Juliet In Love [US Version]: Technical Notes

The Mei Ah dvd presents Juliet In Love in the original aspect ratio 1.85:1. Being struck only a few months after it's theatrical release I expected the print to be a little bit better. Colours are good and vibrant but there are signs of edge enhancement in some scenes. Pixelation rears it's ugly head on a few occasions and there's also a fair number of print defects here and there. Detail and black level are pretty good though. It's a a good print but a few things could've been slightly better.

Like other Mei Ah discs we get four audio options. The original cantonese track in Dolby Digital 5.1 & 2.0 and the same for the mandarin dub.The 2.0 track is very centered but doesn't have to be more spread out as far as I'm concerned. In this movie dialogue is more important that aspect is presented well. The soothing music score does work it's way between the left and front speakers though.

The english subtitles has it's fair share of spelling errors but not the point where you're wondering what's going on. As usual traditional and simplified chinese subtitles are included.

The extras consists of what Mei Ah usually does. We get the theatrical trailer (which still has the original title Butterfly Lovers), a trailer for the Chow Yun-Fat film Peace Hotel, plot synopsis and a list of the most essential cast & crew.