If this ever comes out on DVD in Region 1, and has English subtitles, I would purchase it. Otherwise, forget it.
THE GOOD - Director Ridley Scott, as he tends to do in many of his pictures, gives us some magnificent scenery and colors. The photography is just beautiful, and I'd love to see it in on a nice widescreen transfer. Also excellent is the soundtrack. I have owned perhaps only two dozen soundtrack CDs in the past 45 years, but this is one of them.
THE BAD NEWS - Watching this on tape twice in the '90s turned out to be an exercise in futility and frustration. The main characters are played by Gerald Depardieu and Armand Assante, and I could barely understand what these guys were saying. If I had that problem, I'm sure other people did, too. (Hence, English subtitles are a MUST.) The actors also seem miscast for the parts. At 150 minutes, this film dragged in spots, too.....yet the visuals and music are just too good to pass up.
THE GOOD - Director Ridley Scott, as he tends to do in many of his pictures, gives us some magnificent scenery and colors. The photography is just beautiful, and I'd love to see it in on a nice widescreen transfer. Also excellent is the soundtrack. I have owned perhaps only two dozen soundtrack CDs in the past 45 years, but this is one of them.
THE BAD NEWS - Watching this on tape twice in the '90s turned out to be an exercise in futility and frustration. The main characters are played by Gerald Depardieu and Armand Assante, and I could barely understand what these guys were saying. If I had that problem, I'm sure other people did, too. (Hence, English subtitles are a MUST.) The actors also seem miscast for the parts. At 150 minutes, this film dragged in spots, too.....yet the visuals and music are just too good to pass up.