Get ready for a howling good time with this frightfully fun double-feature disc from MGM-UA Home Video. With both Teen Wolf and Teen Wolf Too presented in their original 1.85:1 widescreen theatrical aspect ratios and offering closed-captioned English Dolby Digital Surround and Mono audio options, this release also offers optional English, Spanish and French subtitles. Extra features include original theatrical trailers.
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The first 'Teen Wolf' is an enjoybale movie, the second is just awful. Whether or not to purchase this dvd set is up in the air as nothing in terms of bonus features are offered. Although, truthfully speaking, these are two movies that may never warrant the demand of special editions. So, that being said, true fans may just want to go ahead and buy.
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This is a film that needed no Director's Cut whatsoever, and this new cut actually did nothing but lower my opinion of the film. What's to expect? The film was perfect the way it was theatrically. If it's already perfect to begin with, then usually the only way you can go is down from there. Not only has the film itself been altered but the high-def image seems overdone, and the audio, much to my dismay, has been reworked in certain scenes as well. I've never understood this new craze for all these director's cuts we have floating around now. The bottom line is that the director isn't always right, and I can truthfully say that I have seen very few director's cuts that I actually preferred over the original release. Making a movie is a huge cooperative undertaking that involves the creative efforts of scores of people. They all have the same goal, to produce the best film they can, and within the time and budget constraints they have been given by the investors and/or studios. What you get when you're done is what you get. It is what it is. It drives me nuts when I listen to certain directors nowadays complain about how they wished things would have been different. Like how they would have done this or that differently, or how they didn't have enough time or money to finish the film, or they blame someone else involved in the production for hurting or slowing everything down...the only think I can think of is "Wow, that is a really bad director". It is a director's job to guide the production to its succesful completion on time and within budget. If they can't do it, then they shouldn't have signed onto the project. I'll bet every director wishes that they could go back and fix or change things they did when making a film, but the bottom line is that it is all a part of the creative movie making process, and just because something turned out differently than a director envisioned, doesn't mean they should go back and start changing things afterwards. Audiences generally like the film they fell in love with at the theater, therefore, if the audience loves it the way it is, why change it? And finally, just because the director wanted something done a certain way, doesn't necessarily mean everyone else involved in the production agreed with him, and in many cases it was a good thing those other people prevailed, because I have seen some awful director's cuts, and this is one of them...
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George Lucas again unnecessarily altering his once classic films, now turning what was once 'perfect' into something of a joke (the only thing I could compare it to would be like painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa). I do not recommend this set whatsoever, and any true fan of the films probably won't either.
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An extremely disappointing release, dismally marking the first official dvd release of the Star Wars films as they originally appeared in theaters. Shoddy non-anamorphic letterbox transfers ported over from laserdisc masters shame this set, and at the same time infuriate once avid Star Wars fans such as myself, who is now a Star Wars fan no more...
One of the best cinematic comic book adaptations, The Rocketeer was supposed to be the summer of 1991's big hit, but the vastly entertaining movie didn't find a big audience. Thankfully, this Walt Disney DVD release gives the fun, exceedingly good-natured movie a proper showcase, and the film has built up a large fan base over the years. Expertly directed by Joe Johnston and shot by Hiro Narita, the DVD looks great in this widescreen letterboxed format, which also shows off James D. Bissel's extravagantly retro production design. The Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround audio track sounds robust coming out of a stereo system or out of a television set. This edition doesn't come with any worthy DVD extras, but a future edition is sure to point out The Rocketeer's many in-jokes and homages to classic Hollywood films, old rumors, and actual history.
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'The Rocketeer' was considered a box office disappointment, which is really a shame, because it's a darn good movie. Unfortunately, we can obviously see that Disney is still treating the film as a disappointment because little effort, if any, went into this dvd. Instead of the high quality special editions we've received for many other Disney's films, 'the Rocketeer' gets what appears to be a laserdisc-ported-over-to-dvd transfer that is non-anamorphic and of poor quality. The sound is good but that is not enough to save this dvd as there are no extras whatsoever other than a theatrical trailer. This movie deserves much better treatment, regardless of what its box office receipts show.
Sheldon Lettich directs Jean-Claude Van Damme in Lionheart, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to reproduce the original theatrical aspect ratio. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. Spanish and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include production notes, talent bios, and a theatrical trailer. The lack of a widescreen transfer makes this disc difficult to recommend, but fans of "the Muscles From Brussels" will probably get some entertainment from this release.
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A great Van Damme movie, but crummy dvd. Full-screen presentation only and an almost complete lack of extras. True fans may want to purchase this as a 'Lionheart' special edition and/or remastered widescreen version are probably very unlikely anytime soon.
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This is a great sci-fi action B-flick that is sure to please fans of the genre. The anamorphic widescreen presentation is acceptable, but the complete lack of bonus features for this film is not. Taking into consideration that this movie really helped boost Sam Raimi's career, I'm quite surprised a special edition has never surfaced.
An army of the dead come calling, and the square jawed, chainsaw-toting hero Ash is ready for them in director Sam Raimi's outrageous sequel to Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn, Army of Darkness. Before there were six hundred separate editions of this film on DVD by Anchor Bay, there was Universal's release, which includes a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. This is a mildly pleasing image that sometimes sports more grain and dirt than a viewer would like. While the black levels and color schemes are all generally spot-on, this original release tends to incorporate a lot of edge enhancement into the picture which makes for a rocky viewing. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital Surround in French and English. Unfortunately, this is not a very surround sound-friendly soundtrack; most of the dialogue, music, and effects come only from the center and front speakers while the rear speakers are left without much of a workout. Also included on this disc are English and Spanish subtitles. Unlike the new Anchor Bay versions of this film, Universal's Army of Darkness DVD includes only a few meager extra features, including a funny theatrical trailer, some production notes on the making of the film, and a few cast and crew bios and film highlights.
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This is a really funny movie...this is also a not-so-great dvd. The now out-of print 'Boomstick Edition' is by far the best version and that is the one fans will want to own. This disc will suffice only in the event that you cannot get a 'Boomstick'.
Hollywood's Vista Series DVD of Tombstone is a double-disc set packed with special features for fans of this story about Wyatt Earp and his time in the Arizona mining town, including the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The film stars Kurt Russell as Earp and Val Kilmer as the tubercular Doc Holliday. The DVDs come packaged in an attractive box that resembles an aged piece of parchment. The first disc contains a 2.35:1 widescreen version of the film enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions with a booming DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, THX certified soundtrack. It also contains an audio commentary by director George P. Cosmatos. Special features on disc two include a making-of documentary; a "Tombstone Timeline" that places events in chronological perspective; a storyboard sequence; a copy of the original front page of the town newspaper, the Tombstone Epitaph, on the day after the gunfight; several DVD-ROM features; theatrical trailers; TV commercials; and a booklet. There's even a collectible paper map of the gunfight as illustrated in Earp's own hand. Hollywood has hit a bullseye with this DVD set.
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This is an outstanding western film and almost everything about this set is wonderful, the only setback being the theatrical version is not included. I enjoy director's cuts as much as anyone, but when you are paying this kind of money for a special edition dvd, you should get both versions of the film, you shouldn't have to buy separate dvd's.
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This Rambo III dvd has translation subtitles appear on it that did not appear in the original theatrical release... almost as though they decided to add in more of what the Russians were saying so it would make more sense to the viewer. The 2002 special edition had a few problems with the translation subtitles also, therefore, if you want the film exactly as it appeared in theaters you will need to buy the now out-of-print 1998 dvd version. Actually, I would just skip 'Rambo III' altogether as it wasn't nearly in the same league as the first two pictures.