Like most people who like movies I recently watched and enjoyed Christopher Nolan's Inception and since then I've been a little impatient about the long wait for the blu-ray release of the movie. I expect that it will be arriving around Xmas; which is the silver lining since I can just wish for it from Santa.
The main reason for this impatience is not because it's the best movie of the year so far, nor is it because like the rest of Nolan's films I'm expecting it to get better with each additional viewing, nor is it because I want to complete my Nolan collection. These are all good reasons but for me the main reason is because of the terrible cinema experience I had watching this in my small hometown.
The switching of reels was disastrous with loss of sound and at one point an entire scene disappeared. It couldn't really detract from the film since it was still a great movie but I am starting to think that blu-ray has spoiled me a bit too much. I actually wondered if there was something wrong with my eyes since I found the image a but too blurry; I still don't know if it was the staff not doing their job correctly or if I've just grown too comfortable with an HD resolution when watching movies.
It doesn't help that I have the trailers in HD resolution and love watching them over and over again in their pristine glory. I can already tell (or maybe sense is the right term) that the movie will be one of those reference blu-ray releases just like The Prestige was in the beginning when the format was still young. It's just too bad that I don't have an awesome 60 inch plasma for the awesome visuals and a good surround sound system for the great sound production with the amazing Hans Zimmer score. I guess I'll go back to sulking and waiting for my future copy.
5 comments:
I wanted to murder the guy responsible for switching reels :<
still, like you said, not even that could detract from the massive orgasm that we call watching Inception.
I'm such a cheapskate but this is definitely one blu-ray I'm buying the day it comes out. So much eye candy too! \*o*/
Love the new blog look - incredibly stylish as always. =D
@ Mike - Yeah, that guy is an asshole.
@ Tiny - You can buy it for me! \^o^/
i know i should have got that job at the cinema, then you could have watched with me doing the work, that would have been awesome. and you know i always do a good job ^^
@ Maja - I know you do a good job on "the streets" but would you do a good job in a movie theater? =)
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