Author Topic: Alexander: Director's Cut (2 Disc from C-Interactive) (Read 4178 times)

hardeco · « **on:** Jan 17, 2006 at 09:45 AM »

Just saw this one off the shelf of astro yesterday retailing at 375. Any infor opn this one. DVD9? PQ? AQ? Is this a worthy buy even if its from C-Interactive.....

Packaging looks good though.... an improvement maybe on C-Interactive.

DVD_Freak · « **Reply #1 on:** Jan 17, 2006 at 10:17 AM »

buyer beware

viperkid · « **Reply #2 on:** Jan 17, 2006 at 12:18 PM »

C-Interactive? I taught this movie is from Warner Bros.

firewired · « **Reply #3 on:** Jan 17, 2006 at 12:24 PM »

Warner has full rights in the US. Not so in Asia. I asked Warner Philippines about Alexander and they confirmed that the territorial rights would revert to them... in 2011.

munky · « **Reply #4 on:** Jan 17, 2006 at 06:45 PM »

Quote from: DVD_Freak on Jan 17, 2006 at 10:17 AM

buyer beware

I second the motion.

ranran · « **Reply #5 on:** Jan 17, 2006 at 06:54 PM »

poor movie, already didn't do well in the box office, now its gonna suck in DVD.

wrathboo21 · « **Reply #6 on:** Jan 18, 2006 at 04:43 AM »

Would anyone know if this is the theatrical version? or the directors cut edition?

av_phile1 · « **Reply #7 on:** Jan 18, 2006 at 06:06 PM »

Quote from: ranran on Jan 17, 2006 at 06:54 PM

poor movie, already didn't do well in the box office, now its gonna suck in DVD.

LOL

fredrk · « **Reply #8 on:** Jan 19, 2006 at 01:04 PM »

Quote from: wrathboo21 on Jan 18, 2006 at 04:43 AM

Would anyone know if this is the theatrical version? or the directors cut edition?

They've released only the Director's Cut version (at least, according to the label / packaging). It's a two disc set and very tempting at P375 (if not for the bad rep of C-Interactive).

Did anybody risk buying this title? Any comments?

Pillow · « **Reply #9 on:** Jan 19, 2006 at 02:42 PM »

Price is indeed tempting, but since its c-interactive... need I say more?

munky · « **Reply #10 on:** Jan 19, 2006 at 05:17 PM »

I saw this in several stores. In fairness, packaging looks nice. Nag-improve sila sa mga P375 release nila (same with Butterfly Effect and Spy Kids). Monster In Law has a slipcase at P425. Tempting bilhin pero....C-Interactive kasi eh.

ToyHammer · « **Reply #11 on:** Jan 19, 2006 at 07:44 PM »

C-Interactive really, really craps up the titles that they release. PQ suffers badly because they compress the data to fit in a DVD5. Some pirated discs (Not as many as you would think, a lot of pirated DVD9s have compressed data as well) have far better PQ. Has anyone actually purchased this disc? I would love to be proven wrong because I want this title as well...

Have ANY of C-interactive's releases been pressed on dual layer(DVD9) discs? I know they also sell the LOTR trilogy, are those compressed to fit DVD5s as well?!?!?

riverfan · « **Reply #12 on:** Jan 19, 2006 at 07:45 PM »

Quote from: munky on Jan 19, 2006 at 05:17 PM

I saw this in several stores. In fairness, packaging looks nice. Nag-improve sila sa mga P375 release nila (same with Butterfly Effect and Spy Kids). Monster In Law has a slipcase at P425. Tempting bilhin pero....C-Interactive kasi eh.

Correct. Packaging is quite an improvement. Especially with "Monster In Law". Pero hanggang dun nalang. I dont even fancy the selection of C-interactive, so its not a big loss for me.

X-®an™ · « **Reply #13 on:** Jan 20, 2006 at 12:14 PM »

Quote from: ToyHammer on Jan 19, 2006 at 07:44 PM

Have ANY of C-interactive's releases been pressed on dual layer(DVD9) discs? I know they also sell the LOTR trilogy, are those compressed to fit DVD5s as well?!?!?

The LOTR discs that I have are both in 2-disc DVD-5s. I'm planning to refund it, I just don't have time yet.

av_phile1 · « **Reply #14 on:** Jan 20, 2006 at 07:25 PM »

Hope they go on sale for 150 this summer. Puede na rin patulan at that price.

