Topic: Michael Mann's Public Enemies (Johnny Depp)

[utopian828]

Just saw this today. 895 pesos

Magna included this as part of the Universal Sale already. Discounted down to 447.50 

[TheThirdMan]

how's the packaging?

[Aberforth777]

Just saw this today. 895 pesos

Magna included this as part of the Universal Sale already. Discounted down to 447.50 

895? Is it a 2-discer?

[utopian828]

895? Is it a 2-discer?

Unfortunately no. 1 disc only.

[utopian828]

how's the packaging?

Overall presentation is typical of recent UNIVERSAL imports

Case = Typical case used by local Region 3 titles (not the imported Scanavo or Amaray Case)
Cover = So so printing (similar to quality of Duplicity, State of play, etc.)
Disc = Imported disc but thickness doesn't seem to be at par with those of Magna (Sony Pictures / Warner) Viva Imports (MGM/FOX) etc.etc.

It would've been very expensive at 895 but at 50% off on the first week of release (ok na rin  )

[Dan]

I got this at 50% off. Not bad.

[seph1018]

Me too...got it last Saturday. Sulit!!! Was surprised that it was 50% already...oh well!!!

[av_phile1]

Now that's something new. 50% off on its first few weeks of release.  I wonder how much it will be 4-6 months down the road.

[Dan]

It's like the Alien Director's Cut release a month ago. It was part of the Buy 1 Take 1 promo at P450 or something.

I hope they cut more prices. It'll be better for pushing Blu-Ray discs as well as moving inventory for DVDs.

[utopian828]

Now that's something new. 50% off on its first few weeks of release.  I wonder how much it will be 4-6 months down the road.

I heard from a grapevine that Magnavision will be letting go of the their Universal distributorship hence the label focused sale and low prices of all new titles to liquidate their inventory. I hope it's only a rumor. If not, I wonder who's taking over the Universal label 

[TOP 20]

Grabbed "Public Enemies" last Sunday at Astro Plus SM Makati at 447.50

I was looking forward to it but was disappointed with the image quality & the "disappearing" dialogues. I know that Michael Mann shot this in high def (so was Collateral) but man, a lot of night time & indoor scenes looked awful.

Surfed the net today & found out that the official US release would be on December 12.

Is this an official release or did Magna jumped the gun & gave us what looked like a  screener's or advance copy?

[jas]

Grabbed "Public Enemies" last Sunday at Astro Plus SM Makati at 447.50

I was looking forward to it but was disappointed with the image quality & the "disappearing" dialogues. I know that Michael Mann shot this in high def (so was Collateral) but man, a lot of night time & indoor scenes looked awful.

Surfed the net today & found out that the official US release would be on December 12.

Is this an official release or did Magna jumped the gun & gave us what looked like a  screener's or advance copy?

Saw this in theaters & the "degrading" image quality was also there. I believe this was intentional to give the film a documentary look.

[Dan]

^ +1

The image quality looks fine on my end. What is meant by "disappearing dialogues"?

[Mr. Hankey]

Is this an official release or did Magna jumped the gun & gave us what looked like a  screener's or advance copy?

Magnavision has never done anything as stupid as that for a major studio release.

[seph1018]

Agree...I think the movie was shot that way to give it a grittier look. Prefer it that way actually, IMO. Collateral had the same PQ...grainy night scenes and subdued colors.

[TOP 20]

Apologies for the typo error. As per the below listed link, Public Enemies' US release would be on December 8.

http://www.publicenemies.net/

Don't get me wrong, I loved the film. Maybe I was just expecting too much from a recent release. Hence the apprehension on my part regarding the legitimacy of Magna's release.

What I meant with "disappearing dialogues" is that I found a few lines muted & unintelligible at times.

So there, I rest my case...

[Dan]

No problem. A lot of movies need ADR but somehow the sound guys never seemed to go back to the studio to fix it. I'm not a native English speaker so maybe the Americans have a different take on it.