Swingers (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [United Kingdom]

[snooloui]

Release date: July 28th, 2014
Purchase link: Swingers
Price: £17.99
Notes: Limited to 2,000 copies
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[BradG1984]

Lol, it is definitely an acquired taste.

It came at a time along with Old School before Vaughn spent the next 2 decades making garbage. These 2 films are pretty much the reason he became so big.

To be fair I don't mind him. Rather have him in a film than Ben Stiller whom I utterly detest lol

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Swingers came out 6 years before Old School... Just sayin'!

 

[psychoscot]

Swingers came out 6 years before Old School... Just sayin'!

Very true mate, but that period is where he made his name. Shortly after Old School it went downhill fast lol with him basically playing the same style character in every film!

Those early viewers tend to tolerate him more than those that only really know him from after Old School. I can understand why lol

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[hellboydce1]

Swingers came out 6 years before Old School... Just sayin'!

Yeah, there's about 6 years and 6 stone difference in vince Vaughan in those films

 

[Sounder]

This is one of those films that if you saw it in the '90's, you probably would have liked it more, and then repeat viewings, even now, would have that nostalgic flavor to it.

I think watching it for the first time now would not have nearly the same impact. Like previously mentioned, Vince has taken on too many bad roles, and he doesn't have that aura as a character that he had back in 1996.

 

[Bagman99]

The artwork for this steelbook could have been so much better then the poster for the movie!

 

[RAGEatGAME]

The artwork for this steelbook could have been so much better then the poster for the movie!

Personal taste, but I disagree. It's a movie that has a STRONG cult following (myself included) and this is the best way to honor that IMO!

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[Futurhythm]

I tried again and this time gave me the .99 option and 11.99 option

Very strange

I'm having the exact same problem. I've been deleting it and trying again, but no luck. I love this movie, but not £30 of love.

 

[ausnew]

I'm having the exact same problem. I've been deleting it and trying again, but no luck. I love this movie, but not £30 of love.

I cannot tell you how I made it work I'm sorry - I didn't do anything different to what you have been doing

 

[Futurhythm]

I cannot tell you how I made it work I'm sorry - I didn't do anything different to what you have been doing

I've been fiddling around with it for a while now and it looks like it's a problem exclusive to Australia/New Zealand. I've changed my address to a different country and I get to choose the delivery option. Also, it does it for all pre-orders and a couple of in stock items.

 

[twiz6469]

Day 2 and still live - what a waste of time setting up 10 fake accounts to order 50 copies. Now I'm gonna have to spend a ton of time cancelling them.

 

[SpecialKay]

I've been fiddling around with it for a while now and it looks like it's a problem exclusive to Australia/New Zealand. I've changed my address to a different country and I get to choose the delivery option. Also, it does it for all pre-orders and a couple of in stock items.

£14.99 is the only option for me too, so yeah must be an Aus/NZ issue... Weird. Contacted Zavvi and am awaiting their response.

 

[lgans316]

Not so popular and taking time to sell out.

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[UpsetSmiley]

£17.99 again? Even £16.99 would've sold it faster. Clutching at straws here, the price doesn't seem right to me.

 

[stevien]

This blows some peoples theory out of the water, that anything with a 2000 print run will sell out in a few hours!

 

[wayne71]

This blows some peoples theory out of the water, that anything with a 2000 print run will sell out in a few hours!

So true, also think the price is putting people off this one

 

[hansgruber]

This blows some peoples theory out of the water, that anything with a 2000 print run will sell out in a few hours!

It seems that Comedy steelbooks just are not wanted by a lot of collectors. Sci-Fi, Action, Horror, or Fantasy movies seem to be what most collectors want. I can't remember the last comedy steelbook that sold out quickly. (see Beverly Hills Cop, Anchorman, Bad Grandpa, the Hangovers, Team America, hot Fuzz, Spinal Tap, Ted etc) Zavvi has over 200 steelbooks currently listed for sale and not even 10 are true comedies. Bill and Ted is the only recent one that seemed to sell well, and as mentioned earlier its most likely because its the only current BR release in all of Europe. I also think that a lot comedies released on steelbook tend to be much older comedies, possibly that is partly the reason. For whatever the reason, it seems people need not worry about comedies selling out fast anymore.

 

[Bagman99]

You wonder why its still live cause the artwork is so bad!!

 

[Starling]

There's simply no desire for this movie, look at the amount of Thanks left for the posting...8. It's not the artwork, as more would have left Thanks earlier.

 

[distromamon]

Even with a lower price... we choose from many releases

 

[mrpitt]

Honestly, it's a combination of meh steelbook, and a movie that is vastly overrated with timed in dialogue from a certain era - that has now dated itself.

I believe comedies don't sell as well due to the watchable factor - that they can be watched over and over vs a drama or mystery. Many collectors of steel keep their steels sealed, thus watching a hangover a few times aint going to happen. They have a cheap blu ray for that purpose- fort instance, Old School, another VV movie I watch whenever I am in the mood for a laugh.

For example, I just watched Nebraska - and it was one the best films I have ever seen. Pure drama and simple powerful storytelling with well timed humor. No monsters, aliens, no FX, no guys with hammers fighting green monsters - and certainly not a movie I would crack open a few times a year. Yet, when that steel comes out and a nice job done, I will be all over that shet.