03-26-2010, 05:12 PM
Hola,
No me habia fijado en la puntuacion al video en bluray.com:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Lord- ... view/5174/
Blu-ray review
Movie 5.0
Video 3.5
Audio 5.0
Extras 2.0
Overall 4.0
Alright, bad news first. The Fellowship of the Ring hobbles out of the Black Gate of Mordor with a pudgy 1080p/VC-1 transfer that will leave videophiles shaking their heads. The image is inconsistent from the outset, a persistent instability leaves the credits and other elements looking as if they're going to dislodge from the screen and clatter to the floor, colors are a tad overcooked, and fine detail is continually undermined by some rather obvious digital noise reduction (DNR). That's not to say all is lost -- entire sequences, primarily those in the Mines of Moria and the landing at Parth Galen, still manage to make a reasonable impact, and the whole of the presentation handily bests its DVD counterparts -- but faces are often scrubbed, Ngila Dickson's elaborate costumes don't always pop, and nighttime shots can be particularly murky (poor Bilbo's birthday party is nearly spoiled). Worse, many key sequences are afflicted with a prevailing softness. Gandalf's visit to the Shire is a rough one, the Council of Elrond is overshadowed by medicore definition and bland textures, and Weathertop offers a stormier encounter than it should. Granted, Jackson employs a variety of camera techniques throughout Fellowship that are meant to lend scenes an otherworldly temperament, but it's easy to spot where Jackson's intentions end and Warner's average transfer begins. Alas, the hits keep on coming. The film's faint veneer of grain is occasionally little more than a soupy mess (that will easily be confused with minor artifacting), edge enhancement has been applied throughout, and crush, flickering, and wavering are regular (albeit minor) offenders. Sigh...I suspect that FotR hasn't been properly remastered. Has the studio simply taken an old master, tweaked it for high definition, and tossed it to the wargs, warts and all? Those who aren't sensitive to DNR may be satisfied with the results, but those who can't help but notice its side effects will be underwhelmed.
Fellowship's individual video score? Sad to say, it nets a 2.5 from me... although those who aren't typically bothered by DNR will probably push their scores as high as a 3.5.
Thankfully, popping in The Two Towers and The Return of the King will soothe some of the seething rage Fellowship induces. Within minutes, The Two Towers' 1080p/VC-1 transfer outclasses its cumbersome predecessor, offering more natural skintones, more beautiful colors, stronger, more reliable contrast, and deeper, more satisfying blacks. Even though Andrew Lesnie's palette is noticeably bleaker than its savory Fellowship cousin, its Blu-ray presentation is more faithful to its source. Fine textures haven't been completely blotted away, tattered rocks and weather-worn cloaks are quite sharp, and hair and pores are largely intact. Note Gandalf's beard and pocky nose during his battle with the Balrog (especially the shots Jackson recycles from Fellowship), Gollum's craggly cheeks when he first attacks Frodo, the muddy cocoons of the Uruk-hai, the grassy knolls and stony cliffs of Rohan, the countless leaves in the Ents' shadowy realm, and the worn walls of Helm's Deep. It all looks better than anything that fumbles through Warner's Fellowship transfer. Soft shots dot the proceedings and a number of special effects sequences show their age (Merry and Pippin's travels with Treebeard remain an eyesore), but many of these hiccups trace back to the original print, not the studio's technical encode. Lingering complaints? First and foremost, edge enhancement rears its ugly head. While it only amounts to a series of thin white slivers in an otherwise respectable presentation, and while it isn't anywhere near as annoying as it is on the first film, it's still a problem. Second, DNR has been employed yet again (a steady stream of slightly smeared textures proves as much), but its application is at least more judicious and forgiving. Finally, a few nighttime closeups suffer from small spikes in source noise (a shot of Elrond around the 1:45:00 mark being the most obvious instance), but it seems to trace back to Jackson, not Warner. That being said, I didn't detect any significant artifacting, aliasing, or crush, and the image is quite clean.
Ultimately, The Two Towers narrowly escapes a 3.5 and eeks out a 4.0. If our system allowed it though, I would give the transfer a 3.75.
The Return of the King makes such a triumphant entrance that I almost, almost forgot how upset I was after watching The Fellowship of the Ring unravel. Like The Two Towers, Jackson's third film and Warner's third 1080p/VC-1 transfer hits the ground running, offering a rich palette of wondrous colors, stalwart contrast, enticing blacks, and rewarding delineation. Detail tops the first two films as well. Be it Gandalf's beard, Aragorn's stubble, Frodo's grimy finger nails, Sam's rustled mop, Legolas and Gimli's fallen foes, Eowyn's flowing locks, a high hill glimpse at the cityscape of Gondor, the dank caverns of Dwimorberg, Dickson's impeccable costumes, WETA's marvelous CG battles, or the clashing armies of Pelennor Fields, everything from intimate closeups to sweeping shots of towering castles is blessed with more pleasing clarity. Several special effects show their seams -- the Hobbits may as well be standing against a green screen when the Gondorian crowd bows to them in the third act -- but any such shortcomings are hardly the fault of the technical presentation. Artifacting, aliasing, crush, and source noise never become factors, and ringing, though apparent on a handful of occasions, isn't as gaudy as it is in Towers. If anything, some smearing hinders the fun, and small white flecks will catch the eagle-eyes of screenshot-combers from time to time (look closely at Faramir's cheeks around the one-hour mark for one fleeting example). Ah well. As it stands, The Return of the King looks quite good -- despite yet another dose of, sorry to breathe its name once again, DNR -- and stands atop the trio with the best transfer of the bunch.
The Return of the King nabs a 4.0 from me, albeit a more secure 4.0 than Two Towers. Trilogy average? A mildly disappointing but passable 3.5.
