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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:12 pm Post subject: Joe [Blu-ray] |
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Joe [Blu-ray]
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| Quote: | 'Joe' is an amazing film containing one of Nic Cage's best roles. Green has made a beautiful film, with excellent performances and a truly dark and sadistic story line, but you can't help but look away. I want Nic Cage to get an award for his performance here. The video and audio presentations are both top notch and the extras are very good. This comes highly recommended!
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
'Joe' comes with an impressive 1080p HD transfer presented in 2.40:1 aspect ratio. This gritty film looks beautiful and that's an accomplishment, considering just how dark and brooding the actual story is. Detail is very vivid and sharp, but still possesses that filmic look with a very fine layer of grain. In other words, this image doesn't look like it's been through the digital car-wash. It looks natural and organic all the way through.
Closeups reveal excellent skin detail with individual facial hairs, scars, dirt, and makeup blemishes standing out quite nicely. The wider shots give a lot of depth, especially in the scenes where trees are being poisoned. Colors are vibrant and pop off screen with nice warm Earthy tones. The browns, blues, oranges, and yellows show very nicely and are well-saturated. The skin tones are natural and the black levels are deep and inky. This video presentation is outstanding.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
This release has a great lossless DTS-HD 5.1 audio mix. This audio track packs quite a punch when it counts and may sometimes catch you off guard. The dialogue is always crystal clear and easy to understand throughout. It's perfectly situated on the center channel and at times has some excellent directionality. There were no instances of any pops, cracks, or hissing.
The sound effects and ambient noises were always clear and robust. The gunshots packed a powerful punch as well as the nature sounds of animals, the wind, and small lakes could be heard with clarity in the surrounds. The score always added to the mood and tone of each scene and never drowned out any dialogue or sound effects. The LFE is excellent and the dynamic range was very wide. This audio presentation is excellent. |
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