House of Flying Daggers opens tomorrow!

[begbie]

For HERO fans only.... (and there's a lot of them !) ;)


I'll catch it Saturday night in all it's eye-popping glory ! :D


.....can't wait for it's future Superbit dvd release either !

[Danny Tse]

Finally, Andy Lau gets the international recognition that he deserves.

[dlew308]

He's a better actor then a singer <g>

[Danny Tse]

Originally posted by dlew308
He's a better actor then a singer <g>

I agree. I wonder if my vinyl record of his debut album, from 1986, is worth anything? :D

[gatemplin]

I liked this movie. I didn't know what to expect going in. It looked amazing and the fight scenes were very cool .The story was very interesting too.

[begbie]

Well finally seen it on the big screen and overall I give it a thumbs up. :)

I'd rank it above Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon but below HERO.

Tragic that Anita Mui died before production- as a result Yimou had to do rescript the storyline. I'm sure there would've been a spectacular fight for her....:(

[kingtut]

Begbie, what role was Anita scheduled to play?

[begbie]

Anita Mui was suppose to play the leader of the House of Flying Daggers but died of cancer at only the age of 40.

If I recall there was suppose to be a fight scene with Zhang Ziyi and her.

Out of respect they didn't get a replacement and Yimou rewrote the script.

Could explain the many twists the movie took on towards the end.

[kingtut]

Thanks for the info.

[dlew308]

HOFD SE dvd version came out. From what others are saying, they fixed the transfer so this seems to be the version to get...grrrr

[Toxis]

Originally posted by dlew308
HOFD SE dvd version came out. From what others are saying, they fixed the transfer so this seems to be the version to get...grrrr The DVD is already out? I'm guessing another straight from Asia kinda deal via eBay?

[dlew308]

Movie was out in asia awhile ago. Then the region 3 dvd came out months ago, now the special edition region 3 dvd is out.

[PolkThug]

Originally posted by dlew308
now the special edition region 3 dvd is out.

Where would one go to order this?

[dlew308]

my fav is www.dddhouse.com
there's others like yesasia.com pokerindustries.com www6.cdwow.com.hk etc

[begbie]

Dlew,

I just picked up the special edition ! Great audio as it's got DD-EX and dts-es !

However the video quality varies from scene to scene. Probably much like yours dlew. The field scenes are bleached to the point there's loss of detail.

Though the biggest issue is that the dvd freezes half way through !?!? :eek: Could be my dvd player or it could be this newly issued dvd.

I'm gonna bring it back to my retailer and test it there. Let you guys know.......

[Danny Tse]

Not sure which version of the movie is this, but the link below is to some photos of the new DVD....

http://www.avbuzz.com/new_home/w/200501/av/aa/flyd/flyd.php#1

[dlew308]

Looks like the SE version included in the limited edition set, which is around $47.

http://www.dddhouse.com/dddhouse/en/index.jsp?action=productDetail&productID=4237
http://www.dddhouse.com/dddhouse/en/index.jsp?action=productDetail&productID=4225

I really want to get the dts version of 2046 but not sure if it's worth the xtra $ <g>

[Danny Tse]

According to the photos, the limited edition is limited to 2,000 copies.

[begbie]

Ok, so I exchanged the special edition disc and and this latest swap proved to be no problem at all. Strange, first time I encountered a problem like that. Hopefully it's not a bad batch of discs out there.

Back to the special edition though, what can I say ? Just amazing in the dts-es surround department. I imagine like the HERO- dts-es edition, it's using the full bit rate ! The "echo game" rocks in this surround mode ! :D

Picture quality is quite good but the early field scenes definitely needs improvement.

I'm sure the Sony Superbit will improve on the picture but can they provide a dts-es + Dolby Digital EX soundtrack?.....:cool: