Cast Away [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Cast Away [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Awesome Blu ray quality
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow, what a great blu ray title to have, the plane crash in surround sound was like a plane crashing into my house, and the island scenes were breathtaking, highly recommended blu ray purchase, even if you have the dvd like meMovie Review: Zemeckis Delivers on Blu-Ray again.
Summary: 5 Stars
I wish Zemeckis would travel his way back to live action movies. This movie looks amazing on Blu. The greens pop, the ocean shines and you see every detail of Tom Hanks' emotions pour out in HD.Movie Review: cast away
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm much more impressed by the positive attitude and assistance of 'Amazon' than the item I purchased...thanks again...Movie Review: Surprisingly, the picture is hit and miss
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this on Blu-ray rather quickly after its release; especially because of the quite positive review written on highdefdigest.com. When I put the movie in to watch, I was quite surprised that I disagreed often with that review. They gave the picture five out of five stars. I would give it maybe 3 1/2 out of five.
Cast Away is a great film, and it's hard not to like Hanks' performance. His entertaining interaction with his environment despite its desolation of other humans is reason enough to watch the film, and he truly pulls us in to feeling the same as he does: lonely and nearly hopeless. Most of the film involves Hanks and no one else, but the lack of socialization does not mean lack of engrossing material. A+ for story and acting.
Since most people are probably interested in this Blu-ray edition for picture and audio reasons, I will give my honest feelings. I think that the picture is quite inconsistent, with plenty grain, blurred backgrounds, and sometimes dull colors. This surprised me because of the film's location. We would expect everything on a tropical island to blow us away on film (Into the Blue is a great example of high definition oceanic beauty), but plenty of times it fails to wow. As for inconsistencies, the Cast Away can look stunning at times, only to immediately follow up with blur or grain. If you are interested in stunning photography, don't expect to see it often. For this reason, I'm quite disappointed (it should have been restored better).
There's no complaining on the audio. This film was nominated for an Oscar for sound, and the Blu-ray displays the audiophile prestige in its full glory. If you have surround sound and want to truly test its ability, get this film.
Overall, I am glad that I purchased this Blu-ray. The film is great, and for whatever reason, this is the first copy of the film I've owned. If you are in the same situation, and you like this film, get the Blu-ray.
Movie Review: Not necessary to replace your DVD version
Summary: 4 Stars
When I popped this Blu-Ray Disc in to watch, I find that it's high definition remastering is really no better than my DVD version.
This is a movie that I have on DVD that I thought would probably look better on Blu-ray Hi-Definition, but it is certainly not one of the first Blu-Ray discs that I ran out to buy. I made an expense vow that I plan to stick to. I will only replace my absolute favorite movies (which are about 60 of my 500+ movies) at any price under $30. But, anything else that I already have on DVD that's not incredibly fantastic, I will only buy the new Blu-ray version if it's $9.99 or less. I have to initiate a discipline for myself so I don't go wasting my money on replacing movies that I'll just watch again, once more maybe, and then have it just sit on my DVD shelf as a part of a proud collection that may never be watched again anytime soon.
I'm definitely going to be very selective of how I buy Blu-Ray discs. I've bought just 24 in the past year and I just bought my first Blu-Ray disc player. I just wasn't that anxious to buy a Blu-ray disc player although I know I've bought some Blu-Ray discs where I'd like to someday see a better quality picture of a film that I truly enjoy.. When I eventually bought about 24 Blu-Ray discs, I bought my first Blu-Ray disc player. But, I must maintain spending discipline on my Blu-Ray disc expenses! It's very important that I live this way for my movie library. Because, before you know it, they will eventually come out with something better than Blu-ray, like 1500p resolution. You know, that's not too far-fetched to imagine. Blu-Ray is simply not the end to improved video quality. I hope you all know that.