Rating: Summary: Great film, bad disk! Review: This is a wonderfully funny movie with a great deadpan performance by Terence Hill and his straight man Bud Spencer. Beautifully shot in an over that over the top, true spaghetti western style by Enzo Barboni. That said, the disk is completely worthless. The sound is so bad you can't hear the dialog and the color is so washed out in several scenes you can't make out backgrounds. The version I'm referring to is UPC 890328777067, the 2002, "region free" release. If you can find a decent copy of this film, it's well worth the effort.
Rating: Summary: Excellent Movie - Terrible Pan & Scan DVD Review: This is certainly one of the best Bud Spencer-Terence Hill movies. It is actually much smarter than other Spencer-Hill pictures, because it contains a lot of intertextual references in its wonderfully portrayed western (parody/homage) moments. The music is magnificent too.I saw this film in Bosnia for the first time when I was kid and I immediately fell in love with it. In a few years I owned over 30 Bud Spencer (and Terence Hill) movies. The version I had in Bosnia (on a pirated VHS tape)had wonderful colours and was rich in detail. Anybody can guess why? Yes, you're right - because it was a WIDESCREEN copy (possibly imported from Italy). This DVD, however, is released in a horrendous PAN & SCAN edition. Many nice details are lost, there is a lot of artificial panning, and in certain action sequences you cannot even decipher what is going on. There are a few moments in which only background is seen, because the characters on both sides of the original widescreen picture (ar: 2,35:1) have been cut off. Furthermore, this DVD has terrible image resolution. Pixillation is present throughout the film (I have some Real Video files on my PC that have better picture quality than this DVD). This DVD, nonetheless, is very cheap. I bought it for 7.99 Canadian dollars (around 5 American dollars). And, of course, this is the best copy of this brilliant film that is available in North America and the reason why everybody should own it. 5 stars for the movie, 1 star for the DVD. All in all, 3 stars from me. I just wish I had my Bosnian widescreen copy.
Rating: Summary: Completely Pathetic and Not Funny At All Review: This movie is a waste of time. While browsing for selections for my weekly video night, I came across this early 70's "classic". I got it and thought might be ok, because it was supposed to be more comedic than western. It wasn't. It was horrible. Terence Hill gives a mild performance as Trinity, but otherwise all this movie is a bunch of faux violence between Trinity, his brother and the marauding Mexicans.
Rating: Summary: Cozzyus Review: This seller sends out items with minimal packaging and does not reply when the buyer complains when the received item is smashed into pieces which can be ascertained without even opening the package.
Rating: Summary: This One's a REAL hoot. Review: Unlike "My Name is Nobody"and "Trinity is Still My Name", this one starts out funny and gets funnier as the movie goes along- without the long drawn-out boring dialogue of the others. I am still trying to locate a "Trinity" Movie I saw at the Drive-In in the Summer of 1974. It was a western with Terence Hill called "A Man From the East" and it showed him just coming over from Ireland as a real pantywaist and learning from scratch how to fight and use a gun. It is the most unique of all the Trinity movies, but alas,impossible to find.
Rating: Summary: Great Movie, Wish the DVD was better. Review: Well I have always enjoyed the Trinity movies & was hoping when I got the DVD I would finally be able to see it in widescreen. But alas this DVD does not contain it. Still the movie is good & the DVD has a neat little trivia game that you can play, though you might want to play it after watching the movie.
Rating: Summary: A must have for a comedy western!!! Review: When you are feeling down or lost and you are ready to spill a tear, just put this western on, it will certainly change your mood to a happy one.
Rating: Summary: TRINITY YES! DISK NO! Review: Yes folks, just like a few of the other reviewers mentioned, this disk is pathetic. It almost looks like someone videoed a VHS copy off the TV and transferred to DVD. What's even more ridiculous is the "announcer" voice at the menu screen who actually mentions how good the quality is - I've never heard anything like it...I'm scratching my head as I type this. AARRRGH!! I love this movie - what always has killed me is the way the "sheriff" brother bonks everyone on the head - priceless. For you Trinity fans don't hate what I'm about to suggest. I think this movie would be an ideal candidate for a remake (I know, I know remakes are miserable and why tamper with genius). However, there are cases, notwithstanding the disk quality, that warrant a fresh coat of paint...and not what Smith/Klein did for Wild, Wild West. I would like to see what this movie would look like without some of the date score music and poor acting of the Marshall's goons. It's just a thought. Anyway - this movie is a comedy classic that has been ruined by whatever is on that DVD. Enjoy if you can.
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