Reviews written by the-scribbling-man
I once started watching the theatrical cut. Apparently, I wasn't in the mood, because I rarely DNF, but I was barely half an hour in before I became bored and...
Disclaimer: I haven't seen this since I was a child, when the film was always experienced at the hands of the VHS player. I picked up the blu-ray pretty much...
I've been away from the forums for a bit and will be running away again after I drop this review. Life has demanded it. But I saw the release for...
Disclaimer: I've seen the theatrical cut once and Hal's edit once, so I am not crazy familiar with the material. Frankly, the editing felt botched in the theatrical, so if...
QUALITY I watched the largest file size available and it looked excellent. No complaints. Surround sound too - yay! ...
QUALITY Quality is decent. The cropping to 16:9 naturally means a reduced resolution. VISUAL EDITING ...
QUALITY Quality is decent overall, but some odd scenes look to be more heavily compressed with some noticeable artifacts. I know that trailers are used...
Meant to watch this a while ago... sorry it took me so long! Been about 8 years since I've seen the theatricals, so hopefully my observations are relatively untainted by...
QUALITY For me, Glass and Split quality ranges between 8.5 and 9. Some scenes have some visible compression, but generally the footage looks good. Unbreakable...
I watched through all of the original Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me recently. I was going to watch The Missing Pieces before moving onto The Return, but I...
QUALITY Quality is decent, but not peak for an HD source. Visual is a little soft in places and the rich reds of Mars betray...
QUALITY Quality is often difficult to rate with a Grindhouse edit... it's MEANT to look bad... right? From my perspective, the majority of this...
(Ratings are an average, reflecting the overall experience) I have reviewed the shorts separately on their individual pages, so this is really more of...
This here: the ONLY fan-mix in the Animation Consecution (at least, in the sense of merging unrelated material)! We need more of this kind of thing. I love a good...
MKV. Generally well put together. There's a drop in quality for a couple of the night shots, but otherwise things look very crisp. I noticed two audio fades, and a...
Watched the MKV. Some noticeable compression in darker areas, otherwise quality seemed very good. This functioned well enough as a standalone story, but I still...
This felt pretty rushed, if I'm honest. It starts off with some kind of narrative, but then sort of turns into a fever dream. I wasn't really sure what to...
The opening prologue is a little choppy visually, but otherwise this works well and I didn't pick up on many transitions. There did seem to be a number of audio...
I hope I don't come across as harsh, but this edit feels like a missed opportunity. What it amounts to is an episode of Futurama cut down to 15 minutes,...
This is a very effective trimming of a feature film into short format. Nothing felt amiss in the narrative and I didn't notice a single transition. It honestly makes me...
I thought that a couple of visual edits/fades were a bit quick, but otherwise, this is a simple and well-executed short. Musical cues are timed well and a clear visual...
Objectively: This is a simple and concise short made up of material relating to the Ishval war in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. I didn't notice any transitions and on a...
Quality is various shades of SD, with occasional issues. Aside from some interlacing, frame-blending and dropped frames, the visual editing is otherwise superb and very creative. The only audio editing...
Use of colour and general visual realisation is excellent. Narrative is simple and concise. SFX sporadically drops out leaving just the score and I noticed one audio transition. A very...
There are some jarring cuts here and audio levels fluctuate. Sound is much too crisp as well and i think the concept would have been better sold with mono audio...
The choice of font and grindhouse effects aren't great. I didn't personally think the music was that appropriate either since it's too consistently lively and not really dynamic enough. Nevertheless,...
Quality is SD with the odd issue, it can be difficult to keep track of what's going on due to quick cuts and shaky-cam footage, and the shift in colour...
Quality: SD source. Looks more or less as good as my DVD. I actually watched the Carnage episodes on Disney Plus afterwards and it looked...
Update 9/12/21 - The only audio transition I picked up is in the original, so rating is updated to 10. The bad fade at 1:30-1:31 and the still image at...
Quality: No obvious signs of compression. Looks as crisp as it should for an HD source of an old b movie. ...
Took me far too long to get to this! And I'm sorry I couldn't have seen it sooner. Great to have finally watched it though. ...
I felt that the visual quality could be relatively soft for an HD edit, which I assume is a result of the choice of sources. I know that a lot...
I watched a 720p MKV, which I believe is the highest quality available at this point. Source is SD. Visual editing was generally very good,...
Watching this was a shock. I'd forgotten how bad Spiderman 3 was... regardless, this is a neat, tight little non-linear take on the film. ...
Personally, I like the theatrical cut and my ultimate preference would be an extended cut with only some minor trims to certain character moments. All the same, I don't deny...
Quality is excellent. This looks and sounds great. Visual editing is flawless, and regardless of whether it works for you or not, some of...
Tens across the board. This is very nicely presented. Objectively, I have no real complaints. Possessed has done a great job of merging different...
I've only seen La La Land once before, which meant I was only vaguely familiar with what was being changed. This is often my preferred way to watch fanedits, since...
Saul Bass's only directorial contribution to the world of feature-film is Phase IV - a cerebral, science-fiction horror(?) concerning a dramatic increase in ants' intelligence and ability organise. ...
I watched the shorter of the two available cuts. Visual quality is good, but not on par with the blu-ray. Artifacting is noticeable in...
Personally, I enjoyed the theatrical cut – so this edit technically wasn’t for me. Having seen the theatrical twice, my feelings towards it have been that the film is messy...
Audio/Visual Quality: Always an odd one to rate for a grind house edit - picture was actually pretty good, considering the concept. I know that the picture and audio deteriorates...
Quality - Mostly good, though there is a noticeable degradation of quality on many shots due to the zoom ins. The audio bitrate also seemed a bit low on one...
Quality - Good. A little soft for my liking, but perfectly fine. Visual editing - pretty much flawless, except that the fades on the flashback to...
Massive apology to the editor, whom I promised I would write a review ages ago and just completely forgot. The edit is no longer uber fresh in my mind, but...
'"Yib Nub" echoes in my mind.' This is not an easy thing to pull off. Take a classic - arguably untouchable - (in mono) and rescore it...
Great edit. Many subtle changes made that can easily go unnoticed, but a lot of effort was clearly put in (Envy the editor, I do not). I don't agree with...
I'm one of the people who actually liked Prometheus when it came out, although I certainly wasn't blind to its flaws. The story was told in a very convoluted way,...
If you haven’t seen the original edit that this is based on, spoilers follow. Video/audio quality was excellent – no complaints. For what it...
I watched the non-purist cut of this (blu-ray) which contained elements from both versions of the film, and I honestly couldn't discern which shots didn't belong to the original. The...