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- Robert Harris
I'm a Hugh Hudson fan, and was very appreciative of his 1984 Greystoke, with Christopher Lambert as the lead.
That was a film, that re-introduced the Tarzan legend to audiences of the time, in a serious way. Shot by John Alcott, and cut by Anne Coates, it was pure British cinema.
Now, three decades later, that legend has been re-imagined for more modern, (and more PC) audiences, by David Yates, who, to my mind, cast the perfect lead in Alex Skarsgard to play the titular character.
If the film has a production progenitor, that might be found in the classic Powell / Pressburger, 1946 production, Black Narcissus.
Both were set in foreign locales, where shoots would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible, and both were shot behind studio gates in England. Background plates for Tarzan were taken in Gabon.
The entire jungle was a studio creation, and to my eye, a brilliant one.
The film was shot as 6k on a Red Epic, and finished as a 2k DI. The 3D version is also a product of post.
For this discussion, I selected the new 4k UHD / HDR release, and am pleased that I did.
I've not been a fan of HDR, as used by the studios, as in most cases, the image is slathered in the stuff.
Not so, Legend of Tarzan.
A beautiful image, (the 4k has a superior up-rez to the Blu, up-rezzed via player) seems to have been gently massaged, where practicable, with HDR, and the final result is glorious.
With every animal, fully computer generated, problems might have occurred, but the overall believability is total.
Audio is the original Dolby Atmos mix, which fills the stage with perfectly placed effects.
A superb 4k release from WB, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Image - 5
Audio - 5 (Dolby Atmos)
4k - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Recommended
RAH
That was a film, that re-introduced the Tarzan legend to audiences of the time, in a serious way. Shot by John Alcott, and cut by Anne Coates, it was pure British cinema.
Now, three decades later, that legend has been re-imagined for more modern, (and more PC) audiences, by David Yates, who, to my mind, cast the perfect lead in Alex Skarsgard to play the titular character.
If the film has a production progenitor, that might be found in the classic Powell / Pressburger, 1946 production, Black Narcissus.
Both were set in foreign locales, where shoots would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible, and both were shot behind studio gates in England. Background plates for Tarzan were taken in Gabon.
The entire jungle was a studio creation, and to my eye, a brilliant one.
The film was shot as 6k on a Red Epic, and finished as a 2k DI. The 3D version is also a product of post.
For this discussion, I selected the new 4k UHD / HDR release, and am pleased that I did.
I've not been a fan of HDR, as used by the studios, as in most cases, the image is slathered in the stuff.
Not so, Legend of Tarzan.
A beautiful image, (the 4k has a superior up-rez to the Blu, up-rezzed via player) seems to have been gently massaged, where practicable, with HDR, and the final result is glorious.
With every animal, fully computer generated, problems might have occurred, but the overall believability is total.
Audio is the original Dolby Atmos mix, which fills the stage with perfectly placed effects.
A superb 4k release from WB, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Image - 5
Audio - 5 (Dolby Atmos)
4k - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Recommended
RAH
