I'd have to agree with Adam, I'm all for the pristine image. The recent remaster of Casablanca is incredible, as are many other classic DVD reissues. Seeing them in this quality really makes these old films come alive for me, where before they were sleep-inducing. Someone like Humphery Bogart becomes a real guy in a real situation, instead of an untouchable movie icon shrouded in a silver hail of flecks and scratches. Subtle lighting nuainces, set design and other details are now an unveiled testament to the amount of hard work that went into these films, and suddenly if you didn't before, you now understand why they are revered as "classics".

This is why I was extremely disappointed with the transfer of The Godfather DVDs. Artistic grain is one thing, but these films look absolutely horrible. Sorry, Francis, but it's NOT enjoyable to watch a DVD with that much grain. It's a sin to trap a monument like The Godfather under a cloak of dirt and haze, and sell it to the consumer for top-dollar.

--InfoDroid