Pirates of the Caribbean: AWE not that great on Blu-ray - Blu-ray Forum

BlurayFanatic · 01-26-2009, 02:37 PM

Just bought it for $15.00 Yesterday and thought the PQ was going to be a 10 and audio.(not)

I only ever watched the First scene in a store so looked forward to the whole movie being watched at home.

Was very shocked that it was not anything special

Maybe its my eyes I don't know

I also bought the first one for $15.00 and always liked that one, so I will see if anything does change.

perfectdark · 01-26-2009, 02:38 PM

yeah i agree.. i thought the PQw as nothing special

Blu As Hell · 01-26-2009, 02:57 PM

Dead Man's Chest has the best PQ in the Pirates Trilogy.

MillerTimeNCSU · 01-26-2009, 02:58 PM

You might want to check your TV settings. I thought this was one of the best looking Blu's out there.

Also, to the thread-starter.....probably a good idea to watch more than 1 scene before jumping to conclusions about the entire movie's PQ.

ThingontheFloor · 01-26-2009, 03:01 PM

What about the image do you dislike? I'm assuming the grain. "Not that great" is pretty subjective, most of my Disney / Buena Vista releases are pretty top tier and this is among one of them.

SellmeyourDVD · 01-26-2009, 03:04 PM

did you think that pq looked kind of washed out? I felt the same say when i watched it. I thought something was wrong with my tv.

Mr. J · 01-26-2009, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MillerTimeNCSU

You might want to check your TV settings. I thought this was one of the best looking Blu's out there.

Also, to the thread-starter.....probably a good idea to watch more than 1 scene before jumping to conclusions about the entire movie's PQ.

+1

perfectdark · 01-26-2009, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SellmeyourDVD

did you think that pq looked kind of washed out? I felt the same say when i watched it. I thought something was wrong with my tv.

yep and i've watched it on my brothers plasma, my lcd and my projector,, just not as good as 1 and 2 but i think thats how the movie looked i theatres if i remember correctly

DutchBoy · 01-26-2009, 03:22 PM

I respectfully disagree. The movie was intended to have an "old look" to it to some degree, but I thought the movie looked fantastic on Blu.

JamesKurtovich · 01-26-2009, 03:33 PM

Weird. I thought At World's End had the best PQ of all the Pirates BDs. It definitely has the best visuals!

richieb1971 · 01-26-2009, 03:35 PM

I agree with the OP. And FFS its nothing to do with TV settings. If you have 100038 blu rays and one doesn't look right its nothing to do with TV settings or calibrations. Otherwise people would write down different settings for each movie.

I thought DMC has that very vibrant sparkly Disney look. The POTC:COTBP is slightly more bland looking. The 3rd one definitely goes even blander. Its no lack of detail but its definitely softer in many ways. But its still a 5.0 for PQ. Its obviously just as the director intended.

So in order of PQ -

DMC - Easily
COTBP - 2nd
ATE -Last

I did a thread about this earlier last year, saying how come 3 movies from the same franchise can get 5.0 for PQ when they look nothing alike. The answer I got was something like "if black pearl was already a 5.0, you can't give DMC a 5.5 can you?"

Something like that.

BlurayFanatic · 01-26-2009, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SellmeyourDVD

did you think that pq looked kind of washed out? I felt the same say when i watched it. I thought something was wrong with my tv.

Bingo+it looked Grainy

There where a Few scenes that looked great

When jack goes Sniffing and the close up came

ClaytonMG · 01-26-2009, 04:18 PM

Weird... I thought this looked fantastic. Especially considerng film is made up of grain and it reproduces it flawlessly.

As for it being washed out, it's supposed to be that way as part of the story telling...

Infrared Sight · 01-26-2009, 04:20 PM

I thought this movie was a great transfer. I enjoyed every minute of it in the visual department and audio as well. I thought it was excellent.

icyteddy · 01-26-2009, 04:53 PM

hmm...strange....I thought ALL the Pirates Of Carribean movies looked beautiful on my LCD. The trilogy was rank a one of the best transfer to blu ray.

Afrobean · 01-26-2009, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThingontheFloor

What about the image do you dislike? I'm assuming the grain. "Not that great" is pretty subjective, most of my Disney / Buena Vista releases are pretty top tier and this is among one of them.

