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Post by 405x5 on Mar 7, 2022 10:39:25 GMT -5
I LIED 🤥 LOL…. A friend of mine played “RESURRECTIONS” for us at his place over the Holiday for our little group. The guy has a tin ear and doesn’t care about “hearing” the movie 🍿 the way WE do around here, but I didn’t want to throw water on the party, so I kept my mouth 👄 shut. Fast forward, my Best Buy pre order is on the PO truck for delivery today! (now I get my wish.) Revisiting the whole set of 4.  |
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Post by Gary Cook on Mar 7, 2022 15:49:35 GMT -5
I was very impressed by the visuals... I found them both technically impressive and visually pleasing. (The Eternals is definitely right at the top of my list for "fun movies to watch".)
As far as the plot... you must keep in mind that this sort of movie is not intended to be great science fiction literature... It's a comic book, brought to life with live actors, and really nice 3D rendered CGI special effects. In the comic book a lot of that complicated story line would have been covered with one picture and two or three sentences of text in a bubble. When it becomes a movie they're sort of forced to fill in a lot of details that just plain weren't intended to be filled in. Therefore, to be blunt, it's going to sort of fall apart if you look too close...
So just don't look too close !!!  . These movies are all designed to be cool to watch and visually stunning. If you liked the Hobbit movies, and you want really solid stories, try actually READING The Lord of The Rings Trilogy... The movies are visually stunning... but they missed about three quarters of the actual story...
Or try Asimov's Foundation Trilogy...
Also remember that, in The Eternals, they're drawing on BOTH classical legends, AND tie-ins to other comic books. (Icarus in the "real legends" wasn't actually a superhero.... so their character was supposed to be the inspiration for the legends.)
I wouldn't say that the story line was "complex"... I would rather describe it as "convoluted"... As if the authors just felt obligated to add a few plot twists to avoid being accused of having "yet another heroes and villains shoot-em-up".
Just as they always include cameo appearances, hints, and tie-ins to other characters and movies in whatever "universe" their movie takes place.
(Check out the really understated tie-in to the Black Knight right near the end... ) I have an extensive background in both "real legends" and sci-fi... and I actually thought they tied it all together pretty well... at least compared to some of the other Marvel movies.
You're right Keith, "convoluted" is a more apt description. Unnecessarily so IMHO, the story could have been told without what are diversions and I suspect you are right there as well, plot twists for the sake of having plot twists. I'm a life long Marvel fan, my first ever comic book was Fantastic 4 #1 followed by Spiderman #1 a year or so later, then Iron Man a year after that, I had them all for about 6 years, I should have kept my comic book collection. Eternals came along too late for me, by 1975 I had other interests. Cheers Gary |
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Post by 405x5 on Mar 8, 2022 9:39:50 GMT -5
Very powerful film and what a performance delivered by Anthony Hopkins. Hesitant at first to watch at first, having some first hand experience with this, but totally drawn into the performance.  |
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Post by LCSeminole on Mar 10, 2022 20:27:59 GMT -5
I had not seen this movie and wasn't aware it existed, so when I saw it in BestBuy on 4K I figured what the heck. For a movie released in 2004 with Thomas Jane and John Travolta, it was worth the $12.99, not to mention it was another of those Marvel movies produced by Lionsgate. I was surprised it had an Atmos track that was quite active as it had plenty of explosions, shootouts and car chase scenes. On the video side, it was exactly what I expected for a 2004 release, a bit grainy but re-mastered, so I wonder how bad the 1080p blu-ray was to watch. All in all the video was watchable.  |
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Post by LCSeminole on Mar 10, 2022 20:41:45 GMT -5
Bought this latest Matrix movie along with the Punisher. While I wasn't a big fan of the trilogy, I did enjoy the first Matrix movie, so I figured lets see if the "Resurrection" would be a worthy 4th movie. While the movie plot was just OK, the audio and video are quite stellar! The Atmos track is one the most engaging tracks I've heard in quite some time and made use of all of the 7.2.4 speakers in my setup for most of the movie. The video, is what I expected, dark like the other three movies, but my ISF calibrated Sony OLED really shined, even in the mostly stressed white scenes, I was in awe. The 6K/8K digital transfer to 4K was stunning, the details of strands of hair and facial features, as well as shades of black was exactly what I was expecting and the movie video-wise didn't disappoint. The story line was average, but I consider "Resurrections" a REFERENCE quality movie for audio and video. Glad I bought it for this reason alone.  |
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Post by 405x5 on Mar 11, 2022 16:56:30 GMT -5
