The Godfather Blu-ray
I recently purchased The Godfather trilogy on BD and I finished watching it yesterday. I absolutely love the first two movies and had read good things about this hi-def remastering of the films, so I had high hopes. This set of BDs demonstrate perfectly just how great the format can be. The level of clarity and detail that can now be enjoyed is amazing compared to the old DVD editions. Instead of a soft, muddy appearance The Godfather films now exhibit a stunning amount of texture and color that was missing from previous editions. These films were shot with a high amount of underexposure and the higher resolution of BD really helps to pull the most detail out of the shadows.
I love the fact that in order to make the most of the BD format movie studios, in most cases, need to completely remaster old films like The Godfather. This forces them to repair damaged sections of film and clean up the image and it really shows. Many DVDs simply digitized old prints of movies, resulting in less than stellar picture quality. But to do the same with BD would be painfully obvious, forcing studios to rework their old film footage. I have a few older movies on BD and I think that the visual upgrade for films like these will be a secret weapon for the format. While a lot of new movies look better on BD than on DVD, the difference is not as stark as when comparing the the DVD and BD of a 40+ year old classic. 2001: A Space Odyssey and Rio Bravo are just two examples of how big a difference remastering for BD can make to the appearance of a film.
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Posted by: caratulas bluray
Posted on: April 4, 2009 05:48 PM
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