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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. And you
really do feel for the characters in the movie. Wonderful. And until the DVD version comes
along this is the ultimate way to view this in the home. It leaves the VHS versions for
dead.
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WOW outstanding stuff here on this disc. The THX assured picture is framed at
2:30:1 aspect ratio and this disc exhibits excellent color fidelity. The colors are rich
and warm, flesh tones look natural and the blacks are as they should be a deep solid black.
The images are very sharp in this movie and the contrast is as superb as the shadow
detail, there were a few distracting artifacts in the print but these are minor and few
& far between. Demo Quality.
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| AUDIO |
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What an experience. The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is a complete lesson in
spatial effects. The .1 bass channel is extremely deep and pushes my system to the limit.
The surrounds were used so effectively you can see why this won the Academy Award for
sound, it's just a delight to listen to.
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| EXTRAS |
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Again not many extra's on this Laserdisc. First you get the Dolby Digital Train
Trailer in all is glory and the usual THX Laserdisc trailer which sounds as equally
outstanding.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| This now goes into the top of my collection and is a great promotion of
Laserdisc in general. Sure there slowly on there way out, but this goes to show it can
still hold it's own against DVD, and that LD's still deserve some respect in the home
theatre market. |
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
LD Player: Pioneer
CLD515 Laserdisc Player.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 09 Oct 2000 23:49:58 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
N/A |
| No of
Discs: |
2 |
| MPAA Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running
Time: |
196
minutes |
| Case
Type: |
Standard
Jacket |
| Release
Date: |
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| Catalog
Number: |
0421 |
| List
Price: |
Personal
Import |
| Distributor: |
FOX |
| Disc
Format: |
NTSC |
| Disc
Type: |
Label
Only |
| Disc
Format: |
CLV |
| Chapters: |
30 |
| Macrovision: |
No |
| Manufacturer: |
FOX |
| Aspect
Ratio:
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2:35:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
No |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
Dolby
Digital:
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5.1 Surround
2.0 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
| Languages:
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English |
| Subtitles: |
None |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
None |
| 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: |
None |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
None |
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