Hi!

I have to concur. The quality should've been better, not to mention the frame format.

But even the frame issue aside, DVD's not wholly superior to the VHS, which I still think gives the most of the movie overall. For example, while browsing the GF II disk I definitely noticed difference between the MPEG base frames and intermediate (incremental) frames in the scene where Michael crosses the snow covered compound on his way to talk with Mamma. On the VHS this scene is very crisp and smooth (and very moving as well), on the DVD it's akin some worse MPEG rips (now sharp, now slightly blurred) and utterly fails to impress.

I also feel that Coppola's comments were dubbed a little sloppily. They are very deep and loud (OK, that's his voice) and often completely supercede the soundtrack, which means that one cannot really enjoy the movie *and* hear some remarks as if a knowledgeable and attentive fellow addict were hanging around - and this, with all respect, was what I'd expected to get. Was it too much?

Best regards.

Alexander