Brave New World [Blu-ray]

Book purists will hate it, but as I read the old book, it constantly reminded me of how we are living in the brave new world environment today. So, this update matching the old novel to typical modern perspectives was really cool to me. It did a fine job of displaying the messages and making the new morality seem more normal, just like the novel. There's main things missing like not everyone in each class is an identical looking clone - but that part is probably what keeps this book from ever getting made into a real movie anyway. Forgivable and isn't needed in this take. If you can open your mind and allow some leeway, you can find this to be an excellent, albiet updated version of the original story. The BLU RAY Looks fine, although not epic HD or anything, it does look cleaner than I was expecting for a Made For TV movie, and is probably equal or slightly better than the DVD version. The original material might have even been in STANDARD DEFINITION, I don't know for sure. But, it is the best version of this lost flick we will probably ever see. The audio seemed fine - it was enjoyable and nothing jumped out as really messed up... I forgot about judging the audio and just enjoyed the movie - which I see as a good thing. I gave it five stars because I am happy they finally decided to burn copies for us, and it looked better than I was expecting.... but, my expectations were pretty low for a low budget, TV movie. Happy with the purchase!

Prophetic, considering the Socialist agenda we are now in, and it will likely be attained in this century if the United Nations Agenda 21 is allowed to succeed. We are now, and have been for two or three decades, being brainwashed with Socialism and their agitprop, in our current Socialist educational system and the Lame stream Media, in order to prepare our youth to accept this drug (take a gram and you won't give a damn) guided (controlled) Utopian life style. Very Politically Correct. Everything's wonderful, you are happy with your life and "for pleasure only" sexually satisfied, existence! Change your mind, or think for yourself? They'll reprogram you. Leonard Nimoy did an excellent job in his hypocritical role! It ended well. A very good movie. Also a very good book by Aldus Huxley.

This was a terrible version of a very good book. The characters were not developed enough to follow the plot.

Now that I think of it, Brave New World can't be easy to adapt for the screen - and for the very reason it's such a good book. It's way too thoughtful. So, they added a bad guy and a murder plot. And they put a more positive spin on the downer of an ending. And the partying scenes (remember these people like to party) look like Mardi Gras in a disco. And goateed Nimoy comes across as the fiercely intelligent (evidenced by nerdy glasses) and profoundly wise (evidenced by his robes and love beads) leader. Big parts of the original remain, including John's death by paparazzi (decades before Diana's) and his mother's death (which worked into the bad guy's plot), enough for much of the book's original point to survive. It's actually fair entertainment. I could have done without Nimoy's love beads, though. -- wiredweird

Aldous Huxley's 1932 classic and almost prophetic sci-fi novel, "Brave New World," has been faithfully reproduced in this latest movie version starring Leonard Nimoy, Peter Gallagher, and Daniel Dae Kim. In this not-so futuristic post-apocalyptic dystopia, people are not born to parents but instead produced in factories, with varying degrees of intelligence, and conditioned to be satisfied with their station in life. But at some point, the protagonists encounter the "savages," or the remnants of those who live outside the boundaries of "civilization" and who try to keep to the "old ways." And then the fun begins. If you've never read the book, you should really see the movie anyway because not only the subject is so prescient, but the movie is so faithful to the original story as to make reading the book itself almost redundant. It will make you think.

Excellent rendition of the book as a movie! There was a bit added at the end, but the book was adeptly translated into a movie, and well worth watching. The Alphas, Betas, and severely damaged drones were shone to just as Aldous Huxley intended, and Leonard Nimoy made it even better. The use of Soma and the treatment of death and dying in front of children was as callous as the novel portrayed it, which further illustrated the story's points. It's not a brave new world at all in the land of dystopian fraud. Loved it!

I've been wanting to see this for a while but it was only on VHS and quite rare... now the DVD is available on Amazon so I was able to watch it, and I'm glad I got the chance. With a couple "modernization" tweaks, this stays true to the very important ideas set forth by Aldous Huxley and is a very enjoyable performance by great actors. Like many book to movie conversions, you can't fit everything but I think this does a good job of capturing the essence. I especially like how the "happy ending" works out, showing that "Brave New World" really doesn't have to be a "Dystopia" after all, especially if you make staying in society "voluntary". After all, who wants to miss out on all of that hedonism?

I have to agree with some of the other reviewers that this departed way too far from the original novel. I was really hoping that the "updated" version would have more special effects and would have seemed to be more futuristic. I was also hoping to see more visual effects creating the babies. The delinquent trailer park "savages" didn't fit into the story as did the original spiritual "savages" of the novel. That just seemed very odd to me. There were a few good features to this movie, but all in all, quite a disappointment. Not very true to the storyline. Also, Leonard Nimoy also was too old to play the part of one the futuristic people who don't age. He looked the same age as Linda who only aged because she was away from the "treatments" that keep all the civilized people young. The ending was very strange. All of a sudden, Lenina gets pregnant when their way of life virtually prevents that from happening, and this couple changes their way of thinking about what to do, after a lifetime of conditioning??? The only interesting thing was the boy at the end who avoided conditioning by seemingly being able to think for himself.

Very interesting! I liked the book and found this a bit different, but the whole idea was there. The acting was believable and the sets where brilliant! An update to original review....On second viewing, dvd buzzed loudly....picture broke up froze then nothing???? (Other dvd's play without buzzing etc.) I re-ordered 'Brave New World' and upgraded from 4 to 5...very entertaining great sets!!

This should not be seen as a movie of the book. Today, the book (although innovative in its time) may well appear dated now and overshadowed (copied?) by other works. No, this film attempts to be an updated story based on the ideas in the book. As such, it really is not that bad and you can see other movies using its ideas (e.g The Island ).

Non sono riuscita a vederlo. Mi chiede il "codice regionale". Ho provato a cambiare lettore ma non lo leggeva lo stesso. Stessa richiesta : codice regionale.

My fault for not noticing, but this is a region1 DVD so not playable in this country. It's hardly worth returning it to the US for a refund though. You live and learn.

A film for our times.