The Descent and The Covenant - Blu-ray Forum

BallsHD · 02-23-2007, 12:12 AM

for the people that have seen these movies on blu-ray, tell me how they are as a movie and how they look. i'm planning on picking them both up soon.

FilmmakingFiasco · 02-23-2007, 12:50 AM

I own The Descent (picked it up used for $13). I hadn't seen it before. The PQ looks pretty good. Nice blacks, lush green images. The movie itself is okay. It's starts pretty slow then finally picks up about 40 minutes in. I watched it with several other people and they made fun of the movie the whole time. But when the 'monsters' came out, everyone got quiet really quick. I haven't watched it since but I wouldn't mind showing it to someone else.

MrBogey · 02-23-2007, 01:30 AM

The Covenant is top notch in terms of picture quality. The story is rather formulaic and easily followed. But it's not bad. Kind of movie engineered for youths.

BallsHD · 02-23-2007, 01:33 AM

thats cool. yeah i think the covenant seems like a movie in the same kind of engineering as a movie like cry wolf which i liked (i'm 17 now, 15 when cry wolf came out), and highdefdigest gave the covenant 5/5 stars for pq so thats enough for me. and also the descent is supposed to be an actually good horror movie according to rottentomatoes and highdefdigest. and since there are so many awful horror movies out there in the last couple of years, i'm eager to see how different the descent might be then movies like the hills have eyes and all of that wes craven garbage. thnx alot fellas

blublublu · 02-23-2007, 01:39 AM

If not a teenager, I wouldn't bother with The Covenant. I rented this one, but my significant other and me could not make it past the first ten minutes.

BallsHD · 02-23-2007, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by blublublu

If not a teenager, I wouldn't bother with The Covenant. I rented this one, but my significant other and me could not make it past the first ten minutes.

haha yeah i hope i'll like the movie more than that but people are telling me it's that bad

goodstuff · 02-23-2007, 12:59 PM

The Descent I have and it's one of my fave BD's. Great picture, sound, movie...the whole package.

BallsHD · 02-23-2007, 04:47 PM

yeah i got a list of about 10 more bds for my next purchase. going to be sweet

d0uble0se7en · 02-24-2007, 12:50 AM

I just rented the descent and thought the pq was pretty good, but the movie was only so-so. I don't think it's as intelligent as I've heard some people say it is...it's pretty much a horror flick with monsters. It was saved a bit by the ending in the Unrated version (BE SURE TO WATCH THIS ONE AND NOT THE RATED--it's so much better and all because of 30 seconds added). As for the Covenant...I have yet to get ahold of it but I've been wanting to see the pq for awhile since many say it's good, but overall it sounds like it was made for showing off abercrombie models.

MyXBR3isMygf · 02-24-2007, 04:45 AM

Descent is good. Nothing stellar.

Speaking of nothing stellar...there was 1 copy of AvP at best buy today so I got it.

AvP was a let down. I expected a much cleaner picture. 46" XBR3, hdmi...and it was pretty grainy. Using a PS3 here.

also got the departed. havent watched it yet

BLu-Balls · 02-24-2007, 12:10 PM

I own the Covenant and I dont see myself watching that movie anytime soon

Ralph P. · 02-24-2007, 01:24 PM

Greetings,

I own both the Covenant and The Descent. It has been quite some time since I was a teenager however I enjoyed The Covenant. The Descent was just OK but I have only watched it once and intend to give it another spin.

In terms of picture quality I would rate The Covenant just a bit higher than the Descent overall but both have their strengths.

Sound quality in both respects are top notch.

digital.view · 02-24-2007, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BallsHD

for the people that have seen these movies on blu-ray, tell me how they are as a movie and how they look. i'm planning on picking them both up soon.

Although both movies are teenage type films. The PQ is great for both. And "The Descent" has 6.1 PCM and "The Covenant" has 5.1 PCM...

I love listening to the intro song remix of "More Human Than Human (Meet Bambi In The King’s Harem Mix) - White Zombie!" at the start of the movie.

And I'm only playing in toslnk PCM 2.0. I can only imaging what that song sounds like in PCM 5.1 via HDMI.

