Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 4K UHD 60p/3D (2016)

[legends of beyond]

Originally Posted by Herb and Skills

How about the 2016 LG Oleds?

Those support 4K 60fps.

[trippledx3]

Originally Posted by docmike

To me this is the new reference quality 4K bluray... picture is amazing on my Samsung js9500 with Samsung Uhd player

i have the exact same set up as you and i agree fully

[jerem022]

Originally Posted by tkdkid717

all of this HFR nonsense aside, what did you guys think of the movie? I'm trying to decide if its worth a blind buy.

I picked this up yesterday from Target for about $16 after the cartwheel and red card. Watched it last night, it was nice looking 4K material but the movie itself was absolute garbage. Felt like some made for TV daytime drama; horrible acting, sets were cheap and cheesy, I was bored 90% of the film... I'll be selling my copy on ebay or something very soon.

[tkdkid717]

Originally Posted by jerem022

I picked this up yesterday from Target for about $16 after the cartwheel and red card. Watched it last night, it was nice looking 4K material but the movie itself was absolute garbage. Felt like some made for TV daytime drama; horrible acting, sets were cheap and cheesy, I was bored 90% of the film... I'll be selling my copy on ebay or something very soon.

Any chance you'd be willing to part with your digital copy code?

[cooney]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

BTW there's a 40% off Cartwheel for this at Target, in case anyone in the States hasn't picked this up yet...

Just picked this up for $16ish at Target. My first UHD movie (that I can't play)! But I'm excited to check out in 3D.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by legends of beyond

Those support 4K 60fps.

I thought all 4K TVs support 60fps

[Tns49]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

I thought all 4K TVs support 60fps

No, UHD 60p isn't supported on all UHD TVs, at least on older models. At least as far as UHD Blu-ray, it requires HDMI 2.0 connection.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Tns49

No, UHD 60p isn't supported on all UHD TVs, at least on older models. At least as far as UHD Blu-ray, it requires HDMI 2.0 connection.

So what happens if you play this movie on an older 4k tv?

[Dreamliner330]

[imsounoriginal]

Thought the lead did a fantastic job and Tucker was solid, but yeah, rest of the acting was nothing great.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Thought the lead did a fantastic job and Tucker was solid, but yeah, rest of the acting was nothing great.

The only thing that makes this movie watchable is UHD quality and 60fps motion...Take those 2 elements away and the movie is utter garbage

[Dreamliner330]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

The only thing that makes this movie watchable is UHD quality and 60fps motion...Take those 2 elements away and the movie is utter garbage

I agree. The sequence during the actual halftime show was actually pretty great. But there were scenes that had laughably bad acting.

My UHD skipped when Steve Martin was first introduced at about 39 minutes in. I think I might take that opportunity to return this instead of replacing it.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner330

I agree. The sequence during the actual halftime show was actually pretty great. But there were scenes that had laughably bad acting.

My UHD skipped when Steve Martin was first introduced at about 39 minutes in. I think I might take that opportunity to return this instead of replacing it.

That bad? Lol [emoji16]

[Dreamliner330]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

That bad? Lol [emoji16]

Well, the only reason to keep is the technical aspects of the UHD.

It is pretty interesting to see how this movie presents Americas attitude towards the troops and PTSD. I actually think it does both rather accurately. It's probably the best part of the movie.

People who like this movie probably like the emotions it creates rather than the story, which is simply a vehicle to create those emotions.

[Tns49]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

So what happens if you play this movie on an older 4k tv?

Gets downscaled by your player. Not sure if it goes UHD 24/30 or what. It may depend on your player and TV combination.

[RyRyMcNizzy13]

I watched this yesterday and got to say it was a pretty terrible movie. For me, the way I buy movies is to enhance the movies I enjoy watching and I did not enjoy this. Luckily I didn't buy it (which reviews on here almost convinced me to do) because it was a boring lifeless movie for me.

[Resettito]

Let's not forget that your perception of the acting is going to be very different watching it in UHD than at 24 fps, Lee mentioned this, because you see so much more, that's it.

Even the nastiest reviews have had to acknowledge that Joe Alwyn, in his first film role (he literally was still studying acting when he got the gig), as Billy is really fantastic.

Garrett Hedlund is another standout. The rest of the cast is fine, they do the job.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Tns49

Gets downscaled by your player. Not sure if it goes UHD 24/30 or what. It may depend on your player and TV combination.

AFAIK there's no 24/30p 'downmix' at all, it either plays in 60p or it doesn't. In my case it plays in 4K60 8-bit 4:2:0 SDR 709, as per the bandwidth restrictions of the 10.2 Gb/s HDMI 2.0 'lite' chips that reside inside my TV.

[RockyIII]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner330

Well, the only reason to keep is the technical aspects of the UHD.

It is pretty interesting to see how this movie presents Americas attitude towards the troops and PTSD. I actually think it does both rather accurately. It's probably the best part of the movie.

People who like this movie probably like the emotions it creates rather than the story, which is simply a vehicle to create those emotions.

The cynicism and shallowness portrayed in this movie is very close in style to what you can see in mini series House of Cards

[Dreamliner330]

Originally Posted by RockyIII

The cynicism and shallowness portrayed in this movie is very close in style to what you can see in mini series House of Cards

I don't disagree with what you're saying but I think it was intentional. The movie tries to tackle a very difficult and real problem which is PTSD and also the over all the way Americans seem to treat our military; which is rather unique.

The acting was not great and sometimes awful but the movie is successful at making you feel uncomfortable and not happy. It is not a feel-good movie. I think the way it was put together was intentional in order to elicit an emotional response. I don't think it intends to portray the American public and shallow but more how it is perceived by retuning soldiers.

PTSD is a real problem. The homelessness and suicide rates among veterans is extremely high. If we have to send them to war, we should also have to take care of them when they get back.

Oddly enough, as much as I don't like this movie, I am hugely conflicted on whether to keep it.