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pukka is the scene....yeh thanx for the nfo about the r5......keep up the good work!!!

exactly what they said it was. (edit: they == PUKKA. the movie != the previews)

v:9
a:8
m:5 i really don't like robin williams or his hackneyed jokes, but it was kind of entertaining.. once you get past all that.. plus a little more bad stuff..

great job pukka!!

v 9
a 8.5
v 5 (didn' t like the flick that much)

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Originally posted by gunitnucca
pukka is the scene....yeh thanx for the nfo about the r5......keep up the good work!!!

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8.5/9/?

looks great

looks great 9/9/10

really enjoyed the movie

Spot on rip. I didn't notice anything wrong.

v9
a9
m8 (I liked it and recommend it)

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Quality stuff. Comes off looking just as good as an actual DVD Rip. No sound issues to complain of either.

Video: 9 - Looks good for the most part. The only issues are some odd color gradient transitions, some minor chroma blocks, and "lagging" pixels when the credits roll. Not sure how much of it is the encode versus the source, though. Like I said, looks like it could be from a retail DVD.

Audio: 9 - Crisp, clear, DVD-quality. Speaks more to the source than the group, I suppose, but it is still excellent audio. The only possible issue is that being from a Region 5 (PAL) source the movie has been sped up to meet the 25fps standard, so you may notice a very slight "chipmunking" effect. It's part of the source though, so it doesn't affect my rating.

Movie: 7 - The film is not a straight comedy, but rather an odd blend of Standup Comedy and John Grisham Thriller. The transition between the two is somewhat jarring at first, but it is handled farily well. More than anything the movie suffers from bad marketing, or rather mis-marketing. Once you get your head around that it's fairly enjoyable, but I think it would have been better as two separate films: one where Robin Williams runs for president and one where Laura Linney tries to stop a massive election fraud coverup without getting killed in the process. Oh yeah, the Walken factor makes this pretty cool too.

As for the R5 thing, I wholeheartedly support PUKKA in this. "R5" and "R5 Line" are much better tags than "TC" for these releases, because, let's face it, they aren't TeleCines. If you had to pick an existing tag it would by DVD SCR anyway, not TC. (Though the R5 Line releases don't really fit anywhere)

The only possible reason a group would have for not supporting this new tag is because they want to pass off R5 DVD sources as actual TCs and boost their rep. It's like inviting everyone over so you can cook them dinner, only you get the meal catered and don't tell anybody. It's plagarism, (if such a thing exists in the scene) taking someone else's work and not giving them credit. That's the one bit of honor the scene has always had: you could say that they're all thieves and pirates, but at least they tell you who they stole from. (more or less)

So I am a fan of these R5's in stead of TC's, lets hope this is what we can come to expect. As said before it could be passed off as retail.

Watched on Standalone,

V - 9 looked like retail

A - 9 Perfect

M - 6/7 its wasnt terrible but it wasnt anything to right home about either. As said before this movie doesnt really have an Identity comedy, drama, dramadey, thriller. Its def worth a watch though especially if u are a fan of RW

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R5 is the best thing since slice bread.

V-9 Looked like any DVDRip done right.
A-9 Sound like 5.1 but either way surround sound for sure on my reciever.
M-6 Decent but not one of Robin Williams best.

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