Review Three Amigos

Three Amigos Best Review

4 stars for the movie itself, 2 stars for the poor quality DVD transfer. Read on for details.

I really like this movie and think it is very creative and funny. For the most part it is family friendly and appeals to all ages, but there are a few swear words and sexual references, so be aware of that if you have little ones. I rate the movie itself 4 out of 5 stars, hence the 4 star rating on this review.

The DVD transfer, however, is poor. I rate it 2 out of 5 stars. The overall quality just isn't as good as it should be in this day and age. It's shaky, grainy, and over compressed. It is also non-anamorphic letter boxed, so it doesn't provide the full resolution that the DVD format is capable of. There is no excuse for that on a DVD released on 2009! The previous release was also non-anamorphic letter boxed, but if I recall correctly, it at least played in the correct aspect ratio on my widescreen TV (black bars all around, and I could use the zoom feature of my TV to fill the screen). This one plays stretched horizontally to fill the screen on my widescreen TV, and I could not correct the aspect ratio by changing the aspect setting on the TV. I haven't had this problem with other letter boxed DVDs. The cover art on the DVD is semi-transparent monochrome silver on silver, and you have to hold it at the proper angle to be able to see it at all. Overall I am very disappointed with the quality of this DVD. They obviously didn't put much effort into it, and it doesn't do justice to this great movie.

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Three Amigos Overview

Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 06/02/2009 Run time: 108 minutes Rating: Pg

Three Amigos Specifications

Three Western stars (Martin Short, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase) from Hollywood silent films go to Mexico for what they assume will be a publicity appearance, and find they've actually been summoned to fight a local bandit. John Landis directed this 1986 comedy with self-conscious artifice, and it's hard to get into his self-congratulatory joke. Even the three main stars, brilliant comics all, can't sustain anything funny in it. --Tom Keogh

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Customer Reviews

A Great Classic - Phyllis -
This is a great classic movie! An old time fav that cracks me up every time I watch it. :)



Not all I thought it would be. - Justin - Wyoming
I purchased Three Amigos because I enjoyed Martin Short so much in Pure Luck, and because some friends recommended it. The movie felt kinda awkward and never really seemed to come together. It had funny moments, but I don't plan to watch it again. Luckily, it was inexpensive.



Great movie, terrible transfer - D. Johnson - Utah, USA
I love this movie, but this transfer is horrible. It was taken from a movie print instead of an original copy of the movie, so it's grainy, has serious stability issues, and is generally not pretty. Not only that, but it's letterboxed on the disc, so if you have a 16x9 television, you'll be watching the movie with black bars on all sides of the screen, with the actual picture only taking up 50% of your TV's screen.

It's a shame that after all of these years that this movie still hasn't been transfered to DVD or Blu-ray properly. It's terrible that such a classic film has to be represented so poorly.

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