Title: Nice picture quality, but Bogus Widescreen for Thieves!!
Product review: I was pleased with the quality of the picture of these two movies compared to my VHS versions of the films. I thought it odd that Thieves turned out to be widescreen instead of fullscreen (which is what is printed on the box). Unfortunately, IT IS NOT WIDESCREEN!!! I compared the DVD to the VHS of Thieves and realized that for the DVD, they added a black bar at the top and bottom OF THE FULLSCREEN VERSION! So you're seeing EVEN LESS of the movie with the new DVD version in comparison to the fullscreen VHS version! I can't tell you how ticked off this makes me. MGM recently got in trouble for pulling this type of tactic and it looks like Disney is heading down the same slope. BTW, the best part of the movie for comparison is during the Brady Bunch part of the 'Father and Son' song. Chopped off at the top and bottom. Nice. Hold onto your VHS copies of Thieves if you want to see the whole picture.
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