Quintus 5,399 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I'm using my games console, a PS4. I did actually spend some time looking for a way of downmixing the audio but alas other than the automatic 2.1 processing my amp provides it was still not a practical solution. The Master and Commander mix is just very very loud, and very very quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Doesn't the PS3 have a setting to reduce the dynamic range? Of course, the PS3 might still differ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brown 91 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Bullit was a quite good film, although i expected more based on its reputation.haven't seen the Getaway but I've seen its remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.How do they compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Kim gets naked in it, so its good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Can't vouche for the original, but the 1994 version of The Getaway is terrible, Basinger and Tilly nudity notwithstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brown 91 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Bullit was a quite good film, although i expected more based on its reputation.haven't seen the Getaway but I've seen its remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger.How do they compare?I haven't bothered with the remake, but Peckinpah's version is excellent. Almost as good as BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, which I think is his best film. I highly recommend that and THE GETAWAY.I scored those Blu-rays at FYE, which I never bothering shopping at because their prices are absolutely ridiculous. However, I was able to get BULLITT for $8.99 and THE GETAWAY for $5.99. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I haven't bothered with the remake, but Peckinpah's version is excellent. Almost as good as BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, which I think is his best film. I highly recommend that and THE GETAWAY.Have you seen STRAW DOGS? I'd say THE GETAWAY although good is in many ways minor Peckinpah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 My Cousin Vinny arrived yesterday. Picked it up for a fiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Do Americans say "fiver" and "tenner" now like us Brits do? Or have you always said it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Some say it, some don't. I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 No, that is not an American colloquialism. If we do use it, it's just to be cheeky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I rarely say fiver and never say tenner. I do say tenor, however, but that's a completely different kind of airplane. All together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,364 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 I've never said tenner either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 They have been using it for either a fortnight or donkey's years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Picked up Empire of the Sun, A.I., Minority Report and Jaws for under €10 each. Happy out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Nice! Spielberg's finest...and A.I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I honestly can't remember what I thought of A.I. I saw it once when it first came out on Sky Movies around 2002-2003. I don't remember hating it. I want to get as many of Spielberg's films on Blu as I can. So far I only have E.T., JP and the Lost World. Never seen Empire of the Sun or Jaws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Never seen Empire of the Sun or Jaws :eek: By the way, get the Indiana Jones films too! They're great on Bluray!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I know, I know, I know! At least I'm trying to rectify it! It's one of those things I've always meant to watch but never gotten around to watching. So I'll be sorting that out within the next two weeks!I've got the Indiana Jones films on DVD so I'm going to wait for awhile before I upgrade. Want to spend my limited funds on films I don't already have in any format! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I've got the Indiana Jones films on DVD so I'm going to wait for awhile before I upgrade. Want to spend my limited funds on films I don't already have in any format! Yeah, I know the feeling.I'm also reluctant a bit to buy films that i already own on DVD, and that's a pity because those are some of my favourite films!But I'm going there little by little.Indiana Jones was worth it!(although I'm a bit skeptical still about the golden filter on Raiders. Anyway) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,528 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I picked-up "Nashville", and "New York, New York", the other day, along with "Licence (or License, if you live the other side of The Pond!) To Kill"."LTK" has great sound, and a very nice "spread" of Kamen's score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Picked up Empire of the Sun, A.I., Minority Report and Jaws for under €10 each. Happy out. Ordered these on Saturday with free super saver delivery from Amazon and they arrived today. If I had paid standard shipping the earliest they'd have arrived is... today. Gotta love Amazon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Schindler's List and Close Encounters of the Third Kind for €15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Just ordered The Color Purple blu-ray for £3.99 delivered. Result. http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/color-purple-blu-ray-3-99-theentertainmentstore-play-com-1944588 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Havent seen that since the 90's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Me neither. Wondering how it has held up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 There are definitely scenes that are silly and just don't work. Still a good movie, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I found it to be sort of average. Some good scenes and cinematography, but not something I'll return to often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 When I click "Get deal" on that page, I'm being transferred to play.com where it costs 11.20 Euro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 It's probably a UK only price. 