This release is a bit of a disappointment. Steel is kinda dark and low res in hand, slip sucks and don't like the naff b&w art doodles, which are inside the steel, on the booklet and on a separate leaflet.
Poster, cards and booklet content are very nice though. The disc looks decent from what I've seen already and there's a solid array of extras.
The other slip is far better and honestly I'm wondering weather I should've held onto my German steel and slotted it in there instead. Only thing i didn't like about that one was the title.
You know what. I've just got home and opened mine now.
I don't hate it. It's surprising even to me after reading the comments
Arrow clearly went with production design that echoes the era in which the film is set. Everything has that 11th/12th Century medieval English feel about it. The odd kind of childlike drawing you see on the Bayeux Tapestry.
Yes, the steelbook is crying out to be full gloss that would have made the impressionist art design stand out, as such it's a bit muted, but the slip is nice, it's solid and sturdy and echoes the rest of the set. It's not as bad as you'd think. Arrow clearly showed all of this in the product marketing, so it should come as no surprise - apart from maybe cheaping out of some tasty gloss
The fluff is fluff after all.
