(Quentin Tarantino, 1992)
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Studio: Lions Gate Disc: Region: 'A'-locked (as verified by the Momitsu region FREE Blu-ray player) Runtime: 1:39:07.942 Disc Size: 23,365,718,616 bytes Feature Size: 18,814,728,192 bytes Video Bitrate: 20.03 Mbps Chapters: 33 Case: Standard Blu-ray case Release date: February 6th, 2007
Video: Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 Resolution: 1080p Video codec: MPEG-2
Audio: DTS-HD Audio English 3039 kbps 6.1 / 48 kHz / 3039 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 6.1-ES / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital EX Audio English 640 kbps 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Subtitles: English, English (SDH),Spanish, none Extras: Bitrate:
Synopsis: The Film:
Clearly influenced by Scorsese's "Mean
Streets" and "Goodfellas" and
Kubrick's "The Killing,"
Tarantino would love to be grouped in
such company and employs many bravura
effects in making
his bid. Undeniably impressive pic grabs
the viewer by the lapels and shakes
hard, but it also is
about nothing other than a bunch of
macho guys and how big their guns are.
Excerpt from Variety
located
HERE.
The Video:
NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc. The codec used here is MPEG-2 (The same one for SD DVDs) but it has a higher bitrate, something around 23Mbps. So since this is not AVC (MPEG-4 Part 10 / H.264), the standard codec used for High Def DVDs, limitations should be expected. To begin the image has an unnatural digital look with a certain blurriness/lack of detail and a more harsh transition between color tones. Moderate noise is also present, and a reddish shade is predominant in some dark areas. I didn't have a DVD available too compare, but looking at the grabs available HERE this reddish cast also seems to be present in all DVDs (some more than others) but more lightly here, maybe because the colors in this Blu-Ray are more evident these shades get more detached. You can see this shade I am talking about in the grabs bellow, mostly in the faces. They are not that ugly, and as soon as you become used to them, it is fine.
Luiz R. Audio:
Extras: Menus
BOTTOM LINE: If you don't have or didn't watch this is a nice buy, if you are a fan of Tarantino this is recommended. This is the only high definition release and the overall best available and I don't see another US one coming out in the next couple of years, possibly the differences in quality don't worth the wait anyway, life is short. Since this is also one of the few Blu-Ray options generally not considered a mainstream movie, it is refreshing and worth even more for its alternative style. Luiz R.
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