This review is from: The Complete Matrix Trilogy [Blu-ray] [1999][Region Free] (Blu-ray)
A word about the Blu-Ray quality first. There are some very strange rumours on these pages such as saying that these films are just upscaled DVDs. I don’t know where people get these ideas from, but it is simply not true. For a 10 year old film “The Matrix” is very close to the top of the Blu-Ray tree. The close-ups, particularly of Neo and Morpheus, are stunning reference level examples of depth and plasticity. I watched this projected c. 3m wide, and just gawped at the detail in Fishburne’s pock-marked face: it was more like having a giant statue of his head on the wall than looking at a flat TV-like image.
What some people are looking at and not liking is probably either (a) the occasional use of green colour filtration which is a clever cinematic trick conveying the irreality of The Matrix or (b) the crushed blacks which are a stylistic choice by the film’s makers. Yes, the black levels on “The Spirit” make a mockery of these, but that’s the look they’ve gone with. It is also true that not all scenes have reference level sharpness and HD image quality. But very few films ‘pop’ constantly as it gets boring, and with the aesthetic choices made the film has a very good share of stupendous image quality
Audio quality is very good (5.1 True HD) with dialogue and effects well balanced, although some late scenes are significantly louder than earlier ones (and I mean comparing action scenes with action scenes); again, a directorial choice no doubt.
In “The Matrix Reloaded” the picture quality is maybe slightly better, the audio a touch more forceful (although the actual music is not as good as in “The Matrix”. For me, “Revolutions” is on the same BD level as Part II. But on balance, the boxset is a very good HD release at a crazily cheap price, and it does not deserve the false criticism of its supposedly sub BD-level standard.
The films themselves were interesting to see again after what, for me, was quite a long term. The original is magnificent as ever, and I found the second installment much less disappointing than back at the time of release. If you mentally prepare in advance for the wilfully tedious scenes with “The Merovingian” and “The Architect” then you realise that the film is actually a pretty good sequel, and not the disaster it seemed back then. The party scene in Zion is also fairly dull and overlong, but otherwise much better than I remembered. And even if the ending of “Revolutions” is not very satisfying, it remains my second favourite Matrix film, and as Mr Anderson loved to say, perhaps the way it is was “inevitable”.
For just over a fiver a disc, you cannot go wrong. These are not upscaled DVDs, they are very good BD transfers. Free your mind!
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This review is from: The Complete Matrix Trilogy [Blu-ray] [1999][Region Free] (Blu-ray)
Hi ,today i have recived it ,where a list of what i read:
Audio: English: Dolby True Hd ,Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish: 5.1, French: 5.1 German 5.1 Italian 5.1 Latin Spanish: 2.0 Brazilian Portuguese: 2.0
Subtitles: English, Brzilian Portuguese, Dutch, french ,Italian & Latin Spanish
Movie and Select Bonus Material
Extras:
* Written Introduction by the wachowski Brothers * Comentaries by: -Philosophers: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber -Crits: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson -Cast: Carrie_Anne Moss, Jazh Staenberw and Johnm Gaeta for the Matrix -Composer: Don David with Music-Only track for the Matrix * Feature-Length Documentary The Matrix Revisited * Behind The Matrix Documentary Galleries * The Music Revisited * Music Videos: Marilyn Manson’s Rock is Dead and POD’s Sleeping Awake * Enter The Matrix: The Game documentary * Enter the Matrix. View 23 Live-Action Scener Shot for the video Gamet that Plug into the action of de the Matrix Reloades * Theatrical Trailers and Tv Spots
Well i hope this post maybe can help someone.
Thanks to all
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This review is from: The Complete Matrix Trilogy [Blu-ray] [1999][Region Free] (Blu-ray)
After reading some of the good and bad reviews on this Blu-Ray trilogy (only the ones about the product and not the films themselves) I have to totally agree with the good reviews. Picture quality is superb on all three films as is the sound , and cant understand how others have complained about the lack of quality which only leads me to believe that they must have a dodgy setup with their Blu-Ray players or TV’s.
You could almost poke your finger through Lawrence Fishburnes colander skin and count every rain drop or shards of glass with ease the picture is so good. 5.1 True HD sounds fantastic when transferred into 7.1 on my AV receiver with crisp clarity , extra features have a picture in picture break down of a scene as well as all the features you got on DVD and all this for £14
Is it worth the upgrade….YES !