@nk71 · « **Reply #15 on:** Jan 20, 2006 at 11:33 PM »

80% DVD5 toh...How I wish DVD9 sila kahit c interactive yan papatusin ko...
kung DVD5 lang edy sa Q nalang me punta $:-\$

mongaddi · « **Reply #16 on:** Jan 23, 2006 at 07:20 PM »

bought this last weekend at tower for around 333 because of the 10% discount of bpi edge.

yup its dvd5. pero pwede na.

i havent watched this movie yet so sulit na din to.

full features.

i didnt notice any major pixelation in my 29" tv.

ToyHammer · « **Reply #17 on:** Jan 25, 2006 at 01:23 AM »

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The LOTR discs that I have are both in 2-disc DVD-5s.

Wow...I can't believe they were allowed to crap around with these movies!

Quote

yup its dvd5. pero pwede na.

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, this is a dealbreaker for me. Almost 3 hours in a DVD5 disc? There will certainly be visible PQ issues on my HT setup. I think I'll be getting the Region Zero (hehehe...) version and see how that goes and if PQ still sucks maybe an R1....

fredrk · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 25, 2006 at 03:36 PM »

Quote from: mongaddi on Jan 23, 2006 at 07:20 PM

bought this last weekend at tower for around 333 because of the 10% discount of bpi edge.

yup its dvd5. pero pwede na.

i havent watched this movie yet so sulit na din to.

full features.

i didnt notice any major pixelation in my 29" tv.

Just the review I was waiting for. I'll drop by Astro this weekend to buy this title...

ranran · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 29, 2006 at 11:11 PM »

for anyone brave enough to actually buys this title... (i noticed that on the cover it says "more action") pls post naman if this DVD version has improved the storyline of the movie.

mongaddi · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 30, 2006 at 09:21 PM »

Quote from: ranran on Jan 29, 2006 at 11:11 PM

for anyone brave enough to actually buys this title... (i noticed that on the cover it says "more action") pls post naman if this DVD version has improved the storyline of the movie.

i havent watched the theatrical cut, so i can't comment on that.

The_Closer · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 31, 2006 at 08:39 PM »

I did not watch it when it was released in the cinemas. But not as bad as what critics would say. The film just lack the gloss of let say "Gladiator" or even "Troy". Well, I guess Oliver Stone wanted to make the movie as real as possible and maybe a little fiction could have spiced up the movie.

I also wanted to see Oliver Stone's interpretation of ancient historical battles. It was a different take on things and the action scenes were not that bad. Another aspect of the movie that I like was the costumes and the set because you feel that you were in a time that was pre-Roman Empire (compare it to Gladiator or Rome in HBO, you know that they were more primitive).

I took a gamble on this because I did not want an expensive "Alexander" in my collection. In fairness, both of the discs played and the packaging was good. The only disappointment was that it should be on DVD9.

mongaddi · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 01, 2006 at 12:35 PM »

Quote from: The_Closer on Jan 31, 2006 at 08:39 PM

I did not watch it when it was released in the cinemas. But not as bad as what critics would say. The film just lack the gloss of let say "Gladiator" or even "Troy". Well, I guess Oliver Stone wanted to make the movie as real as possible and maybe a little fiction could have spiced up the movie.

I also wanted to see Oliver Stone's interpretation of ancient historical battles. It was a different take on things and the action scenes were not that bad. Another aspect of the movie that I like was the costumes and the set because you feel that you were in a time that was pre-Roman Empire (compare it to Gladiator or Rome in HBO, you know that they were more primitive).

I took a gamble on this because I did not want an expensive "Alexander" in my collection. In fairness, both of the discs played and the packaging was good. The only disappointment was that it should be on DVD9.

but for the price, dont you think its ok na din.

Pillow · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 02, 2006 at 09:36 AM »

375 for a dvd5? Might get this if it goes on sale for 199 or less

Gideon · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 09, 2006 at 03:15 AM »

I'm tempted to buy this, because of the improvement on the packaging, 2 disc and Directors Cut. Maybe I can"Balewala" the C-Interactive title.

Jun_P · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 09, 2006 at 06:13 PM »

I've been trying to avoid C-Interactive titles so I haven't really inspected this title.. Is it WS?