Comic Book: The Movie - Full Screen Only?
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Comic Book: The Movie - Full Screen Only?
Picked this one up at Best Buy and every version they had on sale was full-screen. I'm assuming that this was the way it was shot, since the movie is shot on hand-held video. Just wanted to confirm with someone in the forum.
Really enjoyed this one, by the way.
Really enjoyed this one, by the way.
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Yep, looks to be full screen only.
...To emulate a low-budget, home-movie type of documentary
production, "Comic Book" is offered in a 1.33:1 ratio
standard-screen presentation only...
http://www.dvdtown.com/review/Comic_...ie/11675/1931/
...To emulate a low-budget, home-movie type of documentary
production, "Comic Book" is offered in a 1.33:1 ratio
standard-screen presentation only...
http://www.dvdtown.com/review/Comic_...ie/11675/1931/
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I know this is the wrong spot to ask, but I got no response when I asked in the correct place... but, does this have an insert? Mine did not, and it seemed like a comic-book-type insert woulda been a natural, ya know?
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No.
I thought I would love this movie, so I got it as a blind buy. The cameos were okay (esp Kevin Smith and Hugh Hefner), but this thing seriously sucked.
It is (insert running time here) that you'll never get back.
I thought I would love this movie, so I got it as a blind buy. The cameos were okay (esp Kevin Smith and Hugh Hefner), but this thing seriously sucked.
It is (insert running time here) that you'll never get back.
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Originally posted by ScottReynolds
No.
I thought I would love this movie, so I got it as a blind buy. The cameos were okay (esp Kevin Smith and Hugh Hefner), but this thing seriously sucked.
It is (insert running time here) that you'll never get back.
No.
I thought I would love this movie, so I got it as a blind buy. The cameos were okay (esp Kevin Smith and Hugh Hefner), but this thing seriously sucked.
It is (insert running time here) that you'll never get back.
To stay on topic, Fullscreen only
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Another thumbs down from someone who thought they would like it.
It would have worked better as a straight documentary (like TREKKIES) rather than the fictionalized one it is.
I'm glad I only rented it.
It would have worked better as a straight documentary (like TREKKIES) rather than the fictionalized one it is.
I'm glad I only rented it.
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I thought it was great...I mean, yeah the best part of the film is probably the Kevin Smith segment (especially if you know Kevin Smith's Superman story), but the rest of it is pretty good as well.
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No, it doesn't come with an insert. And for the record, I really enjoyed the film. I mean, come on, Mark Hamill, Billy West and Tom Kenny? How can you go wrong?
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The commentary is great. It's really a cameo film. Amost everyone that shows up onscreen is either a cartoon voice or comic book writer. Kevin Smith and Bruce Campbell are great( the extended Bruce Cambell interview is funny as hell). The panel with all the voice actors is incredible. But the movie itself is so-so. Only a few laughs and the rest looks like a cheap imitation of the Chris Guest films. But since thats only 90 minutes out of about 5 hours worth of entertainment, it's worth the price.
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Originally posted by Derrich
But the movie itself is so-so. Only a few laughs and the rest looks like a cheap imitation of the Chris Guest films. But since thats only 90 minutes out of about 5 hours worth of entertainment, it's worth the price.
But the movie itself is so-so. Only a few laughs and the rest looks like a cheap imitation of the Chris Guest films. But since thats only 90 minutes out of about 5 hours worth of entertainment, it's worth the price.
Now, if DDD would just get my copy to me sometime this year...
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I agree it should have been done the same way Trekkies was done. The true story of Comic geeks and people in the industry is interesting enough. Doing it Guest style was pointless.
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Originally posted by darkside
I agree it should have been done the same way Trekkies was done.
I agree it should have been done the same way Trekkies was done.
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I thought it was great...I mean, yeah the best part of the film is probably the Kevin Smith segment (especially if you know Kevin Smith's Superman story), but the rest of it is pretty good as well.
I thought it was great...I mean, yeah the best part of the film is probably the Kevin Smith segment (especially if you know Kevin Smith's Superman story), but the rest of it is pretty good as well.