{"id":5582,"date":"2012-02-11T14:05:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T19:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/?p=5582"},"modified":"2012-02-11T14:05:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T19:05:07","slug":"super-8-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedpublications.com\/en\/?p=5582","title":{"rendered":"Super 8 (Blu-ray)"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nStudio and Year:<\/strong> Paramount – 2011
\nMPAA Rating:<\/strong> PG-13
\nFeature running time:<\/strong> 111 minutes
\nGenre:<\/strong> Sci-Fi\/Drama
\nDisc Format:<\/strong> BD-50
\nEncoding:<\/strong> AVC (MPEG-4)
\nVideo Aspect:<\/strong> 2.40:1
\nResolution:<\/strong> 1080p\/24
\nAudio Format(s):<\/strong> English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, French\/Spanish\/Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1
\nSubtitles:<\/strong> English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
\nStarring:<\/strong> Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Ryan Lee, Gabriel Basso, Kyle Chandler, Jessica Tuck, Ron Eldard, Noah Emmerich, Glynn Turman
\nWritten & Directed by:<\/strong> J.J. Abrams
\nMusic by:<\/strong> Michael Giacchino
\nRegion Code:<\/strong> A,B,C
\nBlu-ray Disc release Date:<\/strong> November 22, 2011<\/p>\n

Film Synopsis<\/strong> (courtesy of imdb):
\nJ.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg join forces in this extraordinary tale of youth, mystery and adventure. Super 8 tells the story of six friends who witness a train wreck while making a super 8 movie, only to discover that something unimaginable escaped during the crash. They soon discover that the only thing more mysterious than what it is, is what it wants.<\/p>\n

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My Take:<\/strong>
\nI grew up in the Super 8 home movie era and it was the Super 8 format and my grandfather that started my enthusiasm in home theatre. So the title alone makes me want to watch the movie, at the very least as a nostalgia of good times between my grandfather and myself. \u00a0\u00a0That aside, this movie is an eclectic genre piece with rich narrative and wonderfully executed to have the look\/feel of imaginatively stirring films of yesteryears. The plotline revolves around a circle of middle school aged friends with an interest in making a Super 8 zombie film. It literally reminds me of my childhood.\u00a0 The only difference is when I was a kid, I always wanted to make vampire movies.
\nThis is a reference quality high definition transfer that looks amazingly spectacular. Images are crisp yet filled with subtle refinement,s resolute sharpness and exquisite dimensional perspectives.\u00a0 Colours are natural with punchy primaries without the nasty secondary colour being pushed atypical of modern movies that tend to be nauseating and puke inducing.\u00a0 Grain is rendered via a light, filmic, textural presence that presides over the presentation without being intrusive.\u00a0 Unlike most Paramount releases of late,\u00a0 I found this to be an impressive and pristine quality high definition video presentation.<\/p>\n

The soundtrack is an impressive aural experience encoded in Dolby TrueHD 7.1. The head turning soundtrack creates a huge 360-degree plane that swirls around you with perfect smoothness unlike most movies.\u00a0 A properly set up surround system coupled with this soundtrack will make the speakers seemingly disappear due to the highly accurate localization of each sound element spread around the listener.<\/p>\n

Super 8 is a far cry from an action film, however, its audio presentation masterfully reproduces every aspect of its soundtrack and makes for a supremely enriching experience… at least in my theatre room<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Equipment used for this review:
\n<\/strong>Anthem MRX-700 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-AE7000U 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> 10\/10
\nVideo: <\/strong>9\/10
\nStoryline:<\/strong> 8\/10
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