Ten98
May 2002
Junior Member
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OK can people stop talking bullshit about DVDrs and "buy the DVD" and having stupid arguments for one second and discuss the quality of this SVCD? Please, these forums are getting like a Yahoo chatroom or something.
As is described in the .nfo, some of the credits are cut. Anyone who actually gives a damn about the credits will no doubt be buying the DVD, so I'd say this release is to all intents and purposes 100% complete
The Audio and Video are what we've come to exprect from an SVCD DVD rip - Virtually perfect.
A slightly lower bitrate than usual has been used to accomodate the enourmous running time of the film, so you can see some slight blockyness in some fast moving scenes, and the backgrounds are not perfectly detailed, the colours are rich and vibrant, fast motion occurs with very little distortion and the CGI effects lose very little of their impact.
It says on Isonews it's out of sync, but I'm not sure I'd agree, it's *maybe* 1 or 2 frames out, certainly nothing you'd notice unless you're looking very closely indeed, and if I look closely on some of the official DVDs I own, they are synced in the same way.
Video - 9/10
The Audio is sublime, downsampled to 2 channel 224kbit as is customary for SVCD. Not surround, but as good as you can expect from SVCD without making it 10 discs. I heard no incorrect volume changes, cracks, pops or anything of that nature.
Audio - 10/10
The film is a modern masterpeice. Forget what you've read in the book (I know for some fans this is extremely difficult :P) and simply enjoy one of the best peices of cinema to be made in a very long time. As a fan of Tolkien for years I was apprehensive about the film adaptation but this blew away any expectations I had.
The extra scenes really fill out the story, which despite the 3hour+ running time of the Theatre release still somehow felt rushed. Most importantly you get to see the fellowship receiving their gifts from the elves, which changes the flow of the film quite a lot. It makes a bit more sense that they're kicking ass now when they were pretty weak before.
Film - 20/10
I'm going to want to watch this many times so I'm definitely going to be buying the DVD when it comes out, but until then I can enjoy this fine rip.
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