| Video: The Bow gets a very nice 1.85.1 anamorphic widescreen transfer on this Korean import DVD. The blues in the sky scenes and the water scenes look especially vibrant and quite nice. There is a bit of over saturation in the reds in a couple of spots but it's minor. Black levels stay very strong and very deep throughout and there are no problems with mpeg compression artifacts at all, through there is some very mild line shimmering noticeable in a few spots. Print damage isn't ever an issue, neither is film grain and we have a nice, clean picture to look at on this release with plenty of detail present in both the foreground and the background of the picture.
Sound: You've got your choice of watching the film in its native Korean language using either a Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround mix or a more robust Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound mix. Optional subtitles are available in English and in Korean only. The English subtitles are handled very well and aside from the opening song they appear to be very much complete. The music used throughout the movie comes through with a fair bit of punch and the scenes that do have dialogue come through nice and clear. There are a few spots where the background noise on the boat plays a very big role in the atmosphere of the film and during these times the 5.1 mix really has an advantage over the 2.0 mix but both tracks are of very nice quality and there's really nothing to complain about in terms of presentation here.
Extras: There's only one extra feature on the DVD, a thirty seven minute behind the scenes look at the movie entitled The Making Of The Bow and it is in Korean only with no subtitles of any kind available. Not being fluent in Korean, all I can attest to is that most of the key performers in the film are interviewed for this feature as is the director and a few other crew members. There is some interesting and candid behind the scenes footage that is interesting to watch in here as well. The packaging comes with a slipcase cover to go over top of the keepcase which houses the disc as well as an insert (again, Korean language only).
Final Thoughts: The KD Media DVD looks and sounds very nice and despite the lack of English subs on the extra features, this one still comes highly recommended. |