Playing By Heart (1998) - March 26, 2013

[James Luckard]

Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

I just read my first review of this on highdefdigest and the reviewer claims it's possibly the worst video he's ever seen. Based on the description, it sounds like my only other genuine piece of crap bd release (meaning it's a abject failure in every way, not just has problems-even some serious ones) which would be The Truth About Cats and Dogs. Reindeer Games looks beautiful compared to that release.

I haven't had time to watch anything other than Beautiful Girls and I put the Grifters on to take a quick look (BG looked quite nice and I didn't see anything terrible about the Grifters), with both looking good to decent, I really expected PBH would be at least ok. Sounds like it's not even close to being ok.

The biggest issue to me now, since PBH isn't an overly important title to me like The Truth About Cats and Dogs was, but now I'm probably going to cancel my pre-orders for Committed and Jersey Girl. I thought they were worth a shot for $5, but I'm going to wait to hear about PQ now. I don't even want to waste $10 on two more titles that are blind buys.

Here's the review:

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/8516..._by_heart.html

It depends on what you expect. The linked review starts by saying the picture is 1.78:1 when it's actually 2.00:1, so the writer clearly wasn't paying close attention. Yes, it looks dated, but I A/B'd the DVD and it's a gargantuan improvement. That said, it's still one of the weakest BDs I've ever seen. Your call.

And I'm not sure why he says the Spanish import is better, has he actually seen it? I don't see a review anywhere.