Sleeping Beauty Diamond Edition Blu-ray - 2014

[MICKEYMOUSE]

Sorry I was looking for the Sleeping Beauty thread and couldn't find it. If I already own Sleeping Beauty (original Blu-ray) is there a point of re-buying their newest release?

[MeerkatKombat]

Sorry I was looking for the Sleeping Beauty thread and couldn't find it. If I already own Sleeping Beauty (original Blu-ray) is there a point of re-buying their newest release?

From what I have read, most reviews say it isn't worth upgrading if you already own (and most would argue the superior) Platinum edition.
It depends on your own attitude to the film (do you love it?) and how much of a completest you are. It is up to you.
Personally, I haven't bought the Diamond. I don't think it is worth it unless you want the digital copy.

[rodis]

Here's an extract from blu-ray.com's review:

Short version: if the Platinum Edition Blu-ray is sitting on your shelf, put away your wallet. You already own the Diamond Edition AV presentation. (Not to mention a substantially larger supplemental package. But more on that in a moment.)

Long version: If you don't already own the 50th Anniversary Platinum BD, prepare to be most pleased with the results. Lindsay Mayer awarded Sleeping Beauty with a 5.0 video score in October 2008, declaring it "stellar" and describing it as being as close to perfect as possible without using the word "perfect." I'm not going to go quite that far -- hints of negligible aliasing do creep in here and there, even if they're difficult to spot when the film is in motion -- but I have no problem sticking with Mayer's 5.0. It's just that good. Colors are lush and stunning, with impressive richness and stability. Contrast is vibrant and consistent, without artificially cranking or boosting black levels to an even remotely troubling degree. Crush is never a factor, noise is all but non-existent, and artifacting and banding are held at bay. Moreover, detail is excellent, with crisp line art, striking backgrounds and painted textures, and next to nothing in the way of disappointments or distractions. There is a fair amount of softness scattered throughout, but it's strictly of the optical variety and traces back to the original photography and elements. Otherwise, print damage and, really, any significant sign of age has been eliminated. The image is pristine, yes. Some will say too pristine. Sans grain. But there's no indication (at least none of which I'm aware) that detail has been compromised in any way. Sleeping Beauty's video presentation may be six years old, but it's tough to make the case that it needed a second high-dollar overhaul.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sleeping- ... 90/#Review

[DC Fan]

Just clicked on the first image of the article and image looks washed out. Especially on the animals.

...almost like The Sword in the Stone transfer.

[JeanGreyForever]

I couldn't find a Sleeping Beauty discussion thread so I'll post this here.
https://thegreatdisneymovieride.home.bl ... auty-1959/

I've talked about this blog in a few other posts but I'm learning a lot about the movies that I never knew before. A question a lot of fans have always posed about Sleeping Beauty is what Merryweather's gift for Aurora was intended to be before Maleficent interrupts her. According to this blog, the DVD commentary states that Merryweather wanted to give Aurora the gift of happiness.
"Merryweather’s gift was, according to the DVD commentary, happiness, but she doesn’t get a chance to give it."

Anyway I thought that was an amazing answer to a long-running mystery. I've listened to the 2003 Sleeping Beauty DVD commentary before but I don't recall this tidbit in there. However, there was a lot of great information in that commentary so it's quite likely I missed it or forgot it.

[Disney Duster]

Yes, it's a cool idea because if she had only given it to Aurora, she never would have had her problems and there would have been no movie, but Maleficent messes it up and makes a movie.

[JeanGreyForever]

The ironic thing is that Merryweather still ends up giving Aurora happiness even without giving her that gift directly. It's Merryweather who makes it so that Aurora won't die from the curse but be awoken by true love's kiss and so Aurora gets her happy ending this way.

[Disney Duster]

That's true! That's cool.