Forrest Gump 4K UHD (1994)

[jdw89]

I'm thinking about getting this since it's on sale. I currently don't own the regular Blu-ray, how does it compare in PQ? AQ?

[BerryTheMusicMan]

Originally Posted by Blu Balls

Did you compare it to the blu ray or just watch it? I felt some shots looked great, especially the nature shots when Forrest was running, and the shot of the sunset on the water when Forrest is talking to Jenny's grave, but as a whole? It looked murky, dark, and at times smeary. I wish I could see it on some other screens for analysis, because on my oled it looked very unimpressive.

I didn't do a side by side comparison but I have the old BD release and from memory I liked the 4K better . I also prefer Dolby Vision over HDR10 , just looks so much better to my eyes at least .

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by jdw89

I'm thinking about getting this since it's on sale. I currently don't own the regular Blu-ray, how does it compare in PQ? AQ?

It has a bit of an over processed look like Grease where the grain management is heavy-handed at times. It's again, not T2 wax dummy bad, but it could have been handled better (there are times when it's barely used and the 4k image really is excellent... if they had only dialed it back all the time). Scan-outs back to film for the CG composites have that smoothed over look from the early days of that technology and are easier to spot on the UHD disc.


Outside shots fair better and I didn't notice any banding with the 12 bit Dolby Vision encode (I have a DV set). Sunsets and colorful scenes were quite lovely in the color rendition and saturation. HDR is subtle.



It's the audio that's the real treat here. The Dolby Atmos remix has a lot more authority and punch than the previous, basically front-heavy 3.1 mix from the laserdisc, DVD, and prior Blu-ray. There's ample spot use of Atmos' immersive effect, especially in the Vietnam sequences (they roar to life with bullets, explosions, helicopters, and fighter jets all over the place) and whenever there's a storm (especially when Lt. Dan and Forrest get hit with a hurricane).

[ROSS.T.G.]

Originally Posted by Blu Balls

I blame it on the HDR gimmick. I think HDR makes the picture look too dark and washed out. Maybe it's my tv, but I have heard the exact same complaints from many others. Almost every 4K UHD that I have compared to it's blu ray counterpart looks dull and lifeless. Sure, it looks sharper, but what good is added detail if the rest of the picture looks murky?

[KcMsterpce]

When my friend came over to watch her first HDR presentation, she said "Oh my God, the colors!"
That about sums it up for me lol

[nick4Knight]

Originally Posted by KcMsterpce

When my friend came over to watch her first HDR presentation, she said "Oh my God, the colors!"
That about sums it up for me lol

[Blu Balls]

Originally Posted by KcMsterpce

When my friend came over to watch her first HDR presentation, she said "Oh my God, the colors!"
That about sums it up for me lol

Which movie was that?

[bbwiscfan]

Picked this up for $17.76 and here are my thoughts. I really liked the transfer. To my eyes, this is nowhere near the disaster people were claiming it to be. While I do see how some scenes during the movie shift from razor sharp to slight softness, there is never a moment where it gets that bad. I think the transfer fairs far better for the most part and while I did spot an occasional hint of DNR (Gary Sinese first meeting Gump), it wasn't egregious. The positives are there and detail is pretty remarkable. When Forrest is running towards Jenny's home when they are kids, everything about the image is razor sharp; detail is abundant from the crops all the way out in the distance. Colors are reproduced nicely here too (the scene when Forrest stares out in the sunset while on his boat is just lovely) or when he's running with the crowd behind him.

I'm keeping this short, but while this won't be a Sony type home run on UHD, I still like it over the blu-ray counterpart and I think its worth the upgrade. I'm happy to have spend the $18 on it and I would recommend this.

[Law212]

I bought this and watched it saturday night. Havent watched it in many years. I thought it looked great and the movie itself is a classic.

I also bought Gladiator and Saving Private Ryan at the same time but havent watched those yet.

[AKORIS]

well I just ordered a copy today from AMAZON... it's in my top 5 films of all time and I don't see another version happening anytime soon so....

[ROSS.T.G.]

I found the DNR very distracting. The jungle scenes in particular were completely smoothed over. There were some scenes that looked great but IMO this was a hack job.

[Blu Balls]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

well I just ordered a copy today from AMAZON... it's in my top 5 films of all time and I don't see another version happening anytime soon so....

That was my logic. I got it for $13, but I would still rather watch the blu ray. Now I have 2 blu ray copies!

[infiniteCR]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

It's worth it because only certain scenes seem to have DNR. I would say probably two-thirds of the film looks fantastic while the rest is still better than the BD, but should look as good as the rest.

Finished mine last night in DV. Absolutely agree, this is better than the BD, which is now in my give away pile. The color and flesh tones are so much better and the lighting was nicely done. The soft spots and DNR didn't manage to bother me enough to consider the whole thing ruined and I doubt I would have noticed them half as much if I hadn't already been mentally prepared for them.


Great upgrade for me, my initial thought that I should have waited for the bargain bin was wrong.

[evoll]

Originally Posted by infiniteCR

Finished mine last night in DV. Absolutely agree, this is better than the BD, which is now in my give away pile. The color and flesh tones are so much better and the lighting was nicely done. The soft spots and DNR didn't manage to bother me enough to consider the whole thing ruined and I doubt I would have noticed them half as much if I hadn't already been mentally prepared for them.


Great upgrade for me, my initial thought that I should have waited for the bargain bin was wrong.

Watched this last night in DV and agree with what you said. I thought it looked good and is a improvement over the BR, glad i bought it.

[Fred Bang]

What are the chances that Paramount will released a better version in the next year? If I recall correctly, there was a similar issue with the Gladiator blu-ray and a better version was made available. There even exchanged the bad copy for the better one through the mail.

[Ant1010]

Originally Posted by Fred Bang

What are the chances that Paramount will released a better version in the next year? If I recall correctly, there was a similar issue with the Gladiator blu-ray and a better version was made available. There even exchanged the bad copy for the better one through the mail.

This isn’t a defective disc, so zero chance. Gladiator and SPR both had disc issues which then was given an exchange program for people that already purchased

[Fred Bang]

Originally Posted by Ant1010

This isn’t a defective disc, so zero chance. Gladiator and SPR both had disc issues which then was given an exchange program for people that already purchased

But in the case of Gladiator, it was the overused of EE and noise reduction, no? Isn't it a similar issue here, where they could remaster the disk and tone down the noise reduction, following complaints?

[Ant1010]

Originally Posted by Fred Bang

But in the case of Gladiator, it was the overused of EE and noise reduction, no? Isn't it a similar issue here, where they could remaster the disk and tone down the noise reduction, following complaints?

Yeah but look how many people complained about Oblivion and T2 4k release. It’s such a niche market I can’t see them going back and fixing the few DNRd scenes. This is the best the film has ever looked. The use of HDR makes the film shine, the DNR only bothered me in a scene or two. It’s really not as big of a deal as some people made it out to be

[reanimator]

GUMP doesn't need a replacement. On the other hand, I've heard that Paramount has issued a version of GREASE that fixes the brief red stripe on John Travolta's head.

[IXOYE1989]

Originally Posted by reanimator

GUMP doesn't need a replacement. On the other hand, I've heard that Paramount has issued a version of GREASE that fixes the brief red stripe on John Travolta's head.

Is that for the newest 4K release? Where did you hear about this from?