{"id":5568,"date":"2012-02-11T13:17:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T18:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/?p=5568"},"modified":"2012-02-11T13:17:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T18:17:36","slug":"the-art-of-getting-by-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/?p=5568","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Getting By (Blu-ray)"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nStudio and Year:<\/strong> 20th Century Fox – 2011
\nMPAA Rating:<\/strong> PG-13
\nFeature running time:<\/strong> 83 minutes
\nGenre:<\/strong> Teen Romance\/Drama
\nDisc Format:<\/strong> BD-25
\nEncoding:<\/strong> AVC (MPEG-4)
\nVideo Aspect:<\/strong> 2.40:1
\nResolution:<\/strong> 1080p\/24
\nAudio Format(s):<\/strong> English DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, English Dolby Digital 5.1
\nSubtitles:<\/strong> English SDH, Spanish, French
\nStarring:<\/strong> Emma Roberts, Freddie Highmore, Blair Underwood, Michael Angarano, Sasha Spielberg, Elizabeth Reaser, Rita Wilson, Sam Robards, Alicia Silverstone
\nWritten & Directed by:<\/strong> Gavin Wiesen
\nMusic by:<\/strong> Alec Puro
\nRegion Code:<\/strong> A
\nBlu-ray Disc release Date:<\/strong> November 29, 2011<\/p>\n

Film Synopsis (courtesy of imdb.com):<\/strong>
\nGeorge, a lonely and fatalistic teen who\u2019s made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.<\/p>\n

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My Take:<\/strong>
\nThe art of getting by<\/em> was surprisingly good thanks to well a rounded script and solid performances from leads Emma Roberts and Freddie Highmore.<\/p>\n

This disc is a predominantly good video presentation that offers appreciable refinement and varying degrees of delineation that can be scene dependent.\u00a0 Grain is evident and primarily appears in even layers that are naturally rendered throughout.<\/p>\n

The lossless DTS-HD MA soundtrack is primarily front focused with minimal but effective use of the surround platform to extend the soundstage. The presentation is satisfying and competently conveys the elements present in the movie\u2019s soundtrack. Dialogue intelligibility is quite good but could have been mixed a bit higher as there were times where I had to increase the volume to make out softer spoken passages.\u00a0\u00a0 Engaging THX Loudness Plus or Pioneer\u2019s Optimum Surround solve the problem.\u00a0 The front three channels delivered the bulk of the sound and did so with good clarity and imaging. The surrounds and sub see the occasional use and support the soundtrack\u2019s elements with light spatial dimension and bass response that accompanies the film\u2019s club atmosphere and music in my theater room.<\/p>\n

Equipment used for this review:<\/strong>
\nPioneer Elite SC-57 Receiver
\nGrandviewscreen 96\u201d 21:9 matte-white 1.0-gain screen
\nPSB Century 300i (front and surround speakers)
\nPSB Image C5 (centre speaker)
\nPSB Subseries 300 (subwoofer)
\nPanasonic PT-AE4000U projector
\nPioneer BDP-LX55 BD player
\nUltralink Ambiance MKII speaker wires
\nViewing room is as per THX and SMPTE recommendation with 45-degree Field of View<\/p>\n

Audio:<\/strong> 8\/10
\nVideo: <\/strong>8\/10
\nStoryline:<\/strong> 8\/10
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Studio and Year: 20th Century Fox – 2011 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Feature running time: 83 minutes Genre: Teen Romance\/Drama Disc Format: BD-25 Encoding: AVC (MPEG-4) Video Aspect: 2.40:1 Resolution: 1080p\/24 Audio Format(s): English DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, English Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French Starring: Emma Roberts, Freddie Highmore, Blair Underwood, Michael Angarano, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,5,21,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}