"most"?

Has Disney given us anything that doesn't have an awesome transfer? All I've seen and all I've read points to Disney being a proverbial golden goose of the industry.

Mr.Sparkle · 01-26-2009, 07:02 PM

I saw PotC 3 on Blu ray, and I thought the PQ was very good, not the best ever, but still very good. I also have PotC 1 on BD and it has great PQ also, I have never seen the second one on BD.

ClaytonMG · 01-26-2009, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Afrobean

"most"?

Has Disney given us anything that doesn't have an awesome transfer? All I've seen and all I've read points to Disney being a proverbial golden goose of the industry.

Gangs of New York... but that's about it...

DaPenguinPimP · 01-26-2009, 09:01 PM

I've only seen this at a display in Best Buy, but it looked amazing. I am still saving up till I can get the trilogy but Disney's PQ is never bad.

Yeha-Noha · 01-26-2009, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlurayFanatic

Just bought it for $15.00 Yesterday and thought the PQ was going to be a 10 and audio.(not)

I only ever watched the First scene in a store so looked forward to the whole movie being watched at home.

Was very shocked that it was not anything special

Maybe its my eyes I don't know

I also bought the first one for $15.00 and always liked that one, so I will see if anything does change.

Based on 37 user review ratings on blu-ray.com, the video was 4.9/5.0
Blu-ray review gave it 5.0/5.0
I'll give it a 5.0.

So what's not special about POTC III?

01-26-2009, 02:37 PM	#1
BlurayFanatic Active Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Port Hope Ontario Blu-ray collection:61	Pirates of the Caribbean: AWE not that great on Blu-ray Just bought it for $15.00 Yesterday and thought the PQ was going to be a 10 and audio.(not) I only ever watched the First scene in a store so looked forward to the whole movie being watched at home. Was very shocked that it was not anything special Maybe its my eyes I don't know I also bought the first one for $15.00 and always liked that one, so I will see if anything does change. TV-SAMSUNG PN42A450 42" PLASMA Blu Ray Player Samsung BDP-1500 Home Theather Reciver MclnTosh MC207 Center Channel-Bose Floor Mount Speakers-Technics<80-90's All the way I know LOL> Rear Speakers-Bose Last edited by BlurayFanatic; 01-26-2009 at 04:10 PM.

01-26-2009, 03:04 PM	#6
SellmeyourDVD Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2008 Blu-ray collection:125 Trading Score:11	did you think that pq looked kind of washed out? I felt the same say when i watched it. I thought something was wrong with my tv. Samsung 46" 650 IKEA LED Dioder Strips <------ FREAKIN AWESOME! Xbox 360/PS3 Onkyo sr606- Monitor 50 x 2, monitor 30 x 4, cs10 Elemental design a2-300-Mental note: DO NOT test drive this sub right after you put your daughter down for a nap! Logitech 880- Taking laziness to a whole new level!!!!!

01-26-2009, 03:22 PM	#9
DutchBoy Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:R. Cucamonga, CA Blu Ray Steelbooks™: 22 Home Theater Gallery:31 Blu-ray collection:101 Trading Score:12	I respectfully disagree. The movie was intended to have an "old look" to it to some degree, but I thought the movie looked fantastic on Blu. 32" 1080p - Sharp Aquos LC-32D62U \| BD Player - 40GB Sony PS3 Sony DG-720 7.1 Receiver (3.1 setup) \| Polk CS2 (Center) \| Polk Monitor 60s (Fronts) 94 Blus and Counting Last Steelbooks purchased -- Terminator 3 (Germany), Twilight (Spain), Leon (Germany) \| Last Steelbooks ordered -- LOTR Trilogy (Germany)

01-26-2009, 04:18 PM	#13
ClaytonMG Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2006 Location:New Brighton, MN Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:1021 DVD collection:2 PS3 collection:31 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	Weird... I thought this looked fantastic. Especially considerng film is made up of grain and it reproduces it flawlessly. As for it being washed out, it's supposed to be that way as part of the story telling... - Players Used: Sony BDP-S570 / PS3 (ID: Jackal1985) - Reciever: Onkyo TX-NR808 - Speakers: Klipsch Synergy 1 Series (7) - Subs: 2 Yamaha YST-SW315 - TV: Panasonic TH-58PZ800u Plasma

