UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Casablanca -- in 4k UHD (1 Viewer)

[Malcolm R]

Got to watch out for those "guests".

 

[Robert Harris]

Got to watch out for those "guests".

Only one, and a techie. Had to try out 8k, which I keep off. Should have known something was up when the manual was out.

 

[Rick Thompson]

I can watch this film any time, and do. Of course, I never forget to pair it with Carrotblanca!

 

[roxy1927]

What about Copacabana which I didn't expect to but found entertaining? Carmen and Groucho together are the Bergman and Bogart of comedy.
Anybody have any comments on the quality of the bluray?

 

[B-ROLL]

What about Copacabana which I didn't expect to but found entertaining? Carmen and Groucho together are the Bergman and Bogart of comedy.
Anybody have any comments on the quality of the bluray?

I'm not an expert- but the Olive Bluray is fine.

It's from a print and there's been no "restoration" to remove dirt etc - but also no DNR that I could see. The sound is um tolerable but not reference quality by any means.

 

[Koro]

What about Copacabana which I didn't expect to but found entertaining? Carmen and Groucho together are the Bergman and Bogart of comedy.
Anybody have any comments on the quality of the bluray?

The Blu-ray of Copacabana looks fine. Detail is good, with a nice enough layer of grain.
Contrast, black levels and greyscale looked also good to me.
No obvious signs of digital tinkering to my eyes, just a fair bit of specks dotting the image as it's worst offender.

Edit:
B-Roll beat me to it, but he is absolutely right.

 

[Dave H]

I don't own the BD, but looking at screencaps I like the improvements of the UHD BD so it makes it a no-brainer. Going to see if it drops a little by Black Friday.

 

[Sam Favate]

I got the steelbook today, imported from the UK. Wow. This is the Casablanca box set I’ve always wanted. The press kit! Posters! Lobby cards! This is a set that is finally worthy of the movie.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I got the steelbook today, imported from the UK. Wow. This is the Casablanca box set I’ve always wanted. The press kit! Posters! Lobby cards! This is a set that is finally worthy of the movie.

Didn't we have that stuff from prior home video releases.

 

[B-ROLL]

Didn't we have that stuff from prior home video releases.

But didn't you hear! IT'S A STEELBOOK!!!!!

 

[Sam Favate]

Didn't we have that stuff from prior home video releases.

I didn't. I only had the DVD and, later, the stand-alone blu-ray (which was a gift, after which I couldn't justify the box set).

 

[Colin Jacobson]

But didn't you hear! IT'S A STEELBOOK!!!!!

I might get banned from the SHF for this comment, but... I don't get the steelbook craze.

Just makes no sense to me at all!

 

[jayembee]

Lots of collectibles don't make sense when you think about it. People collect all sorts of weird things like bottle caps, marbles, stamps, postcards, Coke bottles. My wife collects colored-glass vases, bottles, and the like. My mother collected snail-design tchotchkes. The mother of a friend did the same, only with owls instead of snails. There's no rational explanation for it.

I collect movies, books, and comics. Some people don't think that makes any sense, either.

I like SteelBooks because they give a little extra pizzazz to the package. I also prefer hardcover books to paperbacks. I don't try to make sense of it. It just is what it is.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I would consider buying/collecting some steelbooks if they were more damage-proof-able. Yeah, I used bags for comics (though I haven't meaningfully added to my fairly modest collection in ages... pretty much since long before DVD), but I'm not too keen on going that route just for a small batch of steelbooks... plus that still doesn't help w/ damages that too often occur before I receive/have them in my possession...

Just not worth the bother to me...

_Man_

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Lots of collectibles don't make sense when you think about it. People collect all sorts of weird things like bottle caps, marbles, stamps, postcards, Coke bottles. My wife collects colored-glass vases, bottles, and the like. My mother collected snail-design tchotchkes. The mother of a friend did the same, only with owls instead of snails. There's no rational explanation for it.

I collect movies, books, and comics. Some people don't think that makes any sense, either.

I like SteelBooks because they give a little extra pizzazz to the package. I also prefer hardcover books to paperbacks. I don't try to make sense of it. It just is what it is.

To be fair, I've never really understood why so many people get bent out of shape about ugly DVD/BD/4K covers, either.

I look at covers for like 2 seconds while I get the disc out of the case!

Movie posters - and album covers - I view as art, but DVD/etc. covers just seem utilitarian for me.

So that attitude spreads to steelbooks.

But if people love 'em, more power and all that!

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

To be fair, I've never really understood why so many people get bent out of shape about ugly DVD/BD/4K covers, either.

I look at covers for like 2 seconds while I get the disc out of the case!

Movie posters - and album covers - I view as art, but DVD/etc. covers just seem utilitarian for me.

So that attitude spreads to steelbooks.

But if people love 'em, more power and all that!

Then maybe you cared more about LD covers/boxes perhaps... and yeah, I would/do too.

For me, the substantially smaller sizes of DVD, BD/4K disc cases certainly reduces that very substantially... though I still don't like to see/have cases/covers damaged regardless -- and that's my biggest beef w/ steelbooks and most of the paper-based (digipak) packaging (though I have sorta liked what Criterion did for some of the big sets at least in recent years, eg. the Ingmar Bergman set though I'm still quite wary of that actual disc storage method itself).

Still, much prefer better cover artwork for at least some cases, but that wouldn't usually stop me from buying (nor do I usually complain about cover artwork on DVD/BD/4K disc cases). I'm definitely more likely to avoid steelbooks (both because of the extra cost and easy damage issue) than ugly cover artwork for these... though I have been tempted to try the steelbook route in the case of The Untouchables, LOL...

_Man_

 

[dpippel]

Movie posters - and album covers - I view as art, but DVD/etc. covers just seem utilitarian for me.

And most of them are IMO. That's part of what makes it sort of special for me when an outstanding cover or steelbook gets released.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

IF I can (easily, cost-effectively enough) generate/acquire good quality, alternative cover artwork for BD/4K disc cases myself, I'd probably go that route... but I just don't really see that either.

I'm aware some folks go that route, but if I'm gonna bother doing that, I want quality results that at least match, if not better, what usually come w/ the official releases in terms of print quality and paper stock, which doesn't seem feasible to me... and yeah, the gains are probably (usually) too inconsequential to justify the costs to me (in both time/effort and $)...

_Man_

 

[jayembee]

IF I can (easily, cost-effectively enough) generate/acquire good quality, alternative cover artwork for BD/4K disc cases myself, I'd probably go that route... but I just don't really see that either.

I'm aware some folks go that route, but if I'm gonna bother doing that, I want quality results that at least match, if not better, what usually come w/ the official releases in terms of print quality and paper stock, which doesn't seem feasible to me... and yeah, the gains are probably (usually) too inconsequential to justify the costs to me (in both time/effort and $)...

For me, it would take more time than it's worth. I have trouble finding the time to watch all the discs I buy.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Casablanca • UK Blu-ray vs. US Ultra HD Blu-ray

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Vs.

Casablanca • US Ultra HD Blu-ray vs. US 70th Anniversary Blu-ray

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Yeah definitely better than the 2007 disc. Not so much the 2012 though outside of grayscale (and that's without HDR applied).