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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 4:25 pm Post subject: Red Tails [Blu-ray] |
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Another reference disc! (unfortunately a pretty bad movie... too bad! I had high hopes).
Red Tails [Blu-ray] (2012)
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| Quote: | The real story of the historical Tuskegee Airmen is just about as amazing as it gets - but 'Red Tails' isn't their story. No, it's contrived and dull. Just like the 'Star Wars' prequels, George Lucas having his hand in every part of this potentially fantastic story has ruined it. The result is popcorn fluff – but not the good kind (hence why it wasn't released during the summer). The true story behind 'Red Tails' is botched here. Even with its perfect audio and video transfers, it's still not worth owning. The only thing truly worth watching here is the HD bonus feature documentary that tells the real story. Even the other EPK features are throw-aways. While 'Red Tails' tries to teach a historical lesson about equality, the only knowledge I walked away with is to never trust anything that George Lucas has touched.
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
It's always an odd feeling when terrible movies get perfect video transfers. The 1080p/AVC MPEG-4 encode of 'Red Tails' is one of those.
The beautiful colorization of this transfer is made evident during the Fox vanity reel that opens the movie. The blues during this shot are wildly vivid. When the movie opens smack-dab in the middle of a dogfight, the vibrant colors carry throughout. The reds – especially those coloring the words of the opening credits – are bold and alive, as are the yellows of fiery explosions. This is a constant that's only made better by being paired up with consistent contrast, deep black levels and great shadow delineation.
The second thing to stand out is the sharpness. 'Red Tails' is the best example that I have seen to date of perfect clarity. Not only are the foreground items detailed and textured, but the distant backgrounds – like CG forests hundreds of feet below – carry this same amount of detail.
The combination of all of these great effects makes the image carry a high amount of depth. 'Red Tails' is absolute video perfection.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
The disc also features a perfect 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio mix. As terrible as the opening scoring may be, as it begins playing you can't help but notice how full and well-spread it sounds. Bass is strong and ever-present.
Voices are clear and crisp. Lines may become lost due to the accents, but they're never dropped due to bad mixing levels.
With half of the movie taking place during action-packed aerial dogfight sequences, there are countless examples of fantastic effects mixing. All channels, including the rears, are always active with effects. Each dogfight constantly features seamless imaging.
The only thing that could have made this mix better was if it had received the 7.1 treatment. |
Kal
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