Dunkirk 4K UHD (2017)

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

If anything, I was surprised at how clean and uniform the sky scenes were considering that I was watching in HDR10 and not in Dolby Vision

You think in the future they might re-release Dunkirk in dts Vision 8K?

[Badrock63]

Originally Posted by Synchg

just rented this on fandangonow in UHD for 5.99. SDR 4K. Looks gorgeous. The movie itself on the other hand, yikes. Its like christopher nolan knew it was a borefest, so he deliberately made it non-linear to spice it up. Leave it up to nolan to bore me with a war movie, mama mia!

Anyone else on their thoughts on just the movie it's self? Don't want to spend $30 on a movie I am going to watch once because it is boring.

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by Doctorossi

I'm a professional.

[AdubW1982]

Originally Posted by Badrock63

Anyone else on their thoughts on just the movie it's self? Don't want to spend $30 on a movie I am going to watch once because it is boring.

Yeah, it's really freakin boring. I was surprised too because I pretty much like all of Nolan's films. It's a rent, definitely not a blind buy.

[TitusTroy]

I thought the movie was a bit over-rated but the 4K (and even 1080p) picture quality looks reference in every sense of the word

[Hucksta G]

Originally Posted by Badrock63

Anyone else on their thoughts on just the movie it's self? Don't want to spend $30 on a movie I am going to watch once because it is boring.

I think you'll find most people like it. It's baffling to me that some one could find it boring but as the internet has taught me you're never going to please everyone

[SplitScreen]

Just got done watching this and thought that the overall presentation was stunning. Beautiful looking 4k and I actually really enjoyed the movie. Didn't find it the least bit boring as others have said. Pulled me in from the start and kept my attention throughout.

The only negatives I noticed was the occasional flicker or shimmer in some shots. This flicker was mostly in the earlier portion of the movie. It was relatively brief, but noticeable, compared to the rest of the transfer. It only lasted a couple seconds and was then gone. The shimmer seemed to be in the background on a couple of wave or water shots but I wasn't sure if that wasn't just wind moving spray across the water? But, again it was noticeable. Also there was some weird very light pinkish coloured macroblocking (?) in a couple of the daytime sky/cloud shots in the background. It wasn't severe and also seemed earlier on in the movie. After a couple of obvious shots I didn't see it anymore so I don't know what would have caused that.

The sound was excellent and the score worked really well I thought. Glad I blind bought this. The reviews on the film were really mixed so I didn't know whether it was just going to be a case of great 4k but crap movie. I'm happy to say it's great in both respects for me. I liked the unconventional structuring of the movie with the POV approach to the story. Felt it was quite an experience once over.

[finalmattasy]

Originally Posted by Harpua

My UPS surge protector registered faults while watching this movie 10 dbs under reference. I've never had this happen with another movie and now seeing other folks having issues with audio has me wondering. It started with the explosions on the beach and the dive bombing of the German aircraft. I ended up lowering the volume to continue watching it as it kept knocking out my entire system.

I'm going to try and redistribute some of components that are running off it to see if it changes things this weekend.

The mix on this in the theatre seemed to go for realism more than any other war movie I've seen. Real gunshots wreck ears; and Dunkirk gunshots wreck sound systems. Immersive!

I was bludgeoned by this movie in 70mm Imax, looking forward to the 4k tonight.

[js666]

Originally Posted by Badrock63

Anyone else on their thoughts on just the movie it's self? Don't want to spend $30 on a movie I am going to watch once because it is boring.

Demo-wise, its a disc to own. The movie itself is another story. Frankly, it’s a bit over-rated to me, like most of Nolan’s movie. My 2 cents...

[dommie]

Originally Posted by js666

Demo-wise, its a disc to own. The movie itself is another story. Frankly, it’s a bit over-rated to me, like most of Nolan’s movie. My 2 cents...

Yep. I would have to agree. For me Dunkirk, while techincally superb, left me wanting more from the actual narrative. I haven't watched my 4K yet and have only seen the film once upon its initial release. I'll have to see if I still feel the same after looking at it again. Actually, for all the attention Nolan's films get, I have a largely "Just OK" feel for most of his library. Having said that though, I must say that Inception is one of my favorite films of all time, and as such, the best Nolan film yet IMHO. The Dark Knight is my second favorite Nolan film.

[js666]

Originally Posted by dommie

Yep. I would have to agree. For me Dunkirk, while techincally superb, left me wanting more from the actual narrative. I haven't watched my 4K yet and have only seen the film once upon its initial release. I'll have to see if I still feel the same after looking at it again. Actually, for all the attention Nolan's films get, I have a largely "Just OK" feel for most of his library. Having said that though, I must say that Inception is one of my favorite films of all time, and as such, the best Nolan film yet IMHO. The Dark Knight is my second favorite Nolan film.

Probably The Prestige for me. I actually liked Interstellar when I first saw it, but after repeated viewings, the plot holes were just too much for me to ignore.
Watching Dunkirk is like having blue b****. Well, maybe not that bad. LOL

[finalmattasy]

Originally Posted by js666

Probably The Prestige for me. I actually liked Interstellar when I first saw it, but after repeated viewings, the plot holes were just too much for me to ignore.
Watching Dunkirk is like having blue b****. Well, maybe not that bad. LOL

I'd like to see The Prestige again. Nolan to me is like Spielberg. He gets huge budgets to make western propaganda films. PG ratings with cliche dialogue. He still has made some incredible sequences, some of which are supremely amazing for being on IMAX. But I think there's narrative focus problems with all of his movies.

