Rating: Summary: Please do it over! Review: I've seen 'Diva' on public TV and on VHS. The story is wonderful, lyrical and exciting. The DVD version is terrible simply because the sound was so poorly transferred. Please do it over, with the speakers turned on. Then, it will deserve at least 4 stars!
Rating: Summary: Sometimes you have to let art just flow over you... Review: If you focus entirely on the story, the intertwining plots occasionally cause Diva to drag a bit, particularly when it focuses on the political intrigue. That's the wrong approach to take to this film. Instead, what you should do is sit back, enjoy the music, the visuals, and the characters, and let the film happen. Do that, and Diva is captivating. I was fortunate enough to find a copy on laserdisc last year, just before most of the places that carry laserdiscs started phasing them out...
Rating: Summary: Best movie ever made Review: In my humble opinion, Diva is, without a doubt, the best movie ever made. (Other movies I admire, in no particular order: Blue Velvet, Citizen Kane, Orphee, Koyannisqatsi, and Duck Soup).
Rating: Summary: great film, poor dvd sound and video Review: Its a shame that a film, in which a musical piece is so central to the plot, gets such a bad dvd transfer. Still its worth getting/
Rating: Summary: Great Movie -- Bad, Bad DVD Review: One of the main characters in this wonderful, quirky film is music. Full, amazing glorious sound weaves in and out of both plot and subplot. Well, it does in the movie, anyway. The truely awful mono sound on this DVD is like blacking out the image of one of the stars. It's still a good story but if you've seen/heard this movie in a decent theater the terrible sound on this DVD will have you screaming in frustraition. Where's a Criterion Edition when we need it?
Rating: Summary: Great film ... bad DVD transfer Review: Shame on whoever rushed DIVA's transfer to DVD. It's a truly phenomenal film; it deserved a thorough remastering before being forced to make this leap into the digital domain. Even with its sometimes jerky pixilation and somewhat muffled monophonic sound, it's still worth buying.
Rating: Summary: Action packed and highly entertaining Review: Some great action scenes. The music is hard on the ears
Rating: Summary: I'm one of the few who didn't like the film. Review: Sorry, but I agree with the fellow who says that this film is overrated. To those who love it, "I'm happy for you." I saw it on TV - beautiful music, lush photography, but by the end of the film, I felt that I was wasting my time -- at the end, it reminded me of an ordinary TV thriller climax. Sorry - once was enough for me.
Rating: Summary: I'm one of the few who didn't like the film. Review: Sorry, but I agree with the fellow who says that this film is overrated. To those who love it, "I'm happy for you." I saw it on TV - beautiful music, lush photography, but by the end of the film, I felt that I was wasting my time -- at the end, it reminded me of an ordinary TV thriller climax. Sorry - once was enough for me.
Rating: Summary: Fantastic film, but What a bad DVD transfer Review: Such a shame, the film is really good but impossible to listen to a diva with such a bad sound quality, I'm very surprised and disappointed that J.J Beineix accepted to difuse his film with such defaults.
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