The problems seen here are the same problems seen on Criterion s disc. The image is often soft and detail is wanting. The decrease in picture resolution is particularly distracting since most of the film is low key lit and occasionally very dark indeed. Though blacks are deep and solid, shadow detail is sub-par. Shots in the dark forest and in the castles suffer in particular.
Colors look quite good.
They are muted and dull, but this is how the film was intended to look - to have a dull, grungy palette to evoke the days of old. We noted a bit of color smearing in some of the better lit scenes - for example, greens in the forest as light penetrates from above. Flesh tones look good in general, but on occasion there s an overload of orange or red hue. Despite the abundant browns, blacks, and greys, and the numerous sequences shrouded in smoke, mist, of fog, the picture is very solid. We only noted a bit of grain in three or four shots.