Ceptorman Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 That's ironic….I DVR'd Ronin last night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Ronin was .... eh... one pretty good car chase, but frankly the movie kind of sucked. A better movie with a much better car chase is 'To Live And Die In LA' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgtfreek Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) Black Hat It was OK, not bad but felt like it could have been more. PQ was very sharp at times in a very good looking digital, and several of the scenes were shot in a way that reminded me of Collateral (another Mann movie). AQ was spotty. In a few of the gunfights and the end it was very very good. The big gun fight in the middle of the movie was LOUD, and pretty awesome, but there were times where you couldn't even hear folks or it seemed something was wrong. Noted by other blu-ray reviewers as well. I watched at 0.0 reference volume and found myself having trouble hearing certain scenes of dialogue, and then when the action scenes hit it was "damn". Black Hat Edited June 21, 2015 by gadgtfreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASLS2 Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 A view to a kill. Roger showed his age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Kingsman... fun movie for sure. I enjoyed it more the first time when I saw it at the theaters, and it still pisses me off that they killed off the Harry Hart / Galahad character. Bluray looks decent, but the FX's dont translate well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Braveheart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 (edited) Windtalkers Edited June 22, 2015 by Sancho Panza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdnfay1 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Love these old Hammer horror flicks. Sad to see Mr. Lee passed. Great actor. Edited June 23, 2015 by Bigdnfay1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cradeldorf Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Walk Hard The dewey Cox story. It's better than I expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) Blackhat: Base on cyber espionage and terrorist staring Chris Hemsworth is a very decent rental. Good PQ and audio. I am not sure why the other reviewer found parts difficult to hear. Some of the ULF was more than the scene called for. The plot is believable and one can see how this is a real life problem. The movie seems slow at time to build the stories suspense. Edited June 26, 2015 by derrickdj1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 The Wachowski's have demonstrated that there's a fine line between genius & complete madness. The first Matrix = genius... the 2nd & 3rd, not so much. Their groundbreaking sci-fi trilogy was sadly followed by 2 mega box office bombs; Speed Racer & Cloud Atlas (I couldn't stand either of those films, both were equally awful). So, a few years back when I first heard that Jupiter Ascending was in the works, I thought Andy & Lana might finally have a chance to recapture their sci-fi glory. Signs of trouble began early, suffering from multiple rewrites, multiple re-shoots, production delays to rework & re-edit the film & even further delays to complete the special effects & CGI. Eventually the $200 million dollar film was pulled from the 2014 Summer schedule & dumped & buried (7 months later) into a February 2015 slot. No surprise it bombed, making only $47 million in the US. Despite that I was still very eager to see Jupiter Ascending, as box office never determines whether I like or dislike a film. So is this a good movie? No. (lol) It's sooo bad. The casting was bad, the acting was bad, Mila Kunis was absolutely horrible in the female lead (a cardboard cutout of Flo, from the Progressive commercials could have done a better job). The reluctant hero (Channing Tatum) mumbled his way thru the movie (I actually had to turn on the subtitles to understand what he was saying). There were "3" so-called villains & they were more like brief cameos than actual villains (we never even learn what happened to 2 of them). Eddie Redmayne was plagued with absurd over acting. The dialog for everyone was bad, the contrasting opening set up was dumb & out of place, I think you get the idea (lol). A couple days after watching it—out of curiosity, I threw in the 3D version. WOW! The PQ of the standard version was great, but the 3D transfer is straight up amazing. I own about (25) 3D Blu-ray's & Jupiter Ascending is by far the best of the bunch, no contest. The color pallet, the special effects, the action scenes & the cityscapes are extremely crisp & vivid & they all come to life perfectly in 3D (Chicago never looked better). So, at least the Jupiter Ascending qualifies as a 1st rate demo worthy 3D disc. And its good to have, because this might be the last movie we ever see from the Wachowski's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pintoracer Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Jupiter Asceding was bad. The only good thing in the movie for me was getting to see Terry Gilliam on screen for a few brief moments. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Gotta watch Forrest Gump, Gone With the Wind, Gods & Generals, et Cetera, before I have to turn in my copies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHASLS2 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 The spy who loved me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 More garbage tonight. Complete train wreck from start to finish. Not sure how Ridley Scott can screw this story up... but he did. Can't think of one thing I enjoyed about Exodus, well the horses were nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapsnb01 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Olympus Has Fallen Popped it in after I missed most of it on TV. Enjoyable show and the SQ is solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TasDom Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Crappie....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadgtfreek Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 (edited) More garbage tonight. Complete train wreck from start to finish. Not sure how Ridley Scott can screw this story up... but he did. Can't think of one thing I enjoyed about Exodus, well the horses were nice. Yeah, we just skipped that one after the reviews. I also decided to skip Chappie too. Seventh Son tonight On another note, my uncle won a PS4 in a raffle and gave it to me. I set it all up earlier in the main HT and tested it with spears and munsil. Did well, be curios to see how it "looks" tonight. They did make it where you have to bring up options once the disc is in, and turn off NR and turn on bitstreaming of audio. Edited June 28, 2015 by gadgtfreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I think Rupert Murdoch screw up Exodus... Gods and Kings. He backed the film and had to much input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Luckily I enjoy Michael Bay & Transformers because this is the best Atmos track available right now. The 3D is also excellent from start to finish. Probably watched this a dozen times since it came out. Always a fun way to fill the room. PQ & AQ is outstanding. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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