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Summary: Worst DVD, ever!
Review: This disc has one of my favorite 'guilty pleasure' movies on it - unfortunately, the quality is worse than my VHS copy. The video is poorly compressed, the sound is so variable that no sound designer could ever have dreamed of such an atrocity, and the overall quality of the presentation is lacking at best. This is a hack job. Folks, there is a reason this disc sells for 10 bucks - and it's not because it's *that* bad of a movie. The only worse disc I've ever seen is "Metropolis" - and at least that movie was 70 years old. Avoid this disc; go w/VHS.
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Summary: What happend to . . .
Review: Wide Screen Review's review of this DVD?"The non-anamorphic DVD picture exhibits sharp and detailed images, with excellent color fidelity. Matted at 1.85:1, the picture exhibits vibrant color fidelity with natural fleshtones and deep, solid blacks. The imagery is visually exciting and beautifully atmospheric. Noise is virtually non-existent, but scattered artifacts are visible throughout." This is no classic, but I bought it for the low price and Wide Screen's review. Boy, did I get a lemon -- granted, I'm viewing it on a Mitsubishi 70" screen, but with all the adjustments I can make with the remotes from the player and the TV, I can just barely get a watchable picture.
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Summary: Great Movie but the sound bites!!
Review: I enyoyed owning this DVD from the time I purchased it to the time i placed it into my player. I was happy with the over all picture quality although it was a little "grainy". The sound however was a different story. I found the Dolby 5.1 to be over done in the areas of imaging and volume. I kept getting this tunnel affect especially during moments of extreme sound saturation. I can recall at least two moments when the sound overloaded producing a loud distortion crackle that made me run to the rescue of my loudspeakers. I turned the volume down significantly and re-wound to review the scene, and the overload was still present. I find myself watching this great movie carefully and with caution as to where these overloads are present. This greatly degrades the enjoyment of Highlander. Again, the movie is awesome but the sound bites!!
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Summary: Not great, but not bad
Review: I just bought this DVD yesterday, and watched it last night. I noticed no pixellation, no digital artifacts, and it was displayed in 16:9 widescreen. Perhaps they've partially remastered this wonderful movie...I didn't have as much of a problem as many people seem to have. My negatives are as follows: Cheesy menu, but that's not my priority in choosing a DVD anyway. Blade Runner has the same problem, and is still a wonderful movie. Slightly grainy when shown on my 19" monitor...not a problem on a regular TV. Looked like the grain was from the film, not an artifact. Surround sound track pretty iffy...also not a problem on a simple traditional TV. Not sure why this was so pronounced on one system and not the other. The "still shots" were done as they used to be on LASERDisc, which means as individual sequential frames. My DVD player is not set up to step both forwards and backwards...only forwards, so this was slightly annoying. Anyway, overall this is a decent DVD. It's not my best quality disk...that honor would be saved for "The Matrix." But for such a cheap disk, with such a great movie, it's a good buy. It lost 2 points...one for the surround sound audio track, and one for the lack of more sophisticated menus.
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Summary: A Good DVD for an Outstanding Movie!
Review: When I ordered this dvd I was worried about all the bad reviewsit had, but I'm glad I got it at my own risk, because it is a greatversion (and for an amazing price). I believe they did a great jobremastering the movie image. I would recommend this dvd if you likeHighlander. You can also listen to the audio commentary from R. Mulcahy and theproducers, it's very interesting.
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Summary: Good Movie, horrible DVD
Review: This is a classic, underrated SCI-FI Fantasy film from the 1980's. It's too bad the digital transfer is so bad. The audio is uneven, and the picture is full of shimmering and other distortions. I think mines going to get auctioned off. Here's hoping the Studio releases a new version of this one!!!
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Summary: Great Movie, Crappy Version - Stay With VHS
Review: I like to buy DVD's for the improved picture and audio. You won't find either of those on this one. I was really disappointed what they did to such a great film. Highlander is such a great movie and they added all this great footage, but they really made a mess of the audio. I have the VHS Collectors version as well and it sounds a lot better. This DVD will find its way to the auctions. I'm glad I didn't sell the the VHS. Don't let this review stop you from seeing the movie. It really is one of the best, under-rated movies out there. Just stay away from the DVD version.
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Summary: Love Is For Poets
Review: This film still holds up today. Ground breaking in every way back in the eighties, spawning sequels sequels sequels this movie still holds onto its greatness. The DVD is good, but not great. no flashy menues and you have to use the step function to get through the slide show of production notes and pics or it flies past in ten seconds. The commentary is very slick, though i think one with Christopher Lambert or Greg Widen would've been nice too. The audio and video just isnt as bad as everyone claims. The audio is overly quiet sometimes, and the picture is somewhat grainy, but it just looks good. Plus, the thing is like seven bucks! nab it!
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Summary: Great version of the Highlander movie
Review: This is a great version of the first Highlander film. It is wide screen, it has the scenes that were deleted in the original American version put back in, and they did such a good job on remastering it that it looks new when you watch it. The sound is also done well. Other reviewers said that the VHS print has better audio. They are very wrong. The VHS print has one of the most grainiest screens for a movie put on video. When you watch the VHS version, it becomes obvious that you are watching a movie from the 80s. The DVD version is not grainy on the screen at all. Also, the additional footage was not marked on the Scene list which makes it so if you haven't seen the old American version of this movie you don't know what parts were added in( I guess that's not such a big problem since most Americans who are buying this version are fans and also own the VHS version and have seen it).
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Summary: Stay as far away from this one as you can!
Review: Since everyone already knows that Highlander is a great movie, and since the Queen sountrack is entirely a matter of taste, I will limit my comments to the technical quality of the DVD. In short, this is the worst DVD I've ever seen. The picture is so grainy and noisy you feel like you're watching your local 'B' grade television channel. The compression artifacts are terrible. A disgrace, and a total waste of money.
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