Sentences with phrase «anamorphic widescreen transfer so»

is showcased in an excellent 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer so fine in its shadow detail that every pock on Burton's face is like a cave in a lunar landscape.

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I wish the disc's 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer * better preserved all this mise - en - scène minutiae: the image is surprisingly soft, muted, and murky, if only mildly so on each count.

Even so, the anamorphic widescreen transfer looked pretty good, with solid color.

And sate it does, at least from a technical standpoint: The 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer * is the finest for one of the film's theatrical cuts — a remarkable feat considering it's the longest instalment of the trilogy (and thus harder to squeeze onto a single - sided, dual - layered platter), though perhaps not so astonishing in light of two years having passed since The Fellowship of the Ring debuted on the format.

The studio's transfers are consistently some of the best out there, so for standard definition, this 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation looks pretty solid.

The anamorphic widescreen transfer of the feature film on disc one isn't quite so lovely as the packaging; the print exhibits some scratches and the subtitles (which, thankfully, are on the bottom black bar, so as to get a clearer view of the picture) have a strange tendency to sport quotation marks at random, but the flaws won't ruin one's enjoyment of the film.

Though the 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer of the film (full - frame version sold separately) starts out looking scuffed, the speckles clear up after the opening credits — but then edge - enhancement intrudes, and there's a bizarre lapse in quality during chapter 6, when intermittent shots lose so much definition as to suggest second - generation VHS.

Although captures weighing the fullscreen version of the SE (reviewed below) against the Superbit's 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer wouldn't prove much other than the disparity in aspect ratios, the Superbit platter boasts a much more expressive colour palette, blacks that approach pitch for a change, and detail so microscopically fine that, while Gobby's costume now officially looks stupid, the CGI has, conversely, never been more convincing, since all that compositing work is finally discernible.

So our compromised copy of Mr. & Mrs. Smith inhibits a legitimate assessment of the 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and fosters apathy for the remainder, though I was very impressed with the 5.1 audio, particularly the DTS option, which had me checking for shrapnel.

THE DVDs by Bill Chambers Fox issues The Clearing on DVD in a nice but erratic 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer: Although I wouldn't have minded the shifts in definition so much if they were more aesthetically grounded, sometimes the crispness of the image varies between consecutive shots.