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02-06-2006, 12:34 PM
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Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit: Some thoughts....
I did a search and did not find any threads in the DVD forum for this title. I was really surprised at this. I missed my chance to see it in the theater, and finally got my hands on it this weekend.
What a wonderful film! Extremely clever, well-written, and hilariously funny, but not in an unintelligent way. Plenty for adults to enjoy here, but the kids should love it too.
I just had my 57" Toshiba re-calibrated this past Friday, and I have to say, the transfer on this looked fantastic to my eyes. I watched Corpse Bride as well this weekend, and I thought W&G had an even better transfer, and Corpse Bride has received some great reviews for its transfer.
I am not a professional reviewer, but I hope anyone on the fence about this title will give it a shot. The most fun I've had watching a film in a while.
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02-06-2006, 01:01 PM
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Thanks Andrew. I was really wondering about this title and have heard nothing about it.
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02-06-2006, 01:06 PM
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Funny stuff.
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02-06-2006, 04:20 PM
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Chris Caine
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funniest scene was the underwear, grin. Y-fronts at that. it is romantic at that.
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02-06-2006, 04:30 PM
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Well, the label on Wallace's box was pretty funny too. 
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02-07-2006, 09:54 AM
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Missed it in the theater, and have heard nothing about it other than this thread, yet I still plan to make a blind purchase this afternoon.
Such is the spell that W&G hold over me 
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02-07-2006, 10:58 AM
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It seems the UK is getting a 2-disc set. Is the Region 1 a 2-disc or a 1-disc?
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02-07-2006, 05:21 PM
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Region 1 is a 1 disc'er. No insert either.
Luckily, right at that moment, an unconscious Argentinean fell through my roof.
He was quickly joined by a dwarf dressed as a nun.
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02-07-2006, 05:25 PM
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I was at Best Buy to pick up something else, and the few W&G 2-disc boxes with the 3 Adventures all had Full Screen in them. Just something to be aware of.
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02-07-2006, 05:29 PM
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duplicate info... pls disregard.....
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02-07-2006, 05:31 PM
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Sorry there are no reviews....
...it's a DreamWorks title if that will explain
the situation for you.
Despite every attempt to ask them to do so, none
of the websites get early screeners from the studios.
Only publications do.
Our reviewer just received his copy on street date.
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02-08-2006, 04:03 AM
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I'm feeling guilty about this as I have had the title for a couple of weeks now (sometimes we get R1 titles ages in advance in the UK) and didn't think to post any sort of review. I'll leave it to the 'official' review which by Ronald's implication is on its way to talk about the details of the picture and sound, but suffice to say it seems acceptable enough. 
For anyone contemplating getting the R2 2-disc set, I believe that the extra stuff on the R2 version is mostly directed at kids (which is fine, but it may hold less appeal to a fair number of HTFers). The 'bigger' extras like the missing scenes, a tour of the Aardman studios, etc, are all on the R1 disc. |
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