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Therein lies the problem. The filming style is completely at odds with the tone of the movie. Dan

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Any more twisted than the statement itself? Dan

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

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...

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...

And don't forget At Play in the Fields of the Lord (don't believe it's available on DVD). Very good movie. Dan

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

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

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...

That's disappointing. I was considering ordering the Godfather and thought I'd check first to see if it's truly remastered or just the oft complained about version from the box set. Alas... I may go ahead and get it anyway, though. Good enough movie to put up with some iffy video quality...

Good. Hopefully, this will be the end of Macrovision as we know it, so my projector's colors don't fluctuate needlessly during playback. Dan

Thanks, Martin. I caught part of the first one on TV some time back and found it interesting, but that was before I had gotten the FOTR extended edition, which made most of the material redundant. I've been trying to decide if I want to get the various National Geographic releases to round...

For those of us acronym challenged, what is DoC? Dan

Bring back The Tooth!! Too bad it got pushed back. 2/3 is my b-day, which would have made for a cool release date. I believe the Rain Man SE "re-issue" is that day, so at least there's one meaningful release still. Dan

Gary, I hear ya. I liked X2, but far less than expected. Very average movie, in my opinion. I know very few share that opinion, but it's nice to know of at least one other. :) And yes, the opening Nightcrawler scene was definitely the highlight of the movie for me. In fact, I'd probably have...

Ah, that makes sense. I didn't realize that's how the review threads are handled. For some reason, I thought they were dual listed here and in their own forum, with both being open for searching and posting. Dan

Well, I got a new copy of X2 and am happy to report that the bizarre video jumpiness is gone. Also, I found the movie significantly more enjoyable upon second viewing, although still a bit on the flat and clinically cold side. Not being distracted by the constant "skips" probably helped. Dan...

Darren and Ray, thanks for the replies. Yeah, I would rate it highly obvious. Unlike anything I've seen. I'm assuming it's some sort of defect on my disc, but I don't understand the nature of it, seeing as how the audio never seems to skip or be off. The first couple times, I thought it was...

It occurred to me this morning what largely didn't sit well with me for the movie -- the promotion. I commented in the Terminator 3 review thread that I really liked how little of the movie was given away by the trailers. Once you read the halfway point, pretty much everything is a surprise. But...

Just watched it tonight for the first time, and I've got a question and a few comments. First, the question: Has anyone else noticed an odd jumpiness to the picture throughout? Perfectly good clarity, but it was almost like a frame was missing every couple minutes. It was so frequent, I can't...

Just got the DVD yesterday and watched it last night. Two words: HOLY CRAP!!! I consider T2 to be more or less the best movie ever made and the defining moment for the genre, but I was a bit leery when I heard they were doing T3. Just seemed wrong, somehow, especially with no Jim Cameron or...