The Official Films Thread

Picked up some movies from the bargain bin for the summer holidays - my 14 year old son wanted to see Silence of the lambs, and also the Conjuring movies, so that's why I got those (and Peter Rabbit 2 for my 10 year old son):

I really only want to watch The Father and Kapernaum, lol - ok, The Last Dual maybe too.

Then my local movie pusher reduced The Godfather Premium 4K/UHD edition from $200 to $120 - and I could not help myself 😇

I thought it was just 3 4K movies - so kinda shocking to see this giant package arriving, Toy Story blu-ray just to show size:

- and inside:

I guess this will be the unintended Birthday present I bought to myself this year, lol.  

Btw, this limited edition 4K steel-book also just arrived:

Probably gonna see the Strange movie later tonight... 

Still need to watch some of my movies bought for the summer holiday - not sure I'm gonna make it with one day left, lol. 

Capernaum was great though - it's 8.4 on IMDB:

- but it's a serious movie, no spaceships or Marvel heroes here 😉

The Last Duel was great too - made by Ridley Scott, and it shows - it's 7.4 on IMDB:

The 4K and HDR qualities are great with the movie - I'd probably rate it 8/10. 

I really liked The Last Duel too, a very good movie

I've only found two films supporting 4K in 60 fps - both by Ang Lee. The first is Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk - and the other is the movie I just bought and saw:

Quoting the review on Blu-ray.com of the 4K 60 fps version, the image quality is exceptionally high - and worth watching alone (and I fully agree, the movie isn't bad either, I'd probably rate it 6.5/10 - the sound is awesome too):

"The purity of the picture quality itself never falters. The image appears consistently crisp and ultra sharp, picking up levels of clarity and detail well beyond the Blu-ray's capabilities, whether considering the resolution or the frame rate. World details are striking, everywhere to be sure but particularly in chapter seven during Henry's first clash with Junior. The textural efficiency and clarity around the city, both within the buildings as they battle on foot and minutes later as they zoom through the streets on motorcycle, proves as visually complex as the scene is intense. One can practically feel the environment, experience the flow of battle firsthand. The textural might carries through the entire film. There's not a wanting texture in the movie. Detail is crazy high for the duration, picking up everything from core facial qualities to minuscule dust and scuffs on cars or tables. Dolby Vision Colors are fantastically bright and true, with high intensity yield and true tonal temperature. Colors pop as they should and blend as they must. Skin tones are perfect and black levels are pure. For absolute picture quality few, if any, are better. It would have been interesting to compare the image at 2160p/Dolby Vision at 24 frames per second with this one (as well as view the film at high frame rate 3-D) but this one's worth owning for the experience alone."

Source: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gemini-Man-4K-Blu-ray/252674/

Interestingly, I had a hard time telling these real 60 fps apart from the computer generated frames using the 1000 Hz MotionFlow in my Sony 85" 100/120 Hz tv. Gemini Man really looked just like any other 24 fps movie running through MotionFlow. Now, I can't find described exactly how 1000 Hz MotionFlow works, but Sony uses 10 (9 computer generated) images to match 240 Hz MotionFlow - so 10 x 24 fps = 240:

Now I wonder if 1000 Hz MotionFlow means making of about 40 computer-generated images per second? (40 x 24 fps = 960 frames, and adding the original 24 fps gives a total of 984 fps). Of course the TV cannot show all these frames, a TV with 240 Hz MotionFlow typically is 60 Hz, but those 240 frames may translate to 60 very sharp and non-blurry frames per second. For 1000/1200 Hz MotionFlow these TVs use 100/120 Hz - and show 100/120 images per second. 

I've seen many TVs, and nothing has impressed me more than Sony's MotionFlow - it simply looks natural and real, not too much, not too litte - does not at all look like any "soap opera" effect, lol. I'd never buy any modern tv not able to remove the horrible judder and blur from a 24 fps movie.

My point with all this is - after watching Gemini Man in 4K 60 fps - that Sony's Motion Flow is so incredibly advanced that you cannot tell the end result apart from using real 60 fps. That was kinda mind-blowing.  

So no need to shoot movies in real 60 fps - your tv can fix all 24 fps just perfectly. 

I may have mentioned it before - my son and I saw a movie in the local theater, and then he said: "Why is the movie stuttering so much - I'm feeling motion sick" - that was the 24 fps, lol.

Btw - also just bought these on disc, haven't seen the movies yet:

Everything Everywhere All At Once is one of the highest ranking movies of 2022 on IMDB - with an average rating on 8.1 (only beaten by Top Gun: Maverick at 8.3). Over here that movie is only released on blu-ray (1080p), but my blu-ray-player has a QDeo processor capable of cleaning up and advanced upscaling to 4K - and the the Sony X1 processor in the TV cleans up the image again. The end result is so close to real 4K quality that my wife and guests can't tell the difference, lol. So I'm ok with blu-ray discs too - sort of... 🙂

Japanese and Korean dramas have a lot of differences. https://doramasmp4.stream/ Japanese dramas are usually about love and romance, while Korean dramas often involve a lot of action and suspense. Japanese dramas are also more realistic than Korean dramas. Another difference between Japanese and Korean dramas is that Japanese dramas often involve supernatural elements such as ghosts and demons, while Korean dramas do not usually have these types of elements in them. Korean Dramas are the most popular genre of Korean entertainment.

I realized I never really cared for anything on Netflix. The "N" logo worked more like a warning to avoid watching certain films and movies. So got Disney+ instead - and my 14 year old son and I just watched:

I expected nothing, but was impressed. It's an awesome movie. My son said it was so scary he had to look down and study the carpet on the floor several times 😅

Checking out the movie some more - this is hardcore stuff, and had I known, not sure my son got to watch it:

Just got some family movies for the Christmas - going to see Uncharted later tonight, already working on the red wine to sedate my frontal lobes 😁

I liked Ghostbusters Afterlife. It has some flaws, but I enjoyed it.

(Vastly better than the 2016 one)

Just came here to say Tropic Thunder is the greatest movie of all time.