BallsHD · 02-24-2007, 08:43 PM

thnx alot guys for your posts and i'm not ending it if anyone else has any opinions on these movies them go right ahead

02-23-2007, 12:12 AM	#1
BallsHD Banned Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Boston, MA	The Descent and The Covenant for the people that have seen these movies on blu-ray, tell me how they are as a movie and how they look. i'm planning on picking them both up soon.

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02-23-2007, 12:50 AM	#2
FilmmakingFiasco Expert Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Minneapolis, MN Blu-ray collection:297 Trading Score:17	I own The Descent (picked it up used for $13). I hadn't seen it before. The PQ looks pretty good. Nice blacks, lush green images. The movie itself is okay. It's starts pretty slow then finally picks up about 40 minutes in. I watched it with several other people and they made fun of the movie the whole time. But when the 'monsters' came out, everyone got quiet really quick. I haven't watched it since but I wouldn't mind showing it to someone else.

02-23-2007, 01:30 AM	#3
MrBogey Expert Member Member since:Jan 2007	The Covenant is top notch in terms of picture quality. The story is rather formulaic and easily followed. But it's not bad. Kind of movie engineered for youths.

02-23-2007, 01:33 AM	#4
BallsHD Banned Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Boston, MA	thats cool. yeah i think the covenant seems like a movie in the same kind of engineering as a movie like cry wolf which i liked (i'm 17 now, 15 when cry wolf came out), and highdefdigest gave the covenant 5/5 stars for pq so thats enough for me. and also the descent is supposed to be an actually good horror movie according to rottentomatoes and highdefdigest. and since there are so many awful horror movies out there in the last couple of years, i'm eager to see how different the descent might be then movies like the hills have eyes and all of that wes craven garbage. thnx alot fellas

02-23-2007, 01:39 AM	#5
blublublu Banned Member since:Jan 2007	If not a teenager, I wouldn't bother with The Covenant. I rented this one, but my significant other and me could not make it past the first ten minutes.

02-23-2007, 12:59 PM	#7
goodstuff Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Oct 2006 4K collection:509 Blu-ray collection:6535 Blu-ray reviews: 85 Trading Score:6	The Descent I have and it's one of my fave BD's. Great picture, sound, movie...the whole package.

02-23-2007, 04:47 PM	#8
BallsHD Banned Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Boston, MA	yeah i got a list of about 10 more bds for my next purchase. going to be sweet

02-24-2007, 12:50 AM	#9
d0uble0se7en Active Member Member since:Jan 2007	I just rented the descent and thought the pq was pretty good, but the movie was only so-so. I don't think it's as intelligent as I've heard some people say it is...it's pretty much a horror flick with monsters. It was saved a bit by the ending in the Unrated version (BE SURE TO WATCH THIS ONE AND NOT THE RATED--it's so much better and all because of 30 seconds added). As for the Covenant...I have yet to get ahold of it but I've been wanting to see the pq for awhile since many say it's good, but overall it sounds like it was made for showing off abercrombie models.

02-24-2007, 04:45 AM	#10
MyXBR3isMygf Active Member Member since:Nov 2006	Descent is good. Nothing stellar. Speaking of nothing stellar...there was 1 copy of AvP at best buy today so I got it. AvP was a let down. I expected a much cleaner picture. 46" XBR3, hdmi...and it was pretty grainy. Using a PS3 here. also got the departed. havent watched it yet

02-24-2007, 12:10 PM	#11
BLu-Balls Expert Member Member since:Dec 2006 Location:TO Canada Blu-ray collection:867 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 10	I own the Covenant and I dont see myself watching that movie anytime soon

02-24-2007, 01:24 PM	#12
Ralph P. Active Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Middletown NY Trading Score:3	Greetings, I own both the Covenant and The Descent. It has been quite some time since I was a teenager however I enjoyed The Covenant. The Descent was just OK but I have only watched it once and intend to give it another spin. In terms of picture quality I would rate The Covenant just a bit higher than the Descent overall but both have their strengths. Sound quality in both respects are top notch.

02-24-2007, 08:43 PM	#14
BallsHD Banned Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Boston, MA	thnx alot guys for your posts and i'm not ending it if anyone else has any opinions on these movies them go right ahead

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