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post #31 of 38
9/3/08 at 2:48am

Re: A few words about...™ Nixon -- in Blu-ray

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Originally Posted by Kris Z.
I'm not familiar with this film and the DVDBeaver review mentions there are many different types of film techniques and stocks used etc. so I don't know what's supposed to look like what. But setting that aside, for all you DNR apologists, would you really prefer the soft look of these two caps:
Soft 1
Soft 2

When you could have clarity and sharpness like this:
Sharp 1
Sharp 2
Incidentally, those two "sharp" shots were both from a deleted scene that was added to the director's cut. The quality of the deleted scenes in the earlier DVD release on the director's cut was extremely poor - almost as if it had been taken off a VHS tape. The difference between the original footage was very noticeable and I'm glad to see that in the Blu Ray release, the deleted footage has been restored.
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post #32 of 38
9/3/08 at 4:13pm

Re: A few words about...™ Nixon -- in Blu-ray

either my eyes are deceiving me, or i'm seeing some quite aggressive edge enhancement in places on this disc. it seems every time nixon is wearing a dark suit and stands up against a light background [medium shots mostly], we've got the force field thing going on. am i imagining this ? stands out a mile to me.

viewing on : jvc rs1, 110", watch 1.2 screen widths away.
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post #33 of 38
9/6/08 at 8:28am

Re: A few words about...™ Nixon -- in Blu-ray

So there ARE problems with this disc? Why am I not surprised?
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post #34 of 38
9/6/08 at 8:35am

Re: A few words about...™ Nixon -- in Blu-ray

Given the very challenging nature of the material, I wasn't disappointed.

By "okay", you'd have to define "okay", and most likely, you're definition of "okay" will differ from most other people's definition of "okay".
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post #35 of 38
9/6/08 at 8:42am

Re: A few words about...™ Nixon -- in Blu-ray

Well, the material isn't hard like it was with Natural Born Killers--which employed various film stocks in a similar fashion. Here the transitions are much slower, a little less kinetic than it was with NBK--now THAT is hard material. Not this.
There are effects that are purposely used by directors, yes, like heavy saturation, blooming and added graininess to the image that makes it difficult to judge whether it was intended or a fault with a disc--but let me tell you one thing: edge enhancement was never an intended effect here, it's a fault with the disc.
And that, is NOT okay.
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post #36 of 38
9/6/08 at 9:02am

Re: A few words about...™ Nixon -- in Blu-ray

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Originally Posted by Thivanka R. Perera
There are effects that are purposely used by directors, yes, like heavy saturation, blooming and added graininess to the image that makes it difficult to judge whether it was intended or a fault with a disc--but let me tell you one thing: edge enhancement was never an intended effect here, it's a fault with the disc.
And that, is NOT okay.

You are correct, sir. I didn't notice any, but perhaps I was too carried away with the Stone-ocity of the experience to notice.
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post #37 of 38
9/6/08 at 10:46am

Re: A few words about...™ Nixon -- in Blu-ray

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Originally Posted by Andy_MT
either my eyes are deceiving me, or i'm seeing some quite aggressive edge enhancement in places on this disc. it seems every time nixon is wearing a dark suit and stands up against a light background [medium shots mostly], we've got the force field thing going on. am i imagining this ? stands out a mile to me.

viewing on : jvc rs1, 110", watch 1.2 screen widths away.

Are you sure it is edge enhancement? I've seen haloing effects on high contrast edges on actual film stocks.
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post #38 of 38
1/2/09 at 7:39pm

Re: A few words about...™ Nixon -- in Blu-ray

I picked this up recently and finally watched it tonight.

As RAH mentioned, some scenes do have some grain reduction, but it's not bad or distracting really. In addition, there is definitely some edge enhancement in some scenes - I too saw them around Hopkins at times. Some of the outdoor scenes and quite a few inside the White House look a bit digital; other scenes look more natural (not referring to any flashback moments or scenes of extreme stylization, etc.). All in all, a decent, but not great release. Still a big improvement over the DVD. I do recommend the BD if you like the film.
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