REVIEW/THOUGHTS [MOVIE-RELATED] -- Warm Bodies (Blu-Ray/DVD Extra Content)

**I already blogged about Warm Bodies back in February, but with its recent release on Blu-Ray / DVD, I just had to celebrate it and blog about it again. I won't be reviewing the full movie again. I'll be briefly covering the Blu-Ray / DVD Extra Content.**
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Format Watched [Specific Edition, if any]: Blu-Ray [Blu-Ray + DVD Combo Pack]

Approx. Runtime: 98 minutes (1 hours, 38 minutes)
Language Watched: English

Other Language(s) Available: Yes

DVD Extra Content? Yes

Type of Movie: Romantic, Comedy, Zombie

OVERALL IMPRESSION

I loved Warm Bodies when it was released in theatres. That love hasn't changed at all. I ended up watching the movie three times in theatres and I could have seen it many more times. I was super excited for the home release and watched it the day it came out.

REVIEW LINK

Here's the link to my review of Warm Bodies when I first watched it: http://ironixgirl.blogspot.ca/2013/02/reviewthoughts-movie-warm-bodies.html

BLU-RAY / DVD EXTRA CONTENT

Overall, the extra content was enjoyable and informative. I think for a Warm Bodies fan, they really provided a lot of behind-the-scenes looks into how the movie was made. Now, I have the Blu-Ray + DVD Combo pack, so the DVD had the same kind of extra content as the Blu-Ray. I'm not completely sure if that's the case with the DVD-only version.

DIRECTOR COMMENTARY (movie length)

This was really interesting. The commentary was done by Jonathan Levine (Director / Screenwriter), Nicholas Hoult, and Teresa Palmer. It was interesting to find out which scenes were re-shoots (scenes that are done after the main film shoot), which lines were ad-libbed, and many other things. A Warm Bodies fan will definitely want to check this out.

Fun fact that I learned during the commentary: for a PG-rated movie, the screenplay can contain at MOST one swear word.

BOY MEETS, ER, DOESN'T  EAT GIRL (10 mins)

This was a talk about the creation of the novel and the screenplay. It was really neat to have Isaac Marion (author) talk about the novel-making process, and then have Jonathan Levine talk about the process of turning it into a screenplay.

R & J (15 mins)

This focused on the main characters, R & Julie. Nicholas Hoult joked about having difficulty making sure he said his lines right at the right time because he had so few spoken lines.

A scene with R and Julie.

A LITTLE LESS DEAD (16 mins)

This briefly looked at the other other key characters in the movie, character relationships, and their experiences working with each other. Rob Corddry is pretty funny here.

EXTREME ZOMBIE MAKE-OVER (10 mins)

This went into detail about the zombie make-up and how they came to their decisions about it. Kudos to Adrien Moore (special effects / makeup guy) for fixing R up as a sexy, good-looking zombie (though I gotta say, Nicholas Hoult is already sexy and good-looking). :)

Adrien Moore (?) applying some "zombie juice" around Nicholas Hoult's mouth.

A WRECK IN PROGRESS (15 mins)

This looked at the movie sets -- mainly the abandoned airport and the abandoned stadium. They also talked about transforming the abandoned airport to look really abandoned (like abandoned for many years). They also talked about the cold, cold weather in Montreal (that's where they shot the movie) and other stuff about set locations. Their talk about the wall graffiti was neat.

Cool wall graffiti.

BUSTIN' CAPS (10 mins)

Here they talked about the action sequences in the movie and what the actors had to do to prepare themselves.

Dave Franco talking excitedly about his morning at the gun range.

BEWARE THE BONEYS (7 mins)

This looked at the CG visual effects, mainly focusing on the evolution of the boneys -- how they came to look and move the way they are. It was really neat.

WHIMSICAL SWEETNESS: TERESA PALMER'S WARM BODIES HOME MOVIES (12 mins)

This is a series of home movie clips from Teresa Palmer's phone camera. It was interesting to hear how she sounds like in real life ('cuz I just didn't know how she was like in real life). She has a very bubbly personality, and after hearing that side of her, I wish we could have seen a bit more of that bubbly-ness in her character Julie.

ZOMBIE ACTING TIPS WITH ROB CORDDRY (5 mins)

This was a clip Screen Junkies did with Rob Corddry. It was very funny, and a little gross.

You can actually watch this clip on ScreenJunkies' Youtube channel:

 Funny clip.

DELETED SCENES (11 mins)

This was really neat. A lot of the removed scenes were clips that were closer to the novel, and I appreciate that they tried to do that -- make it faithful to the novel.

SHRUG & GAG REEL (5 mins)

There were some really funny moments. Besides one elaborate prank and the last scene, here's one of my favourite gags:

Hahahahaha. Hilarious!

THEATRICAL TRAILER

This was their first trailer -- the one that didn't ruin the story for me.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

Warm Bodies is great. I highly recommend checking out the DVD or Blu-Ray. The Extra Content does not disappoint. And of course -- the movie's just awesome.


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