6.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc.
Starring: Bourvil, Lando Buzzanca, Walter Chiari, Peter Cook, Tony CurtisRomance | 100% |
Comedy | 40% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.35:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Mediainfo
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A follow-up to the 1965 hit, “Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines,” 1969’s “The Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies” (also known as “Monte Carlo or Bust!”) looks to sustain a sense of widescreen pandemonium, taking a European car race to the extremes of slapstick comedy. Co-writer/director Ken Annakin certainly maintains a vision for the production, and his management of style and action is impressive, able to keep a ragtag group of characters in focus as they tear around multiple locations. But just over two hours of silly business? “Jaunty Jalopies” pushes its luck when it comes to asking the audience to endure a marathon of mischief.
The AVC encoded image (2.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation captures the manic energy the production is looking for, offering generally good clarity to help viewers spot all the jokes and examine the locations. Textures are strong on costuming and facial particulars, and the HD experience also has the advantage of picking up on the inherent artificiality of the movie's extensive use of process shots. Colors are contained and communicative, with pleasing greenery and natural skintones. Set decoration and exterior business with extras also add welcome power to hues. Delineation is comfortable. Source has some bursts of speckling, but remains intact. The opening titles are windowboxed.
The 2.0 DTS-HD MA sound mix has to deal with iffy dubbing achievements, which come off pronounced, but the overall comedic energy of the effort is preserved. Dialogue exchanges are satisfactory, handling accents and performance speeds. Music fares a little better, sounding fuller, with appealing instrumentation. Sound effects are on the sharp side, but remain appreciable.
"Jaunty Jalopies" tuckers out long before it ends, in need of a general pruning to get rid of some indulgent moments and streamline the competition. However, it remains an entertaining sit with amusing moments and an enjoyable concentration on velocity, in both the speed of the cars and the timing of the jokes.
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