City of God (R2)
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City of God (R2)
I got my copy the other day - it looks and sounds great and all, but the sub-titles are so high up, that they're almost in the center of the screen - with a lot of room left over at the bottom of the image. Is this normal? I've watched a lot of subtitled films, and I've never seen this before - it's really distracting.
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Re: City of God (R2)
Originally posted by slop101
I got my copy the other day - it looks and sounds great and all, but the sub-titles are so high up, that they're almost in the center of the screen - with a lot of room left over at the bottom of the image. Is this normal? I've watched a lot of subtitled films, and I've never seen this before - it's really distracting.
I got my copy the other day - it looks and sounds great and all, but the sub-titles are so high up, that they're almost in the center of the screen - with a lot of room left over at the bottom of the image. Is this normal? I've watched a lot of subtitled films, and I've never seen this before - it's really distracting.
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Yeah, I watched it all the way through - and I'm not talking about the subtitles during the credits. The regular subs have about 25% of the picture below them. But how could this be a "messed up disc"? Wouldn't they all be like this?
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I've only seen the R2 UK rental disc, but the subs on that were positioned far too high, were poorly timed, and offered a so-so translation. Bit disappointing if that is what they went with in the end retail product.
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I remember when I watched this that the titles did seem a bit higher than they needed to be. That's just the way the disc is, and if it distracts you another edition will be your only alternative.
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Yeah, the timing of the subtitles were pretty bad too. Most of the time they'd appear a few beats after the dialogue was spoken and only for half a second.
I'm gonna try and buy the 2-disc version - now is that R3, or R4?
I'm gonna try and buy the 2-disc version - now is that R3, or R4?
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Yeah, but isn't the R3 disc non-anamorphic? Or is that the R4 disc? guh... now I'm all confused.
For extras you probably should go with the R4 Brazilian, but it is non-anamorphic.
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You can get it from www.yesasia.com and they offer either the movie on it's own or a limited pack with a City Of God T-shirt (all really cheaply priced).
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Originally posted by Truffaut Fan
For just the film itself, the R3 is the one to own. It's anamorphic, DTS, doesn't suffer from PAL speed-up and has very good subtitles. Plus, it's dirt cheap...about $12 delivered.
For extras you probably should go with the R4 Brazilian, but it is non-anamorphic.
For just the film itself, the R3 is the one to own. It's anamorphic, DTS, doesn't suffer from PAL speed-up and has very good subtitles. Plus, it's dirt cheap...about $12 delivered.
For extras you probably should go with the R4 Brazilian, but it is non-anamorphic.
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Does the Brazilian R4 2 discs set have subs on the doc and extras? I think I will get that one if it does. Anyone know a good site for it? $24 on this site; any other site where it is cheaper?
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Not really, if you check ebay, you may be able to get it for around $18 or so. BTW, some places are saying that it is 1.85 anamorphic and others say 4:3. Perhaps someone who is very competent with their players' setup can confirm which is actually the case for the R4. I don't have a 16:9 monitor, so it is difficult to tell.
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I ordered the R2 City of God from CD-Wow and received the following message:
We are temporarily out of stock of this title. We do hope to be able
to dispatch this item to you on the 5/03/2004.
I'm not familiar with the format they use - is this May 3rd or March 5th? If May 3rd, I'll want to order elsewhere since I anxious to see it sooner than later.
We are temporarily out of stock of this title. We do hope to be able
to dispatch this item to you on the 5/03/2004.
I'm not familiar with the format they use - is this May 3rd or March 5th? If May 3rd, I'll want to order elsewhere since I anxious to see it sooner than later.