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Saving Private Ryan on Bluray

post #1 of 6
5/23/10 at 1:26am
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Just received Saving Private Ryan on bluray from amazon. I believe it was only released on bluray recently. I've seen the movie over 15 times, but I really love it.

That said, the movie seems somewhat less realistic on bluray.
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post #2 of 6
5/23/10 at 12:51pm
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Originally Posted by magogian12345 View Post
That said, the movie seems somewhat less realistic on bluray.

Like, what do you mean?

Everything look more like actual props or what?
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post #3 of 6
5/23/10 at 8:32pm
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Like, what do you mean?

Everything look more like actual props or what?

For example, in the D-Day beach scene there is a guy with his guts blown out of his body. The guts just don't look very realistic in hi-def.
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post #4 of 6
5/23/10 at 10:27pm
I'm a little surprised. I haven't seen the movie on BR, but I thought it had a big enough budget for some decent effects... I saw it in the theater and I remember the sound being really good. I definitely know what you're talking about in general though. The extra resolution kills some of the effects that people got away with back in the day, or it makes the green screen way too obvious. The really old movies fare surprisingly well though b/c they didn't really use effects.

I was surprised at the color transfer of It's a Wonderful Life. I just saw it this week and I wasn't sure if I'd like it because I enjoy B&W. It was really well done though. And Donna Reed's smile as she sees James Stewart across the dance floor has got to be one of the absolutely best smiles in cinematic history.
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post #5 of 6
5/23/10 at 10:32pm
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The special effects are good in Saving Private Ryan but I suspect they were done to produce a good result with DVD and not with an eye towards a later, higher resolution format.
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post #6 of 6
5/23/10 at 11:54pm
This is going to be a problem with quite a few pre-HD movies upscaled or remastered in HD. The directors just didn't go for the level of detail back then that would later be necessary to maintain the illusion when seen in high definition. State-of-the-art though pre-HD effects at the time may have been, HD casts a new and more penetrating light on them.

Another case in point: Terminator 2, whose effects were so groundbreaking and badass at the time, shows its seams a bit in HD. In Blu-ray, you can see some bullet holes or battle scars that are obviously makeup.

These days, the move to HD is forcing a major step up in the level of realism required by the craft of the makeup artist, prop artist, and special effects technician. It's also required quite a bit more attention to makeup and hair on the part of TV shows (especially newscasts).

A similar leap forward was no doubt required of Hollywood's technical professionals when the move from B&W to color took place.
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