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HDTV1080P · 11-14-2024, 12:53 AM

Gemini Man is a videophile reference quality movie that everyone with a 4K Blu-ray player should place in their collection to show people what the 4K Blu-ray format can do. I have never seen such a high-quality movie like this before. I will go into more details a little on in my post why everyone that is a videophile should own this movie (I also thought Will Smith did an outstanding job acting in this movie, but even if one does not like this movie, it’s a must have 4K Blu-ray for that amazing image quality that I have never experienced before). The lossless 13.1 Dolby Atmos sound quality sounded good on an old year 2008 7.1 Dolby TrueHD core audio system.

Gemini Man was rated PG-13 by the MPA for “Violence and action throughout, and brief strong language.” Gemini Man was released in theaters in the USA on October 11th 2019 and received a 4K Blu-ray disc release on 1-14-2020. Gemini Man had a budget of $138 million dollars and box office sells of $173.5 million dollars (but sadly according to online information since a large percentage of box office sells goes to the theater chain that showed the movie, and a smaller percentage of box office sells goes to the studio, this Gemini Man movie lost $111.1 million dollars and was considered a box office failure according to online information). quote: "It was estimated the film needed to gross around $275 million worldwide in order to break even; Deadline Hollywood calculated its net loss to be $111.1 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues." (Wikipedia is one source). Theater chains need to make money since they are going through difficult process to maintain expensive multi-million-dollar IMAX and Dolby Cinema theaters. In the old days in the early to mid-20th Century when studios owned movie theaters, their box office profits were much larger. Some studios have tried a direct to home streaming movie services to try and bypass the box office sells and keep more of the profits. However, most people do not have the space or cannot afford an IMAX or Dolby Cinema theater in their home. Most people’s homes are reduced to a quality projector or OLED screen setup with surround sound that is lacking the IMAX experience.

Gemini Man is a unique science fiction movie with a storyline I enjoyed. I am a fan of Will Smiths acting ability and loved the movie I Robot and The Pursuit of Happiness. Even though I am a fan of his movies I disagree with some of his political views that some websites claim he has (However his past and present religious views were interesting to read about online). Hopefully Will Smith will be in many more movies to come and hopefully some of his classic movies like I Robot will get released on the 4K Blu-ray format one day.

Even if one does not like this movie, Gemini Man is a must own movie on the 4K Blu-ray format for videophiles. Gemini Man was shot digitally in native 4K and printed at 120fps and also 60fps for movie theaters (some theaters 24fps and 2K Blu-ray 24fps). As most people are aware since around the year 1890 around 99% of movies use the 24fps frame rate since that is more economical for both film stock and digital storage. The higher the frame rate the more expensive the production cost will be since one is using more film and more digital storage. It is my understanding that Gemini Man was shown in select IMAX and Dolby Cinema theaters in native 4K Dolby Vision HDR in 3D at a frame rate of 120fps (that is 60fps right eye and 60fps left eye). However, if one got to see Gemini Man in a 2D theater with a modern digital DLP projector then the movie was shown at 60fps. What is so special about this 4K Blu-ray disc release is that this movie is native 4K Dolby Vision HDR at 60fps (60Hz) instead of being native 24fps (24Hz). This is the very first time I have seen a native 60fps movie at 60Hz. The 2K Blu-ray format maxes out at 1080P at 24fps. And with the standard 2K Blu-ray format if one wants 1080P there is only one frame rate 24fps (24Hz). The advantage of the 4K Blu-ray format is that it offers native 60fps (60Hz). As many people already know I am using an old year 2008 Pioneer Elite Signature series PRO-101FD reference 2K plasma display that was top of the line until around the year 2016-2018 when quality 4K OLED displays surpassed the year 2008 Pioneer Elite plasma in overall picture quality (but when it comes to motion quality the Pioneer plasma will beat any flat panel display including OLED. Only a high-end DLP projector will beat the plasma when it comes to motion quality). While I should have upgraded my 2K Pioneer plasma with a 4K OLED screen in 2016-2018, now I am holding off until 2026-2028+ with planned upgrade to 8K display or 8K projector. I have owned a native 4K LCD computer monitor since 2015, but when I connect a year 2016 OPPO UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player to the year 2015 4K computer monitor, all I see is an increased resolution detail and overall my year 2008 2K 50 inch Pioneer plasma has a better picture quality when it comes to black levels, colors, and nice smooth motion of 72Hz using 2D triple flash technology. When I played the Gemini Man on an old year 2008 Pioneer plasma, I was surprised at how good native 60Hz (60fps) material looks when being shown at native 60Hz. Wow, and very awesome motion quality at 60fps!! While this 4K Blu-ray is standard 2D, the amount of depth in the motion made the movie feel like 3D. I have become a big fan of high frame rate movies after watching this movie in native 60fps at 60Hz on a Pioneer plasma. If I owned an OLED screen the limitations of the OLED screen motion quality would mean a double flash to 120Hz would need to occur.

