Product: Gladiator [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 1.0
'Sapphire' ?? more like 'Merde'
watched my friends copy this morning since he simply had to own it... well... for Paramount/Dreamworks to think this is worthy of their new 'Sapphire' line is just pathetic - quite frankly it's all out hideous. When watched in extended mode the new footage was obviousily sourced/transfered from a better print, the theatrical scenes look just plain bad - there's digital artifacts everywhere, halo-ing, edge enhancement. I can't believe a product of this sort and specifically for this film, where given such a shoddy transfer - this is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. Rent it, if you must, but don't buy it. A new hidef transfer of the theatrical cut should have been mandatory. To add insult to injury, the DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 soundmix, available on the 'extended edition' DVD is not present on the bluray edition - wow... whoever commissioned and oversaw this blu-ray edition should get nailed to a tree. If I were Ridley Scott I'd be p-o'd. 'Kingdom of Heaven' on blu is demo worthy, 'Gladiator' on the other hand is a major letdown