Grading old Hong Kong movies (1980s-90s) original theatrical prints as if blu-rays

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So I just watched Tsui Hark's DRAGON INN at the BAM ROSE theater in Brooklyn, NYC yesterday. It was an original print (with Chinese subtitles and bad English subtitles).

I watched this movie in the theater pretending I was watching a Fortune Star blu-ray of a 90s Hong Kong film, and guess what? The theatrical print of DRAGON INN had a very similar quality to what one would find typically in a Fortune Star (K&R) blu-ray.

For all the old Hong Kong films I've seen re-released (not remastered prints) in art-house theaters, this is how I would grade the quality of the theatrical versions as if I would be grading a blu-ray:

DRAGON INN
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
English subitles: 2.5/5


ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA 2
Video: 3/5
Audio: 3/5
English subitles: 2.5/5


Can anyone else think of old (1980s-early 1990s) Hong Kong films you've seen in the theaters, remember how they looked and sounded, and grade them as if you were grading a blu-ray?