Bought this latest Matrix movie along with the Punisher. While I wasn't a big fan of the trilogy, I did enjoy the first Matrix movie, so I figured lets see if the "Resurrection" would be a worthy 4th movie. While the movie plot was just OK, the audio and video are quite stellar! The Atmos track is one the most engaging tracks I've heard in quite some time and made use of all of the 7.2.4 speakers in my setup for most of the movie. The video, is what I expected, dark like the other three movies, but my ISF calibrated Sony OLED really shined, even in the mostly stressed white scenes, I was in awe. The 6K/8K digital transfer to 4K was stunning, the details of strands of hair and facial features, as well as shades of black was exactly what I was expecting and the movie video-wise didn't disappoint. The story line was average, but I consider "Resurrections" a REFERENCE quality movie for audio and video. Glad I bought it for this reason alone. The music score that ran thru the end credits was beautiful and inspiring compared to the crap 💩 that played at the end of The Matrix! The original Matrix remains my favorite of the 4 films, with that end score music being the only black eye 👁. |
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Post by LCSeminole on Mar 20, 2022 10:44:23 GMT -5
Got this 4K release two weeks ago and finally got around to giving it a look-see. Originally released in 1991, I had low expectations but had hoped the graininess of the time could be somewhat cleaned up. To my surprise, while the grain is still quite prevalent, the closeup scenes have more detail but the distance shots are not much different if at all. The audio track, DTS-HD MA 5.1, is no different than the 1080p blu-ray, so no improvements here. While the video was processed in Dolby Vision, the dark nature of the colors in this movie did little to help except for it being a little brighter. This UHD-bluray transfer while more detailed in close ups, is nothing to write home about but since it only set me back $9.99 it was worth the re-watch of a very worthy first film story about the Dr. Hannibal Lechter.  |
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Post by geebo on Mar 20, 2022 11:23:31 GMT -5
Got this 4K release two weeks ago and finally got around to giving it a look-see. Originally released in 1991, I had low expectations but had hoped the graininess of the time could be somewhat cleaned up. To my surprise, while the grain is still quite prevalent, the closeup scenes have more detail but the distance shots are not much different if at all. The audio track, DTS-HD MA 5.1, is no different than the 1080p blu-ray, so no improvements here. While the video was processed in Dolby Vision, the dark nature of the colors in this movie did little to help except for it being a little brighter. This UHD-bluray transfer while more detailed in close ups, is nothing to write home about but since it only set me back $9.99 it was worth the re-watch of a very worthy first film story about the Dr. Hannibal Lechter. I believe Manhunter (1986) was the first movie featuring Lechter portrayed by Brian Cox. Also starred William Petersen in the lead role. |
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Post by LCSeminole on Mar 20, 2022 11:39:27 GMT -5
Got this 4K release two weeks ago and finally got around to giving it a look-see. Originally released in 1991, I had low expectations but had hoped the graininess of the time could be somewhat cleaned up. To my surprise, while the grain is still quite prevalent, the closeup scenes have more detail but the distance shots are not much different if at all. The audio track, DTS-HD MA 5.1, is no different than the 1080p blu-ray, so no improvements here. While the video was processed in Dolby Vision, the dark nature of the colors in this movie did little to help except for it being a little brighter. This UHD-bluray transfer while more detailed in close ups, is nothing to write home about but since it only set me back $9.99 it was worth the re-watch of a very worthy first film story about the Dr. Hannibal Lechter. I believe Manhunter (1986) was the first movie featuring Lechter portrayed by Brian Cox. Also starred William Petersen in the lead role. You are most certainly correct, and Manhunter was directed by Michael Mann(of Miami Vice fame). If I'm remembering correctly, Manhunter was based on the "Red Dragon" book, which was later also a self titled movie that starred Anthony Hopkins. |
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Post by 405x5 on Mar 20, 2022 12:03:01 GMT -5
I believe Manhunter (1986) was the first movie featuring Lechter portrayed by Brian Cox. Also starred William Petersen in the lead role. You are most certainly correct, and Manhunter was directed by Michael Mann(of Miami Vice fame). If I'm remembering correctly, Manhunter was based on the "Red Dragon" book, which was later also a self titled movie that starred Anthony Hopkins. Interesting…. I will rent that. Big Anthony Hopkins fan. “The World’s Fastest Indian” is one of my favorites from him, probably because of my own tenure with high performance motorcycles |
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Post by 405x5 on Mar 20, 2022 12:08:09 GMT -5
Nomadland ….. I could only take this one once since I’m such a homebody and the thought of life living out of the back of a truck gets me depressed. Worth a once over, that being said  |
