedy as subtle nuances are often the joke in and of themselves. By utilizing lossless, these nuances are more easily detected and not drowned out in static and hissing caused by overcompression. What more is there to say, really? This DTS-HD Master Audio track does its job effectively, but won’t light up your speakers like Master and Commander. The 40-Year-Old Virgin Blu-ray, News and Updates• Today on Blu-ray - September 30th - September 30, 2008 Today marks the beginning of the fourth quarter in retail sales, a time where manufacturers, content providers, and retailers join together in order to provide the largest variety of titles and hardware in anticipation of the holiday gift-buying season. How appropriate ... • Official Specs for Forgetting Sarah Marshall - August 13, 2008 Universal Studios Home Entertainment have revealed the technical specs and special features for the upcoming Blu-ray release of Judd Apatow's 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall', due to hit store shelves on September 30th, day-and-date with the DVD release. Coming on a ... • Knocked Up and 40-Year-Old Virgin Specs Announced - July 18, 2008 Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced the specs for the upcoming Blu-ray releases of Judd Apatow's 'Knocked Up' and 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin', both due to hit store shelves on September 30th. Available individually or as part of the 'Ultimate Unrated ... • Universal Announces Forgetting Sarah Marshall - July 14, 2008 Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring the Judd Apatow comedy 'Foregetting Sarah Marshall' to Blu-ray on September 30th, day-and-date with the DVD release. Official specs are still awaiting official announcement, but it appears ... |
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