Eyes Wide Shut [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Eyes Wide Shut [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Keeping mine open
Summary: 4 Stars
Kubrick is known for highly unique movies, and this one is no exception. While this movie has been out for several years, I just recently viewed it. It has a lot of different movie components like full frontal nudity, other sexual scenes, murder, STD, some romance, intrigue,and a lot of irony. The ending is quite schoking, and concludes in classic Kubrick style.
This movie is not recommended for those who are easily offended by nudity or strong language.
I purchased the blue-ray format, and really have learned to appreciate the more vibrant colors.
JTB
Movie Review: Eyes Wide Shut (Unrated) - Blu-ray Info
Summary: 3 Stars
Title: Eyes Wide Shut - Unrated
Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
VC-1 BD-50
Running time: 2:39:01
Movie size: 31,77 GB
Disc size: 37,47 GB
Average video bit rate: 17.18 Mbps
LPCM 5.1 4608Kbps 48 Khz/16-bit English
DD AC3 5.1 448Kbps English / Japanese / French / Spanish / German / Italian
Number of chapters: 30
Subtitles: English SDH/HoH, English, Dutch, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Korean, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish
#Featurette - The Last Movie - Stanley Kubrick and Eyes Wide Shut
#Featurette - Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
DGA - D.W. Griffith Acceptance Speech, 1998
#Interviews - Nicole Kidman (17m:45s) / Tom Cruise (08m:23s) / Steven Spielberg (07m:49s)
#US TV Trailer: Jealousy (34 seconds), Combo (34 seconds)
#Extras feature optional Japanese subtitles
Movie Review: Good intentions? Poor execution.
Summary: 2 Stars
The first time I saw Eyes Wide Shut, I focused on the revelation of the perversions of the rich and powerful. They have moved beyond morality. They believe they can get away with anything. Sadly, as we see the financial corruption in plain sight today in our banking and investment world, and their incestuous relationship with Washington -- which is bailing them out with trillions of taxpayer dollars -- it is clear that the oligarchy thinks it can screw the "little people" with impunity. In the sexual realm, there may be no difference, and the film depicts this. People are just pieces of meat, to be used for whatever whim these super-rich elites should desire. I suspect there is more truth to this aspect of Eyes Wide Shut than we would like to believe.
The second time I watched Eyes Wide Shut, I concentrated more on its theme of fidelity, jealousy, interactions within a marriage relationship, and of course the "adventure" Tom Cruise's character has as a result. What is the message here? There is something to be said for the safety and stability of home, though fantasies do intrude and can lead to danger, even destruction.
The concept of the film, to address these issues, was probably a reasonable goal. However, for all the labor expended on crafting this film, all the little details that the film buffs and movie historians will obsess over, all the craft involved in filming and editing, the movie is ultimately a flop.
Why?
The dialog is laughably bad at times. Cruise's and even Kidman's acting seems incredibly phony. The overall plot probably would have served as the framework for a good movie, had the script and the performances not been so awful. Even the erotic scenes are not titillating, because of the revolting and bizarre atmosphere in which they are contextualized.
Perhaps worst of all, the couple at the center of this story are not interesting people. Cruise does not in any way appear or act intelligent enough to make a credible physician in this role, not just because he's a pretty boy, but he simply doesn't have the bearing of a professional man. And why should we care about these people, seemingly sleepwalking through their pampered and conventional lives? Yes, the troubling things that the good doctor gets himself mixed up in give us a sense that he has confronted evil, and we do root for him on that basis. But at the end of the film, we almost do not care whether this couple stays together or breaks up.
The movie is pretty to look at, at times, with low-contrast naturally-lit interiors. The "orgy party" scenes are a bit more stark -- with the pseudo-cultic circle of people in robes and masks in their ceremonial rites. However, there is nothing mind-blowing like 2001 or the battle scenes in Full Metal Jacket.
It's hard to recommend this movie. For all its apparent intentions to tell a good story and comment on relationships and society, it feels to me like a dud. Perhaps like me, you will have to watch it twice to convince yourself of that, but frankly I think it would be a waste of time.
Movie Review: Is there really a blu ray conversion for this movie ?
Summary: 2 Stars
I ordered blu ray as i was expecting some lush and eye popping visual Conversion but there was nothing special as compared to dvd that played in center of screen and this HD upgrade played on full screen.Reviewers here praise for blu ray quality may be they don`t own dvd version as i don`t see any difference except one i mentioned above.Felt like much cheap HD conversion rather then true blu ray conversion.Menu Features looks so bad that its insult for my UN55C8000 samsung LED TV .Special feature include paragraphs that they want you to read just like FBI warning and included some time constraint interview by Tom and Nicole not about movie but about director.i didn`t feel any difference in music or voice quality on my Bose 48 IV Home theater system.Wait for another conversion if you can as i`m sure i`ll be done after a while just like Gladiator/Rocky and many others who been done wrong in first place but fixed later on.
About Movie :
This movie kinda love it or hate it and overly rated as sexual Life experience and a philosophical.its true or not it depends how to view movie.Its NC-17.I just felt director being hypocrite .He started movie with Kidman naked butt and showed many ladies undressed and sexually exploited along the way but main lead actors Tom,Pollack,Todd kept their cloths on.If you want to create work of art as this movie boasts then be fair not to use your sexual preferences as there is already enough soft porn available in market .This movie fails you to tell the difference between love and lust .To experience that in better movie setting i`ll prefer you to watch "Original Sin" this movie deliver this subject matter superiorly .
Movie Review: Movie is great; quality of Blu-Ray poor
Summary: 2 Stars
Please note this review is not about the movie itself, but rather the picture quality of the Blu-Ray version.
I am a big fan of this movie and some of the wonderful qualities of the film are the use of color and the set up of many of the wonderful shots. Unfortunately, the Blu-Ray does not upgrade/enhance the picture quality significantly over the DVD version. Using a Panasonic Blu-Ray player with a 50-inch Panasonic plasma screen TV, the quality of the picture was mediocre if not poor. There was visible pixelation and the colors did not 'pop'. This stands in contrast with the other Blu-Ray movies I have purchased and my OTA HD TV signal. Overall, disappointed.