Movie Reviews for Reilly - Ace of Spies

Reilly - Ace of Spies

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Movie Reviews of Reilly - Ace of Spies

Movie Review: NO SUBTITLES OR CLOSED CAPTIONING
Summary: 3 Stars

Although this series in and of itself is absolutely wonderful, and fascinating, my mother and I have discovered a problem with the DVD set. This will not be an issue for many, but there are others (like my mother) that it will. Within the last 2 years my mother has lost most of her hearing. She has a VHS set of this program, and it is well worn, but it still would have been fine. There was, however, no Closed Captioning capability on the VHS tapes. Thus we ordered the relatively new DVD set. Unfortunately, without really looking for the subtitle issue. Most DVDs have them. And if they don't, they have added a Closed Captioning availability. But this DVD set has neither. For us this is a huge impediment.

I would like to make it clear that this issue is not an Amazon problem. And in all fairness, their information about the set never did say that there were subtitles or Closed Captioning. I was not looking for it, and I suspect that other people in our position would likely be in a similar situation, and just expect that A&E, who produced this set, would have taken care of this, as most DVDs have done.

On another issue, although the picture is clear, the color has not been "remastered". It has the same problems as the VHS tapes had. The packaging is lovely, and actually leads one to expect that more work was done on the transfer to DVD. Unfortunately it was not.

If you still have VHS tape playing capability, and the tapes, there is not much reason to get the DVD set. Especially if your picture is clear enough. Ours is well worn, so the DVD is better in that regard. But the disappointments with the DVD set are remarkable.

Movie Review: DIGITAL TRANSFER TO DVD COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
Summary: 2 Stars

I have enjoyed many of the episodes for some years now, and was eagerly awaiting the DVD version. Some episodes are obviously better than others in terms of production qaulity and substance. Overall, I was disappointed in the digital quality of the images. At times, the images and scenes was grainy and too dark. In some cases, the VHS actually provided a better-quality image.

Movie Review: Hated It
Summary: 1 Stars

This is one of the worst series I've ever watched. I couldn't even finish it. I'm a huge fan of Sam Neill, too, and I think he was just horrible in this series. Everybody (Bill Nighy, Joanne Whalley) was horrible. The music was awful, the acting & lines just laughable. No connection to the "characters" whatsoever. Unbelievably bad. I also finished "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," and thought it was excellent, even though I found the DVDs' glossary too late and didn't understand half of what was going on in TTSS. I'm apparently in the minority here with my 1-star review; to each her own.

Movie Review: chacters have no personality
Summary: 1 Stars

The characters of this script have no human nature. There is no portrayal of the inner emotions of the players in this drama. Only a surface telling of the tale without any developement of the personalities and interplay of relationships. If you want to see good espionage with personality try "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"