Miss Marple: Volume One (Blu-ray)

How very much I love all things Marple is humiliating. Moving on....The high definition restoration on Miss Marple is nothing short of a digital miracle. The colors brightened to such an extent, I found myself remembering dull and drab locations and people practically dressed in burlap sacks as compared to what they were wearing, sitting on, walking past. Nothing is unnatural, not too bright, not neon, certainly not overly contrasted, but precisely what you would expect in terms of the coloring on objects, locations and people, if this were filmed today without any strange lenses or lights. It appears wholly natural, real, and beautiful. I didn't expect such a high quality presentation. To add to that, the clarity is excellent, film grain was satisfactory to me, and I am never pleased with grain, and the aspect ratio is maintained. The only picture issue is the standard one for UK shows released on Blu-ray in America: this should be faster, by 4%, showing in the original PAL compatible speed at 1080i and, as a consequence of the films running slightly slower, because they were slowed down during conversion, the dialog seems a bit slow, to me and the films drag ever so slightly. Still, this is a beautiful set for video/picture quality and will not be beat.For sound, the audio appears to me very well preserved. I did not notice significant flaws. Voices were clear and consistent and the music was as fun as ever.I hope you find what you are looking for. As for this one, I absolutely recommend it for anyone who loves Marple and very strongly advise getting this one if you love a love of quaint English villages and murder mysteries.

We've owned many iterations of the Joan Hickson Miss Marple series (VHS, DVD and now Blu Ray), so we were delighted to hear of the newly restored Blu Ray release.First the stories:The Joan Hickson versions of Miss Marple reflect a more genteel time. A time where the pace of life was slower and people acted with more respect and consideration toward others. (Except for the odd murder...) At first glance these stories may seem dull and boring when compared to the pacing of current movies. But on further viewings one starts to see how varied and engaging the characters are. Agatha Christie wrote murder mysteries that revolved around the psychological side of crime, not explosions, car chases and nudity. Thankfully, these movies leave something to the imagination and are mostly faithful to the books that they are based on, unlike the more recent Miss Marple efforts.The restoration:The restoration of theses movies was beautifully done. They lack the "pop" in color that a more recent movie may have but I feel that the softer hue that these Blu Rays have is perfectly fitting for the time period they represent. While watching these we couldn't help but be amazed by all the things that the restored Blu Rays revealed that we couldn't see in our DVD set. (Color and patterns of clothing and upholstery)Overall, this was a great purchase and we can't wait for the next set to be released.

This first volume of 4 movies is extremely strong in everything: strong stories with strong plots and strong twists, strong actors, strong cinematography and strong interest from beginning to end, not to mention strong Blu Ray picture quality. I don't know yet about the other two volumes which I also received at the same time, but when I'll have seen them my review will be on their respective pages. The 1st part BONUS is also in Blu Ray and very interesting about real crimes in London. 2 stories last almost 2 hours, and 2 almost 3 hours. And more than 1 viewing is necessary to understand every single rich plot detail I must say, so you get your money's worth and more!... A very good purchase indeed!...

One disk did not play and the other 2 disks are fine. I ordered the disk that wouldn't play separately and got one that works. Now I have a full set and im happy. The price was still good for 2 disks, but it was very disappointing to have a disk do nothing. The set arrived on time and in good condition.

I'm really very happy with this remastered set. i tried to get a friend of mine to watch Miss Marple about a year ago or so, and all we could get to rent were the old DVDs which looked very faded and dated and worst of all, had no subtitles. Since my friend has problems with English accents and since Joan Hickson is wonderful but doesn't have the booming voice of Margaret Rutherford! and is often difficult to understand, we gave up and never tried to watch more than one. . I ordered these because of the subtitles and they are really very well done and actually do have the subtitles as advertised--unlike To the Manor Born. The re-done Silver Anniversary set of that program claims to have subtitles but most definitely does not! This new Marple set is a gem. :)

Agatha Christie, Miss Marple stories are great traditional entertainment. I enjoy it so much that I bought Miss Marple Volume One, Volume Two and Volume Three through amazon.com. The only rough thing is that the first disk, with Murder at the Vicarage in Volume One is scratched so that the disk plays Murder at the Vicarage fine, but the second piece on the same disk, The Moving Finger, does not play well at all. It is nobody's fault, these thinks just happen. When I can afford the added expense I'll just buy another copy of Volume One. Maybe I'll give the extra copies of disks 2 and 3 to a friend.

I have a new blue ray dvd player that should handle this but the dvd won’t play it. Sad, we were looking forward to seeing it.