Patton [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of Patton [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Blue Ray Version may not be what you want
Summary: 2 Stars
First let me start off by saying that I think Patton is one of the greatest movies ever. This is a review of the blue-ray disc and it's over use of DNR (Digital Noise Reduction). The source elements for this movie where shot on 65mm film, so the image should exhibit a very fine grained texture to it. The DNR has made the movie look exceedingly clean to the extent of looking like digital video rather than film. This has caused a softness and lack of detail in the movie.
Want an example? Go to time code 11:59, it shows a wide shot of a battlefield with a dog in the center left. The dog leaps forward, but he halts and jerks back in midair for no reason. The reason for this is the dog is teathered by a leash. It's been virtually erased from the film by "cleaning it up with DNR". In a still frame you can barely discern a thin line attached to the dog. Yes you should see the dog leash, watch your old dvd copy. The blue ray might look good on a small screen but as you go up in screen size more of these problems stand out. This disc doesn't represent the movie's photography and doesn't live up to blue-ray's potential. Film is a medium that the movie artist paints his creation on. With DNR they can change the medium and thus change the movie.
I hope that maybe they will see thier mistake and pull this blue-ray and give us one from the source.
Movie Review: Patton
Summary: 2 Stars
If you bought this movie to see Patton save your money on the Blue Ray version. It takes 10 minutes before the movie starts. You have to first get through a movie preview and then a talk about the movie by the director. When I buy a movie I want to watch the movie not a bunch of preview garbage. When I finally got to the movie it was great.Movie Review: great movie, AWFUL picture quality
Summary: 1 Stars
I have to agree with the very few that have called Fox on its despicable job with the picture quality on Patton.
I give the film four stars (in case you were thinking i'm just being mean and unhelpful) and the Blu-ray one. In case you didn't red those others (and there should be MANY more critical reviews of this movie's quality), here it is in a nutshell.
You've been duped.
Oh no it isn't great picture quality. The remaster is AWFUL.
Have you heard of DNR, or Digital Noise Reduction? Film has grain. 70mm film has less noticeable grain due to its large negative size. The thing is, picture detail cannot be separated from the grain and the chemical reaction when the film is exposed.
Because people want to see things looking 'clear' and 'high-def' like HD video and digitally originated cg/3d movies, the studios are 'scrubbing' the pictures electronically to get rid of the grain. They also use a technique called 'edge enhancement' to artificially sharpen the picture by increasing areas of high contrast like edges. So what you get is a halo effect around the edges, and/or LOSS of fine details because when you erase the grain, you erase the high-frequency detail. Detail on chemical film is inseparable. Look at Karl Malden - where are the pores of his skin? HD, and certainly the original 70mm film, is capable of showing this. Now go and look at Patton again. Just atrocious. You've been robbed and don't even know it. Compare it to another 'war' movie, Blackhawk down. THAT's detail and picture quality. Yes Patton is older, but it was shot on 70mm and there should be plenty of detail so you can actually compare the two differently aged films.
Look at Jennifer Connelly's face in Hulk where you can see pores and fine hair, peachfuzz and so on. Then look at something like the Dark City BD, where it's been erased (even though she's younger there!). In Sweeney Todd, the worst thing is they only applied the DNR around the nose and cheeks/under the eyes. See how 'blurred' it looks! They didn't even put grain back over the top to match the rest of the picture - and the most ridiculous thing of all is that in Sweeney Todd Depp and Carter are SUPPOSED to look drawn and tired and lined! It's just ludicrous! And they DON'T do it to other characters! Look at Depp's face in the Pirates movies. THAT'S what you should be seeing, colour grading and tone aside.
I won't even start on how many filmmakers use coarser grain to make the tone/film literally more 'gritty'. On purpose.
DNR is the devil, to be melodramatic about it. I'm not buying Patton on BD until they 'fess up and 'unfix' the thing. HD and Blu-ray are supposed to let you see a film as ACCURATELY to the original as possible. Not this rubbish.
Movie Review: I prefer the dvd or vhs... the Blue-ray version has been butchered
Summary: 1 Stars
The movie is extraordinary. I hate the Blue-ray version of the movie! Save your money... vhs or dvd better represent the original. The Blue-ray version has been butchered! Black and white movies colorized is off my list also... And would someone please tell me how to start the movie without the previews and introductions? I have no interest in the opinions of others about the movie prior to watching the movie. And forcing me to watch previews of other movies are best left to copies from Blockbuster or the theater. $2000 for a new tv, new cable box, new receiver, new Blue-ray player and it sucks! And $20+ for the Blue-ray. Fox should pay me to watch the previews. The DVD version stays and the new Blue-ray version is to be listed on eBay later tonight.Movie Review: Avoid if you want to see the 'film'
Summary: 1 Stars
Fox has turned Patton into a video game by filtering out all grain and fine detail from the picture. Patton never looked like this till this HD transfer. It's completely unauthentic and does not show the film as intended and made by the film makers. Very bad revisionist HD mastering. Thumbs down, way down. I want to see Patton the film, not Patton the waxy, ultrasmooth video game.