Theater version? Perfect!...DVD? Forget it!! Save your money!

Rating: 3/10 (22 April 2010)

First let me say I went to the theaters and saw this movie not once but twice!...I loved it! Then came news of the DVD release which I could NOT wait for. Unfortunately it turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments I have seen on DVD. I am fully aware that the 3-D effects would not be in play on DVD. It would be in 2-D, which I had no problem with what so ever. What I DID have an issue with was its transfer. The "main menu" (if you want to call it that)..had "Play" - "Set Up" - "Scenes". I knew this was no special edition or anything but come on! Then after I hit play, the Fox logo comes on and I (for an instant), thought I had bought a "Full Screen" version. The aspect ratio for this was ridiculous! 1:85 is fine, 2:35 is even better...but this was in 1:75!. That is mid between full screen and 1:85! It was a joke! You call that "Wide Screen"? I had a feeling that this would happen as with Peter Jackson's "King Kong" which I bought. First they release the movie and ONLY the movie on DVD...wait a month or so then release a "Special Edition"..ya go out and buy that then guess what...here come Peter with yet another release, this time an "Extended Special Edition". At one point I had 3 versions of this movie and had spent a total of $90.00 (theater tickets plus the prices of all 3 DVD's) and it disgusts me that they (the movie companies) do this to milk you of every penny they can get from you..including the money ya spent going to the theater to see it to begin with! Cameron is going to do the same thing with "Avatar" and this time I am not biting. All this release was was a taste of what is to come and at $40.00 so far:(20 for both times at the theater then the 20 for the DVD), that is it. The picture quality was a let down, the sound was sub par and the aspect ratio really irked me. I am tempted to take it back and get my money back. Very Very disappointed in this treatment of the so called "#1 movie of all time!"...and THIS is what you came up with? Terrible! Save your money and just say to yourself, "I saw it at the movie and that will be enough for me".
Major Thumbs down!!!!!!!!!!