A Clockwork Orange! (HD DVD was better)??????

[dgator783]

its pretty damn good in my opinion.....esp considering its from the early 70s....its not the best compared to others, but a fine transfer


heres the video review:

Clockwork Orange is going to always be a controversial film in high definition circles for its very specific and rough visual style. The film came about at a time when Kubrick had started experimenting with higher speed film stock as well as custom lenses and cameras. His fascination for filming in available light also began at this time. Combining all of these methods doesn’t exactly make for the smoothest and “prettiest” visual quality and that is definitely reflected in this Blu-ray presentation. The film is framed at 1.66:1, so you will experience black bars on the sides of your high definition image. This is intentional, so please don’t adjust your set. I’ve seen complaints that this title doesn’t offer an appreciable upgrade from the standard DVD versions that have been presented over the years. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The film’s vivid and stark colors are vastly improved over previous DVD versions and are now more nicely saturated and natural. The slow-motion high-speed photography that appears in several scenes is also much improved with an increase in clarity and stability. There is quite a lot of grain in the film, which is to be expected given the filming methods employed in A Clockwork Orange. I found that overall detail is improved with an emphasis on revealing more of the film’s natural grain structure. A film like A Clockwork Orange isn’t supposed to look like 2001. This is a work of art and the Blu-ray version captures it beautifully. Unfortunately, there are a few areas of concern in this transfer. I noticed several bits of what appeared to be macroblocking during the film. Banding also reared its ugly head on a few occasions as well. There's really no excuse for allowing these kinds of issues to crop up on a film of this level of importance. Perhaps a little more bandwidth could have been spared for the film to prevent these issues from cropping up. Regardless, this is still a nice transfer with plenty of merit.


dont listen to the fud from the op....