The Dark Knight - Bluray Disappointment

I'm sorry it's disappointed you.

How did you get it early - pre-order?

Oh, and have to note: it's The Dark Knight - "The Dark Knight" has been Batman's nickname for years in the comics. :)
 
Woops yeah - made the correction :o
Yeah got it Pre- order came Wednesday. I'm not a massive fan of Batman but have seen it since the early TV days as a kid and really enjoyed the latest film at the cinema.

But on Bluray it just doesn't seem to be the same.

I got Casino Royale on Bluray too and that's still really good- good pic and sound and story etc etc- a delight to watch again at home in HD.

But The Dark KNIGHT just aint the same and you do see it for what it was. I hope I'm one of the few and that this isn't a mass disappointment second time around :(
 
nix};29393653']This didn't bother me at all. But it's subjective, and I don't blame you for not liking it. Warner should have done a 'seamless branching' option and let the viewer chose.




You are right, the IMAX scenes were cropped for the cinema prints, and framed correctly to allow for that.



Because re-framing and changing the A/R of a move is evil.



Indeed, I missed the movie in cinemas (don't ask!) but the Blu-ray has HORRIBLE sound. There isn't anything wrong with the quality, but the dialogue appears to be half as quiet as everything else. This is fine if you adjust your centre channel on a 5.1 system, but those listening in stereo don't have a prayer. My other half went mad at me about the level of the effects.




It's quite likely a cinema has tens of thousanRAB of pounRAB of speakers and the same again in amplification. The audio on a Blu-ray is generally the same as the studio master. That's what they tell us, anyway.



Critics complained about this for the cinema release. I understand it was changed in post-production to make it more gruff.



I thought it was brilliant. But you can't tell someone to like a movie. Either you do, or you don't.

I've watched this film (portions of it) on a 50-inch Pioneer, with an Onkyo 906 and Klipsch 5.1 speaker system, and it's amazing. No problem with audio (once the speakers are optimised) and it was an epic experience.

At home, with no surround sound set-up, but a Pioneer TV, it wasn't as impressive, but the picture quality was very good, even if there are some edge enhancement problems.
 
The fact of the matter is that is how it was filmed so thats how it should be presented. The average viewer is clueless when it comes to things like aspect ratios so theres no point giving them options on which one to choose. It would just confuse them.
 
I've only got a samsung 32 inch with 1080i and a PS3 and I thought that TDN was completely surreal to watch on my TV. Quality was unreal! (Bloody fantastic film too)
 
you just have to have a player/reciever that does dynamic range compression. or yes get a better system. high dynamic range is a good thing. no need to dumb things down like it has been done on music cRAB:P
 
It sounRAB like they've really ballsed this up. You'd have thought they'd have tried their best to bring out something brilliant. SounRAB like they couldn't give toosh hits. Especially the different aspect ratio thing. Weird and disappointing. I'm still going to get it, though.

I remember noting in the cinema that the film was too long, but that was my only complaint.

I suppose the reason Batman's voice is so weird, is that he speaks to the same people as both Batman and Bruce Wayne, so neeRAB to alter his voice to avoid the audience thinking it's stupid that people don't realise its him. Superman just takes his glasses off, and no one noticed he was Clarke Kent.
 
Well with that kind of setup your obviously someone who likes to spend a lot of time at home in front of the telly. And being in the UK..why shouldnt you lol normal life eh.
But perhaps your just so used to watching so much TV day in and day out and BRAB day in and day out that your really just frazzled and expecting too much. I also hate to break it to you, but those 7.1 speakers......not many films mixed in that format nowadays.


Just for the rest of you curious about the blu-ray, yes there are some differences in sound, infact some music cues have been completely elminated altogether. So if your a big fan of the movie and can remember all those kinRAB of details from the cinema, youll really notice the difference this time round.

As for the aspect ratio. The film is presented in its original ratio, nearly all films these days do that. Would you rather they filled your screen? Coz if they do your gonna miss part of the picture at each side. Or if you really dont mind that then just press the zoom button on your TV remote.And actually most special features for this release will be with blu-ray and will be starting in April next year. So unless your Blu-ray is pretty up to date (has ethernet port) or like me you have a PS3 which constantly updates itself for free you wont be able to access them.

One of the ones im looking forward to is a sitdown with Christopher Nolan. Ill be attending that viewing and listening to him as he watches the film along with us. Also promised are some exclusive interviews. But dont worry if you dont have a PS3 or an up to date blu-ray player, im sure someone will post these features on youtube or somewhere lol.
 
The US release of this Bluray has been available for a couple of weeks already and its region free.

The reason so many Blurays are letterboxed is because thats the way the film is made.

Changing a 2.35:1 film into 1.77:1 chops off image just like it does if you show a widescreen film full screen on a 4:3 tv.

I saw the first 6 minutes of this film on the Batman Begins Bluray and it looked a lot darker than that film so I'm looking forward to it.

If you think changing from 1.85 to 2.35 is distracting you should try watching More American Graffitti
 
What do you mean "nowadays"?

You make it sound as if 7.1 is old hat when in fact its a new format on the way in.

Dolby True HD and DTS Master Audio both offer 7.1 sound channels and some older films are arriving on Bluray with 7.1 remixes
 
?? huh?

well if it had black bars all the way round then they've decreased the image too much .

it doesn't matter how large or wide an image is it can be reduced to fit a tv screen , but you don't reduce it to the point where both it's height and width are smaller than the tv screen , that would be silly .

my guess is - the IMAX bits are 1.43:1 , now to display that accurately on a widescreen tv would mean having black bars on the sides , but since the rest of the movie is 2.35:1 this would mean the movie shifting from having black bars at the top and bottom to black bars down the sides whenever the IMAX scenes appear and it would just look too weird .
so - here's my guess , they cropped the IMAX bits so that they're now 1.77:1 and fit exactly a 16:9 frame .
 
i have to agree with the OP - i found the constant chopping from full screen (IMAX) to widescreen really irritating. Sure the Imax scenes looked impressive - but their presence on screen was telegraphed like those films that had 3D segments, where an icon came on screen to indicate that the fancy 3D bits were coming up next.
For me, it completely spoilt the rhythm of the film. There should have also been a widescreen presentation on the disc.

And i also didn't appreciate that Batman now sounRAB more like a dalek...
 
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