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Summary: Great movie, bad DVD.
Review: Much thanks to Disney for releasing this classic family favorite, but the DVD is so lacking. First, my biggest gripe is that the movie is in full screen. So much is cut off in some scenes that it cannot be missed. For example, in one scene, Dean Jones is sitting in a car talking with one of his co-stars sitting next to him. Only half or even as little as one third of the actors face is visible. Very annoying to watch. Another glitch is the audio. For some reason the audio is terribly low on this DVD. Usually DVD sound is crystal clear and sometimes in surround sound, however, while watching the movie I had to raise the audio on my television to a very high setting just to hear it.
I do appreciate the release of this movie on DVD, but this movie that was such an ejoyable part of many viewers childhoods really deserved much more respect and should have had more attention when being put onto DVD. Hopefully Disney will put forth more effort when releasing their classics in the future.
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Summary: Great movie, bad DVD.
Review: Much thanks to Disney for releasing this classic family favorite, but the DVD is so lacking. First, my biggest gripe is that the movie is in full screen. So much is cut off in some scenes that it cannot be missed. For example, in one scene, Dean Jones is sitting in a car talking with one of his co-stars sitting next to him. Only half or even as little as one third of the actors face is visible. Very annoying to watch. Another glitch is the audio. For some reason the audio is terribly low on this DVD. Usually DVD sound is crystal clear and sometimes in surround sound, however, while watching the movie I had to raise the audio on my television to a very high setting just to hear it.
I do appreciate the release of this movie on DVD, but this movie that was such an ejoyable part of many viewers childhoods really deserved much more respect and should have had more attention when being put onto DVD. Hopefully Disney will put forth more effort when releasing their classics in the future.
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Summary: HATS OFF TO USTINOV
Review: My children were raised on this one. He is wonderful (as usual.) The guy who can play any part has done it again with gusto. This along with "One of our Dinosauers is Missing" are his best comedies.
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Summary: Needs to be Widescreen!
Review: This is my all time favorite Disney movie, but I have reason to hate it now. Where is the widescreen version?When will Disney quit pandering to those unknowing consumers who sacrifice the full movie for "Full Screen" format. I'll bet they think that they actually get more picture since there are no 'black bars" on the top and bottom of the screen. If they only knew that the edges are chopped off to make it fit...or worse, the picture is squeezed out of proportion. I personally don't enjoy two noses talking to each other. Give me the FULL movie! Give us WIDESCREEN options! C'mon Disney, show some class.
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Summary: Blackbeard's Ghost
Review: This movie is so funny. It will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what Blackbeard will be up to next.
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Summary: Video quality? Expected better...
Review: This of course is an excellent movie - Ustinov is excellent as well as Dean. However, I honestly expected better quality video from a re-released classic movie from Disney. The opening credits are truncated on the left side - it almost appeared that the opening credis were done with a hand-held video camera (someone with the wiggles of course). Tons of video artifacts exist throughout the movie (white dust, contrast problems, scratches, blooming, and washed out color etc.). It doesn't seem to have been given the "Snow White" treatment that other released products have gone through.
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Summary: Video quality? Expected better...
Review: This of course is an excellent movie - Ustinov is excellent as well as Dean. However, I honestly expected better quality video from a re-released classic movie from Disney. The opening credits are truncated on the left side - it almost appeared that the opening credis were done with a hand-held video camera (someone with the wiggles of course). Tons of video artifacts exist throughout the movie (white dust, contrast problems, scratches, blooming, and washed out color etc.). It doesn't seem to have been given the "Snow White" treatment that other released products have gone through.
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Summary: I've waited years, now I have to wait even longer...
Review: Very excited about the possiblilty of purchasing this childhood favorite, however after reading the reviews of the poor quality (GRAINY?..AND WHAT..NO LETTERBOX???) I will wait until Disney decides not to trash one of their better late 1960's movies. I have come to expect poor quality DVD's from no-frills cheaper ... DVD and VHS titles, however never would have expected Disney to resort to this type of poor quality merchandising. As Mel Brooks' "Yogurt" character from Spaceballs said "Merchandising...where the real money from the movie is made..." Surely a good quality transfer onto DVD contitutes good merchandising?
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Summary: NO WIDESCREEN, NO SALE.
Review: Vote with your wallet & don't buy this great Disney movie until it is released in widescreen (the way the director MADE IT) or insist on an additional 33-40% off of the sale price since they are chopping up to that much off of the picture on a full frame dvd.
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Summary: Blackbeard's Ghost Should Have Stayed Away
Review: While not a great moment in movie history, Blackbeard's Ghost is a fun film for families and stars the always-great Peter Ustinov. I had been looking forward to it's release on DVD as the print I had on VHS was so terrible, I felt surely that the DVD would offer a better print (and based on the quality of the prints on the recently-released Vault Disney titles I had purchased, I felt even more assured that it would). I was sooooo disappointed today when I received my copy of Blackbeard's Ghost. Of all of the DVDs I have purchased from a name studio, this has to be the worst I have ever seen. The print used seems to be the same as the one used for the old VHS I have. The picture contrast is terrible. The print itself is full of scratches and blemishes and the picture is very grainy. Worst of all it is presented in full screen (I seem to remember reading it would be widescreen when it was first announced), which leaves parts of the picture lopped off. An example of this is when Dean Jones' character is talking to a student while driving and the right half of Jones' face is missing while the left half of the student's is gone. The biggest example of the low quality of the print used is the opening titles. Since the film was not presented in widescreen (although it wouldn't have been too wide, I'm sure), the opening credits are "squished" up, with the picture being presented slightly off-center, leaving about a 1 1/2 inch black space up the left side of my screen. I know this film is not considered a classic by most, but I was hoping Disney would have thought it was and done better than this. Maybe some day they will.
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