Monday 20 June 2011

Transformers might be the Saviour of 3-D


Let's be honest here, 3-D is getting stale, the technology is nothing more than a gimmick as of late. It is not 3-D is not amazing, but film companies and crews don't know how to utilise the technology. In many film we have seen 3-D effects nothing more than a pop out visuals and nothing else.

We've seen many films using 3-D effects at its best, when it does work, it is truly amazing and breathtaking. For instance, Avatar, which in my opinion is not a great film, but the 3-D of the movie is the best in the business. Director James Cameron utilised the technology well. he used 3-D to focus on the objects he wanted you to focus on while creating depth to other objects which is spectacular, no pop-out, in-your-face kinda gimmick and it worked! Another movie to use well to the technology is last year's Disney sci-fi action movie Tron: Legacy, not as good as Avatar but used the same method and technology of Avatar and it worked as well. The depth and pop-out effects are more balanced than other movies.

Other than these two, do I still have movie which I think that used the 3-D very well? The answer is no, absolutely no. Most of other films are just pure gimmick just to suck up viewers' wallet. Kung Fu Panda 2? Nice but not good enough. The Green Hornet? Nope, conversion 3-D is the worst offender. And the worst is? Clash of the Titans!!! Which my friends complained to me the 3-D is less than 50% of the movie.

The reason of these failures is that all the filmmakers rush their decision to put 3-D effects in their movies, and the results usually backfire. Due to success of Avatar, which is currently the only film that look spectacular and better in 3-D than in 2-D, filmmakers started rushing their movies into conversion mode, which made the images look pasted in to feel "more 3-D".

Why I said the latest Transformers will save 3-D? Because James Cameron, not because he directed it, he actually shared his 3-D technology and crews to Michael Bay, the director of Transformers. When you've seen the 3-D of Avatar, you'll know why I'm so eager to watch Dark of the Moon in 3-D. It is whether to be seen that Michael Bay can actually put the 3-D magic into Transformers, but since I have enjoyed quite a number of his films, I have hopes for that.

Thursday 2 June 2011

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Blu-Ray review


Holy shit! That would sums up what I think about this Blu-Ray release. This is probably the best Blu-Ray I own in my collection (just about the disc, not the movie)

This disc showcased what the Blu-ray and HD is capable of, it is pristine in every single way. My sisters complained it looks fake, the problem with my two sisters is that whenever they watch Blu-ray, they always watched and look for flaws, even though is minor. Back to the topic, every scratches and dents on the Transformers are meticulously detailed and I even saw a pigeon landed on the pyramid. God, that is so detailed.

My BD version is the IMAX version, the con is that the IMAX scene is only at the jungle battle scene and Devastator transforming scene. But oh boy, IMAX is unbelievably clear and made the scene larger than life.

What is so good about this BD is the audio, the audio is the best so far in my collection. The DTS-HD Master Audio found in the disc will put your sound system to the test. The surround is clear and loud, typical for an action movie, the dialogue found in the audio is so immersive!!!

The best BD yet!
Verdict: 5/5