Films (Almost Entirely Surround)

[Marplot]

yeah, would love to get that, and Red Cliff.

 

[4-earredwonder]

yeah, would love to get that, and Red Cliff.

I own this version of Red Cliff ..... Actually quite good for a BD~V

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Red-Cliff-Part-I-and-Part-II-Blu-ray/8746/#Review

 

[Marplot]

Yes it is, I recommend it to anyone interested in an enjoyable, and lengthy, film covering that era.

I should have been more clear that a 4k version would be amazing.

 

[hafquark]

TheDigitalbits review of the Warner Archives Letterbox/Smilebox restoration of THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM

http://thedigitalbits.com/item/brothers-grimm-wac-2022-bd

Saw this when I was about twelve years old on a Cinerama three-screen. Pretty amazing film.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Coming June 21 from Warner Home Video [Native UHD4K/HDR10/DTS~HD MA 2.0/1.66:1 aspect ratio]

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=30523

 

[4-earredwonder]

NOW available from SONY in steelbook edition, the Native UHD4K Remaster of Heavy Metal [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/Dolby ATMOS] Includes HEAVY METAL 2000 on BD~V

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Heavy-Metal-4K-Blu-ray/311006/#Review

 

[4-earredwonder]

From Thedigitalbits RUMOR MILL:

In other news today, according to a new interview on the AV Club website, director David Lynch has apparently gained some new interest in going back to create a new director’s cut of Dune (1984), though he believes it isn’t likely to happen. (Perhaps Koch Media sent him a copy of their impressive new German 4K release?) The piece also reveals that Lynch has been working on a new 4K restoration of Inland Empire (2006) with Janus Films, that no doubt The Criterion Collection will eventually release on 4K Ultra HD. You can read all the details here. I’ll tell you, I’d love to see a proper Dune: Director’s Cut happen, because the Spicediver fan edit of that film is the best version I’ve ever seen by far. (You can watch it here on YouTube.) In any case, thanks to Bits reader Marshall C. for the heads-up!

 

[4-earredwonder]

NOW available from Kino Lorber [Native UHD4K/DTS~HD MA 5.1]. Also includes the BD~V of "They Call Me Mr. Tibbs" and "The Organization."

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/In-the-Heat-of-the-Night-4K-Blu-ray/308121/#Review

 

[4-earredwonder]

I spent my entire evening reveling in Warner's SPECTACULAR 'Smilebox' Edition of MGM's HOW THE WEST WAS WON. I purchased the 2 BD~V digibook set in 2008 and only previously watched it on an older SONY Triniton TV but rescuing it from the pile and watching it on my CURVED LG OLED TV with the upsampling of the OPPO 205 was literally AWESOME! And the Dolby True HD 5.1 soundtrack did not disappoint. I watched it in anticipation of delivery of the only other CINERAMA HOLLYWOOD motion picture ever made: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm which Warner Archive has just released in a similar SMILEBOX edition.

And as an extra on the BD~V of WEST is a simply amazing 96 minute documentary entitled CINERAMA ADVENTURE which I anticipated only watching a few minutes of but ended up enthralled at ALL 96 minutes. And it explains why HOLLYWOOD failed to embrace it beyond those two Cinerama productions as it was a nightmare shoot for both directors and actors as well.

And for a 2008 BD~V release, Warner's replication of the three panel Cinerama process was SEAMLESS, the contrast, sharpness levels and colors spot on so I cannot wait to see in 2022 what they have accomplished with the SMILEBOX version of the Brothers Grimm!!!!!

And a little bit of trivia: How The West Was Won was the highest grossing motion picture of 1962....and reserved seating was required!

HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION ..... AND THEN SOME!

 

[4-earredwonder]

For the uninitiated, this is how a CINERAMA SMILEBOX edition appears on either a Curved or Flat TV Monitor or via Projection TV

 

[GOS]

Coming June 21 from Warner Home Video [Native UHD4K/HDR10/DTS~HD MA 2.0/1.66:1 aspect ratio]

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=30523

So many movies I've never seen.

 

[cbmmm3]

NOW available from SONY in steelbook edition, the Native UHD4K Remaster of Heavy Metal [Native UHD4K/HDR10/Dolby Vision/Dolby ATMOS] Includes HEAVY METAL 2000 on BD~V

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Heavy-Metal-4K-Blu-ray/311006/#Review

ah yes........high school daze. i still have the double LP vinyl. how is the audio on this one Ralphie ?

 

[mrcond]

ah yes........high school daze. i still have the double LP vinyl. how is the audio on this one Ralphie ?

A midnight movie cult classic. Watched this a hundred times in my teenage years. Notable (to me) for an alternate version of "Mob Rules" by Black Sabbath. I too have the double vinyl soundtrack album.

