This review is from: London 2012 Olympic Games [DVD] (DVD)
Having got this today (the release day) along with the Paralympic dvd London 2012 Paralympic Games [DVD] i must say i am very happy with the purchase. the opening ceremony can be watched with BBC Commentary (Huw Edwards etc) or Danny Boyle and Frank Cottrell ( director and writer). Both are worth listening to, especially the latter. also with the option of no commentary and just the stadium sound in 5.1. the day highlights are extremely well done and each day has an introduction from sue barker and each day contains the best sports of the day, including all 29 of GB’s wins.
The extras such as nimrod and isle of wonder deconstructed are interesting but they aren’t that long, (2-3 mins each) and two out of the 4 opening ceremony special features are just pre-cereomony stuff.
the closing ceremony is well done and edited. you can only watch it with BBC commentary though. you can’t turn it off, which may be annoying for those of you who want to strangle the commentators when they speak over stuff you want to hear. Of course there are subtitles for highlights and both ceremony’s for all options.
The only down side for me is the DVD Menu title screen looks like it’s been made from something like iDVD. which makes the finished product look slightly lazy. which is a shame because the content is fantastic.
All in all this is a amazing buy for any olympic fanatic, sport fan, or for the person who just wants to treasure the memory of our olympic games in 2012. and i’m sure this dvd will be shown to the generations to come to relive the memory. Must buy DVD!!!!!!
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Brought this and have already sat through the opening and closing ceremonies – superb stuff. It doesn’t say on the Amazon details but the sound is DTS Lossless (HD) 5.1 with the option to switch off the BBC commentary for the opening. There is just the DTS-HD soundtrack for the closing ceremony but I am quite OK with the BBC commentary. Major shortage of chapters which is a shame – would have been good to have the option via the popup menu to go to the part you want to but, otherwise, really pleased the BBC did such a good job in presenting such a detailed set. They could have easily put out a shortened highlights package but what you have here is much, much more. Highly recommended.
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This review is from: London 2012 Olympic Games [DVD] (DVD)
This is a good buy and you get a good range of discs for your money. The sporting highlights are well selected with a nice balance of interviews and big names and newbies.
They managed to edit all the games footage into a pretty decent product here, and I really enjoyed reliving the summer.
My only criticism is that they showed Oscar Pistorius’s historic first round 400m, but failed to show the semi final where Kirani James swapped bib numbers with him. For me, this was an emotional and meaningful moment that attracted a lot of attention and respect. Shame they didn’t include it. However I know I can see that on Youtube still!
The footage of the Opening Ceremony came out better than when I watched it live. You could see more of the pixels with better aerial shots and continuity.
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Best Olympic DVD coverage and amazing!!!!!,
Having got this today (the release day) along with the Paralympic dvd London 2012 Paralympic Games [DVD] i must say i am very happy with the purchase. the opening ceremony can be watched with BBC Commentary (Huw Edwards etc) or Danny Boyle and Frank Cottrell ( director and writer). Both are worth listening to, especially the latter. also with the option of no commentary and just the stadium sound in 5.1. the day highlights are extremely well done and each day has an introduction from sue barker and each day contains the best sports of the day, including all 29 of GB’s wins.
The extras such as nimrod and isle of wonder deconstructed are interesting but they aren’t that long, (2-3 mins each) and two out of the 4 opening ceremony special features are just pre-cereomony stuff.
the closing ceremony is well done and edited. you can only watch it with BBC commentary though. you can’t turn it off, which may be annoying for those of you who want to strangle the commentators when they speak over stuff you want to hear. Of course there are subtitles for highlights and both ceremony’s for all options.
The only down side for me is the DVD Menu title screen looks like it’s been made from something like iDVD. which makes the finished product look slightly lazy. which is a shame because the content is fantastic.
All in all this is a amazing buy for any olympic fanatic, sport fan, or for the person who just wants to treasure the memory of our olympic games in 2012. and i’m sure this dvd will be shown to the generations to come to relive the memory. Must buy DVD!!!!!!
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|Superb record of an incredible event,
Brought this and have already sat through the opening and closing ceremonies – superb stuff. It doesn’t say on the Amazon details but the sound is DTS Lossless (HD) 5.1 with the option to switch off the BBC commentary for the opening. There is just the DTS-HD soundtrack for the closing ceremony but I am quite OK with the BBC commentary. Major shortage of chapters which is a shame – would have been good to have the option via the popup menu to go to the part you want to but, otherwise, really pleased the BBC did such a good job in presenting such a detailed set. They could have easily put out a shortened highlights package but what you have here is much, much more. Highly recommended.
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|Olympian feat,
This is a good buy and you get a good range of discs for your money. The sporting highlights are well selected with a nice balance of interviews and big names and newbies.
They managed to edit all the games footage into a pretty decent product here, and I really enjoyed reliving the summer.
My only criticism is that they showed Oscar Pistorius’s historic first round 400m, but failed to show the semi final where Kirani James swapped bib numbers with him. For me, this was an emotional and meaningful moment that attracted a lot of attention and respect. Shame they didn’t include it. However I know I can see that on Youtube still!
The footage of the Opening Ceremony came out better than when I watched it live. You could see more of the pixels with better aerial shots and continuity.
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