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Around Brokeback Mountain => All About DVD => Topic started by: Toadily on Mar 21, 2006, 01:43 PM
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Hey
Any opinions on which is better? What are you all ordering?
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In the UK, full-screen versions are rare. But even if I had a choice, I'd go for the widescreen version every time. I'd much rather see the whole of the picture, rather than have it cropped for me.
So, I ordered the widescreen version (even though it's the only one available on PAL in the UK) but if I'd ordered the NTSC version from the US, I still would have gone for the widescreen format.
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In the UK, full-screen versions are rare. But even if I had a choice, I'd go for the widescreen version every time. I'd much rather see the whole of the picture, rather than have it cropped for me.
So, I ordered the widescreen version (even though it's the only one available on PAL in the UK) but if I'd ordered the NTSC version from the US, I still would have gone for the widescreen format.
Thanks, that makes sense. I don't like that cropped look either.
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I'm off to check Amazon and see which one I paid for!
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In the UK, full-screen versions are rare. But even if I had a choice, I'd go for the widescreen version every time. I'd much rather see the whole of the picture, rather than have it cropped for me.
So, I ordered the widescreen version (even though it's the only one available on PAL in the UK) but if I'd ordered the NTSC version from the US, I still would have gone for the widescreen format.
Yay! I get happy when I encounter people that realize how much better widescreen is without my having to explain it to them.
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i am going to get widescreen..because you get the whole picture..and with fullscreen they tend to cut off the sides..and with the beautiful scenary you get more of a picture with widescreen..just my opinion though
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Full screen for me....you never know when I am going to buy 50" flat panel TV. ;D
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Full screen for me....you never know when I am going to buy 50" flat panel TV. ;D
Teaser :P
OT cham!
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Buying both. Two copies of each.
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Widescreen for me! I am ordering from Wolfe Video...I want my bandana!
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I just bought a 42" Lcd flat panel tv, right in time for the brokeback DVD, i'm getting widescreen and full screen......After all, one can never have too many!! ;)
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I just bought a 42" Lcd flat panel tv, right in time for the brokeback DVD, i'm getting widescreen and full screen......After all, one can never have too many!! ;)
Lucky you!
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I just bought a 42" Lcd flat panel tv, right in time for the brokeback DVD, i'm getting widescreen and full screen......After all, one can never have too many!! ;)
Congratulations! Can we all come to your place to watch BBM? ;D Enjoy your BBM. I am getting both full and wide screen. Never enough for BBM. ;D
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I'm buying the widescreen version, first. Then maybe later, I'll get the full screen version.
The widescreen version is almost necessary to get the full impact of the scenery. I'm still shocked that it didn't win an Oscar for Best Cinemaphotography since the scenery is crucial to the plot. Take away the breathtaking mountain scenery, and you lose half of the impact of Brokeback Mountain. Like Jack says in the film, "That ol' Brokeback got us good..."
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both versions for me!!
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Widescreen ABSOLUTELY. I do not want my picture of Ennis and Jack to be distorted or cut off in any way. Widescreen preserves the original film ratios more accurately so that, although it doesn't fill a standard screen, it shows everything that you saw in the theater.
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I always go for widescreen. There are some movie where I don't really care, I'll get fullscreen if widescreen costs more or is harder to find, but not on this one. This movie has such beautiful visuals that it would be such a loss to miss some of the picture or have it distorted at all.
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Here's a site dedicated to the promotion of widescreen: http://www.widescreenadvocate.org/whatis.html
They have some data on how much is lost, and two very convincing animations that show how damaging "full screen" is to the director's/cinematographer's intent as well as to the actors even.
-btb
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both versions for me!!
YES! exactly!
Those stupid black bars annoy the hell out of me, but I dont want a part to be cut out.. so both for me!! :D
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I know, but ya can't miss out on anything!
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::) ::) ::) ::) ::) i'm following an advise i got hier i ordered the widescreen version
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WIDE SCREEN ALL THE WAY BABY!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I got a Widescreen. ;D
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My friend just called me mortified because she went and bought I widescreen version, but when it plays.. its Fullscreen.. not Widescreen?
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I've decided to rent both the fullscreen and widescreen and compare. I watched fullscreen last night on a standard 27" TV with stereo, and I didn't think BBM lost much due to the cropping OR the transition to the small screen - what a relief! In fact, with a headset on, I could FINALLY understand each and every word - including the murmuring in the second tent scene.
