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Summary: Emily Watson at her BEST !
Review: BREAKING THE WAVES is a wonderful film from Lars von Trier and perfect acting from Emily Watson. Also Traveller is a good and different movie and has cool soundtrack. Matewan has some technical problems on DVD but slow pacing film. In general a must have collector's pack.
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Summary: Matewan: phenomenal movie, terrible dvd
Review: I can only comment on Matewan, since it's the only one I've watched, but is is abundantly clear that whoever produced this DVD did the cheapest job of it they could. NO subtitles, NO special features, wrong aspect ratio, crappy sound, *terrible* picture quality, etc. I'm not a videophile and this is the first time I've ever been so disappointed with a dvd. Incredible movie though.
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Summary: Good Movies - bad copies
Review: I was suprised and disappointed to find these films squashed into the square TV format (instead of widescreen). The picture quality is also poor. I've learned a valuable lesson: just because its on DVD doesn't mean its good.
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Summary: Good Movies - bad copies
Review: I was suprised and disappointed to find these films squashed into the square TV format (instead of widescreen). The picture quality is also poor. I've learned a valuable lesson: just because its on DVD doesn't mean its good.
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Summary: Good Movies - Bad Picture Quality
Review: I was suprised to find the films of these disks not presented in widescreen. The overall picture quality seems very poor.
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Summary: Good Movies - Bad Picture Quality
Review: I was suprised to find the films of these disks not presented in widescreen. The overall picture quality seems very poor.
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Summary: Matewan: phenomenal movie, terrible dvd
Review: the reason the picture quality isn't stellar is because these are indie (independent) films. that means that for the most part they aren't big budget movies with multi-billion dollar studios backing the films. in the same token, you aren't going to get the tired and predictable Hollywood actors and screenplays. it's a fair trade-off in my opinion...watch movies that were made to quench the artistic desire, not the pocketbook.more specifically, "Breaking the Waves" is a truly excellent film. Watson gives a heart-wrenching performance, and the storyline is top-notch. i haven't viewed the other two films yet.
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Summary: picture quality
Review: the reason the picture quality isn't stellar is because these are indie (independent) films. that means that for the most part they aren't big budget movies with multi-billion dollar studios backing the films. in the same token, you aren't going to get the tired and predictable Hollywood actors and screenplays. it's a fair trade-off in my opinion...watch movies that were made to quench the artistic desire, not the pocketbook. more specifically, "Breaking the Waves" is a truly excellent film. Watson gives a heart-wrenching performance, and the storyline is top-notch. i haven't viewed the other two films yet.
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Summary: buyer beware!
Review: These are great films, and they deserve better treatment."Traveller" and "Matewan" are NOT widescreen presentations and "Breaking the Waves" is not 1.85:1,as listed on the case, but is 2.35:1. Nit-picking? I think not, as I believe that even though these are budget-priced discs, films should be presented widescreen if that was the theatrical presentation, and "Traveller" could have done with a 5.1 sound mix given that there are no extras. I guess i would rather pay more for premium treatment of great movies, than pay less and have to settle with just being thankful that the movies are on disc at all. A missed opportunity from ARTISAN, especially since the potential buyers for movies such as these three would happily pay extra for top-notch releases.
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Summary: buyer beware!
Review: These are great films, and they deserve better treatment."Traveller" and "Matewan" are NOT widescreen presentations and "Breaking the Waves" is not 1.85:1,as listed on the case, but is 2.35:1. Nit-picking? I think not, as I believe that even though these are budget-priced discs, films should be presented widescreen if that was the theatrical presentation, and "Traveller" could have done with a 5.1 sound mix given that there are no extras. I guess i would rather pay more for premium treatment of great movies, than pay less and have to settle with just being thankful that the movies are on disc at all. A missed opportunity from ARTISAN, especially since the potential buyers for movies such as these three would happily pay extra for top-notch releases.
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