Four Brothers Reviews & Discussion

[Chris Beveridge]

So I popped this one in last night and watched it in its entirety. First time seeing the movie so I have nothing to compare it to, but damn if I wasn't impressed. Looks great, sounded solid and was an enjoyable revenge flick with the right humor and plenty of basic street violence. Nice little twists and enjoyable characters.

The more I watch these films the more I'm hard pressed to watch HD anywhere else. The differences between it and cable (and Boston is NOT bit-starved, so we get good stuff) is more and more noticeable with each viewing. I can see people saying this movie doesn't "pop" or stand out in an HD way, but what it does do is provide a very solid presentation of the film as I imagine Singleton would have wanted. It's clean and clear and free of background noise. If this is what's considered average, then we're in for some real treats as time goes on.

[ProvenFlipper]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

The more I watch these films the more I'm hard pressed to watch HD anywhere else. The differences between it and cable (and Boston is NOT bit-starved, so we get good stuff) is more and more noticeable with each viewing. I can see people saying this movie doesn't "pop" or stand out in an HD way, but what it does do is provide a very solid presentation of the film as I imagine Singleton would have wanted. It's clean and clear and free of background noise. If this is what's considered average, then we're in for some real treats as time goes on.

I feel the same way. It wasn't a movie that made me go 'wow' that's awesome, but it was a very clean and consistant presentation of the movie. I still have yet to get my hands on Sleepy Hollow or Tomb Raider, but tomorrow I will be picking up Aeon Flux, so I will have some more Paramount titles to assess their PQ before MI: Box Set

[shamus]

Originally Posted by Chris Beveridge

So I popped this one in last night and watched it in its entirety. First time seeing the movie so I have nothing to compare it to, but damn if I wasn't impressed. Looks great, sounded solid and was an enjoyable revenge flick with the right humor and plenty of basic street violence. Nice little twists and enjoyable characters.

The more I watch these films the more I'm hard pressed to watch HD anywhere else. The differences between it and cable (and Boston is NOT bit-starved, so we get good stuff) is more and more noticeable with each viewing. I can see people saying this movie doesn't "pop" or stand out in an HD way, but what it does do is provide a very solid presentation of the film as I imagine Singleton would have wanted. It's clean and clear and free of background noise. If this is what's considered average, then we're in for some real treats as time goes on.

Not just that Chris, but Im having a really hard time watching standard DVD's. I feel like everything is out of focus and it starts to give me a headache..

[GTP]

http://www.dvdtown.com/article/param...titlesre/40911

Four Brothers is reportedly mpeg-2...so this should put an end to the VC-1 is superior brainwashing that most have fallen for.

BD-50 will prove to be much more significant than VC-1in the near future.....wait an see .

[GTP]

The cut to the chase is.. "The picture quality ranks among the better titles thus far."
"The quality is consistent and nicely detailed throughout the film."

[Jeff®]

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/fourbrothers.html

Four Brothers (Blu-ray)

Reviewed by Peter M. Bracke

"'Four Brothers' hits Blu-ray resented in 2.35:1 widescreen and encoded as 1080p/MPEG-2 video, and like its HD DVD counterpart it looks quite nice. 'Four Brothers' has a more polished and crisp visual style than you might expect for an "urban" film, with bold colors and a rich, detailed look. Minted from the same source material as the HD DVD, there are no blemishes, dropouts or other artifacts to mar the image. Blacks are deep and consistent even in the darkest scenes, and though there is some inherent grain visible it gives the transfer the appropriate film-like look. Contrast is rather natural and sharpness generally excellent as well."

[Dubliner1]

Many blurays released years and years ago such as this were missing lossless audio.

[NY Yankees 23 2]

I dont get how this was just reviewed? Is this a new re-release cause I thought the original only had Dolby Digital audio?

[secretsquirrel]

Originally Posted by Dubliner1

Many blurays released years and years ago such as this were missing lossless audio.

Do any of the newer 2 movies packs have lossless audio? Or same as the original?