The Ten Commandments 4K UHD (1956)

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by slimdude

The Academy Awards always have been B.S! The movies, actors and actresses who should've won Oscars doesn't. It's political. Everybody know that The Ten Commandments should have won Best Picture that year because, it was a much better movie than Around The World in 80 Days. You should see all the crap that's been winning these awards for the past few decades. It's pathetic!

It's a toss up for me as they are both overstuffed, big budget epics with hammy, scene chewing acting; ginormous, beautiful sets; excellent, frame filling, giant screen cinematography; and loaded with Hollywood stars of the day and yesteryear cameos.

[No Name]

Originally Posted by Slimninedime

Will this be in stores on Tuesday?

Best Buy and Target won't be carrying it in store. Not sure about Wal-Mart.

[Streetlight]

I noticed alot of 4K BDs using very old 4K scans like Ten Commandments, Rear Window, and Dr. Strangelove (though that one doesn't use an OCN) don't show alot of resolution increase in caps, why is that?

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Streetlight

I noticed alot of 4K BDs using very old 4K scans like Ten Commandments, Rear Window, and Dr. Strangelove (though that one doesn't use an OCN) don't show alot of resolution increase in caps, why is that?

Part (most?) of it may very well be the source (OCN) and quality of such.

However, depending on the scanner used 11 years ago in the case of this film, it might not yield as much detail as a newer scanner but just speculating.

[chewbabka]

DD just shipped my preorder of this and Bad News Bears!

[Streetlight]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Part (most?) of it may very well be the source (OCN) and quality of such.

However, depending on the scanner used 11 years ago in the case of this film, it might not yield as much detail as a newer scanner but just speculating.

Seems as if the wisdom that resolution isn't everything applies here. Despite sourcing from an 6K scan of a prestigious film format, resolution-wise-from-a-screencap-perspective it gets beaten by newer 4K scans of less prestigious film format.

[Nothing371]

Originally Posted by slimdude

The Academy Awards always have been B.S! The movies, actors and actresses who should've won Oscars doesn't. It's political. Everybody know that The Ten Commandments should have won Best Picture that year because, it was a much better movie than Around The World in 80 Days. You should see all the crap that's been winning these awards for the past few decades. It's pathetic!

What do you mean? I like it when millionaire actors get on stage and lecture me on how to feel about social issues. They are really in-touch with what regular life is like in the urban city. (or country)

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

It's a toss up for me as they are both overstuffed, big budget epics with hammy, scene chewing acting; ginormous, beautiful sets; excellent, frame filling, giant screen cinematography; and loaded with Hollywood stars of the day and yesteryear cameos.

Besides the production, cast and crew, The Ten Commandments is a much better movie.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by Nothing371

What do you mean? I like it when millionaire actors get on stage and lecture me on how to feel about social issues. They are really in-touch with what regular life is like in the urban city. (or country)

If wasn't for the after parties to get the free food, drinks and drugs, nobody would go to those award ceremonies because they're boring as hell. The show is edited for television due to the time, but the entire ceremony is longer when you're there in person. Imagine sitting through that boredom for four hours plus.

[RustinCohle]

Decided to pick this up. It was a blind buy. I'm not religious whatsoever so that's probably why I never watched it.

[presentedin4d]

Amazon just shipped out my order. Arriving tomorrow!!!

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

Decided to pick this up. It was a blind buy. I'm not religious whatsoever so that's probably why I never watched it.

Really don't need to be religious for this one..It certainly helps, but it's also just classic Hollywood through and through. A story's a story!

[Hedrox]

This kind of looks like the 6k scan was downscaled to 2k for the 2011 BD, and then they took that BD 2K master and upscaled it back to 4k for this release.
I feel like there should definitely be more detail and better grain management if they actually went back to that 6k scan for this release.

[do.wayne.ClassicFilm]

My copy shipped from DD at $16.62. Did anybody find a better price? I posted the savings earlier.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...&postcount=388

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by Hedrox

This kind of looks like the 6k scan was downscaled to 2k for the 2011 BD, and then they took that BD 2K master and upscaled it back to 4k for this release.
I feel like there should definitely be more detail and better grain management if they actually went back to that 6k scan for this release.

As mentioned, it could be that the older 6k scan didn't pick up as much detail as the latest scanning tech, or the restoration used too much digital grain management when fixing tears and scratches, wiping away some detail in the process; or the source film just didn't have a lot of detail to begin with due to age and/or cinematography techniques used at the time.

[HD Goofnut]

Looks like I'll be getting this today. I'll hopefully have caps up by the weekend.

[FilmFreakosaurus]

Originally Posted by RustinCohle

Decided to pick this up. It was a blind buy. I'm not religious whatsoever so that's probably why I never watched it.

I never looked at this film as anything more than a 50's epic spectacle. Watch it for the sheer scale of the production. This is back when they really did have "a cast of thousands."

That said, Yul Brenner and the lovely Anne Baxter stand out with some really meaty performances, eclipsing Charlton Heston. He shifted into way too much melodrama, especially during the latter parts.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by FilmFreakosaurus

I never looked at this film as anything more than a 50's epic spectacle. Watch it for the sheer scale of the production. This is back when they really did have "a cast of thousands."

That said, Yul Brenner and the lovely Anne Baxter stand out with some really meaty performances, eclipsing Charlton Heston. He shifted into way too much melodrama, especially during the latter parts.

I've always felt that Brenner is underrated in this. Hell, I find myself telling people, "So let it be written. So let it be done." I of course get blank stares most of the time.

[do.wayne.ClassicFilm]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I find myself telling people, "So let it be written. So let it be done." I of course get blank stares most of the time.

Maybe they didn’t see the movie.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by do.wayne.ClassicFilm

Maybe they didn’t see the movie.

That would be my assumption as well, which is almost unbelievable.

[hansnfranz]

Amazon shipped my copy. Can’t wait to watch this tomorrow!