I'll try the widescreen before I buy, but I'm kinda with Italian_Dude on this one - letterboxing drives me wacky.
I'm also kinda still hoping for a deluxe 2-disc version. What can I say, I'm greedy!
JB :D
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Both!
I ordered the wide from Columbia House, those b*stards are making me wait for it!
I was no nervous this morning when I walked in HMV, I never noticed but got the full version one. :P
Ain't so bad since I have still my old 21 inches screen TV.
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Sometin' like 45cm in civilized countries :-X Oopse, shut up cham!
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Well, I bought the widescreen, but when I watched it last night it was fullscreen...but who cares - it was BBM!!!! ;D
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My friend just called me mortified because she went and bought I widescreen version, but when it plays.. its Fullscreen.. not Widescreen?
That would piss me off. Mine was definately widescreen.
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The WalMart here only had the full screen version, so I bought it. But I have ordered the widescreen version online. Donna
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The WalMart here only had the full screen version, so I bought it. But I have ordered the widescreen version online. Donna
At Wal-Mart I had to search for a widescreen copy. They had like five times as many full screen as widescreen.
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Can anyone tell me which version is on sale at amazon.co.uk? Coz Im not sure which one I ordered. :-\
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It'll almost certainly (99.9999%) be the widescreen version. Very few movies get released as both WS and FS versions in the UK.
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It'll almost certainly (99.9999%) be the widescreen version. Very few movies get released as both WS and FS versions in the UK.
Thankx
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I've always preferred the wide screen version of DVD's, but I bought the full screen DVD of BBM and I love it. The color is so rich and the scenes, though not so wide in scope, focus in on the characters so well. Some scenes seem like a close-up version of the film. I love it. Lamusica
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Does anyone know if they are coming out with the "special addition" soon, what with more comments etc.
I figure they will as a marketing thing.
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Does anyone know if they are coming out with the "special addition" soon, what with more comments etc.
I figure they will as a marketing thing.
If they ever do... I doubt they will, I don't think Ang Lee will go for it.
Anyways if it ever happens, my bet is for next Christmas.
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OMG, I just ran both the FS and WS versions of the movie side by side on my 2 computers and noticed that a lot of the top and bottom are missing from the WS version. There's only trivial truncation on the sides in the FS version, but you see so much more in the top and bottom portions of the FS version! For example, you can see Ennis' wedding ring on his hand in the motel scene, more of Jack's furry chest, you can see what Ennis is cooking at the campsite, you can see a lot more of their legs and head in a lot of the scenes, more of the mountains and water, etc etc. I thought I was missing a lot in the FS version (thinking that the sides were just truncated and the picture zoomed to fill the screen), but now that I've made the comparison, I'll be watching the FS version from now on!!!
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dirtbiker, thanks for the insights.
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OMG, I just ran both the FS and WS versions of the movie side by side on my 2 computers and noticed that a lot of the top and bottom are missing from the WS version. There's only trivial truncation on the sides in the FS version, but you see so much more in the top and bottom portions of the FS version! For example, you can see Ennis' wedding ring on his hand in the motel scene, more of Jack's furry chest, you can see what Ennis is cooking at the campsite, you can see a lot more of their legs and head in a lot of the scenes, more of the mountains and water, etc etc. I thought I was missing a lot in the FS version (thinking that the sides were just truncated and the picture zoomed to fill the screen), but now that I've made the comparison, I'll be watching the FS version from now on!!!
I definitely have to find a way to get the fullscreen DVD !!!! :P
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I will try and get some sample screen caps showing the comparisons.
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Thank you all. I'm so glad this thread was on here, because I hadn't studied the DVD situation well enough to know there would be advantages to the FS version. I thought the FS version was just the right and left sides cut off, like to fit an old-style-now TV screen. So I looked at the examples with much interest, and have passed it on to others I know who thought they had the definitive version with the WS version. I ordered through Dave Cullen's site, via Amazon, and some proceeds go to his site. Can't wait to watch it!
kathy
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Well I've changed my mind on FS DVDs! I still prefer WS, but on a computer the FS is much better, the image is bigger, and we can see lots of details on the bottom. Love it! <^(
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Here's just one example where full-screen version is better than wide-screen. In the morning after the FNIT, when Ennis sits up and pulls his pants up, we get to see bare flesh! Yum...
kathy
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I got both versions and both are good for me
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Here's just one example where full-screen version is better than wide-screen. In the morning after the FNIT, when Ennis sits up and pulls his pants up, we get to see bare flesh! Yum...
kathy
How would you only see that in full screen? Widescreen shows all that full screen does plus more.