Is it worth the price….HELL YES !
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The Matrix Reinvigorated on Blu-Ray,
A word about the Blu-Ray quality first. There are some very strange rumours on these pages such as saying that these films are just upscaled DVDs. I don’t know where people get these ideas from, but it is simply not true. For a 10 year old film “The Matrix” is very close to the top of the Blu-Ray tree. The close-ups, particularly of Neo and Morpheus, are stunning reference level examples of depth and plasticity. I watched this projected c. 3m wide, and just gawped at the detail in Fishburne’s pock-marked face: it was more like having a giant statue of his head on the wall than looking at a flat TV-like image.
What some people are looking at and not liking is probably either (a) the occasional use of green colour filtration which is a clever cinematic trick conveying the irreality of The Matrix or (b) the crushed blacks which are a stylistic choice by the film’s makers. Yes, the black levels on “The Spirit” make a mockery of these, but that’s the look they’ve gone with. It is also true that not all scenes have reference level sharpness and HD image quality. But very few films ‘pop’ constantly as it gets boring, and with the aesthetic choices made the film has a very good share of stupendous image quality
Audio quality is very good (5.1 True HD) with dialogue and effects well balanced, although some late scenes are significantly louder than earlier ones (and I mean comparing action scenes with action scenes); again, a directorial choice no doubt.
In “The Matrix Reloaded” the picture quality is maybe slightly better, the audio a touch more forceful (although the actual music is not as good as in “The Matrix”. For me, “Revolutions” is on the same BD level as Part II. But on balance, the boxset is a very good HD release at a crazily cheap price, and it does not deserve the false criticism of its supposedly sub BD-level standard.
The films themselves were interesting to see again after what, for me, was quite a long term. The original is magnificent as ever, and I found the second installment much less disappointing than back at the time of release. If you mentally prepare in advance for the wilfully tedious scenes with “The Merovingian” and “The Architect” then you realise that the film is actually a pretty good sequel, and not the disaster it seemed back then. The party scene in Zion is also fairly dull and overlong, but otherwise much better than I remembered. And even if the ending of “Revolutions” is not very satisfying, it remains my second favourite Matrix film, and as Mr Anderson loved to say, perhaps the way it is was “inevitable”.
For just over a fiver a disc, you cannot go wrong. These are not upscaled DVDs, they are very good BD transfers. Free your mind!
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|Matrix ,audios and subtitles list here,
Hi ,today i have recived it ,where a list of what i read:
Audio:
English: Dolby True Hd ,Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish: 5.1,
French: 5.1
German 5.1
Italian 5.1
Latin Spanish: 2.0
Brazilian Portuguese: 2.0
Subtitles:
English, Brzilian Portuguese, Dutch, french ,Italian & Latin Spanish
Movie and Select Bonus Material
Extras:
* Written Introduction by the wachowski Brothers
* Comentaries by:
-Philosophers: Dr. Cornel West and Ken Wilber
-Crits: Todd McCarthy, John Powers and David Thomson
-Cast: Carrie_Anne Moss, Jazh Staenberw and Johnm Gaeta for the Matrix
-Composer: Don David with Music-Only track for the Matrix
* Feature-Length Documentary The Matrix Revisited
* Behind The Matrix Documentary Galleries
* The Music Revisited
* Music Videos: Marilyn Manson’s Rock is Dead and POD’s Sleeping Awake
* Enter The Matrix: The Game documentary
* Enter the Matrix. View 23 Live-Action Scener Shot for the video Gamet that Plug into the action of de the Matrix Reloades
* Theatrical Trailers and Tv Spots
Well i hope this post maybe can help someone.
Thanks to all
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After reading some of the good and bad reviews on this Blu-Ray trilogy (only the ones about the product and not the films themselves) I have to totally agree with the good reviews.
Picture quality is superb on all three films as is the sound , and cant understand how others have complained about the lack of quality which only leads me to believe that they must have a dodgy setup with their Blu-Ray players or TV’s.
You could almost poke your finger through Lawrence Fishburnes colander skin and count every rain drop or shards of glass with ease the picture is so good.
5.1 True HD sounds fantastic when transferred into 7.1 on my AV receiver with crisp clarity , extra features have a picture in picture break down of a scene as well as all the features you got on DVD and all this for £14
Is it worth the upgrade….YES !
Is it worth the price….HELL YES !
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