Age Group | Mid-life crises (45) |
Video Likes | Sensitive cinematography, intelligent use of location scenery to complement but not distract from the film. |
Video Dislikes | Dark movies that need to be watched at night to see how much we're not seeing in the murky shadows. |
Audio Likes | Ambience by subtle use of surrounds. Complementary but unobtrusive score. Imaginative Foley effects. |
Audio Dislikes | Unrealistic & excessive use of rear surrounds / muffled dialogue. |
Favourite DVDs | Damage, Pulp Fiction, Ninth Gate, English Patient, Top Gun, Pushing Tin, Mars Attacks, Ronin |
Least Favourite DVDs | Yellow Submarine, Lethal Weapon 4, Van Halen Live, Green Mile, Perfect Storm, American Beauty |
Most Eagerly Awaited DVDs | Star Trek Voyager Series |
Titanic | What is it about LdC that inspires such overwhelming nausea? Probably jealousy I guess. Anyway, it distorts all movies I see with him in them - I guess he's a good actor and he freezes well! |
The Matrix | The plot is imaginative and credible, the martial arts superb, the soundtrack is awesome and Keanu Reeves fits in well with the machines - so what more do you want? Reference action DVD. |
Terminator 2 | My Linda what big muscles you have. You can quite easily ignore Arnie in this movie and still have much |
Star Wars | Deep moral stuff about the choices in life we all have - the dark side or the light side of the force - it's now an old movie (though not in 2001's league of antiquity). It's got it all really. Having not seen it for several years, I fear that it will be a disappointment when it finally reaches DVD. |
Godzilla | I'd like to know how it got out of Jurassic Park. Run-of-the-mill stuff, though reference quality sub-woofer hoofprints. |
Independence Day | OK action and interesting CGI till it gets depressingly Americano jingoistic towards the end - could |
DVD Player | Panasonic DMR-E20 , using RGB output |
Display | Pioneer SD-T50W1 (127cm) . Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
Audio Decoder | Built in to DVD player . Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
Amplification | Theta Digital Intrepid |
Speakers | B&W 602 front/rear. B&W LRC6 Centre / Solid (AKA B&W) 500 SW |
1. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Special Extended Edition (2001) Best film ever made overall | 2. Gladiator: Deluxe Collector's Edition (2000) Has everything - film, music extras, | 3. The Matrix (1999) Visual & audio spectacular - made for HT | 4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Atmospheric, ground-breaking and a plot | 5. A Bug's Life (1998) Groundbreaking animation |
6. The English Patient (1996) Beautiful film, soundtrack and Juliet Binoche | 7. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Collector's Edition (2000) Best watched in Mandarin - Beautiful & magical | 8. Three Colours: Blue (Trois Couleurs Bleu) (1993) Best of the 3 - JB at her best! | 9. Blue Oyster Cult-Long Day's Night, A (2002) Fabulous concert and sound - current favourite live concert | 10. Dune: Special Edition (1984) A classic - whether you love it or hate it |