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Here's just one example where full-screen version is better than wide-screen. In the morning after the FNIT, when Ennis sits up and pulls his pants up, we get to see bare flesh! Yum...
kathy
How would you only see that in full screen? Widescreen shows all that full screen does plus more.
No. See dirtbiker's reply #36 above. I always thought that, too, that Fullscreen was Widescreen with left and right parts cut off. But Widescreen has some top and bottom cut off, so you see new things on Fullscreen. Isn't that a trip? That there is a version with more than what you see at the movies?
Where are those example-diagrams? Are they on this thread, page 1?
kathy
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It's on this thread, Kathy...
http://www.ennisjack.com/index.php?topic=4251.0
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i think the full version is better
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Get the widescreen, this is how the director intended the public to see the movie.Eventhough you get more with the fullscreen, the material you see was not meant to be seen in the first place (sometimes you will see microphones and things)
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Get the widescreen, this is how the director intended the public to see the movie.Eventhough you get more with the fullscreen, the material you see was not meant to be seen in the first place (sometimes you will see microphones and things)
Good point, killroy. Thanks. I do like having both, though -- the fullscreen one good for some screencaps, such as tent scenes.
kathy
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I have both too--The director may wanted the panoramic, but I want the guys-and while the widescreen may give you a few more clouds and trees, if you want more Ennis and Jack go fullscreen---you are so much closer to them. I love mine, and watch the fullscreen probably 3 out of 4 viewings compared to the widescreen. you don't see any more mic cords in the fullscreen than you do on the widescreen in this movie anyway.
The dvd they are releasing soon, the new version, isn't new, from what I can gather, it has a photo gallery added to it, and it comes with the book and something else---not a big something either, but it doesn't have any more deleted scenes, or commentary than the first one had. At least that is what I have read from someone who had seen the jacket and read off the contents.
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I have both too--The director may wanted the panoramic, but I want the guys-and while the widescreen may give you a few more clouds and trees, if you want more Ennis and Jack go fullscreen---you are so much closer to them. I love mine, and watch the fullscreen probably 3 out of 4 viewings compared to the widescreen. you don't see any more mic cords in the fullscreen than you do on the widescreen in this movie anyway.
The dvd they are releasing soon, the new version, isn't new, from what I can gather, it has a photo gallery added to it, and it comes with the book and something else---not a big something either, but it doesn't have any more deleted scenes, or commentary than the first one had. At least that is what I have read from someone who had seen the jacket and read off the contents.
Darn -- I didn't know anything about a new version actually. I'll want to get it of course, but it still isn't as much as I would like to have...
Actually, t hough, I totally have to respect any director choosing to keep his deleted scenes to himself. But I'm thinking, if the stills are from the deleted scenes, then that's a good compromise. I'll be happy with that, and Ang will be happy, presumably.
kathy
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I have both too--The director may wanted the panoramic, but I want the guys-and while the widescreen may give you a few more clouds and trees, if you want more Ennis and Jack go fullscreen---you are so much closer to them. I love mine, and watch the fullscreen probably 3 out of 4 viewings compared to the widescreen. you don't see any more mic cords in the fullscreen than you do on the widescreen in this movie anyway.
The dvd they are releasing soon, the new version, isn't new, from what I can gather, it has a photo gallery added to it, and it comes with the book and something else---not a big something either, but it doesn't have any more deleted scenes, or commentary than the first one had. At least that is what I have read from someone who had seen the jacket and read off the contents.
Darn -- I didn't know anything about a new version actually. I'll want to get it of course, but it still isn't as much as I would like to have...
Actually, though, I totally have to respect any director choosing to keep his deleted scenes to himself. But I'm thinking, if the stills are from the deleted scenes, then that's a good compromise. I'll be happy with that, and Ang will be happy, presumably.
kathy
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Oh well, I just have to wait a little more. The DVD will be released over here September 29th :o
It will be a bouble DVD though...