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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 6:52 pm Post subject: The Signal |
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The Signal
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| Quote: | 'The Signal' is by far one of the best Sci-Fi films in a long time. The story, the characters, and dialogue are all top notch. It's a slow burn, psychological film that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. I can't wait to see what these filmmakers do next. The video and audio presentations are both excellent, and while there are only a few extras, they're quite enjoyable. 'The Signal' is a must own.
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
'The Signal' comes with an excellent 1080p HD transfer presented in 2.40:1 aspect ratio. The image as a whole looks beautiful, crisp, and sharp. The Eubank brothers definitely knew how to set up a beautiful shot and give an extreme amount of depth in their film. The detail is very vivid with great closeups and sharp textures being shown in every scene. You'll be able to see wrinkles, scars, dirt specks, and dried blood perfectly clear on the actor's faces. Props and sets looks realistic and organic as well.
Some of the costumes reveal fine stitching. Colors also look great here. At the start of the film, there are some warm earth tones that simply pop off screen, but when our main characters wake up in a different location, the filmmakers changed the color scheme to dull colors that work perfectly here, which makes the reds and oranges pop even more. Skin tones are always natural and the black levels are consistently deep and inky. There were no instances of any banding, aliasing or heavy video noise either, leaving this video presentation with top marks.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
This release comes with an impressive lossless DTS-HD 5.1 audio mix. This film is a great sci-fi movie and relies on the whole 'less-is-more' scenario. That being said, you shouldn't expect a big action scene every three minutes. Instead, this is a very suspenseful and dialogue driven film with great audio detail to the most minute movements. Sound effects are very robust and intentionally loud to keep up the nail biting atmosphere. Ambient noises also sound great too.
The dialogue is always crystal clear and easy to follow and free of all pops, cracks, and hissing. There is some superb directionality with this mix as well and it fully immerses you into this strange and scary situation. The score by Nima Fakhrara is brilliant, haunting, and always adds to the suspense in every scene while not drowning out any dialogue or sound effect. While this audio mix is more front heavy than a normal sci-fi film, it's very effective. The LFE is excellent with great highs and lows, and the dynamic range is very wide, leaving this audio presentation with great marks. |
Kal
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