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1.0 out of 5 stars
Massive amounts of shame on Columbia, July 22 2004
This review is from: Castle Keep (DVD)
No need to buy this DVD, a Panavision title released in pan & scan? Yep, we're back in the stone age. Columbia pictures should be ashamed, heaping this crap on the public,the movie is no classic, but it's worth a look, but this transfer is awful. At least you get the opening credits in letterbox ;)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
An incredible piece of ..., July 16 2004
This review is from: Castle Keep (DVD)
Yes it's true, Columbia has released this excellent movie in pan & scan! And to make it worse, contrary to what was said by an earlier reviewer, the original aspect ratio was not 1,85:1 but the full Panavision 2,40:1 framing (that's easy to check out, because the opening credits actually are shown in widescreen on the DVD). Well, that's it, folks, what we have here is another useless disc which all movie lovers should stay away from until Columbia finally understands what customers want. 1 star because I don't have any other choice (please Amazon, make it possible to give a 'Zero star' rating!)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
A lousy Pan & Scan transfer and a waste of money!, July 11 2004
This review is from: Castle Keep (DVD)
"Castle Keep" is an interesting early film by Sydney Pollack that, I'm sorry to say, is absolutely ruined by Columbia's foolish decision to release it pan & scan rather than in the correct aspect ratio. The film's beautiful widescreen cinematography is one of its greatest assets, but on the DVD parts of the film are actually hard to make sense of because half of the image is cut off. (...). With so many other great films out there to see, I recommend that you don't waste your time with this one until Columbia releases a better version. Too bad.
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