*** If one has an old native 60Hz display that displays at true 60Hz then buy this movie, totally awesome experience. DLP projector owners should experience 60fps with incredible motion quality better than any other display on the market ***

This Gemini Man movie had a realism that I have never seen before, at times the images at 60fps felt like I was watching a 3D movie even though the screen is 2D, the depth in the image was amazing. Color quality even at HDR to SDR conversion was amazing. I wish James Cameron would make the Avatar sequels at native 60fps for 2D and 120fps at 3D. Of course, 240fps for 3D or 2D would be better, but remember the higher frame rate means a much larger movie budget needs to occur. I would not complain if movies are made at 480fps for theaters since they could be converted to 60fps (60Hz) for home displays. The year 2006 2K Blu-ray format is 2D quality at 1080p/24fps. The year 2010 Blu-ray 3D format is 48fps 2K quality with 24fps right eye and 24fps left eye. If one day the BDA approves a new 8K Blu-ray format in 2026-2028+ then the BDA should make the players capable of doing 8K 3D at 120fps or 4K 3D at 240fps. But I wish I could have seen this movie in true 3D 120fps with 4K Dolby Vision HDR, maybe one day.

Because of limitations of my display and A/V receiver the native 4K Blu-ray disc with lossless 13.1 Dolby Atmos was downscaled to 2K SDR with 7.1 Dolby TrueHD core audio. A total of 90.4GB of space is used out of 100GB on the triple layer BD-100 disc. A total of 45.7GB of space out of 50GB is used on the dual layer BD-50 disc. The average HEVC video bit rate for this movie is 80.97Mbps. Both optical discs and the inside of the plastic storage case had white residue that I needed to clean off. But after I cleaned the discs, I experienced flawless perfect playback on my year 2016 OPPO UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player. Several reverse scans and a true reference quality BD-100 disc from Paramount Pictures. There is one native 60fps 4K Dolby Vision extra feature on the 4K Blu-ray disc that lasts around 3 minutes and 2 seconds. All the rest of the extra features are on the standard Blu-ray disc using the MPEG-4/AVC codec with a mixture of 1080P or 1080i depending on which extra feature is being played.

This is a must own 4K Blu-ray disc for all videophiles. Find a DLP projector that outputs 60fps or a plasma that outputs 60Hz, then you will experience motion quality and 2D images that look almost like 3D images. I have become a big fan of high frame rate movies after seeing one for the first time at native 60fps.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gemin...252674/#Review

