the Green Mile special edition

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 Aug 2006, 20:45

thought this was an absolute classic,very underrated movie. one of tom hanks best.i'll be picking this up definite

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/ ... -mile.html

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 02 Aug 2006, 20:51

Yeah me as well, def going to get this. I have the UK version of Shawshank 3 disker, and the this version of Green Miles looks really really good.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 02 Aug 2006, 20:52

How is the 3-disk shawshank in terms of AV-quality?
I'll pick up green Mile as well. Great movie. Ofcourse I'll wait till it goes on sale first...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Aug 2006, 21:41

Going by the DVD Beaver caps the R1 2 Disc SE is sharper. The R1 misses out on the UK's 3rd disc of interviews but of course still has hours of extras.

I think the UK is cheap as chips now though. If they are about the same I'd probably go for the R1. I remember it looking definitely better.

Personally I'm happy with my R4 1 Disc. It's anamorphic with DD5.1 and that's enough for me, it has a few minor interviews too.

Both it and The Green Mile are decent but both are overrated IMO, especially The Green Mile and no way would I put Shawshank in my top 10. That I really can't understand.

EDIT: Crikey the R4 has the best PQ but the UK R2 the best AQ as it also has DTS:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare7/shawshank.htm

That said the R4 is virtually bare-bones so I'd still recommend R1, there's not much in it but as you can see the UK R2 SE is inferior but you may want DTS and those hours of interviews.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 02 Aug 2006, 23:08

The Green Mile makes me too sad to want to own it, I reckon.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Aug 2006, 00:28

bradavon wrote:Personally I'm happy with my R4 1 Disc. It's anamorphic with DD5.1 and that's enough for me, it has a few minor interviews too.

Which has been replaced with the PAL equivalent of the R1 Warner 2-discer (been out for yonks now). It's quite cheap now too.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Aug 2006, 17:40

You guys use Yonks too cool.

Yeah I knew that but going by the Beaver comparison the original R4 by Roadshow (instead of now WB) looks better.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 11 Aug 2006, 08:10

Christ! Not another film spread over two discs! :shock:

Disc One Special Features:

* Commentary by Writer/Director Frank Darabont
* Two Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Writer/Director Frank Darabont
* Tom Hanks Makeup Tests
* Michael Clarke Duncan Screen Test
* The Teaser Trailer: A Case Study
* Theatrical Trailers

Disc Two Special Features:

* Commentary by Writer/Director Frank Darabont
* Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile Documentary
* Miracles and Mystery: Creating The Green Mile - A 6-Part Documentary Gallery
o Stephen King: Storyteller
o The Art of Adaptation
o Acting on the Mile
o Designing the Mile
o The Magic of the Mile
o The Tail of Mr. Jingles

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=62414

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Aug 2006, 22:20

EvaUnit02 wrote:Christ! Not another film spread over two discs! :shock:

It is getting to much of a common trend just to up the bit-rate that little bit and it really is a little bit. I've no problem with it for mega long films but the current DVD on 1 disc has proven it's not needed.

We all know Columbia Tristar's Superbit range made the DVD look SOOO much better, not!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Aug 2006, 03:14

A 3 hour film + a commentary can be accommodated on 1-disc fine (eg the Casino SE, The Good, The Bad & The Ugly extended SE).

Notice how they've got extras on Disc 1, I don't see why they can't put all of them of disc 2. They've done the same bloody thing with King Kong Extended. Why? It doesn't even have a DTS track FFS.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Aug 2006, 13:27

Exactly. In the case of King Kong I suspect it's because Jackson is now known for his multiple disc releases so they thought they better do the same here.

Oddly Kingdom of Heaven at 191 minutes and lets face it Apocalypse Now: Redux at 201 minutes work fine being split but King Kong will suffer with a cut. Kingdom of Heaven for example has a proper intermission where it goes black and music is played between discs.

It works really well. Still Kong King is being split so we'll have to live with it. I'm not a big fan of Green Mile anyway.

I certainly think a film over 180 minutes is an acceptable split as:

A: That's a lot of footage on one DVD-9
B: A split after 100 minutes of footage is acceptable. If you have to get up sooner it's annoying.

It does make you wonder why Gangs of New York at only 150 minutes suffered on one DVD-9. I hear the R1 being split has better PQ. It's acceptable but not great on the UK R2 EIV.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Aug 2006, 17:58

bradavon wrote:It does make you wonder why Gangs of New York at only 150 minutes suffered on one DVD-9. I hear the R1 being split has better PQ. It's acceptable but not great on the UK R2 EIV.

Wasn't hardly any difference. The R1 was still dismissed for being Edge enhancement & artefact city.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 12 Aug 2006, 18:41

the only thing wrong with the region 2 gangs of new york was the averageness of the movie itself.the transer looked fine to me

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 Aug 2006, 02:41

Yeah, it looks perfectly fine on my 32" screen (my Sony R4 which is also on 1-disc rather than 2). I think it was only peeps who projected it onto a 100" wall who had a problem with it.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Oct 2006, 04:13

(Source= dvdactive)
What a glorious tower of retard the R2 cover is:-

What was wrong with the awesome R1 cover, I don't know.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 15 Oct 2006, 13:16

Gone With the Wind was also split over 2 discs, that doesnt matter so much because it has a proper intermision.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Oct 2006, 15:29

GWTW is four hours long and warrants being split over 2 discs, Green Mile on the other hand is only 3 hours 8 minutes.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 19 Oct 2006, 01:02

First review, oddly it's of the R4. Both the R2 & R4 are out a good 2 weeks before the R1 SE, is this why we get the shit artwork? I'll pick up the R4, it should only be $20 NZD new.