A Few Words About A few words about...™ Raging Bull -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Robert Harris]

The arrival on Blu-ray of Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese's brilliant bio of middleweight boxing champ Jake La Motta, is a cause for celebration.

With its original UA logo intact, this MGM release via Fox shows what can be done when there is a desire to replicate the look of film on Blu-ray.

The end result is superb.

Great film.

Beautiful transition to home video on Blu-ray.

Highly Recommended!

RAH

 

[Powell&Pressburger]

This is the LOGO that should've opened RAGING BULL.. YouTube - United Artists Intro theme

not the one that is on the BLU RAY edition. - This is the one on the BD - YouTube - United Artists (UA) Logo '04 ((STEREO))


I don't think we'll ever get the old classic UA logos back on these films. CARRIE has it's original UA logo that sort of lights up section at a time.

 

[Rob LoVerde]

Thank you, Mr. Harris. Here's hoping we also get a quality release of "Taxi Driver" on Blu-ray!

 

[MatthewA]

Actually, neither of those logos should be on the BD.

They still used the Transamerica "T" until the company's sale to MGM in 1981.

 

[Dave H]

Great movie and will definitely be picking this up.

 

[Powell&Pressburger]

so it should have been this logo then, YouTube - United Artists Production Logo ("Black Stallion" varient)

 

[OliverK]

I got both Raging Bull, Die Hard IV and the original Pink Panther in a 3 for 2 sale and it looks like it was indeed money well spent

While I understand that there generally is a deplorable lack of the original logos with many releases it would be nice to have a separate thread for it in order to keep track of the issue for those interested.

As this seems a problem with several studios this could be brought up with studio folks when the opportunity arises. In that case it would be nice to be able to point them to a separate thread that identifies the issues for a number of releases.

 

[Robert Harris]

In regard to logos, my point was less to the specific incarnation, and more to giving credit to the original distribution entity.

 

[Fortune]

I must have gotten a faulty disc unless this is what everyone else is encountering.

My Blu-ray comes with a discolored vertical strip just inside the right hand side that is visible throughout all related features on the disc including the menu screen and the film itself.

I would imagine I need to possibly contact Fox or MGM, but was curious if anyone else had encountered this.

Thanks.

 

[Elizabeth S]

Fortune, a couple of posters at Blu-Ray forum have encountered that vertical line you mentioned:

Raging Bull hits Blu-ray 2/10/09 Passion of Christ hits Blu-ray on 2/17/09 - Page 4 - Blu-ray Forum

See from Post #69 and after.

I have not had a chance to view mine yet.

 

[Fortune]

Thanks a lot.

 

[Brian Borst]

I noticed it too. I was scared at first that my screen was burned in, although I couldn't see it at the other side of the screen, and I haven't been playing a lot of 1.33:1 movies. I'm glad it wasn't my screen, but what is it then?

 

[Mike Boone]

I'm sure hoping that RAH will do one of his A Few Words About reviews on the 4k UHD Blu-ray of "Raging Bull". Since I'm certain that many HTF members, besides myself, want to know if Robert would rate Criterion's UHD BD release of RB as being a significant enough PQ improvement over the Blu-ray RAH called "superb", so that HTF folks with limited resources for film buying, like me, would be likely to notice a boost in quality, that makes upgrading from the fine Blu-ray worthwhile.

 

[Kyle_D]

I won't speak for RAH. Speaking for myself only, the Blu-ray was "superb" for its day, but the UHD is an appreciable upgrade. The fight scenes, in particular, benefit from finer shadow detail in the HDR grade. Criterion also blessed the UHD with a very healthy bitrate, so compression artifacts are not an issue, grain appears a bit more natural, and the entire film is a bit sharper. It would not be my choice to demo the benefits of UHD over blu-ray, but I am still happy I upgraded.

 

[Chewbabka]

I won't speak for RAH. Speaking for myself only, the Blu-ray was "superb" for its day, but the UHD is an appreciable upgrade. The fight scenes, in particular, benefit from finer shadow detail in the HDR grade. Criterion also blessed the UHD with a very healthy bitrate, so compression artifacts are not an issue, grain appears a bit more natural, and the entire film is a bit sharper. It would not be my choice to demo the benefits of UHD over blu-ray, but I am still happy I upgraded.

I’ll add to that, the original 4-track Dolby Stereo mix (as DTS-HDMA 2.0) instead of the half-arsed 5.1 from the BD.

 

[battlebeast]

When did Criterion release Raging Bull…?

 

[Robert Crawford]

When did Criterion release Raging Bull…?

Last July.

 

[Dave H]

I won't speak for RAH. Speaking for myself only, the Blu-ray was "superb" for its day, but the UHD is an appreciable upgrade. The fight scenes, in particular, benefit from finer shadow detail in the HDR grade. Criterion also blessed the UHD with a very healthy bitrate, so compression artifacts are not an issue, grain appears a bit more natural, and the entire film is a bit sharper. It would not be my choice to demo the benefits of UHD over blu-ray, but I am still happy I upgraded.

The Blu-ray also had a very faint vertical bar on the right side of the image. In some low APL moments, it was annoying.

The UHD BD is an appreciable upgrade and feels like a truly definitive presentation.

 

[jayembee]

When did Criterion release Raging Bull…?

Last July.

Well, on UHD, yes.

They originally released it back in 1990...