Baraka (What all blu rays should be like)

[Tempest]

Baraka on Blu Ray makes most other Blu Ray's seem like SD. The Video and Audio on this are incredible.. it might have the best video and audio of anything released to date.

If all HD movies were of this quality, they would be worth every penny of the high prices they are charging.

[jascl22]

The apostrophe in the topic title is bugging me to no end.

But you make a good point.

[Hep]

Agreed. Go here for the ongoing discussions.

[GGX]

Originally Posted by Tempest

If all HD movies were of this quality, they would be worth every penny of the high prices they are charging.

Not all movies are shot with 70mm film. So what do ya expect?

[Bobby Henderson]

Very few movies are produced in 70mm. Far fewer than that are filmed to the quality seen in Baraka.

Baraka is the current reference standard for live action movies on Blu-ray. Nothing else in live action shot on film (and absolutely NOTHING shot on freaking video) compares.

[Anti-SD]

I just watched it and was completely blown away, absolutely stunning presentation all around.

[Lepidopterous]

What's better... Baraka or I, Robot? Haven't seen either on blu.

[mhafner]

Originally Posted by Bobby Henderson

Very few movies are produced in 70mm. Far fewer than that are filmed to the quality seen in Baraka.
Baraka is the current reference standard for live action movies on Blu-ray. Nothing else in live action shot on film (and absolutely NOTHING shot on freaking video) compares.

Not really, no. I have seen better for sure. Remove the sharpening halos, then we can talk.

[Dubstar]

I'm just looking at Fox, (MGM), Warners, Sony to release the films that HAVE been shot in 70mm to transfer and release them on blu-ray

Oklahoma! (Todd-AO version)
Around the World in Eighty Days
South Pacific
Ben-Hur
Porgy and Bess
The Alamo (full roadshow version)
Exodus
West Side Story*
Lawrence of Arabia*
Mutiny on the Bounty (released on HD-DVD)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Cleopatra
The Fall of the Roman Empire
My Fair Lady*
Cheyenne Autumn
The Sound of Music
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Grand Prix (released on HD-DVD)
Doctor Dolittle
Playtime (Criterion please please release this)
Ice Station Zebra
Star!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Hello, Dolly!
Krakatoa, East of Java
Mackenna's Gold
Ryan's Daughter
Hamlet (promised by Warner's to have been released on HD-DVD and blu-ray but never released as such - recently aired on HB0-HD)

* aired on HD-Net Movies

[tbizzle]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

I'm just looking at Fox, (MGM), Warners, Sony to release the films that HAVE been shot in 70mm to transfer and release them on blu-ray

Oklahoma! (Todd-AO version)
Around the World in Eighty Days
South Pacific
Ben-Hur
Porgy and Bess
The Alamo (full roadshow version)
Exodus
West Side Story*
Lawrence of Arabia*
Mutiny on the Bounty (released on HD-DVD)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Cleopatra
The Fall of the Roman Empire
My Fair Lady*
Cheyenne Autumn
The Sound of Music
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Grand Prix (released on HD-DVD)
Doctor Dolittle
Playtime (Criterion please please release this)
Ice Station Zebra
Star!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Hello, Dolly!
Krakatoa, East of Java
Mackenna's Gold
Ryan's Daughter
Hamlet (promised by Warner's to have been released on HD-DVD and blu-ray but never released as such - recently aired on HB0-HD)

* aired on HD-Net Movies

awesome, i'm pretty young and i haven't seen a lot of these. can't wait to catch up on some classics

[DaViD Boulet]

Originally Posted by GGX

Not all movies are shot with 70mm film. So what do ya expect?

Yes, but even many movies with superior large-format negatives (Patton) end up looking dumbed-down on blu-ray because of inferior film-to-digital transfer technology, being sourced from later-generation elements, and/or improper digital processing.

[GGX]

Originally Posted by DaViD Boulet

Yes, but even many movies with superior large-format negatives (Patton) end up looking dumbed-down on blu-ray because of inferior film-to-digital transfer technology, being sourced from later-generation elements, and/or improper digital processing.

I agree with you on that. The DNR on Patton is terrible.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by GGX

I agree with you on that. The DNR on Patton is terrible.

let's just hope this is NOT a trend from Fox.

[Ben]

It has been well established that Patton was a rare and singular happening with respect to the DNR. In short, it was a screwup that somehow got out and you can bet that Fox won't let it happen again.

[Dubstar]

Originally Posted by Ben

It has been well established that Patton was a rare and singular happening with respect to the DNR. In short, it was a screwup that somehow got out and you can bet that Fox won't let it happen again.

and yet they also screw up the Todd-AO attrocity 'Oklahoma!' on standard dvd - they better rectify this on blu, if not fists will fly.