Winston T. Boogie
Senior HTF Member
I just don't know if its worth 40 bucks. Seriously?
You know they will also take your first-born child, so you don't have to pay the forty.
I just don't know if its worth 40 bucks. Seriously?
Amazon doesn't seem to discount the Paramount Presents line as aggressively as they do other Paramount 4K titles: I've been watching but have yet to see Terms of Endearment, as an example, go lower than $34.74.I expect the final sale price to be around $30.00 plus tax.
Plus one of the best opening sequences ever put on film.It's a really fun picture but you can still smell the pasta sauce as you watch it. I love it, it is a beautiful looking film, maybe Leone's masterpiece. Henry Fonda is wonderfully evil in it. Bronson is iconic. I say it is a can't miss film.
As well as the great closing sequence with Morricone's glorious music.Plus one of the best opening sequences ever put on film.
I'm no fan of spaghetti westerns either but I see this has a rating of 8,5 at imdb. Is it that good?
I've seen the new transfer - I bought it from Vudu and it's great and I posted about it ages ago. Unless they author it poorly, it should look even better than Vudu.YES! Pre-ordered. Let's hope Paramount didn't screw this one up.
You know, I posted about this new transfer ages ago. It is great and a HUGE improvement over the old Paramount Blu-ray from the year one.Well I'm not expecting a vast improvement because it is Techniscope but we'll see.
John,Immediately Pre-Ordered! My all time favorite film. Hopefully this edition addresses and/or fixes all of the reported problems from previous releases of the film.
This news brought me to the verge of tears, actually, as it conjured up vivid memories of my first visit to Stu Kaminsky's office at Northwestern University when I had switched majors to become an official Radio-TV-Film college geek. His office was in a very dingy and delapidated building called the Film Annex. I had picked Stu as my advisor, and as I approached his office I could hear the sound of a typewriter clicking away. I knocked on his open door-- and he asked me to wait a few minutes. When entering his tiny office one was immediately aware of the old Royal typewriter that he used, and there above his desk was an oversized poster, huge and splendid, for "Once Upon a Time in the West." I ended up really admiring Stu, his novels (he later told me he was working on his first Toby Peters murder mystery when we had our first meeting), and his critical precision. He knew more about Leone and his films that I could ever absorb into my own paltry brain. His knowledge of film and literature seemed boundless, and he encouraged his students to approach any work with energetic curiousity and, hopefully, no preformed judgments. He would methodically call out any unsupported critical assessments in student papers or during class discussions by asking how those judgments had been reached and how one could be sure they weren't the result of personal bias. But enough about those memories!
This film blew me away the first time I saw it, and it only grows deeper for me on repeat viewings.
Just for the cinematography in the 4K/UHD format struck from the OCN, alone, you will find my own personal answer to be a resounding YES. Additionally, the Marricone score will also find its new and audibly expansive breath of life, as well. What’s not to like at 40 bucks, for those who marvel at this masterpiece?I just don't know if it’s worth 40 bucks. Seriously?
As usual, it will be less than MSRP by release day.But for the cinematography in the 4K/UHD format struck from the OCN, alone, the answer is a resounding YES. Additionally, the Marricone score will also find its new breath of life, as well. What’s not to like at 40 bucks, for those who marvel at this masterpiece?
Please explain the problem with Techniscope. I’ve never found one.Well I'm not expecting a vast improvement because it is Techniscope but we'll see.