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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:42 pm Post subject: The Hundred-Foot Journey |
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The Hundred-Foot Journey
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| Quote: | I know some of you are thinking this should have received a bad review, but I'm here to say that 'The Hundred-Foot Journey' is actually quite a great film. The story, characters, funny moments, and drama are all done to perfection. And the food had my mouth watering. The video and audio presentations are both excellent here and the few extras are all worth watching. Highly recommended!
The Video: Sizing Up the Picture
'The Hundred-Foot Journey' comes with an excellent 1080p HD transfer presented in 2.39:1 aspect ratio. This films was shot with 35mm film, which is something rare today. The picture as a whole looks great. The use of the 35mm give the image a very natural and filmic look, rather than an image that looks like it has been through the digital car wash. The detail is fairly vivid and sharp, particularly in the closeups, which reveal individual hairs, wrinkles, and makeup work.
The wider shots are beautiful with amazing landscapes of the south of France, but these scenes look a bit softer, which is natural to the source. Colors simply pop of screen and shine. Each color is well saturated and looks natural. The greens, reds, browns and yellows look magnificent. The black levels are deep and inky and the skin tones are very organic. There were no issues with any banding, aliasing or video noise to speak of, leaving this video presentation with top marks.
The Audio: Rating the Sound
This release comes with a great lossless DTS-HD 5.1 audio mix along with a French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital tracks. The DTS-HD mix is the way to go here. Without being a big action movie, you might not expect a fully immersive soundtrack, but you'd be wrong in that assumption. 'The Hundred-Foot Journey' is lively, robust and full sound-wise. Dialogue is always crystal clear and easy to follow, and free of any pops, cracks, or hissing.
The ambient noises and sound effects in the restaurants, nature, and people chattering sound excellent and puts you in the center of the restaurant kitchen and dining room. You'll feel like you're really there. A.R. Rahman's score is brilliant and always adds to each scene that emotional and comedy weight without drowning out any of the dialogue or sound effects. The LFE is excellent and the dynamic range is very wide, leaving this audio track with solid marks. |
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