VERY IMPRESSIVE. CUSTOMERS TAKE CARE OF REGION LIMITATIONS (REGION A)OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY IT ON YOUR BD DVD
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Battle of Britain in blu-ray is a definitive home video version
Added 10/22/2009
There are a plethora of reviews of the movie, but my review is mostly a comparison of the BD vs DVD version. I won't discuss its merits as a war film.
The BD version is fantastic, and is equal or superior to the theatrical release I vaguely remember as a child and beyond superior to the DVD version.
The audio is crisp and clear and makes good use of its uncompressed audio track. For a movie released in 1969, the sound is 21st century quality: the effects roar into your living room, the engines thunder and drone as if you were there, bombs thud with deep bass, gun fire are not only clear they are period accurate to the type of guns used. The vocal track is balanced and not drowned out by effects and background noise. There are several English alternative tracks, one gives more attention to Sir Walton's musical score used in the original theatrical release.
The BD transfer is up to the highest quality BD disks. The actors faces are all so well defined, and luckily show almost no trace of makeup. Texture in uniforms are so clear one could discern cotton from wool in the material, make out details in engines, rivets on planes, brush strokes of paint and even blades of grass on the fields. Most strikingly, the details reveal when stunts were done with real planes, or when props were substituted and animation were used, such as when planes exploded in mid-flight. There is a very striking difference in movements and maneuvers by real planes that is qualitatively different from the CGI, such as used for planes in the 2001 film, Pearl Harbor.
I do recall as child, the film did not receive high praise, due to a shallow script and editing, characters were not developed. Its not immediately clear when many of the key characters are either killed or taken off duty, or how desperate Britain's situation had become. But I leave criticism of the full movie to the reader. When BoB excels without peer 40 years since its release, is its simulated WWII air combat using many original planes. IMHO, only Howard Hughes "Hell's Angels," matched in near realism for dogfights, in Hughes case relative to WW1. Even in 1969, great praise was made for BoB's aerial photography and portrayal of combat.
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Battle of Britain (1969)-Good film!
Added 9/7/2009
Battle of Britain (1969) was a four star film as far as I am concerned. It made me feel as though I was an eyewitness to these historic events and the only reason I can fault the film was that it was a little on the long side.
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One of the Best War Movies ever made
Added 7/15/2009
This has to be one of the best war movies ever made and I thought it was extremely authentic from the aircraft, to the clothing, to the locations. This movie is about the Battle of Britain in 1940 seen from both sides. I don't think many people understand how close the west came to being overtaken by the Nazi's and the Japanese. If the Battle of Britain had been lost, the world now would be a very different place.
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Battle of Britain DVD
Added 5/1/2009
Excellent DVD, no music score on this version however the collector's edition does have the original VHS music score.
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VERY IMPRESSIVE. CUSTOMERS TAKE CARE OF REGION LIMITATIONS (REGION A)OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY IT ON YOUR BD DVD
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Battle of Britain in blu-ray is a definitive home video version
Added 10/22/2009
There are a plethora of reviews of the movie, but my review is mostly a comparison of the BD vs DVD version. I won't discuss its merits as a war film.
The BD version is fantastic, and is equal or superior to the theatrical release I vaguely remember as a child and beyond superior to the DVD version.
The audio is crisp and clear and makes good use of its uncompressed audio track. For a movie released in 1969, the sound is 21st century quality: the effects roar into your living room, the engines thunder and drone as if you were there, bombs thud with deep bass, gun fire are not only clear they are period accurate to the type of guns used. The vocal track is balanced and not drowned out by effects and background noise. There are several English alternative tracks, one gives more attention to Sir Walton's musical score used in the original theatrical release.
The BD transfer is up to the highest quality BD disks. The actors faces are all so well defined, and luckily show almost no trace of makeup. Texture in uniforms are so clear one could discern cotton from wool in the material, make out details in engines, rivets on planes, brush strokes of paint and even blades of grass on the fields. Most strikingly, the details reveal when stunts were done with real planes, or when props were substituted and animation were used, such as when planes exploded in mid-flight. There is a very striking difference in movements and maneuvers by real planes that is qualitatively different from the CGI, such as used for planes in the 2001 film, Pearl Harbor.
I do recall as child, the film did not receive high praise, due to a shallow script and editing, characters were not developed. Its not immediately clear when many of the key characters are either killed or taken off duty, or how desperate Britain's situation had become. But I leave criticism of the full movie to the reader. When BoB excels without peer 40 years since its release, is its simulated WWII air combat using many original planes. IMHO, only Howard Hughes "Hell's Angels," matched in near realism for dogfights, in Hughes case relative to WW1. Even in 1969, great praise was made for BoB's aerial photography and portrayal of combat.
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Battle of Britain (1969)-Good film!
Added 9/7/2009
Battle of Britain (1969) was a four star film as far as I am concerned. It made me feel as though I was an eyewitness to these historic events and the only reason I can fault the film was that it was a little on the long side.
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