Good movie, terrible DVD
937260
I have no problems with the movie. But technically, the quality of this disc is beyond terrible. It looks like a YouTube video does when you play it on a 50-inch plasma. Only worse -- compression artifacts, tiling with squares the size of Post-it Notes, banding that looks like 16-bit grayscale. It made the whole thing unwatchable for me. [...]
271971
The movie is great. The widescreen DVD however is horrible. The video is grainy, and at least the disc we got has horrible compression artifacts as well as an aspect ratio change from chapter 16 to chapter 17.

I guess the studio is trying to push us to switch to HD DVD or BluRay.

Overall, the widescreen edition is a waste of money.
1212937
The DVD version of the movie suffers from severe pixelization.  Terrible transfer from film to DVD format.  Unable to enjoy movie due to poor quality.  If you like the comments given by other viewers get the VHS  version.
524942
This movie is worth watching, not great but ok. However it has to be the worst DVD video transfer I have seen to date. Portions of the movie are so bad it looks like you are watching on a computer screen in 256 colors. Also  while black level on DVDs is not great, it is really bad in this movie.  Anything dark looks like digitized impressionistic artwork.
1838031
This is a bad re-mix of a great movie. First, they got the screen aspect wrong. Second, the restored footage is of very poor quality. It's easy to see what new scenes have been added... just look for the blurry parts!

I loved this movie at the theatre and on VHS. Too bad that when I wanted to purchase it on DVD there's now only this garbage version available.

Not worth a nickel in my opinion.
102910
Strongly advise against buying this DVD due to its terrible visual quality (virtually unwatchable).  This is too bad, as it is basically a fun Arabian Nights fantasy flick, although it would have been better without the talking camels.

Hopefully a properly restored version will eventually be released at a reasonable price.

This is a region two disc, so naturally you need a region code free DVD player to view it.
3358439
One-Eyed Jacks is a very good movie.  Unfortunatly it is a very poor DVD.  I have actually bought this film twice.  The first time I bought it on VHS and I was very disappointed with the picture and sound quality.  When I found it on DVD I should have realized that the inexpensive price meant another poor version, but I thought since it was on DVD it must be remastered.  It is not and was not.  In fact this is the worst DVD I have ever seen it terms of picture and sound quality.  It is too bad because Marlon Brando, in the only picture he ever directed, has created a film worth seeing.  Hopefully some company will realize this and give us films fans a version we can enjoy.
4960012
Jean Gabin is one of my favorite actors. The movie is very good, although a little hard to believe at times (which does not interfere with the pleasure of watching it). What I did not like is the fact that the transfer is probably the worse I have seen in my whole collection of Criterion DVDs ( and I have a few...). The image many times is doubled AND fuzzy for everything that is not dead in the center of the picture, as if watched through a high-distortion glass. I have never seen this before, maybe it is just my copy... 4.5 stars for the movie, 2.5 for the DVD
731559
Great HP story, lousy DVD quality. I'll be calling Warner on Monday to complain.  In the mean time, I'll be returning what appears to be an extremely poorly compressed DVD to the store for a replacement.  I don't expect any difference in quality, but the stores need to know. Even my home video DVD's look better than this.  Maybe I should see if I can find HP OOTP on VHS. It certainly would look better than the DVD.
3168982
i am in agreement with what has been said of the film by the reviews already
on this page. my comment therefore is about the dvd itself. a most dis-
appointing transfer. especially in the final scene when Mia gets her revenge
on Jarrod. when i saw the film in theaters everything was crisp clear and
sharp but on the dvd leads Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust and Marcus Patrick
look like orange people from Mars. not only that but the rest of the screen
is so dark you can hardly differentiate anything as you could cleary do so in theaters. again one of the most disappointing dvd transfers ever.
976624
While this is without question a 5-star film, the dvd leaves MUCH to be desired. Let me begin with the widescreen framing. I was happy to finally see this arrive on dvd in its proper wide format. Out of curiosity I took out my oft-played VHS copy and compared the compositions. Understanding that many 1.85:1 pictures are merely 1.33:1 aspects with mattes placed on the top and bottom of the frame, I wasn't expecting to be too disappointed with the missing, albeit unintended, visual information. But I have to say - not only is the top and bottom masked off, but the SIDES are zoomed in and cropped as well. In other words you lose information on ALL FOUR SIDES, and it does NOT look good. This CANNOT be what James L. Brooks had in mind...could it?!?! Sorry to say, but this has to be one of the most RARE examples where the "full-frame", that is, full aperture is preferred over the letterboxed edition. Which brings me to my next point: somebody PLEASE re-issue this as a Special Edition, replete with commentaries, and any extra footage. Finally, whoever, please, PLEASE re-frame this into a 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer. Widescreen is preferred, but on the existing dvd the framing is just too tight.
2535700
Its a shame that Warner Brothers dismissed this excellent film, probably the best they released in the '80's, with a shoddy transfer and no extras. The DVD menu does not even have a graphic from the film but instead their obnoxious WB gold logo. At least a trailer would be nice. I'm not asking for a 7 disc Criterion Collection edition with 40 hours of supplemental footage or anything. They did this with Driving Miss Daisy" also. No widescreen either. Nonetheless, the DVD does exist. Hopefully, Warner will do a better job with After Hours when they get around to transfering that.
1651103
This is one of my favorite films, probably my favorite one, but I couldn't enjoy watching it in this format (Korean DVD version) because the quality of the DVD transfer is so poor.  I can't understand what some of the other reviewers are saying about the picture being good, it is quite a bit worse than a good quality VHS you might have purchased of a new movie in 1990.  The aspect ratio seems to be distorted as well, the picture appears squished.

