HTF BLU-RAY REVIEW: Ronin - Page 2

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In Cameron I trust.

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No, from being a tightwad!

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I'm a weak, weak man. I went to Frys to get Silence of the Lambs and ended up buying Ronin as well since I love that movie so much. The higher quality sound should at least make me feel not so guilty about buying it if the video doesn't live up to its full potential.

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I rented this and just watched it tonight, wow, what a poorly done Blu-ray. I agree with the 2.5 video score but I'd only give the audio a 3, not a 4 per the review. It's like watching an upscaled DVD.

Such a shame for such a fantastic film.

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Thanks for bumping up this thread as I looked at the current pricing at Amazon for it and at 19.99 I just bought it since I'm not going to wait several years for them to do again and it's an upgrade from the dvd.






Crawdaddy

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I'll wait. The A/V on this is one of the worst I've seen on Blu so far.

I'm a recent Blu-ray convert and this is exactly the kind of thing I feared would happen - studios (in this case, an ailing one) pumping out mediocre discs without extras and charging an arm and a leg. Do they really expect people to buy this stuff with these kind of deficiencies, in this economy? I always knew it wasn't going to be necessary to upgrade my entire collection to Blu and now it has been confirmed.

I'm late to this forum thread and starting to get a little worried as a few weeks back (as part of a big DVD clear-out) I traded in my DVD copy of Ronin and picked it up on Blu-Ray

I'll admit I got it from an exchange shop (still in the plastic wrapper) so only paid GBP£12, and have not watched it yet, as its a film I love and am very familiar with, so wanted to wait a while before enjoying it again

I might have to go and watch it now, to see what the verdict is on the PQ (I have the UK version if that is any different to the version reviewed on this forum?)

The Frankenheimer Commentaries are an important part of his legacy. Like taking a workshop with him. His commentary on Ronin is valuable. Not including the commentary on the Blu-ray demonstrates disrespect and a total lack of care on the part of MGM / Fox. There's no excuse for it.

I watched Ronin repeatedly in the cinema and appreciated, among all the other things, Frankenheimer's desaturated color and controlled pallet. But this blu-ray is too desaturated and not quite as deep, sharp and resolved as it should be.

I don't agree with Cameron Yee's editorializing on glorified violence.
Ronin does not glorify violence.
Just because a film has violence doesn't mean it glorifies violence.
It is considerably less violent than bigger hit family films playing right now.

Ronin is like heaven on a stick for Frankenheimer aficionados.
MGM / Fox owes consumers a better transfer.
Edited by Richard--W - 2/18/12 at 10:04pm

I agree Richard.

This along with any other Bluray without missing extras sits next to the dvd counterpart. eventually i will buy blu cases that i can put both the dvd and the blu in together.