No me habia fijado en la puntuacion al video en bluray.com:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Lord- ... view/5174/
Blu-ray review
Movie 5.0
Video 3.5
Audio 5.0
Extras 2.0
Overall 4.0
Alright, bad news first. The Fellowship of the Ring hobbles out of the Black Gate of Mordor with a pudgy 1080p/VC-1 transfer that will leave videophiles shaking their heads. The image is inconsistent from the outset, a persistent instability leaves the credits and other elements looking as if they're going to dislodge from the screen and clatter to the floor, colors are a tad overcooked, and fine detail is continually undermined by some rather obvious digital noise reduction (DNR). That's not to say all is lost -- entire sequences, primarily those in the Mines of Moria and the landing at Parth Galen, still manage to make a reasonable impact, and the whole of the presentation handily bests its DVD counterparts -- but faces are often scrubbed, Ngila Dickson's elaborate costumes don't always pop, and nighttime shots can be particularly murky (poor Bilbo's birthday party is nearly spoiled). Worse, many key sequences are afflicted with a prevailing softness. Gandalf's visit to the Shire is a rough one, the Council of Elrond is overshadowed by medicore definition and bland textures, and Weathertop offers a stormier encounter than it should. Granted, Jackson employs a variety of camera techniques throughout Fellowship that are meant to lend scenes an otherworldly temperament, but it's easy to spot where Jackson's intentions end and Warner's average transfer begins. Alas, the hits keep on coming. The film's faint veneer of grain is occasionally little more than a soupy mess (that will easily be confused with minor artifacting), edge enhancement has been applied throughout, and crush, flickering, and wavering are regular (albeit minor) offenders. Sigh...I suspect that FotR hasn't been properly remastered. Has the studio simply taken an old master, tweaked it for high definition, and tossed it to the wargs, warts and all? Those who aren't sensitive to DNR may be satisfied with the results, but those who can't help but notice its side effects will be underwhelmed.
Fellowship's individual video score? Sad to say, it nets a 2.5 from me... although those who aren't typically bothered by DNR will probably push their scores as high as a 3.5.
Thankfully, popping in The Two Towers and The Return of the King will soothe some of the seething rage Fellowship induces. Within minutes, The Two Towers' 1080p/VC-1 transfer outclasses its cumbersome predecessor, offering more natural skintones, more beautiful colors, stronger, more reliable contrast, and deeper, more satisfying blacks. Even though Andrew Lesnie's palette is noticeably bleaker than its savory Fellowship cousin, its Blu-ray presentation is more faithful to its source. Fine textures haven't been completely blotted away, tattered rocks and weather-worn cloaks are quite sharp, and hair and pores are largely intact. Note Gandalf's beard and pocky nose during his battle with the Balrog (especially the shots Jackson recycles from Fellowship), Gollum's craggly cheeks when he first attacks Frodo, the muddy cocoons of the Uruk-hai, the grassy knolls and stony cliffs of Rohan, the countless leaves in the Ents' shadowy realm, and the worn walls of Helm's Deep. It all looks better than anything that fumbles through Warner's Fellowship transfer. Soft shots dot the proceedings and a number of special effects sequences show their age (Merry and Pippin's travels with Treebeard remain an eyesore), but many of these hiccups trace back to the original print, not the studio's technical encode. Lingering complaints? First and foremost, edge enhancement rears its ugly head. While it only amounts to a series of thin white slivers in an otherwise respectable presentation, and while it isn't anywhere near as annoying as it is on the first film, it's still a problem. Second, DNR has been employed yet again (a steady stream of slightly smeared textures proves as much), but its application is at least more judicious and forgiving. Finally, a few nighttime closeups suffer from small spikes in source noise (a shot of Elrond around the 1:45:00 mark being the most obvious instance), but it seems to trace back to Jackson, not Warner. That being said, I didn't detect any significant artifacting, aliasing, or crush, and the image is quite clean.
Ultimately, The Two Towers narrowly escapes a 3.5 and eeks out a 4.0. If our system allowed it though, I would give the transfer a 3.75.
The Return of the King makes such a triumphant entrance that I almost, almost forgot how upset I was after watching The Fellowship of the Ring unravel. Like The Two Towers, Jackson's third film and Warner's third 1080p/VC-1 transfer hits the ground running, offering a rich palette of wondrous colors, stalwart contrast, enticing blacks, and rewarding delineation. Detail tops the first two films as well. Be it Gandalf's beard, Aragorn's stubble, Frodo's grimy finger nails, Sam's rustled mop, Legolas and Gimli's fallen foes, Eowyn's flowing locks, a high hill glimpse at the cityscape of Gondor, the dank caverns of Dwimorberg, Dickson's impeccable costumes, WETA's marvelous CG battles, or the clashing armies of Pelennor Fields, everything from intimate closeups to sweeping shots of towering castles is blessed with more pleasing clarity. Several special effects show their seams -- the Hobbits may as well be standing against a green screen when the Gondorian crowd bows to them in the third act -- but any such shortcomings are hardly the fault of the technical presentation. Artifacting, aliasing, crush, and source noise never become factors, and ringing, though apparent on a handful of occasions, isn't as gaudy as it is in Towers. If anything, some smearing hinders the fun, and small white flecks will catch the eagle-eyes of screenshot-combers from time to time (look closely at Faramir's cheeks around the one-hour mark for one fleeting example). Ah well. As it stands, The Return of the King looks quite good -- despite yet another dose of, sorry to breathe its name once again, DNR -- and stands atop the trio with the best transfer of the bunch.
The Return of the King nabs a 4.0 from me, albeit a more secure 4.0 than Two Towers. Trilogy average? A mildly disappointing but passable 3.5.