2010: The Year We Make Contact [Blu-ray]

2010: The Year We Make Contact [Blu-ray]
by Peter Hyams

2010: The Year We Make Contact [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Bob Balaban, Helen Mirren, John Lithgow, Keir Dullea, Roy Scheider
Director: Peter Hyams
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Peter Hyams
Producer: Peter Hyams
Writer: Peter Hyams
Editor: James Mitchell
Producer: Jonathan A. Zimbert
Producer: Neil A. Machlis
Writer: Arthur C. Clarke
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Dutch (Subtitled); Swedish (Subtitled); Norwegian (Subtitled); Danish (Subtitled); Finnish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); German (Original Language); Portuguese (Original Language)
Format: Color
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-04-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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A new time, a new odyssey, a new chance to confront enigmas arising from the daring Jupiter mission of 2001. Crew members aboard the Leonov will rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery. And their fate will rest on the silicon shoulders of the computer they reawaken, HAL-9000. Based on Arthur C. Clarkes 2001: A Space Odyssey sequel, director Peter Hyams spellbinder nominated for 5 Academy Awar

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Movie Review: 2010 Blu-Ray reveals more detail than the dual layer DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

After initially being disappointed by the Blu-Ray release of 2010 I'm happy to apologise for panning the video quality of the transfer to 1080p. After recently (February 2011) seeing the Blu-Ray played on my brother's big screen Samsung full HD plasma unit (which has much better contrast and accurate black than the Sony Bravia LCD) I realise that what I thought was video noise in some darker scenes, is actually just the original film grain. That film grain is not noticeable on the DVD versions purely because it is smoothed to a blur by that inferior system which has at best only a sixth of the video data of Blu-Ray.

Seeing film grain is a good thing - specific film stock which tends to show grain is especially chosen by cinematographers because it performs better in certain circumstances, such as the many low light scenes in 2010, and in Donnie Darko.

So while it seems that good plasma screens will show the Blu-Ray of 2010 at its best, those of us who speak English will benefit greatly from the surround soundtrack being offered in Dolby TrueHD, which is at least 10 times more detailed than the DVD's highly compressed Dolby 5.1. The Blu-Ray also offers a choice of Dolby 5.1 in English, French, Spanish and German.

The Blu-Ray includes a fine mini-featurette on the making of the film (the featurette is in original DVD quality).

My late brother bought a can of "anti-glare" spray which he used to coat the screen of his cathode ray tube TV - and while it did reduce the reflected glare from his window, it also slightly blurred everything (which Paul thought was an improvement). Some people may similarly misinterpret the inherently slightly blurry image from DVD as being more pleasant than the crisply detailed image which is possible with Blu-Ray. I now understand and appreciate that this Blu-Ray edition of 2010 has been properly and very carefully managed in its transfer from film to 1080p and I can highly recommend it.

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