Reservoir Dogs: Special Edition (2 disc set) (UK) (DVD Details)

ChangesPosted by alias-rf2 on 21-6-2004 03:16

It's bloody brilliant and you know that already.

Video- Presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen. The SE Dogs seems to be worse than the previous bare bones release. Why is the video quality so dark? the previous release was far brighter. It's noticable in the warehouse scenes.

Sound- Sadly, no DTS here but we have the next best thing, DD 5.1. Dialogue is clear throughout however, there are a few dialogue missing from the previous release. See DVDcompare.net. This is dialogue heavy film so don't expect any action throughout. Purist will be very angry as the original 2.0 is removed for this release.

Extras- Bits and pieces here. Disc one we have a commentary from QT and cast and crew. This is not one of those lively commentary instead it is cut and pasted from several interviews and put together as a commentary. There is very little to learn and hence very disappointing. It defeats the purpose of calling this feature a commentary.

2nd disc is bits and pieces. You get interviews with QT and cast. Very short and very little to learn.

EDIT: I'll take back what I said about the interviews. See my review on the R1 version of Dogs.

There are 3 deleted scenes. One of them is worth looking as it gives further background to Mr.White. 2 alternate ear cutting scenes are included. They are both inferior.

More talking heads here, An Introduction to Film Noir, Class of '92: Sundance interviews, Dedications: Tarantino on his Influences and Tribute to Lawrence Tierney(Joe Cabot). They are all self-explanatory.

The most funniest feature on this DVD is Tarantino's Sundance Institute Film-makers lab. This is basically screen tests. QT playing Mr.White is hilarious. His 'treatment' of Mr.Orange is so funny.

Unfortuantly, there are some extras that didn't make it to the R2 version. In the R1 and R4 versions, there are: DTS, critics commentary, more interviews and "Small Dogs" featurette.

There is no making of documentary on any version of the SE. There should've been only fewer extras but lasting at least an hour each sort of like the LOTR:EE.

There are no subtitles for the extras. Standard practice for Momentum.

The most insulting bit(IMO) is that the 2nd disc is dual-layered and the 1st disc is a single layered DVD. It could've been the other way round so that DTS(and max bitrate) can be put in.

Overall- If you have the bare bones release, it's probably not worth having. If the extras were less quantity and more quality otherwise, this is one film that speaks for itself.


EDIT- Get the R1 or R4 version. It's cheaper.