Blu-ray Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Page 2

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While the DTS-HD track isn’t spectacular, it does offer some nice ambience. The best moments stand as those on or near the water, with waves consistently filling the sound field. During heavier sessions such as the surfing lessons, the bass gets in on the act as well. The soundtrack nicely bleeds into the rear channels, and there’s some ambient chatter during dinner sequences. It’s hardly revolutionary, but it is effective to convey a surround presence.

The Blu-ray comes with both the rated and unrated editions of the film on the same disc, along with all features of the special edition DVD release. The unrated cut runs six minutes longer, further enhancing the humor and characters. The unrated version is also the only one with an overloaded commentary, complete with the director, cast, and crew.

The extras begin with a karaoke option, followed by 11 deleted scenes that run close to 20 minutes. There are three “o-ramas,” featuring various improv sequences. A great gag reel comes in around six minutes. An early table read features various cast members prior to filming. Two featurettes join 22 separate video diaries coming in at around 35 minutes.

Raw footage of the video chat sequences are priceless, and run for about seven minutes. Additional takes of Kristen Bell’s crime show are added in, and many of them could have easily made the film. U-Control follows Universal everywhere, and it’s as annoying as its ever been. Picture-in-picture is not what it’s cracked up to be, especially when you need to watch the full movie to access them. BD-Live features are included, but they were not working at the time of review.

Jason Segel wrote the script, and a few parts are actually based on his actual life experiences. The opening break-up is an actual event in his life, and the Dracula musical is a piece he was working on separately, but chose to incorporate it into this film instead.

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