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Title: R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: jonster on Jul 12, 2003 at 03:18 PM

Just saw Tears of the sun at astro glorietta with a free mug for P850.  Any updates on this R3 version? Same din ba ng features ng R1?

Title: Re:R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: art00 on Jul 12, 2003 at 08:46 PM

I bought the Tears Of The Sun R3 dvd at Astrovision SM City - Cebu for P850.00.  The back cover lists the following Special Features:
* Audio Commentary From Director Antoine Fuqua
* Writer's Observations
* Journey to Safety: Making Tears of the Sun
* Voices of Africa
* Deleted Scenes
* Africa Fact Track
* Interactive Map of Africa
* Trailers
* Animated Menus

Also: the R3 has:
* 2 DD 5.1 languages (English and Thai)
* Subtitles in Chinese, English, Korean, Thai
* 2.40, 16x9 Widescreen Anamorphic
* Dual Layer

Amazon.com lists the following for the R1:
Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
• Commentary by director Antoine Fuqua
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Writer's observations
• Journey to Safety: Making Tears of the Sun
• Voices of Africa
• Deleted scenes
• Africa fact track
• Interactive map of Africa
• Widescreen anamorphic format

Aspect Ratio(s):
Widescreen anamorphic - 2.40:1

Discographic Information:
DVD Encoding: Region 1
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Available subtitles: English, French

** So, it seems to me, that aside from the audio tracks and the subtitles, both are pretty much the same.

art00

Title: Re:R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: Mo®pHeOu$ on Jul 12, 2003 at 09:46 PM

 ;D ;D ;D

does the R1 also come with a free mug?  I don't think so.  Lamang ang R3. ;)

Title: Re:R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: AVDude on Jul 12, 2003 at 10:32 PM

hmm..antayin ko na lang yun Deluxe/2disc edition nyan next time..  ;D

mahirap na...1st release pa lang..baka after few months lalabas na yun deluxe 3 disc like windtalkers and black hawk down

Peace  8)

Title: Re:R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: johndoe on Jul 19, 2003 at 08:08 PM

better wait for a second release.. :D

Title: Re:R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: aligonzales on Jul 30, 2003 at 01:50 PM

Personally, I liked this release. It has a good story, it has excellent sound separation! galing!  8) My favorite part was the air strike towards the end   ;D hehehe...spoiler ba?  ;D

Title: Re:R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: johndoe on Jul 30, 2003 at 01:58 PM

 ;D..actually di na ko magtataka dun..special effects are made by ilm in this movie.. :D

Title: Re:R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: himura on Aug 12, 2003 at 05:11 PM

For those who have it, is the film good?

Didn't catch it in theaters eh.. pero mukhang ok yung mga trailers nya - full of action...

Can anyone give their opinion of the film? :)

Title: Re:R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: dragonrower on Aug 13, 2003 at 03:55 AM

personally i liked it, but many people didnt

Title: Re:R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: wedge on Aug 13, 2003 at 06:23 AM

Quote from: himura on Aug 12, 2003 at 05:11 PM

For those who have it, is the film good?

Didn't catch it in theaters eh.. pero mukhang ok yung mga trailers nya - full of action...

Can anyone give their opinion of the film? :)

Hi himura!

I posted my opinion regarding this film in "I just saw...and I thought"  :)

Title: Re: R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: upinsmoke on Oct 01, 2005 at 09:16 AM

There's 3 version of Tears from the Sun in stores today:

The P299 budget edition
The regular version
The Director's Extended Cut

The budget edition contains the movie only, in DVD5.  The Director's Extended Cut added 24 minutes extra footage to the film but it took off the Director's comments, writer's observations, and deleted scenes that were included on the original release.

I think this is one of the few instances where the original version is better than the Director's Cut.  The original version has the 24 minutes extra scenes, but it's in the deleted scene section.

Title: Re: R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: seph1018 on Oct 04, 2005 at 12:19 PM

Bought this together with XXX DC noticed that the sound was kinda bad.

Title: Re: R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: Koolkat on Oct 16, 2005 at 07:20 AM

Quote from: upinsmoke on Oct 01, 2005 at 09:16 AM

I think this is one of the few instances where the original version is better than the Director's Cut.  The original version has the 24 minutes extra scenes, but it's in the deleted scene section.

Thanks for the advice. I was really tempted to buy the director's cut the other day since I really loved the movie. But since the 24 minutes extra scenes are already included in the regular version...........wag na lang!!! ;D

Title: Re: R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: upinsmoke on Oct 16, 2005 at 08:04 AM

^ The 24 minutes extra scene is in the bonus section, hindi dinuktong sa movie.  The movie is still shorter than the DC version.  The picture quality of those extra scenes are kind of bad, it's because they're just extra unlike the DC version.

It's really a tough choice.  You either have the longer movie version or the one with more extras.

Title: Re: R3:Tears of the Sun
Post by: Koolkat on Oct 16, 2005 at 04:15 PM

Quote from: upinsmoke on Oct 16, 2005 at 08:04 AM

^ The 24 minutes extra scene is in the bonus section, hindi dinuktong sa movie.  The movie is still shorter than the DC version.  The picture quality of those extra scenes are kind of bad, it's because they're just extra unlike the DC version.

It's really a tough choice.  You either have the longer movie version or the one with more extras.

I already have the regular version so this is a no brainer. I'm not gonna plunk 800+ for this. Thanks for the heads up though. :)