11.20 is more than I'd want to pay. I found it to be sort of average. Some good scenes and cinematographyIt's Allen Daviau, I remember him capturing the sweltering deep south really effectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Python 22 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 After selling some DVDs, I used what I got to purchase the out-of-print THE THIRD MAN blu-ray by Criterion ($170!!!). This is one I've been wanting to grab for the longest time and it's truly a joy to watch it in HD, seeing post-WWII Vienna in gorgeous black and white photography (this may be my #1 favorite B&W shot flick). It's a bitch to buy an out of print Criterion title, but once I pop in that blu-ray I have no regrets. Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 After selling some DVDs, I used what I got to purchase the out-of-print THE THIRD MAN blu-ray by Criterion ($170!!!). This is one I've been wanting to grab for the longest time and it's truly a joy to watch it in HD, seeing post-WWII Vienna in gorgeous black and white photography (this may be my #1 favorite B&W shot flick). It's a bitch to buy an out of print Criterion title, but once I pop in that blu-ray I have no regrets.Why is this OOP?I thought Criterion Blurays aren't limited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Python 22 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 I'm not totally sure why, but I do remember the news of it going out of print very shortly after Criterion released it on blu because Studio Canal wanted to put out their own release. From what I've read, they used DNR and it's missing special features and commentaries that the Criterion has, as well as the documentary "Shadowing The Third Man" that John Hurt narrated (I just watched that last night, a great doc aside from some pointless bits of projecting the film onto the actual locations). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Picked up on Bluray:GladiatorTroy Director's CutBravenheartContactHeat.All for about $38 on Best Buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 After selling some DVDs, I used what I got to purchase the out-of-print THE THIRD MAN blu-ray by Criterion ($170!!!). This is one I've been wanting to grab for the longest time and it's truly a joy to watch it in HD, seeing post-WWII Vienna in gorgeous black and white photography (this may be my #1 favorite B&W shot flick). It's a bitch to buy an out of print Criterion title, but once I pop in that blu-ray I have no regrets.Agreed. I found a copy a few years ago for $90. Never regretted it. I'm still kicking myself for missing out on their Last Year At Marienbad.After selling some DVDs, I used what I got to purchase the out-of-print THE THIRD MAN blu-ray by Criterion ($170!!!). This is one I've been wanting to grab for the longest time and it's truly a joy to watch it in HD, seeing post-WWII Vienna in gorgeous black and white photography (this may be my #1 favorite B&W shot flick). It's a bitch to buy an out of print Criterion title, but once I pop in that blu-ray I have no regrets.Why is this OOP?I thought Criterion Blurays aren't limited!They aren't limited, but their licenses to films do expire. Once that happens it reverts back to the original owner and they can no longer produce more copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeshift Python 22 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 And they had THE THIRD MAN for a very long time for LD and DVD. It's too bad it reverted back so suddenly, about only seven months after the blu-ray was released, so it was a very limited run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Just bought from ebay this steelbook:Had seen the film on year ago I think for the first time and LOVED it!(much better than the Tron:Legacy but you already know that! )How original it was for its time!! Blew me away!I imagine how I would feel about it if I had seen it as a kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I like how things were restricted to the logic and rules of the world. The new one dropped that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Mary Poppins on Blu. I have never seen it. I wonder if I'll like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 It's a kids movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 A kids movie? Ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I didn't even like it as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Haven't seen that either. It's not out on Blu yet, but I'll probably pick it up when it's released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Because of my daughter I've seen large parts of Mary Poppins a lot lately. It's an enchanting film. Let's Go Fly a Kite is one of the most joyous and lifting melodies I've ever heard. For me, Poppins is in a different league to Broomsticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 I've seen it once and found it rather odd. Uncomfortable, somehow. Not very enjoyable. Also didn't like most of the songs, though Feed the Birds is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,829 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 I adore the Sound of Music with Julie Andrews, so seeing her in Mary Poppins (although a good film) seemed like a lesser experience.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Sound of Music is overrated, one of the worst Best Picture winners ever. I'm moderately entertained by Poppins though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 fortunately a HMV in London has a much broader range of DVDs and thus came by:A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy/Alice & Shadows and FogDay the Earth Caught Fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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