11-14-2024, 12:53 AM	#1100
HDTV1080P Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 205	Gemini Man is a videophile reference quality movie that everyone with a 4K Blu-ray player should place in their collection to show people what the 4K Blu-ray format can do. I have never seen such a high-quality movie like this before. I will go into more details a little on in my post why everyone that is a videophile should own this movie (I also thought Will Smith did an outstanding job acting in this movie, but even if one does not like this movie, it’s a must have 4K Blu-ray for that amazing image quality that I have never experienced before). The lossless 13.1 Dolby Atmos sound quality sounded good on an old year 2008 7.1 Dolby TrueHD core audio system. Gemini Man was rated PG-13 by the MPA for “Violence and action throughout, and brief strong language.” Gemini Man was released in theaters in the USA on October 11th 2019 and received a 4K Blu-ray disc release on 1-14-2020. Gemini Man had a budget of $138 million dollars and box office sells of $173.5 million dollars (but sadly according to online information since a large percentage of box office sells goes to the theater chain that showed the movie, and a smaller percentage of box office sells goes to the studio, this Gemini Man movie lost $111.1 million dollars and was considered a box office failure according to online information). quote: "It was estimated the film needed to gross around $275 million worldwide in order to break even; Deadline Hollywood calculated its net loss to be $111.1 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues." (Wikipedia is one source). Theater chains need to make money since they are going through difficult process to maintain expensive multi-million-dollar IMAX and Dolby Cinema theaters. In the old days in the early to mid-20th Century when studios owned movie theaters, their box office profits were much larger. Some studios have tried a direct to home streaming movie services to try and bypass the box office sells and keep more of the profits. However, most people do not have the space or cannot afford an IMAX or Dolby Cinema theater in their home. Most people’s homes are reduced to a quality projector or OLED screen setup with surround sound that is lacking the IMAX experience. Gemini Man is a unique science fiction movie with a storyline I enjoyed. I am a fan of Will Smiths acting ability and loved the movie I Robot and The Pursuit of Happiness. Even though I am a fan of his movies I disagree with some of his political views that some websites claim he has (However his past and present religious views were interesting to read about online). Hopefully Will Smith will be in many more movies to come and hopefully some of his classic movies like I Robot will get released on the 4K Blu-ray format one day. Even if one does not like this movie, Gemini Man is a must own movie on the 4K Blu-ray format for videophiles. Gemini Man was shot digitally in native 4K and printed at 120fps and also 60fps for movie theaters (some theaters 24fps and 2K Blu-ray 24fps). As most people are aware since around the year 1890 around 99% of movies use the 24fps frame rate since that is more economical for both film stock and digital storage. The higher the frame rate the more expensive the production cost will be since one is using more film and more digital storage. It is my understanding that Gemini Man was shown in select IMAX and Dolby Cinema theaters in native 4K Dolby Vision HDR in 3D at a frame rate of 120fps (that is 60fps right eye and 60fps left eye). However, if one got to see Gemini Man in a 2D theater with a modern digital DLP projector then the movie was shown at 60fps. What is so special about this 4K Blu-ray disc release is that this movie is native 4K Dolby Vision HDR at 60fps (60Hz) instead of being native 24fps (24Hz). This is the very first time I have seen a native 60fps movie at 60Hz. The 2K Blu-ray format maxes out at 1080P at 24fps. And with the standard 2K Blu-ray format if one wants 1080P there is only one frame rate 24fps (24Hz). The advantage of the 4K Blu-ray format is that it offers native 60fps (60Hz). As many people already know I am using an old year 2008 Pioneer Elite Signature series PRO-101FD reference 2K plasma display that was top of the line until around the year 2016-2018 when quality 4K OLED displays surpassed the year 2008 Pioneer Elite plasma in overall picture quality (but when it comes to motion quality the Pioneer plasma will beat any flat panel display including OLED. Only a high-end DLP projector will beat the plasma when it comes to motion quality). While I should have upgraded my 2K Pioneer plasma with a 4K OLED screen in 2016-2018, now I am holding off until 2026-2028+ with planned upgrade to 8K display or 8K projector. I have owned a native 4K LCD computer monitor since 2015, but when I connect a year 2016 OPPO UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player to the year 2015 4K computer monitor, all I see is an increased resolution detail and overall my year 2008 2K 50 inch Pioneer plasma has a better picture quality when it comes to black levels, colors, and nice smooth motion of 72Hz using 2D triple flash technology. When I played the Gemini Man on an old year 2008 Pioneer plasma, I was surprised at how good native 60Hz (60fps) material looks when being shown at native 60Hz. Wow, and very awesome motion quality at 60fps!! While this 4K Blu-ray is standard 2D, the amount of depth in the motion made the movie feel like 3D. I have become a big fan of high frame rate movies after watching this movie in native 60fps at 60Hz on a Pioneer plasma. If I owned an OLED screen the limitations of the OLED screen motion quality would mean a double flash to 120Hz would need to occur. * If one has an old native 60Hz display that displays at true 60Hz then buy this movie, totally awesome experience. DLP projector owners should experience 60fps with incredible motion quality better than any other display on the market * This Gemini Man movie had a realism that I have never seen before, at times the images at 60fps felt like I was watching a 3D movie even though the screen is 2D, the depth in the image was amazing. Color quality even at HDR to SDR conversion was amazing. I wish James Cameron would make the Avatar sequels at native 60fps for 2D and 120fps at 3D. Of course, 240fps for 3D or 2D would be better, but remember the higher frame rate means a much larger movie budget needs to occur. I would not complain if movies are made at 480fps for theaters since they could be converted to 60fps (60Hz) for home displays. The year 2006 2K Blu-ray format is 2D quality at 1080p/24fps. The year 2010 Blu-ray 3D format is 48fps 2K quality with 24fps right eye and 24fps left eye. If one day the BDA approves a new 8K Blu-ray format in 2026-2028+ then the BDA should make the players capable of doing 8K 3D at 120fps or 4K 3D at 240fps. But I wish I could have seen this movie in true 3D 120fps with 4K Dolby Vision HDR, maybe one day. Because of limitations of my display and A/V receiver the native 4K Blu-ray disc with lossless 13.1 Dolby Atmos was downscaled to 2K SDR with 7.1 Dolby TrueHD core audio. A total of 90.4GB of space is used out of 100GB on the triple layer BD-100 disc. A total of 45.7GB of space out of 50GB is used on the dual layer BD-50 disc. The average HEVC video bit rate for this movie is 80.97Mbps. Both optical discs and the inside of the plastic storage case had white residue that I needed to clean off. But after I cleaned the discs, I experienced flawless perfect playback on my year 2016 OPPO UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player. Several reverse scans and a true reference quality BD-100 disc from Paramount Pictures. There is one native 60fps 4K Dolby Vision extra feature on the 4K Blu-ray disc that lasts around 3 minutes and 2 seconds. All the rest of the extra features are on the standard Blu-ray disc using the MPEG-4/AVC codec with a mixture of 1080P or 1080i depending on which extra feature is being played. This is a must own 4K Blu-ray disc for all videophiles. Find a DLP projector that outputs 60fps or a plasma that outputs 60Hz, then you will experience motion quality and 2D images that look almost like 3D images. I have become a big fan of high frame rate movies after seeing one for the first time at native 60fps. https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gemin...252674/#Review Last edited by HDTV1080P; 11-15-2024 at 03:29 AM.