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Post by LCSeminole on Mar 20, 2022 12:14:44 GMT -5
You are most certainly correct, and Manhunter was directed by Michael Mann(of Miami Vice fame). If I'm remembering correctly, Manhunter was based on the "Red Dragon" book, which was later also a self titled movie that starred Anthony Hopkins. Interesting…. I will rent that. Big Anthony Hopkins fan. “The World’s Fastest Indian” is one of my favorites from him, probably because of my own tenure with high performance motorcycles If you've not watched the other two Anthony Hopkins/Hannibal Lechter movies(Hannibal & Red Dragon), they are worth watching, as is the Michael Mann directed "Manhunter". |
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Post by 405x5 on Mar 20, 2022 13:54:10 GMT -5
Interesting…. I will rent that. Big Anthony Hopkins fan. “The World’s Fastest Indian” is one of my favorites from him, probably because of my own tenure with high performance motorcycles If you've not watched the other two Anthony Hopkins/Hannibal Lechter movies(Hannibal & Red Dragon), they are worth watching, as is the Michael Mann directed "Manhunter". Interesting…. I became a quick study and found the “franchise” is 4 movies all told. I own “Lambs” and recall seeing at least one of two you mentioned. My wife will recall better than I but I recall the gore took over the story line of one of them. I’ll start with Manhunter and take this from there! (Edit) Time flies….I went back to my Netflix Que and found my memory sucks and we had in fact seen all between 2001 and now. anyway, manhunt is in my que…..Manhunt carries very high reviews so should be a missed treat. |
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Post by LCSeminole on May 7, 2022 15:29:20 GMT -5
I remember seeing this movie 15yrs ago on a 1080p bluray with a DD 5.1 audio track and thinking it was quite good. 15yrs later, a new DTS-HD MA 5.1 track and native 4K transfer to UHD blu-ray, and I’m even more impressed. I had hoped to see it was Dolby Atmos or DTS:X audio but I'm quite pleased with the DTS-HD MA 5.1 track. The video is way better than I had expected, yes it's a Dolby Vision movie. While I had expected a grainy 15yr old movie, Paramount did a much better job and gave this movie a new video life. As for the plot, if you've not seen this movie before, it's worth a watch in 4K or just watch period.  |
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Post by 405x5 on May 8, 2022 15:55:29 GMT -5
The theory of everything. I didn’t realize this movie is from eight years ago. Very well rendered on Blu-ray and there’s a fireworks show in the movie that kicks the Lord of the rings in the ass!  |
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Post by simpleman68 on May 8, 2022 20:14:39 GMT -5
I remember seeing this movie 15yrs ago on a 1080p bluray with a DD 5.1 audio track and thinking it was quite good. 15yrs later, a new DTS-HD MA 5.1 track and native 4K transfer to UHD blu-ray, and I’m even more impressed. I had hoped to see it was Dolby Atmos or DTS:X audio but I'm quite pleased with the DTS-HD MA 5.1 track. The video is way better than I had expected, yes it's a Dolby Vision movie. While I had expected a grainy 15yr old movie, Paramount did a much better job and gave this movie a new video life. As for the plot, if you've not seen this movie before, it's worth a watch in 4K or just watch period. Excellent flick! Scott
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Post by LCSeminole on Jul 2, 2022 18:23:33 GMT -5
While I've seen this movie before, I must have not payed much attention. I borrowed the blu-ray from a friend so I could compare it to the UHD-bluray that is "supposed" to be delivered next Tuesday. I must admit the DTS-HD MA 7.1 track is quite active in the back/side surrounds as well, and my subwoofers get a good workout. Hopefully the coming UHD-bluray has an even better ATMOS track and HDR10 improves the picture.  |
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Post by novisnick on Jul 2, 2022 22:00:40 GMT -5
While I've seen this movie before, I must have not payed much attention. I borrowed the blu-ray from a friend so I could compare it to the UHD-bluray that is "supposed" to be delivered next Tuesday. I must admit the DTS-HD MA 7.1 track is quite active in the back/side surrounds as well, and my subwoofers get a good workout. Hopefully the coming UHD-bluray has an even better ATMOS track and HDR10 improves the picture. I look forward to your report back. I recall the soundtrack being pretty good so if they add to it it should be rather obvious. Enjoy |
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Post by 405x5 on Jul 4, 2022 7:38:50 GMT -5
King Kong 1933….!
After watching Peter Jackson’s Extended remake with the raft swamp scene restored to it, wanted to revisit The original 1933 to compare.
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Post by Thunderduck on Jul 4, 2022 22:24:39 GMT -5
Just finished Ambulance. Acting was not bad, as for the movie suspend disbelief and it is a good action flick. The main reason for watching though is the audio. I thought it was a great Atmos movie. Sound coming at you from everywhere.
Excellent audio and a lot of action.
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