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  1. Dan Kaplan

    DVD Review HTF Review: The Bourne Supremacy (Highly Recommended!)

    Therein lies the problem. The filming style is completely at odds with the tone of the movie. Dan
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    DVD Review HTF Review: The Bourne Supremacy (Highly Recommended!)

    Those not troubled by the camera work should consider themselves very lucky, as you're among the select few able to fully enjoy the movie. It sounds like even those not terribly bothered by it would agree it was a foolish stylistic choice, one that serves no purpose other than to alienate a...
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    DVD Review HTF Review: The Bourne Supremacy (Highly Recommended!)

    Just watched it, and the camera work was ... absolutely horrible. :thumbsdown: An otherwise excellent movie was thoroughly ruined by this needless and miserable choice. If anyone like myself has reservations, stick with a rental and hopefully we can send a message that garbage like this belongs...
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    DVD Review HTF Review: The Bourne Supremacy (Highly Recommended!)

    Brent, Tim, and Pat, thank you very much for the replies. I'll definitely be starting with a rental, in that case. Sorry, Universal. (For further comparison's sake, I'm one who routinely closes my eyes or looks away during TV commercials and promos, which are more akin to strobe lights these...
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    DVD Review HTF Review: The Bourne Supremacy (Highly Recommended!)

    I was going to ask that exact question... I barely made it through Man on Fire (front projection) and could not possibly watch it a 2nd time due to the camera work. If Bourne Supremacy is anywhere near that level of atrocity, I'll have to rethink my plan to make it a blind purchase. Is there...
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    George Lucas talks Lord of the Rings, Film, HD and more

    I won't disparage LOTR, because it's one of the very, very few movies that has done CGI right. However, it is an example of what I meant by CGI being an excuse for bigger, not better. LOTR, Matrix, and the Star Wars prequels have all found it necessary to have extremely large, elaborate battle...
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    George Lucas talks Lord of the Rings, Film, HD and more

    CGI is the faster car, but I see no evidence that it saves money. It is dramatically more expensive, in most cases. Look at the highest budget flicks of all time and you'll find some extremely CGI-saturated movies. The technology cost is enormous. You might get more performance, but the economy...
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    George Lucas talks Lord of the Rings, Film, HD and more

    Any more twisted than the statement itself? Dan
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    George Lucas talks Lord of the Rings, Film, HD and more

    Going back to the first post: Brilliant reasoning. Everyone knows Lamborghini's are so much more economical than Hyundai's. I now understand the travesty that is the Star Wars prequels... Dan
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    Jet Li's The One

    I don't know why Black Mask gets so little mention, but it should definitely be checked out by anyone interested in Jet Li. Much better than his American movies, with the possible exception of his rather brief debut in Lethal Weapon 4, which was quite simply awe inspiring (and the only redeeming...
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    Waterworld DTS

    Waterworld was much like Last Action Hero: Huge anticipation and huge budget, but bad press started circulating prior to release and promotional activity was almost nil after that. They sank quickly, no pun intended... Both were much, much better than the reviews would have one believe...
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    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Splash - 20th Anniversary Edition (RECOMMENDED)

    And don't forget At Play in the Fields of the Lord (don't believe it's available on DVD). Very good movie. Dan
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    Michael Mann's Ali: Director's Cut and Das Boot: The Mini Series........June 1st

    I always thought the biggest criticism of Ali was that it wasn't edited enough. Maybe it'll be the first Director's Cut to actually be shorter? ;) In all seriousness, though, I quite like the movie. Just loses focus too often. Dan
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    Master and Commander.....Details

    Duh, after reading this entire thread, I didn't even think about that. Looks like it is only the single disc version they carry. Oh well, I'll get to find out how much I like it. If it blows me away, maybe I'll double dip for the extras (which I often don't watch anymore). Dan
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    Master and Commander.....Details

    Count me as another who missed it in the theater (I prefer to just buy anything I have more than a passing interest in these days, since the cost is about the same and the home viewing experience generally better), but even if I were on the fence, I think David Prior's excellent contribution to...
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