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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:18 pm Post subject: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [Blu-ray] |
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Another reference disc!
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter [Blu-ray] (2012)
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| Quote: | 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is a raucously fun ride through revisionist history. It's a movie that completely owns its illogical nature and uses it to its advantage. It's exciting, decently constructed, and entertaining. What else could you ask from a movie about a past president slicing up mythical undead creatures? With its great video and demo audio, not to mention it's extensive making-of extras, this one comes strongly recommended to anyone looking for a fun time during this Halloween season.
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
Fox has provided the movie with a 1080p presentation that will most certainly impress anyone who watches it on your TV. Bekmambetov along with the help of his cinematographer, Caleb Deschanel, has shot a slick and detailed movie from start to finish. Like many HD transfers, this one betrays some of the sillier special effects and noticeably bad makeup, but the rest of the movie looks rather stunning.
Even with the movie bathed in slight sepia-tone colors still pop. As you may have guess red is a dominating color here as blood splatters and runs down necks, covers surfaces, and flies through the air is slow motion. The crimson liquid absolutely pops on screen and so does the much blacker blood of the vampires for that matter. Clothing is covered in noticeable texture. Hair strands are distinctly separate from one another in close-ups.
There are some times where black levels tend to crush detail ever so slightly, with Bekmambetov's purposefully inserted fog and dust mucking up the picture even more. It's true that some of the special effects are called to more attention that the filmmakers would like when the high-def microscope is applied, yet the movie comes out looking really good.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
Fox's DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 track is the jewel of this release. Like or hate the movie, the fact is that this is one bombastic mix. Here we're treated to a demo-quality release that leaves nothing on the table. Everything you'd want from thundering bass to strongly involved surround channels, this mix has got it.
Panning effects are seamless in their transition. As Lincoln's axe swings, slow-mo, from one side of the frame to the other, the whoosh follows right along with it. Directionality works perfectly here, especially in the movie's fight scenes. Vampires attack from every direction with the side speakers picking up their guttural growls and hisses before they strike. The surrounds seem to always be engaged, picking up the yells of men running across a battlefield and the cheers of people after they hear Lincoln's speech.
Up front the story is the same. Dialogue has a heft to it that is admirable indeed. Lincoln's voice-overs command attention as they're clearly relayed. The sub-woofer houses the movie's stout LFE. Trains crashing, bridges collapsing, cannons exploding, whatever is happening you better believe that these low-end sonics are going to rattle your room. This mix is every bit as enjoyable as the movie is. |
Kal
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