Meet Joe Black [Blu-ray]

I couldn't help notice the work by Brad Pitt. It was incredible to realize that death would be unfamiliar with Life and his reactions to things were beautifully awkward, delightful or powerlessly immature but always wanting to do the right thing, tho difficult because of simple, but oh so complicated feelings.Hopkins just makes me Love him more and more every time I see him, but he was so richly human in this, he was easy to feel familiar with the character.

A dying man tries to teach Death what living means. A bold plot and one that was captured very well in this story. The acting was excellent all around, which was to be expected considering the cast. Very much a movie that will appeal to all ages and tastes.

Storyline was interesting to me. There were some interesting relationship issues that seemed very realistic - dad and two daughters one of whom felt less loved. Interesting observations of a 'not human' being about things we take for granted. We enjoyed it.

I loved the movie and would watch it again and again.

The film starts a little slow catching onto the main storyline, but introduces the main characters, and who you need to remember, right out of the gate. It's a remake of the the original, "Death Takes A Vacation" but with an additional storyline of romance that helps enhance the moral of the story, and the ending. The understanding of the characters, especially the female lead, could have been more developed to show her undoubted understanding of what's going on, and we're only left to assume that she understands, at the end of the movie. But the concept, and the bottom line of the movie is wonderful, and can be applied to everyone, universally. Beware of the R-rated, intimate scene, mid-flick; it doesnt show any nudity, but its strongly implied, along with implied actions that linger on screen for several prolonged minutes. The 4-stars rating is only because you are left to assume that the female lead knows and understands, at the ending, but it's never clearly stated that she understands. I wish that it was made evident, better, that she knows what she knows, and understands (who joe black really is, and what is really going on). That (assuming she knows), in a sense doesn't seem practical, because no one would settle to accept this information without real proof or thorough explanation.

I enjoyed thos movie very much. The avtors were superb!

EDIT: this EDIT concerns the special features on the Ultimate Edition, which I just got. (The original review is about the movie itself, below.) The casing for the DVD set is very annoying, worse than normal DVDs when you try to remove each DVD without scratching it. DVD quality is just like the movie shown publicly, or a tad crisper. Nice to watch it, uncut. Nice to be able to select scenes and rewatch, versus VHS.The Ultimate DVD edition (not blu-ray) has the following 'Bonus features' on Disc 1: Production Notes -- which is merely one screen -- Cast and Filmmakers, DVD Newsletter, Recommendations, DVD-ROM Features. These are extensive, designed to explain the backdrop of the movie. The 'Cast and Filmmakers' section is not live, but rather little screen explanations about the cast, stuff you can learn better in imdb. The DVD newsletter is a waste of time, as is Recommendations, other DVDs you might want to purchase (Scent of a Woman and 12 Monkeys) as a result of liking Meet Joe Black. The DVD-ROM features supposedly only play in your computer, but I've never had any luck activating those features in Win7, so if you have XP, maybe they will work, maybe not. The screen says you need Win95 or higher. I didn't try it on my Win98 machines. So the Disc 1 features are pretty much useless on a DVD player.Disc 2, by contrast, has the original movie which Meet Joe Black updates: 'Death Takes a Holiday', starring (a very young) Frederick March. It's in black and white, very 1930's, Alberto Casella's play put to film. You don't get any choice of scenes, it just plays when you click on it. Rather silly movie start, so Meet Joe Black is much more interesting. Even so, the only way you can get the Death Takes a Holiday, is to buy this DVD pair. But the older movie is well-made, technically. Plot is quite different, of course. Charming, in its own way. In that older film, Death assumes the body of a living person, having made the deal with the Duke of the household, the night of the Prince's arrival. Very theatrical, kinda hokey really.But the 'Spotlight on Location' is a live interview with Mr. Brest, the Director. Very interesting. So Disc 2 has these two 'features' which are worth the purchase.OH, for all you Greek drama addicts, you'll notice the 'yes' refrain that runs pan-movie, much like John's Gospel (in Greek) uses oude, ouden, outhen to signify 'no other' (thus proving inter alia, that YES the pericope adulterae is valid, right it sits in John 8 that begins and ends with a stoning) -- so this movie, uses 'Yes'. Cute. So nice, when real literary talent is incorporated into a movie script!Original review, follows below. First paragraph was updated, to tie to the above text.=============The myth of Hades and Persephone is the underlying premise for Meet Joe Black, apparently keying off a line in the original film where the bride-to-be isn't quite ready to become a bride. The wistfulness of Persephone, see.I can't watch it often enough. Originally got it on VHS years ago, gonna get it on DVD, trying to decide which version. Looks like I'll get the Ultimate US DVD set? Of all the 20 formats you can buy here on Amazon, that one seems to have the most features, plus the original 'Death Takes a Holiday' on which this movie is peripherally based. But the real origin, is in Greek mythology, Hades and Persephone. Go read that first, and you'll get much more out of this A+++++ movie.Perfectly done in every respect, best film editing and camera work I can recall seeing in a film (okay, maybe Pearl Harbor and uncut Das Boot are as good). Seriously. If you pay really close attention upon repeated viewing, you'll notice the full-circle development of the characters, too (even the bit parts). Death and Parrish reverse roles, by the end. You got the puns, right (perish=Parrish=parish=par ish, given that 'ish' is Hebrew for 'man', and 'par' means 'by' in most languages)?Truly a work of art, this film. Nice touch, that they don't take sides about which afterlife definition you should believe, but only that there is one. Yeah, because that's the question of your life: what comes 'next'? Gotta know that, to orient to 'now'. Best of all, you realize that a superior being wouldn't necessarily despise you, and you wouldn't necessarily be intimidated by it/him/her. So the 'sting' of regarding an afterlife (which people tend to religify, as if 'god' had to be a religious person) -- is removed. Whew.For this, is a film you LIVE.

Item as promised and Prompt delivery.

Super schnelle Lieferung. Ware in sehr gutem Zustand wie angekündigt. Ist zwar ein älterer Film,aber sehr schön. Bin froh ihn hier gefunden zu haben,da er im Handel schon lang aus ist. Und dann zu einem Spitzenpreis. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Très bon film assez peut connu avec d'excellents acteurs

不死の死神が人間の生活をしてドンドン心を奪われて恋を知るやっぱり人間は素晴らしい

This is so well acted it makes you feel like it’s real, and what an ending.

Film che coniuga circostanze generalemente surreali con circostanze sentimentali, e che non dissolve mai il coinvolgimento che si crea sin dai primi minuti in cui lo si guarda.È magico, con colossi del mondo del cinema (che lo rendono appunto magico).