True Romance & Reservoir Dogs

[AnimeOnBlu]

Both will be released on January 12, 2010. Studio releasing them is Seven7.

[Jojos]

Infos & Cover Art : http://www.resetmag.com/HTML/news.asp?InfoID=14524

[Kynch]

Cover update for True Romance:

[AnimeOnBlu]

Still hoping on no forced French subs on both titles. The Excessif (formerly DVDrama) review wasn't clear on it and they had no screenshots of the menus.

[AnimeOnBlu]

Release by Metropolitan
Slipcover:

Blu-ray Case:

Specs:

Video: 1080p AVC 2.35:1
Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1, French DTS-HD MA 5.1
Subtitles: French, None
BD: BD50
Time: 2 Hours
Region: B Locked
Extra: (All in PAL)
-3 Audio Commentaries
-Shooting Scenario with Tony Scott, Samuel Hadida, and Roger Avery
-Deleted Scenes
-Alternate Ending
-Behind the Scenes
-Interview with the Actors
-The influences of Q. Tarentino

No idea how it stacks to the Warner release. Saw a healthy grain structure. Audio was solid. The French subs are not forced with the English track. Overall, very happy with this release. Movie takes up 30.5GBs on the disc (the overall disc is 45.5GBs). I think this version might be better than the Warner disc. Will try to give a better review if I am able to watch it this weekend.

Review: 4/5 PQ, 4/5 AQ
Video - Solid, nice grain structure. It was a bit soft. Basing my comparison on the screenshots of the US version, I feel that the French Blu-ray has more detail and much less DNR than the US version. I think the French version is superior to the US version, but I will try to look more closely at the two when I can.
Audio - Audio was clear for the most part. Some dialogue was a little tough to make out and

[Show spoiler]the shootout at the end

did not had the umpf I thought it would. Other than those small gripes the audio was fine.

Note that there is Forced French subs during one scene where some characters speak Italian, but it is not too hard to understand what they are saying, even if you do not speak French.

[c411um]

the french disc has a slightly different aspect ratio (worse imo) but a far superior picture quality. there are no forced subs. yes i have watched it from beginning to end.


*resized to 720p

[andreasy969]

Could an owner of the French release please check the running time of the feature film?

My US disc has a running time of 121:01 min. This German site states a running time of only 120:15 min. for the French blu-ray. I'm considering to buy the French disc, but I am a bit confused by the different run times...

Thanks .

EDIT: Forget about it. I just took a look into my US disc, and now I'm sure, the difference is due to additional studio logos at the beginning and the end of the movie on the US release...

[andreasy969]

Originally Posted by AnimeOnBlu

Note that there is Forced French subs during one scene where some characters speak Italian, but it is not too hard to understand what they are saying, even if you do not speak French.

You can manually disable these subtitles. Just turn off subtitle track #1, which by default is enabled, and you can watch the movie without any forced subs .

Also, on the Warner release there aren't any subs for some of the Italian dialogues at all, so you weren't supposed to understand these part of the dialogue in the first place (that is unless you speak Italian ). As far as I can tell, if you disable the french subtitle track #1, you only lose one short translation at the end of the trailer scene (

[Show spoiler]one guy explains in Italian why Coccotti just killed Worley

), that comes with English subtitles on the US blu-ray. I can live with that. Especially since the PQ of the French blu-ray is way better than on the US blu-ray.

[felixthecat]

Can you confirm if the French True Romance is uncut ? if yes ill import this to as u say picture and sound is better.Thanks for the info it helps.

[andreasy969]

Originally Posted by felixthecat

Can you confirm if the French True Romance is uncut ?

I didn't watch the complete French disc yet, but I'm sure it's uncut. The difference in running time (see my comments above) is indeed due to very long studio clips on the US disc. I don't see why a French release should be cut anyway, since the French tend to have a very liberal rating system (the French disc comes with a 16 years rating). Someone else, who watched the disc, couldn't spot any cuts either. So, I'll just say it: Yes, I'm sure, the disc is the uncut DC.

if yes ill import this to as u say picture and sound is better.

I cannot comment on the audio, but the video is way better. Someone else made some screen shots, which you can see here: http://forum.cinefacts.de/200207-tru...ml#post7105667 respectively http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/89ed...defdb85f2f52f0

I also made a comparison to show the slight differences in the framing here: http://forum.cinefacts.de/200207-tru...ml#post7120641 (but as of yesterday there seems to be a problem with the image hoster right now - I cannot see my pics anymore ...)

But please note that my shots (in case you can see them) were taken at different levels (Warner shots are (accidently) at TV levels, French shots are at PC levels). I didn't want to redo the Warner shots, as I only wanted to show the slight differences in the framing.

Thanks for the info it helps.

You're welcome.

[andreasy969]

Just for the record: I just watched it, and can confirm, that it's uncut.

[Jojos]

I took some screenshots :



















Comparison with the US disc (Warner) (US screenshots 1 & 2 courtesy of Cinemasquid, screenshot 3 from blu-ray.com) :

- http://gmontrone.com/bdcompare/defau...bdfr002053.png
-http://gmontrone.com/bdcompare/defau...bdfr002459.png
- http://gmontrone.com/bdcompare/defau...bdfr001836.png

[Eriko]

Originally Posted by Jojos

I took some screenshots :



















Comparison with the US disc (Warner) (US screenshots 1 & 2 courtesy of Cinemasquid, screenshot 3 from blu-ray.com) :

- http://gmontrone.com/bdcompare/defau...bdfr002053.png
-http://gmontrone.com/bdcompare/defau...bdfr002459.png
- http://gmontrone.com/bdcompare/defau...bdfr001836.png

Hi

I am from belgium too and I just wanted to know some things.

Does the Belgian release also come with all the extras (deleted scenes, 3 audio commentary tracks etc) like on the North American release?

And in the last 3 comparion pictures, wich one is from the US version and wich is the French version? left - right.


Thx!

[Jojos]

Originally Posted by Eriko

Hi

I am from belgium too and I just wanted to know some things.

Does the Belgian release also come with all the extras (deleted scenes, 3 audio commentary tracks etc) like on the North American release?

Hello,

If you're referring to the Dutch Filmworks release (Free Record Shop page) I don't have it but it seems to be a barebones release with no extra content.

Originally Posted by Eriko

And in the last 3 comparion pictures, wich one is from the US version and wich is the French version? left - right.

- US = left (darker, aspect ratio 2.40:1)
- FR = right (brighter, aspect ratio 2.35:1)

[Eriko]

okay, I will send freerecordshop a email than with the question about the extras


thx anyway

[cash_black]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xri37qo7Tpc

[Sky_Captain]

The French Reservoir Dogs disc looks very similar to the Lionsgate release(s), regardless of the better codec being used. Film needs remastered, simple as that. Even the Japanese release has some DNR present on it.

[Torrente]

I totally agree (again)

[cool hand bluke]

capsaholic have added screenshots from the French release. Wow! Massive difference. Much better. It's here

[marblearch]

Originally Posted by cool hand bluke

capsaholic have added screenshots from the French release. Wow! Massive difference. Much better. It's here

The difference looks even better on an LCD screen - gladly sold on that Warners disc after purchasing the French release.