Die Another Day DVD Hurts My Ears

The whole movie is that bad eh?

For a second there I thought you were just addressing Madonna's theme song.

 

Yes, its been reported on other DVD sites that the new dvd is very hot (maximized to death).

I saw the movie in the theater and thought it was just ok. Not the greatest Bond by any stretch.

I collect Bond films so I did buy the dvd but it probably won't be played to much.

 

Thanks, Ken. I will have to compare mine (once I finally watch it). I've never heard a *bad* DTS movie soundtrack before.

 

Guys, it looks like Peter Mew is mastering the audio on DVDs now.

 

I thought this was the best Bond movie since the first one Pierce did. The first half of the movie was great even if it did get kinda stupid at the end. It wasnt Batman and Robin bad, nothing is that bad. Pierce is a great Bond and was clearly comfortable in the role. I hope he does at least a couple more. Go back and watch the older Bond movies, they are all a bit cheesy and overdone, except for the first one or two, which are just more secret agent and less gimick.

 

I'll be buying this for Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost.

Yummy!

Aaron

 

I have a confession:

I, Brad Preston, have never seen a 007 movie in my life.

Does that make me weird?

 

Probably

Jeff

 

I thought Timothy Dalton was a very good Bond, much better than Roger Moore, though the Moore Bonds were definitely played more tongue & cheek. Dalton played the character most like the character in the books. Connery is still far and away the best though.

Jeff

 

Well, what an altitude...

The first three are my faves, for sure. FRWL, today, I'm not sure would have that scene where an angry Bond slaps the heroine. It's still shocking, come to think about it. As is Robert Shaw, probably the most underrated villain in the series' history. But after three successful films, the move to higher budgets and Panavision made the series more slick, but the grit of the early films give them a special charm. There's still a lot to like as of THUNDERBALL, but only the first three, to me, seem fresh and not steeped in convention and the Bondiancliches that would stifle later films.

ED

 

That was the best part of the movie for me.

 

I second your crap, Steve... Although I do like the other three Connery Bond flicks as well, but not *quite* as much as the original three.

Is it me, or do Brosnan's film titles all sound the same?

 

I had a similar experience with the first few minutes (as far as I've gotten so far) of the Batman film with George Clooney. I think that was the one. The one with Prince on the soundtrack. And that was with the VHS. (The first time I've ever heard anything bad come out of VHS player!)

And why is this necessary? I mean it's not like they are going to be playing videos on the radio, or putting them into changers, so where's the loudness advantage?

Speaking of which, I went to the movies the other day to see Down With Love - thought it would be good clean fun, but it wasn't - and it was intolerably loud, for absolutely no reason. The sound was clear. It's not a music film. What is it with LOUDNESS??

 

Sean Connery will always be my James Bond...I saw all of the 60's Bonds on opening day at the theaters for 50 cents...When my Step-Grandmother worked at a movie theater I got in for free...

 

My favorite Bond films are Goldfinger, Thunderball, and Diamonds Are Forever (Connery)

My favorite Roger Moore Bond films are The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy (love Louis Jordan as a villain).

Die Another Day seemed to copy too many previous Bond films (Dr. No, Goldfinger, etc.)

Brian

 

There are a number of DVDs where the DD beats the pants off the DTS, several of them are music DVDs. The Corrs "Live In London" and Janet Jackson "Live In Hawaii" come to mind off the top of my head. After hearing a surpising difference on two DVDs in as many days, I realized some time ago that I can't just make an asumption that the DTS track will automatically sound superior to the DD track.

 

It hurt my eyes!

 

It is an anniversary Bond film so they tried to "copy" pieces from other Bond films to pull it all together. "Bond Girls are Forever" was a nice freebee and sells for the price of the Bond DVD on ebay. I believe MGM will be putting a moratorium on the currently available 007 DVDs and release another box set and singles in time for Christmas. I listened to the DD track on a small Onkyo 5.1 set up and did not notice the lousy sound.

 

This one hurt my ears in the theater, so I'm less inclined to blame the dvd dts (or dd) tracks. However, I haven't heard the dvd (or intent to).

 

DD does go a long ways with me. Although my DVD player does have DTS capabilities, I don't have a DTS receiver as most all of you probably know by now, so for obvious reasons I can't compare DTS vs. DD at all, but that's OK, at least I can watch the movies and listen to the audio on my stereo system. At least I know darn well that specs aren't everything. DTS does have better specs, but better specs does not always equal better sound.