The Artist (Blu-ray) for £6.99 @ Play.Com
Superb bit of film and a snip at this price
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit major movie stardom awaits. The Artist tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
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The audio is presented in a DTS-HD MA 5.1
The audio is presented in a DTS-HD MA 5.1
PMSL (quietly)
The audio is presented in a DTS-HD MA 5.1
And by the sounds of it is completely pointless
"The film's sound mix, presented in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, is equally disappointing. Silent cinema was often accompanied by a live orchestra who would score the film while the action played on screen. One would assume this mix would match that level of enveloping power a live orchestra brings, providing a mix that plays like a live concert. Unfortunately, this track does nothing of the sort. Instead, it's a front-locked, shockingly soft mix that's disappointingly subdued and overly quiet for no good reason. It's possible director Michel Hazanavicius was going for a more mono-like listening experience, but it's a puzzling decision that dampens the overall presentation."
With that and the deliberately "soft" and monochrome picture, I can't see why you'd want to buy this on Blu-Ray.
I don't think people are commenting on the film itself, more that there seems no point having it on Blu-Ray when it doesn't take advantage of any of the features that format has to offer (i.e. high definition picture and sound quality).
How can there be a Transformers 5, when there isn't even a Transformers 4 yet?
I don't think people are commenting on the film itself, more that there seems no point having it on Blu-Ray when it doesn't take advantage of any of the features that format has to offer (i.e. high definition picture and sound quality).
It does in terms of picture quality. Just because a film is in black and white, does not mean that there is not clarity in the picture. The blu-ray print is beautiful and, whilst not canon to silent cinema, it is grain-free and smooth.
As for the sound mix... well, as noted above - it does feel slightly pointless when it doesn't utilise the 5.1 and comes out almost like a mono-mix.
How can there be a Transformers 5, when there isn't even a Transformers 4 yet?
Woosh
I don't think people are commenting on the film itself, more that there seems no point having it on Blu-Ray when it doesn't take advantage of any of the features that format has to offer (i.e. high definition picture and sound quality).
It does in terms of picture quality. Just because a film is in black and white, does not mean that there is not clarity in the picture. The blu-ray print is beautiful and, whilst not canon to silent cinema, it is grain-free and smooth.
As for the sound mix... well, as noted above - it does feel slightly pointless when it doesn't utilise the 5.1 and comes out almost like a mono-mix.
Not to mention we're at that stage were people are buying Blu-ray as its the current format, I mean really who are still buying DVDs when there's a BD alternative available? It's not like BD's are expensive either. The BD might not look mind blowing amazing but it sure will look better than the DVD.
Edited By: sheldococo on Aug 22, 2012 16:20
If you patronise people rather than give them any credit you don't really get any point across other than 'I'm intolerant and pretentious'. However if you're trolling with a 'stick to call of duty!' clone then it's too similar to the real thing to be a parody haha
Edited By: montblanc on Aug 22, 2012 16:46
"The film's sound mix, presented in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, is equally disappointing. Silent cinema was often accompanied by a live orchestra who would score the film while the action played on screen. One would assume this mix would match that level of enveloping power a live orchestra brings, providing a mix that plays like a live concert. Unfortunately, this track does nothing of the sort. Instead, it's a front-locked, shockingly soft mix that's disappointingly subdued and overly quiet for no good reason. It's possible director Michel Hazanavicius was going for a more mono-like listening experience, but it's a puzzling decision that dampens the overall presentation."
This is what put me off watching the movie after about half an hour, though I should try to keep watching. The music is really really bad and with basically none of the dialogue captioned, you might as well hit mute on a real black and white movie for the same effect. Maybe put some midi scott joplin on off an altavista site for bad measure.
Edited By: montblanc on Aug 22, 2012 16:52
You're pretentious ****