01-26-2009, 04:20 PM	#14
Infrared Sight Senior Member Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Southern Utah Home Theater Gallery:50 Blu-ray collection:389	I thought this movie was a great transfer. I enjoyed every minute of it in the visual department and audio as well. I thought it was excellent. Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ80U Sony BDP-S360 Onkyo 605 Polk Audio CS1(Center) Polk Audio Monitor 60(Fronts) Polk Audio Monitor 30(Surrounds) SVS PB12-NSD (Subwoofer) My Media Collection

01-26-2009, 02:38 PM	#2
perfectdark Expert Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:51 Blu-ray collection:55 PS3 collection:6 Blu-ray reviews:59 PS3 reviews:1 Trading Score:14	yeah i agree.. i thought the PQw as nothing special

01-26-2009, 02:57 PM	#3
Blu As Hell Blu-ray Guru Member since:May 2007 Location:Macon Georgia Blu-ray collection:282 Blu-ray reviews:1	Dead Man's Chest has the best PQ in the Pirates Trilogy.

01-26-2009, 02:58 PM	#4
MillerTimeNCSU Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Charlotte, NC Blu-ray collection:17	You might want to check your TV settings. I thought this was one of the best looking Blu's out there. Also, to the thread-starter.....probably a good idea to watch more than 1 scene before jumping to conclusions about the entire movie's PQ.

01-26-2009, 03:01 PM	#5
ThingontheFloor Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:331	What about the image do you dislike? I'm assuming the grain. "Not that great" is pretty subjective, most of my Disney / Buena Vista releases are pretty top tier and this is among one of them.

01-26-2009, 03:33 PM	#10
JamesKurtovich Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Alaska Home Theater Gallery:6 Blu-ray collection:227 PS3 collection:22 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:2	Weird. I thought At World's End had the best PQ of all the Pirates BDs. It definitely has the best visuals!

01-26-2009, 03:35 PM	#11
richieb1971 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:467 PS3 collection:11 Trading Score:14	I agree with the OP. And FFS its nothing to do with TV settings. If you have 100038 blu rays and one doesn't look right its nothing to do with TV settings or calibrations. Otherwise people would write down different settings for each movie. I thought DMC has that very vibrant sparkly Disney look. The POTC:COTBP is slightly more bland looking. The 3rd one definitely goes even blander. Its no lack of detail but its definitely softer in many ways. But its still a 5.0 for PQ. Its obviously just as the director intended. So in order of PQ - DMC - Easily COTBP - 2nd ATE -Last I did a thread about this earlier last year, saying how come 3 movies from the same franchise can get 5.0 for PQ when they look nothing alike. The answer I got was something like "if black pearl was already a 5.0, you can't give DMC a 5.5 can you?" Something like that.

01-26-2009, 04:53 PM	#15
icyteddy Expert Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:San Francisco Bay Area Blu-ray collection:156 DVD collection:129 PS3 collection:7 Trading Score:11	hmm...strange....I thought ALL the Pirates Of Carribean movies looked beautiful on my LCD. The trilogy was rank a one of the best transfer to blu ray. Sony BDP-BX38 (S380) and Playstation 3 (80GB) Samsung LN52B750 240HZ Yamaha RX663BL Reciever Emotiva XPA-3 Amp Emotiva Ultra 12 Subwoofer Mission Electronics MK II bookshelf speakers. Klipsch KV-1 Center Speaker Klipsch RF 63's Tower Speakers

01-26-2009, 07:02 PM	#17
Mr.Sparkle Senior Member Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray collection:41 DVD collection:78 PS3 collection:5	I saw PotC 3 on Blu ray, and I thought the PQ was very good, not the best ever, but still very good. I also have PotC 1 on BD and it has great PQ also, I have never seen the second one on BD. Spread yellow gunk on my pancake heart

01-26-2009, 09:01 PM	#19
DaPenguinPimP Active Member Member since:Dec 2008 Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:74 Blu-ray reviews:2	I've only seen this at a display in Best Buy, but it looked amazing. I am still saving up till I can get the trilogy but Disney's PQ is never bad.

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