Godzilla's Revenge is presented here
in a double sided format, with the film's original
aspect ratio of 2.35:1 appearing on one side,
which also has the extras, while a 1.33:1, or
full screen, version of the film is on the other.
Both sides of the disc vastly differ in terms
of the quality of the video presentation, so
it would be best address each side separately.
The 2.35:1, or Toho Scope, side has the notably
stronger presentation of the two. This side,
overall, has Simitar's strongest video presentation,
although that isn't saying much anymore. The
colors on this release tend to be vibrant, although
there is a slight yellow tint to the film. Unfortunately,
the colors tend to be drowned out by the brightness
and contrast on this release, which are turned
way up. This causes some details, like open
windows, to appear almost entirely white, as
seen here.
In regards to digital inconsistencies, they
are easily the weakest part of this transfer.
The entire film appears rather blurred and pixilated,
thanks to the large amount of artifacting, while
shimmering, a rainbow band of colors on finer
details, appears often. As for the print used,
it's the UPA version of the film, which means
that it sports a different title sequence than
the Japanese version along with different music
to accompany it. As for the shape of the print,
it's actually in fairly good condition. Scratches
do appear on occasion, granted, but more or
less it looks good.
The 1.33:1 aspect ratio side, on the other
hand, is generally not worth the time. Beyond
the obvious fact that it horribly crops the
Toho Scope film, the colors here are anything
but vibrant. In fact, the entire film is discolored,
appearing far more yellow than it should, while
some of the stock footage sequences appear to
have a brown tint to them. Sadly, the brightness
and contrast aren't handled very well here either.
Both appear to be set too high, although the
brightness level tends to drown out the contrast.
In regards to digital inconsistencies, well
it wouldn't be a Simitar release without them.
The movie appears rather blurry and very pixilated,
on account of the artifacting, while shimmering
appears on finer details during the film. As
for the print used, it's the same on both sides:
the UPA release of the film. However, the quality
of the print on this side is noticeably off as the
number of scratches found during the course
of the film is painfully obvious and
are rather distracting at several points during
the film.
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