He's kinda like that nerdy kid in school who's really smart, and just goes on and on about things that aren't necessarily interesting from a holistic point of view. Then because the movie is also somewhat cliche, and somewhat propagandic, it can really start grating on the nerves! Especially when some of the concepts and approaches are so wonderfully unique, and the production values are off the charts. Still I've already paid full price for 4 of these 7 new hdr titles.

Inception is my fave I think. Don't like the overlong and trite action sequences, but it's got a killer ending and a great overall concept. I wish Interstellar had ended right when the black hole bookshelf collapsed.

[finalmattasy]

Originally Posted by alexanderg823

anyone else having audio drop outs with this title on a few occasions when big explosions hit? happens no matter how low or high i have my volume set.

I have the same problems. It doesn't look like it's to do with bandwidth. I tried a few cables, and a few of the ports on my tv. It clicks at the same points every time. The English DTS track is the only one that seems to mute out. I'm using the Sony UBP X800, on a Sony x900 tv. Using the tv's speakers.

As an example, does yours clip at 1:03:39? On my disk it's the fourth or fifth mute.

[ocielz]

Well just got back from BB and returned my first copy. Got home and checked the 4k discs and found some small scratches......this is just ridiculous:'(

I'll have to test out the movie again and hopefully it doesn't pause on any area.

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[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by dommie

Yep. I would have to agree. For me Dunkirk, while techincally superb, left me wanting more from the actual narrative. I haven't watched my 4K yet and have only seen the film once upon its initial release. I'll have to see if I still feel the same after looking at it again. Actually, for all the attention Nolan's films get, I have a largely "Just OK" feel for most of his library. Having said that though, I must say that Inception is one of my favorite films of all time, and as such, the best Nolan film yet IMHO. The Dark Knight is my second favorite Nolan film.

Strip the quality picture and huge sound, and what do we have left?

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[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by TitusTroy

I thought the movie was a bit over-rated but the 4K (and even 1080p) picture quality looks reference in every sense of the word

Any memorable scenes we will all want to watch again and again?

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[zallapo]

Originally Posted by SplitScreen

The only negatives I noticed was the occasional flicker or shimmer in some shots. This flicker was mostly in the earlier portion of the movie. It was relatively brief, but noticeable, compared to the rest of the transfer. It only lasted a couple seconds and was then gone. The shimmer seemed to be in the background on a couple of wave or water shots but I wasn't sure if that wasn't just wind moving spray across the water? But, again it was noticeable. Also there was some weird very light pinkish coloured macroblocking (?) in a couple of the daytime sky/cloud shots in the background. It wasn't severe and also seemed earlier on in the movie. After a couple of obvious shots I didn't see it anymore so I don't know what would have caused that.

Yeah the film is riddled with macroblocking in the skies and bad compression in the blacks. Seems like a common thing with Warner Bros titles

[finalmattasy]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

Any memorable scenes we will all want to watch again and again?

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I think so. I think Nolan has some incredible moments in all of his movies. With the sparse dialogue and various storylines, the editing in this one is really unique. For instance the long descent of Tom Hardy's plane interspersed with other scenes. The sight of modern day houses behind his plane. The climax scene, from right after the sailor lies to Cillian Murphy's character until the fuel/water ignites; this is one of the best things I've ever seen when set in the context of the whole movie. I just wish the sound worked properly on my disc.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by finalmattasy

I think so. I think Nolan has some incredible moments in all of his movies. With the sparse dialogue and various storylines, the editing in this one is really unique. For instance the long descent of Tom Hardy's plane interspersed with other scenes. The sight of modern day houses behind his plane. The climax scene, from right after the sailor lies to Cillian Murphy's character until the fuel/water ignites, is one of the best things I've ever seen; when set in the context of the whole movie. I just wish the sound worked properly on my disc.

I can respect that. To me this was a visual and acoustic feast but with a lack of actual memorable content. None of the characters seemed memorable to me, or strong enough to leave a mark.



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[Kingchin]

Originally Posted by finalmattasy

I'd like to see The Prestige again. Nolan to me is like Spielberg. He gets huge budgets to make western propaganda films. PG ratings with cliche dialogue. He still has made some incredible sequences, some of which are supremely amazing for being on IMAX. But I think there's narrative focus problems with all of his movies.

He's kinda like that nerdy kid in school who's really smart, and just goes on and on about things that aren't necessarily interesting from a holistic point of view. Then because the movie is also somewhat cliche, and somewhat propagandic, it can really start grating on the nerves! Especially when some of the concepts and approaches are so wonderfully unique, and the production values are off the charts. Still I've already paid full price for 4 of these 7 new hdr titles.

Inception is my fave I think. Don't like the overlong and trite action sequences, but it's got a killer ending and a great overall concept. I wish Interstellar had ended right when the black hole bookshelf collapsed.

C'mon Christopher Nolan isn't anywhere near the the same level as Steven Spielberg, ET, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Indiana Jones Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Jaws etc to name a few of the all time classic movies.

As for PG true a lot of Spielbergs movies are rated age PG but that's because they're the kind of movies that don't need much violence gore swearing etc. And you reference to Nolan being like Spielberg falls apart for Dunkirk. Saving Private Ryan was rated age 15 had plenty of violence for a war movie, Dunkirk is rated age 12a has watered down violence for a war movie.