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v:9
A:9
M:9

Very well encoded, and a fantastic copy.

v:9 - AR aside, the video is top notch.
a:9 - also solid
m:8.5. Brilliant ending, which you are either going to love or hate. Anyway, good take on a 'modern' western.

Kudos to BaLD for a great rip!

Welllll, I found this on <snip> a day before 'BaLD' put out their release and the one I found was 1/1.4GB file with no group name or nfo or anything included. Looks like BaLD took this anon source and, prob fixed it for stand-alone players, and released it. However this one does look sick on my average 26" LCD (TV). improved A/R makes the desert shots so much nicer and with no blurred counters and great color and clarity, def the one to grab for anyone who was still waiting for a slightly better video.

V: 9/9 (my eyes are getting used to all this bluray and hi-def shit)

A: 8/10

Movie: 9 imho

Put me in the "hate the ending" group. The artsy fartsy types may think it was brilliant but it was not a satisfactory ending for the rest of us.
V: 8
A:8
M:3 (it would have been an 8.5 with a decent ending)

Major improvement over the last release. Not that anything was really wrong with the previous release, but this one is better quality. I don't see anything wrong with the AR. The video quality is outstanding, this is a fantastic release. Thank you once again, BaLD.

V-9
A-9.5
M-?

AWESOME

for a pre-release

10
10
10 = My fave film of the year.

Javier Bardem is easily, I hope, gonna win an oscar this year. That is if there is any justice. What a role, played by a wonderful actor.

Wiggo

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Originally posted by duckfan
Put me in the "hate the ending" group. The artsy fartsy types may think it was brilliant but it was not a satisfactory ending for the rest of us.
V: 8
A:8
M:3 (it would have been an 8.5 with a decent ending)

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Originally posted by wiggo
"The Rest of us" = Run of the mill ending. This film goes against the grain, and if you bothered to follow what had gone on previously, you would of understood the ending.

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looks good to me... better late than never

v 9
a 8
m ?

this film was shot in Super 35 format, i reckon that is what is accounting for the disparity in aspect ratio (or screen size shown) between this release and the previous Done release...

Is this even needed? I don't understand the purpose of this proper, other then the credits..
No.Country.For.Old.Men.DIRFIX.PROPER.READNFO.DVDScr.XViD-BaLD

from sample:
v9
a9
m?

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Originally posted by LesStrater
"Run of the mill ending" = You don't feel like you wasted 2 hours of your life when the movie ends. I understood the ending--and it STILL sucked.

My guess is the Coen brothers didn't want a duplicate of their most successful movie "Fargo" by having another back-woods law officer outsmart the bad guys.

I'm going to grab a copy of this new release and replace the ending with the the final 2 minutes from "The Fugitive", where Tommy Lee Jones puts Harrison Ford in the police car. It will probably make more sense that way...and couldn't possibly be any worse. LOL

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Still waiting for a decent DVD-R
8
8
9
Spoke too soon, BaLD came thru with the source!

:: No Spoilers! :: ~L

v:9
a:9
m:9.5

very good , it kept my attention !! nuff said..

Thanks Bald, I appreciate your work and sharing nature !!

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peace ,pot & micr0dots

According to IMDB the movie was shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. This release is cropped to 16:9. It means that almost 25% of the screen is missing...

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A - 8
V - 8
M - 9

Nice release.

v = 9.5 would of been 10 if i believed in perfection

v = 9

m = 9 cant beat a film tht goes against the rules.

BaLD for me are the best group to arrive on the scene for a long time imho. they confrmed that for me with that proper.dirfix.readnfo they did. Diplomatic towards Done and took effort of explining the reason. Top dollar group.


All hail bald.

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keep it short and simple:

V-9
A-9
M-10 - One of the best films of the year. Its either this film or American Gangster for the top 2 films of 2007 hands down....

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Originally posted by Marco5
According to IMDB the movie was shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. This release is cropped to 16:9. It means that almost 25% of the screen is missing...

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Looks lovely... V:9 A:9 M: ?

Please stop talking about the ending....some of us haven't watched the film yet.

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I'm surprised that so many of you dismiss the AR issue. I have seen the full 2.35 movie and there is no question in my mind that this 16:9 "full screen" rip seriously degrades the visual compositions of the theatrical release.

The release is certainly of exceptional high quality. It's just that the high quality is applied to only three fourths of the movie.

This AR thing, it seems, will NEVER go away. So many people...so little comprehension. I wonder how many of them have praised "The Good The Bad and ... the Missing."?

Wow, this is a keeper. Great job by BaLD, keep up the good work. I wasn’t going to dl this because I already had a scr. but I kept seeing all the high ratings and just couldn’t resist (Who cares) anyway.

A/9 V/9 M/7 (IMO ending sucked balls)

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Originally posted by corniche
I'm surprised that so many of you dismiss the AR issue. I have seen the full 2.35 movie and there is no question in my mind that this 16:9 "full screen" rip seriously degrades the visual compositions of the theatrical release.

The release is certainly of exceptional high quality. It's just that the high quality is applied to only three fourths of the movie.

This AR thing, it seems, will NEVER go away. So many people...so little comprehension. I wonder how many of them have praised "The Good The Bad and ... the Missing."?

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Originally posted by modistru
... whining should be against the rules. Just enjoy the better release for the next 12 weeks before you go and purchase the 'correct' aspect ratio (which will be the same). Super 35... look it up.

v - 9
a - 9
m - 9.5

'sall good.

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you guys do realize that this 16x9 copy is UNCROPPED

It shows MORE than the 2.35:1

Now I'm all for correct AR but this could be even better

besides, I'm sure most media players and DVD players can change it to the correct AR on the fly

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Originally posted by J Fresh
you guys do realize that this 16x9 copy is UNCROPPED

It shows MORE than the 2.35:1

Now I'm all for correct AR but this could be even better

besides, I'm sure most media players and DVD players can change it to the correct AR on the fly

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Originally posted by corniche
Unmatted, more accurately. Shown in a theater, a mask would be placed over the lens to produce the proper 2.35. I wonder, now that some multiplexes are using dlp digital projectors, if this could be an actual copy of the theatrical release supplied to those exhibitors.

PS...I still think MORE is LESS. Let the director decide.

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Originally posted by [-BiG_W-]
If this was the retail then I 100% agree with your criticism. But this is a pre-retail dvd screener, and as such it's a blinding release. I'm happy with this copy until the retail comes out. Hell, it's not even out in the theaters in my country and this beats a cam/ts/tc/r5 any day of the week, correctly matted or not

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When it comes to the crop/AR nothing is missing that isn't supposed to be missing.

http://www.modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~leopold/AV/FilmToVideo/


read the bit on Super-35

too many people worrying about very little IMO, the ar looks fine, its 16:9 and if there is any thing lost at the side it's not much. Als on a quick run through this looks clean from watermaks and scrollers (which everyone else seems to have overlooked) which makes this all the more excellent. One of the best movies of all time. The ending, well I for one am sick of the old cliched hollywood ending where the goodguy always comes out on top. So enough on the ending. Think on those who have not watched yet.

V=9.5
A=8 (excellent, pity its not ac3)
M=11/10 (yeah its that good, and its the Coen Brothers back to their old selfs.

V:10
A:10
M:10 - Brilliant movie.

V : 9
A : 9
M : ?

"Don't Fuck With The Baldies" Great release.

Video - 9/10 - basically perfect
Audio - 9/10
Movie - 7/10 - I will need to read up on this