Nostalghia is a truly classic film, an important work of art, and it is a real tragedy that there is not a good quality DVD or Bluray edition available for people to buy and watch.
123805
Let me get this straight: I really like this film alot. It is a rare Pacino-comedy and he is really good in it. But this DVD version is not worth your money. Why? Well, for some reason that only Fox executives can understand, they cut the final scene from the film - even though it was really funny, heartwarming and a perfect ending for the story. So, until those people at Fox Home Entertainment get their mind right and decide to release the film in it's integral version, you should not buy it. Simple as that.
3196106
Anybody else out there own three copies of Charade on DVD?

It's a great movie, yeah, but not worth three copies. Well, maybe the lesson was worth three copies. The first one took me by surprise.  Front Row Features put it out.  Nice looking jewel case with the word LETTERBOX EDITION across the top.  I had to have it.  Couldn't wait to watch it.  It was the worst piece of crap I'd ever seen shoveled onto DVD.  Faded colors.  Blurry pictures.  Horrid sound that kept breaking up.  It was worse than my ten-year-old VHS copy.  I was mortified.  Then someone told me there was a copy out there by a company called Criterion Collection, but the price was $40.00.  No way, I thought, am I paying that much for a movie.

Next copy I bought was put out by Diamond Entertainment.  I'll give them their due.  They did a fairly good job of cleaning up whatever print they used.  The picture is pretty good; color still slightly washed out, some flickering that's annoying.  The sound has been repaired.  So what you get is about a C+ to a low B- for this DVD.  I like Diamond.  And compared to the road kill that Front Row Features served up, the Diamond Entertainment version is a seven-course meal in the finest restaurant.

At last, I couldn't stand it any longer.  I went for the Criterion Collection version.  I know, I know.  Three copies.  But the Front Row Features DVD will be thrown into the trash; I won't even subject a stranger at a garage sale to that basement torture trash.  The Diamond Entertainment version, which is not a bad copy, just not the best, I'll hand over to my brother as a free-bee gift.  He likes the movie, as well, and is even less likely than I to put out the cash.

But then there's the Criterion Collection version.  This IS the SEVEN COURSE MEAL AT THE FINEST RESTAURANT, topped off with the finest drinks and entertainment, and a check at the end that says ON THE HOUSE!  Everything great anyone has said about the Criterion Collection DVD of Charade is true.  It's beautiful.  The sound is perfect.  The color heavenly.  There are no age spots what so ever, no dropouts, none of the flickering that indicates the film was damaged and had to be spliced.  It's a beautiful widescreen transfer from a 33mm interpositive. I'd never seen the original trailer for this film till I bought this DVD; it's funny, it's charming, it gets you primed for the movie.  There is an Audio Commentary with director Stanley Donen and screenwriter Peter Stone.  And some great career highlights on Peter Stone's career.

It took me three times to get it right (and that won't happen again, at least with DVDs), but get it right I did.  Don't ever buy the Front Row Features version; if you already have it, burn it.  NOW.  If you can't afford the Criterion version, go ahead and get the Diamond Entertainment version; as always, they do a good job for a low price.  But if you want the absolute best presentation of this movie, if you want to see the movie as it has not been seen since it was in the theater almost 40 years ago, find the Criterion Collection DVD.  You will not be disappointed.
2815767
Love the movie and would have given it 5 stars if the DVD wasn't such a poor copy. As I watched the sound kept fading. I had to constantly adjust the volume.
4772538
"Solas" is -- hands down -- an outstanding film that paints a realistic portrait of some of the contemporary issues in Spanish culture.  This version of the DVD, however, is totally worthless.  For one, the presentation is a poorly mastered 4:3, with a large, distracting black bar running along one side of the screen.  The sound is nothing special (2 channel), and it is impossible to turn off the subtitles, which is annoying if you speak Spanish and don't want to look at them.  There are no extras beyond a few trailers.  Overall, this DVD does not do this incredible film justice, especially when you factor in its relatively high cost.  This is an unfortunate delivery system for a brilliant film.