MOVIE |
1985, wow. I lived it and this movie really does make you think it was a weird
decade. The Wedding Singer stars Adam Sandler in his usual popular role of the nice guy
put up against the odds, he plays Robbie Hart, the most popular wedding singer around. His
life is a happy one and he is getting married to his girlfriend in a few weeks. At one of
his engagement he meets Julia (Drew Barrymore) a waitress at his friends' restaurant, they
chat get on well and become good friends. A few weeks pass and poor Robbie is stood up by
his girlfriend on his wedding, broken hearted he wallows in his own self
pity which
causes some of the funniest scenes of the movie. Eventually he falls in love with Julia,
but there is one problem, she's engaged to a big time loser. Will Robbie win the day and
get the girl? Umm take a guess.
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VIDEO |
Hmm, while the video quality isn't as bad as some of there previous releases,
there are still some problems in the transfer. Notably, color saturation, it's a little
lacking. The Wedding Singer also has constant MPEG artifacts in the first 20 minutes of
the movie. Shadow detail was quite good throughout though.
The Wedding Singer is Framed at 1:85:1 and is 16:9
enhanced
This is a single sided, single layer disc.
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AUDIO |
This is terrible. The Dolby Digital 5.1 sound sucks, the lip sync is all out of
whack and really spoils this great movie. The MPEG version does not have this problem and
it is the sound format I listened to while watching it. If it weren't for the bad DD mix
it would have gotten a good score because the movie itself makes great use of the
surrounds and front soundstage.
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EXTRAS |
There are a few limited extras. The theatrical trailer. A crap featurette that
includes scenes from the trailer. There are also some outtakes from the movie, but these
suck.
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FINAL THOUGHTS |
Great movie. Shocking transfer. There is supposed to be a special edition on it's
way. Given Roadshow's latest release record. It should be a killer and easily better than
this version |
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: 26 May 2000 00:30:25 +1100
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Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
No of
Discs: |
1 |
OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
Running
Time: |
97
Mins |
Case
Type: |
Keep
Case |
Release
Date: |
24/11/1998 |
Catalog
Number: |
1017169 |
List
Price: |
$34.95 |
Distributor: |
Village
Roadshow |
Disc
Format: |
PAL |
Disc
Type: |
Picture
Disc |
Disc
Format: |
SS-SL |
Chapters: |
18 |
Macrovision: |
Yes |
Manufacturer: |
DVM |
Aspect
Ratio:
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1:85:1 |
Anamorphic: |
Yes |
Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital:
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5.1 Surround |
DTS: |
None |
PCM
Stereo: |
None |
Other: |
MPEG
5.1 |
Languages:
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English |
Subtitles: |
None |
Audio
Commentary: |
None |
Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes |
Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
TV
Spots: |
None |
Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
Documentary: |
Yes |
Cast
& Crew Bios: |
Yes |
Deleted
Scenes: |
None |
Music
Videos: |
None |
DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
Scene
Access: |
Yes |
Animated
Menus: |
Yes |
Production
Notes: |
Yes |
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