{"id":4783,"date":"2012-10-08T23:41:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T06:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=4783"},"modified":"2021-05-31T15:28:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T22:28:15","slug":"review-dave-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2012\/10\/review-dave-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dave<\/em><\/strong> is a nice movie filled with fine performances from Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Sure, it\u2019s predictable and more than outlandish in its premise (bit of a stretch that he looks exactly<\/em> like the President), but it\u2019s one I\u2019ve had fun watching throughout the years.<\/p>\n

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\nDave (1993)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/strong>Comedy, Romance, Drama
\nWarner Bros. | PG13 \u2013 110 min. \u2013 $19.98 | September 25, 2012<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:<\/span>
\nDirected by: <\/strong>Ivan Reitman
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Gary Ross (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/strong>May 7, 1993<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:<\/span>
\nFeatures: <\/strong>Featurette, Theatrical Trailer
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>18.1 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Plot Outline: <\/strong>An uncanny Presidential lookalike (KEVIN KLINE) is recruited as a momentary stand-in for America\u2019s Chief Executive. However, things don\u2019t turn out exactly as planned, and Dave finds himself continuing the masquerade indefinitely. He also must contend with a contentious relationship with the First Lady (SIGOURNEY WEAVER) while the President\u2019s Chief of Staff (FRANK LANGELLA) angles to weasel his way into the Oval Office.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Not much here except The Making of Dave<\/em> (6:36)<\/span><\/strong> EPK featurette and the Theatrical Trailer (2:10)<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Warner releases Dave<\/em><\/strong> with a 1080p high-def transfer, presented with a 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio. From the onsought this comes across as a cheap HD transfer from a flawed master. There are various amounts of artifacting at times, the detail level is OK at best and the color array is merely average and doesn\u2019t exactly pop off the screen. Comparing it to my original DVD, it is a modest upgrade but not much more than that.
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AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo track is suitable especially for a comedy, though it doesn\u2019t exactly have the \u201cwow\u201d factor going for it. Dialogue sounds good, though and the track does pick up through James Newton Howard\u2019s whimsical score.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Dave<\/em><\/strong> is a nice movie filled with fine performances from Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Sure, it\u2019s predictable and more than outlandish in its premise (bit of a stretch that he looks exactly<\/em> like the President), but it\u2019s one I\u2019ve had fun watching throughout the years. The Blu-ray is on the disappointing side with average audio\/video transfers and a sparse amount of features. If you can grab this on the cheap, it might be worth it.<\/p>\n

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The Movieman<\/em>
\nPublished: <\/strong>10\/08\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dave is a nice movie filled with fine performances from Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Sure, it\u2019s predictable and more than outlandish in its premise (bit of a stretch that he looks exactly like the President), but it\u2019s one I\u2019ve had fun watching throughout the years.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[382,1713,233,1315,728,452,616],"class_list":["post-4783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-ben-kingsley","tag-dave","tag-frank-langella","tag-kevin-dunn","tag-kevin-kline","tag-sigourney-weaver","tag-ving-rhames"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4783"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26280,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783\/revisions\/26280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}