As for the audio, for what it is worth, here is the write-up at blu-ray.com - I don't know about you, but it makes we want to get this:

Heavy Metal 4K Blu-ray, Audio Quality https://www.blu-ray.com/Heavy-Metal/24527/

Sony touts the newly minted Dolby Atmos soundtrack as "a brand-new immersive experience utilizing enhanced sound effects and much more, supervised by producer Ivan Reitman." Purists may scoff, but they shouldn't. This is a wonderful listening experience. Bass is everywhere, offering extreme low-end engagement to a number of audio cues: the Loc-Nar rumbling about, heavy footfalls reverberating through the stage, the spherical alien spacecraft crashing and clanking upon impact, a volcanic eruption, and the B-52s lumbering through the skies are all amongst the low end highlights at work. The track offers full stage engagement, which includes a healthy supportive top end component. Discrete effects are not plentiful, but the sense of larger fill (along with the added surround-back channels) helps to deliver a spectacularly immersive experience that absolutely brings new life to this 40-year-old audio presentation. Music, from the eclectic assortment of top talent that contributed to the soundtrack, plays with exceptional clarity and effortless spacing. The front end dominates but the surrounds carry a healthy barrage of guitar riffs and other instrumentals. Lyrics tend to stay up front, but not exclusively to the center. The same goes for dialogue; it's largely presented from a natural front-center position but there are examples of both discrete placement and large-area reverberation. This is a first-rate soundtrack that is the perfect compliment to the visual experience.

 

[cbmmm3]

A midnight movie cult classic. Watched this a hundred times in my teenage years. Notable (to me) for an alternate version of "Mob Rules" by Black Sabbath. I too have the double vinyl soundtrack album.

As for the audio, for what it is worth, here is the write-up at blu-ray.com - I don't know about you, but it makes we want to get this:

Heavy Metal 4K Blu-ray, Audio Quality Heavy Metal (1981)

Sony touts the newly minted Dolby Atmos soundtrack as "a brand-new immersive experience utilizing enhanced sound effects and much more, supervised by producer Ivan Reitman." Purists may scoff, but they shouldn't. This is a wonderful listening experience. Bass is everywhere, offering extreme low-end engagement to a number of audio cues: the Loc-Nar rumbling about, heavy footfalls reverberating through the stage, the spherical alien spacecraft crashing and clanking upon impact, a volcanic eruption, and the B-52s lumbering through the skies are all amongst the low end highlights at work. The track offers full stage engagement, which includes a healthy supportive top end component. Discrete effects are not plentiful, but the sense of larger fill (along with the added surround-back channels) helps to deliver a spectacularly immersive experience that absolutely brings new life to this 40-year-old audio presentation. Music, from the eclectic assortment of top talent that contributed to the soundtrack, plays with exceptional clarity and effortless spacing. The front end dominates but the surrounds carry a healthy barrage of guitar riffs and other instrumentals. Lyrics tend to stay up front, but not exclusively to the center. The same goes for dialogue; it's largely presented from a natural front-center position but there are examples of both discrete placement and large-area reverberation. This is a first-rate soundtrack that is the perfect compliment to the visual experience.

awesome. thanks mrcond

also, If I recall - the soundtrack had a different version of Hagars ' Heavy Metal".

And after clicking on the link from Mrcond, I realize I was in college when this came out. Too much Bud - and bud - back in those days. Its all a foggy buzz flashback...

 

[timothyemerson]

So many movies I've never seen.

Yes, it's amazing how many flicks (not Giant, but others) seem to come out of nowhere that never even got a VHS release and are resurrected on BD that I've never even heard about but that are really good. Every time I think, "Man, I must have seen pretty much every decent flick from 1977 by now" only to have some obscure gem get the restoration treatment by one of these boutique outfits like Arrow/Indicator, etc.

 

[4-earredwonder]

Coming June 21 from Warner Home Video [Native UHD4K/HDR10/DTS~HD MA 2.0/1.66:1 aspect ratio]

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=30523

So many movies I've never seen.

George Steven's GIANT is a true cinema classic, Gene, and only one of three in which the legendary James Dean appeared [the other two being REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE AND ELIA KAZAN'S EAST OF EDEN.] Dean's 'method acting' and odd ways ticked off Rock Hudson but Liz Taylor who had grown very fond of Jimmy interceded and tried to make peace between the two lead actors. Just don't expect a glitzy surround soundtrack as Warner's has restored the original monaural soundtrack from the only existing analogue magnetic stems.

And Warner and Warner Archives track record for restorations has been exceptional. In Native UHD4K, GIANT will probably look as good or better than when it first appeared in cinemas those many many moons ago!

 

[4-earredwonder]

Warner's 70th Anniversary Edition of SINGIN' IN THE RAIN [Native UHD4K/HDR10/DTS~HD MA 5.1]

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Singin-in-the-Rain-4K-Blu-ray/309174/#Review

 

[4-earredwonder]

Thedigitalbits very favorable review of Kino Lorber's recent Native UHD4K release of David Cronenberg's EASTERN PROMISES ... which I did watch the other night and can likewise heartily recommend

http://thedigitalbits.com/item/eastern-promises-klsc-2022-uhd

 

[4-earredwonder]

A bizarre, thrilling over the top CAMP Horror CLASSIC overlooked for years now recently released by Kino Lorber from a 2K scan of the original camera negative. Susan Tyrrell always a superb character actor gives Leatherface a run for his money.

Love those Kino Lorber sales ..... some very fascinating titles of overlooked gems .... most superbly replicated on BD~V and NOW UHD4K!

 

[4-earredwonder]

From KINO LORBER ..... THE RETURN [Vozvraschenie], a 2003 Russian Film which won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival [1080p/Russian DTS~HD MA 5.1 w/English Subtitles]

A very difficult film to assess. Filled with unanswered questions but performed brilliantly by its two young leads, one could call it a rite of passage film but that would only be telling half the story. Another stunning remaster from Kino Lorber with an immersive 5.1 soundscape. As the film abruptly ends on a somewhat macabre note, those unanswered questions, invariably, still haunt the mind.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Return-Blu-ray/201252/#Review