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- Robert Harris
My speakers are spotlessly clean.
I was advised to view Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder's odd film that mostly occurs during dreams, and honestly didn't know quite what to make of it.
Emily Browning is quite lovely. As is Jena Malone. First time seeing Vanessa Huggins, and realizing she cannot act.
The film is rather like viewing the editorial bravura of Rob Marshall's Chicago, which beautifully covers singing and dancing, breaking moves and bits down into split second shots.
Here we have a mixture of captured footage and digital, in a film that could not have existed outside of the digital realm.
I should explain that my speakers are clean and ready to rumble after playing back the uncompressed audio on this disc, which is huge, beautifully rendered and spread among as many speakers as one can muster for the experience. The range of frequencies is amazing, as is the clarity of the mix.
Image-wise, Warner's new Blu-ray is magnificent, but it should be. There are few excuses for not getting something correct that was born out of digital.
For fans of Snyder, and there are many, this will be a superb experience.
Several hours after viewing the film, I'm torn however, as I wonder if it might be best for some women to be lobotomized or placed into sexual slavery. There's definitely a message here.
Sucker Punch (I viewed the extended cut, and have no idea what the differences might be) is a brilliantly produced Blu-ray disc that takes one's system to the limits, and shows off the technical capabilities of the format.
Did I mention that, properly played back, this is a hugely visceral experience?
RAH
I was advised to view Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder's odd film that mostly occurs during dreams, and honestly didn't know quite what to make of it.
Emily Browning is quite lovely. As is Jena Malone. First time seeing Vanessa Huggins, and realizing she cannot act.
The film is rather like viewing the editorial bravura of Rob Marshall's Chicago, which beautifully covers singing and dancing, breaking moves and bits down into split second shots.
Here we have a mixture of captured footage and digital, in a film that could not have existed outside of the digital realm.
I should explain that my speakers are clean and ready to rumble after playing back the uncompressed audio on this disc, which is huge, beautifully rendered and spread among as many speakers as one can muster for the experience. The range of frequencies is amazing, as is the clarity of the mix.
Image-wise, Warner's new Blu-ray is magnificent, but it should be. There are few excuses for not getting something correct that was born out of digital.
For fans of Snyder, and there are many, this will be a superb experience.
Several hours after viewing the film, I'm torn however, as I wonder if it might be best for some women to be lobotomized or placed into sexual slavery. There's definitely a message here.
Sucker Punch (I viewed the extended cut, and have no idea what the differences might be) is a brilliantly produced Blu-ray disc that takes one's system to the limits, and shows off the technical capabilities of the format.
Did I mention that, properly played back, this is a hugely visceral experience?
RAH