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There's not much more I can say about
Titanic since I reviewed it on Laserdisc, so the following text
about the movie is taken my my review of the Laserdisc.
James Cameron was going to sink or
swim with this movie and oh boy did he swim, not only is it one of
the best crafted movies of the last few years, he also made more
than a bucket load in cash in the process.
The movie itself is so rich in
detail you really think you are on the real ship and are watching
the last few days of it's life. Cameron has added to this famous
story two characters Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio) & Rose
DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) Jack is the poor guy of the story and
Rose is the Rich girl of the movie.
Now as the story goes they fall in
love much to the behest of Rose's rich family. So now the love
affair they have is scorned upon by everyone that Rose knows, but to
Jack & Rose they know no one will come between there love for
each other. Of course they didn't tell a hug iceberg that.
As we all know the Titanic hits the
darn thing and it goes down, that's a bit of a dampener on their
whole voyage to say the least. Now I won't say what happens for
those people that haven't seen this movie (All 2 of you) But I can
say that Cameron's work in this movie, the absolute detail, the
scope and everything else in this movie is a true testament to this
last fateful voyage of a great ship.
You really do feel for the
characters in the movie. Wonderful.
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VIDEO |
This disc was the first for 20th
Century Fox's international DVD releases. While it is good, I
wouldn't consider it a WOW release, the DVD format is capable of so
much more!
Titanic's transfer isn't the
sharpest, in fact it would be softer than most of today's newer
releases, although over a year has passed since it's release.
Shadow detail is acceptable without
being anything special. It gets the job done.
Color's vary between over
saturation to under saturation and were never stable through the
transfer.
There were no MPEG or film
artifacts present.
Titanic is framed at
2:35:1 and is not 16:9 enhanced.
This is a dual-sided, single layer disc.
The layer change occurs at 104:00 exactly.
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AUDIO |
Stunning is a word
to use on this track. Titanic is presented with a Dolby Digital
5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack for people not possessing 5.1
equipment.
Titanic features one
of the most immersive 5.1 mixes around. Looking at the movie I
found that sound designed Gary Rydstrom was one of the men
responsible for this soundtrack, it shows. No matter what movie
this guy touches, it turns to pure aural gold! Just look at Saving
Private Ryan, Toy Story 2, A Bug's Life and Jurassic Park for
examples!
Surround channels
beautifully integrated into the track and do not draw attention to
themselves, especially during the ships demise. Wonderful.
The .1 channel was
well integrated into the mix to underscore the sound track
throughout.
Dialog was always
easy to hear.
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EXTRAS |
Only one extra adorns this
disc.
Theatrical Trailer:
Good trailer of average quality. 1:85:1, Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles: Closed
Captioned, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian,
Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish
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FINAL THOUGHTS |
An slow, wandering
movie chucked onto a featureless DVD. Please Buena Vista, all your
DVD's deserve better treatment! |
16:9
ENHANCEMENT |
DISC
RATING |
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
DVD Player: Panasonic A350 Player using S-Video Cables.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 16 Nov 2000 11:03:07 +1000
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Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
No of
Discs: |
1 |
OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
Running
Time: |
187
Mins |
Case
Type: |
Black
Amaray |
Release
Date: |
1/9/1999 |
Catalog
Number: |
0421SDV |
List
Price: |
$44.95 |
Distributor: |
20th
Century Fox |
Disc
Format: |
PAL |
Disc
Type: |
Picture
Disc |
Disc
Format: |
RSDL |
Chapters:
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30 |
Macrovision: |
Yes |
Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
Aspect
Ratio:
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2:35:1 |
Anamorphic: |
None |
Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital: |
5.1 Surround |
DTS: |
None |
PCM
Stereo: |
None |
Other: |
None |
Languages:
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English |
Subtitles: |
Yes |
Audio
Commentary: |
None |
Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes
& THX Trailer |
Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
TV
Spots: |
None |
Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
Documentary: |
None |
Cast
& Crew Bios: |
None |
Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
Music
Videos: |
None |
DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
Scene
Access: |
Yes |
Animated
Menus: |
Yes |
Production
Notes: |
None |
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