Swordfish

[Ascended_Saiyan]

My favorite line from the review is:

As John pointed out in the summary section, Halle Berry looks exquisite in high definition and every pixel is worth a look when she is on screen.

The guy actually liked a blu-ray movie, I think im going to have a heart attack.

[vick vega]

Didn't halle berry get an extra 250,000.00 per boob for that one scene?

[Jeff®]

http://www.hometheaterspot.com/htsth...?sequence=1573
Swordfish (Blu-ray Disc)

By Chad Varnadore

"Which brings me to my first concern; the video sports such a complete absence of grain that, considering its 35mm origins, makes me question fidelity. It’s sure to look great to the masses that still haven’t acclimated from their former 27” sets and aren’t accustomed to seeing natural film generated noise outside of their local cinema. But, it’s been said by Sony that the filtering of grain prior to compression is one thing that has made VC1 so successful with consumers, not its inherent superiority. And seeing discs like this, as fantastic as it looks, it makes me wonder if such is more than blowing smoke. There are numerous soft spots that just don’t quite fit the occasion....."

"English and French DD 5.1 and Spanish DD 2.0 sound offerings are included with this release and boy does it get the blood pumping. The quieter moments of the film like to stay up front, but the action sequences are a tour de force of adrenaline pumping effects that completely wrap you in a thick blanket of sound...."

[Rio]

"[/B]Which brings me to my first concern; the video sports such a complete absence of grain that, considering its 35mm origins, makes me question fidelity. It’s sure to look great to the masses that still haven’t acclimated from their former 27” sets and aren’t accustomed to seeing natural film generated noise outside of their local cinema. But, it’s been said by Sony that the filtering of grain prior to compression is one thing that has made VC1 so successful with consumers, not its inherent superiority. And seeing discs like this, as fantastic as it looks, it makes me wonder if such is more than blowing smoke. There are numerous soft spots that just don’t quite fit the occasion.....[B]"

I agree this. That is the common characteristic seen on basically every Warner titles. Almost all of them look "clean", less grains than other studios', and this certainly helps encoding. This "cleaner" look are also found even on Warner's MPEG2 titles like Training Days, so I guess it's a characteristic of the master which is used for encoding. I'm not sure whether this "master" is an original one or the one made for the compression.