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Released simultaneously with Tristar's Godzilla,
Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
DVD, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus is what one has
come to expect from Tristar's Toho offerings: superb
picture quality, while "boasting" some rather
lacking extras.
Video:
Despite the better qualities of the video found on this
disc, which includes a rich array of colors with no
noticeable signs of color fading, the print used for
the transfer isn't as flawless as one would have hoped
for with a film this age. For the casual viewer, they
will probably be unnoticeable, but on closer inspection
the print used for the transfer contains some scratches
on it. For the most part one won't even notice them
unless they are consciously looking for them, the exception
being around the 40 minute mark when a line appears
across the screen (on the far left side of the screen)
for nearly 30 seconds, but with a film only four years
in age, one would have hoped for a flawless print to
have been used. On the lighter side of things, artifacting
is almost unnoticeable on this disc, outside of the
trailers that is, and the film appears very sharp.
Audio:
The audio found on the DVD is probably the aspect of
the disc which will attract the most attention, when
compared to Tristar's previous Toho DVDs. The disc includes
the, horrendous, international English dub track of
the film, but also includes the original Japanese track
for the film as well. Both audio tracks are presented,
flawlessly, in stereo, and there are English and French
subtitles to accompany them; unfortunately, the subtitles
correspond with the international dubbed version, and
won't be a fair representation of what was said in the
Japanese audio track.
Extras:
The extras found on this disc are severally lacking
though, considering how recent this film is. While we
are presented with a modest collection of trailers here,
the same trailers appear on both of Tristar's 2004 releases,
only the Returner
and GODZILLA
trailer should be particularly interesting for viewers.
Even then, though, the Returner
trailer is a lackluster US version. As a nail in the
coffin, the trailers all appear with a noticeable amount
of artifacting, looking rather pixilated and slightly
blurry.
Overview:
Bottom line, the DVD has excellent picture quality and
contains both a English and Japanese audio track...
that alone will probably be enough of a reason for most
Godzilla fans to pick up the title.
This disc is also featured in the DVD box set: 50th
Anniversary Godzilla Collection.
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