Adrian Samuals

Wouldn't be surprised if it were the former. Home cinema killed it.

I watched this at home the other night and didn't realize how bad some of the CGI was in this movie,(flames for example).

Reservoir Dogs does indeed look a bit grubby on Blu-ray, but it seems to somehow suit the theme of the movie. Would watching it feel quite the same if it looked like a Pixar movie?

If it means watching movies with THE best audio and video I choose to stay with the "dying" format.

+1 On that.

I understand that it may well only get a limited release. But does anyone know if it will be released nationwide?

Just visit sets and sell yourself to them. Chat to folk.

To be fair to him he delivered what the studio wanted, a blockbuster.

Film sucks you in. The large paychecks are an irresistible dangling carrot. The atmosphere is fascinating. But, the downside of not working all the time, looking for work, the long hours, the fierce competition can be overwhelming. It's hard to quit.

Isn't that one of the reasons why folks love this industry?

Who needs a plot when you can dazzle your viewers with fancy visuals and ear breaking audio.

I had a feeling that 3D would affect your..............

Now what was I saying?

You don't, but you do need to be in an environment where you're getting trained. Quite a few people enter after doing an un-film/TV/media related university course as well. On one shoot I was on a few years ago the camera trainee had a MBA.

Maybe they needed a major change of direction in their life.

Animation is keeping 3D alive.

I just don't understand why folks give film schools such a hard time. Seems like people don't want to hear the good only the bad.

In that case it would be wise for me to hold off until the audio is rectified. Has a recall been announced yet?

I've had about half a dozen memory cards die on me after taking them out of a camera. These were different cameras, so it wasn't specific to one camera. I have also had cards fail after taking them out of my laptop, even though I do it by the book ie; eject it.

Nice buns, I see it comes with a shake.

It will be interesting to see what Jeremy Renner brings to the role, now that he is taking over the role of Jason Bourne from Matt Damon.

Bay has almost single handedly managed to "dumb down" Hollywood. I'm hoping studios will soon realize that sorry fact and stop giving him toys to play with.

The issue can not be heard unless one knows the film well. Some music is missing in the 5.1 mix and the original mono mix is not on the disc.

Would you say it is missing or maybe they no longer had the rights to use it. What ever the reason it's a pity they released it such as it is. They should always try to keep the original mix on classic titles, out of respect for purists.

Hopefully Spielberg will continue to work with decent directors such as JJ.Abrams. I would like to see him work with Ridley Scott.

The End of an era:(

The main problem with 3D is the fact that you are always waiting for the next "WOW" moment and you are not actually watching the movie for what it is. You are distracted by cheap parlor tricks and gimmickry. Give me a great IMAX experience over 3D any day.

Still don't like them. Wish all the studios would release a version with DC/ DVD and 3D and one version just the movie with extras.

I was really hoping that this "fad" would have faded away by now.

I've watched about half the of the new blu-ray of the old Conan movie -- it looks better than ever. The photography has always been problematic with a number of underexposed shots and low-light anamorphic shots. But they've cleaned a lot of that up without overly doing the DNR so there is still some grain.

 

But now I'm noticing things I've never noticed before. For example, in the last three-shot of James Earl Jones and his two henchmen, right after he chops Conan's mother's head off, the sky has the weird moire pattern... I realized that the DP used a large scrim behind the three actors for that shot. And when Conan climbs up out of the cave where he finds the sword and the ancient skeleton of a king, some prop guy's had sticks up out of the hole a moment after Conan stands up.

 

Also, the scene right before that had, where Conan was being chased by wolves after being freed, was always a so-so day-for-night sequence with too much bright sky in the frame, but now it's been timed for daytime.

I hear there is an issue with the audio on the Blu-ray. Can you confirm whether there were any issues whilst you were watching?