this was probably my most anticipated HD-DVD yet, but unfortunately i was quite dissapointed by the PQ and the sound. i saw it in the theatre and thought it had a somewhat dark and grainy look to it, i also thought the sound wasnt very good, i however dont frequent theatres often so thought these were just side effects of not being my own HT with my bright plasma and my SS system balanced for my listening position.

i was wrong, its just a dark and grainy movie, i would assume to cover the extensive FX....? and i had to turn on the dialogue enhancer on my reciever just to balance the sound out a little.

i do have to say though, after putting the regular side in my Elite DVD upscaler, the HD-DVD is WAY better than SD!!! the regular version is almost as bad as a pirated copy i saw months ago.