"the price isnt much higher than dvd's, and converting a movie to umd format, you can't expect it to be cheaper i mean come on...... and the quality is just as good as dvd's, if not better."
"I was so excited when I heard about the Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore box set several months ago. I was hoping Universal would FINALLY be giving us the definitive versions of both flicks. The results are a mixed bag.
The colors look great and the sound mixes are much improved, but both transfers are wrongly framed. They appear to have been zoomed in and cropped. If you've seen the original Billy Madison DVD and compare the two, you'll see lots of visual information cropped off the top and bottom of the picture. It looks awful and is really distracting. We're talking cutting off the heads of characters and scenery.
The discs have some really grainy deleted scenes, most of which are second takes and jokes that didn't work. Why did Universal screw with these flicks??"
"I am so happy to see this wonderful film finally make it to dvd! 'Petulia' is such a rich, poignant, mesmerizing film. I have watched it many times on tv and it never fails to cast a spell on me. Like many other people have remarked, you must see it more than once to get the full depth of it, due to the innovative editing and time line manipulation. George C. Scott is at his all-time best and Julie Christie is stupendous. I would have rather seen her win an Oscar for her haunting performance here than for 'Darling', but of course the Academy did not even nominate her, in their infinite wisdom (or Scott either). Now if only they would go ahead and put out 'Far From the Madding Crowd' and 'The Go-Between' on dvd, I would truly be a happy camper!"
"This MGM Home Video version of Darling (#1005693) is not a full version of the film. It was enjoyable but rings of media puritanism. A number of defining scenes, albe-them mildly risque, are missing. This is cultural and historical bleaching. We must discourage companies from ruining films. Do not buy it. I am now out the money and looking for the full version on DVD."
"This is a hysterical movie. Tons of laughter and a funny storyline. I use several quotes from the movie and most people will be able to name this movie. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who needs a good laugh."
" It's a wonder that the movie it self did not receive an Oscar nomination, but I'm not going to exspress my opinion why. Danny Glover's performance in this movie was awesome and probably his best. Truly a must see."