Kong: Skull Island <<SPOILERS>>

[GodzillaSpawn]

Whoa holy crap that 3d blu ray crap is real?? So I have to buy the 3d version of this movie that comes with a 2d blu ray??

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[jye4ever]

meh, no darker than it was theatrical...

just took these and this is with a reflective screen in a room filled with light! My wife wants the sun to rise in our living room.

 

[Khev]

Maybe your TV isn't properly calibrated jye. *snicker*

And I like the grey/black beasts fighting in a darkened city. I assumed it was an homage to the B&W 1954 classic.

 

[jye4ever]

Now grant it that's from the 2D bluray that comes in the 3D version.

Movie was always a tad big too dark.

Then when you add a reflective screen and sun it makes it worse.

Movie definately requires a dark room.

Still a better movie than Kong.

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

But even that looks much brighter than mine. So this is a real thing. Wth...fricking bs!

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[EarlHickey98]

I enjoyed the movie and its the best monster movie I've seen. The fighting scenes were immense.

The only problem was that Tom Hiddleston's character was pointless, he was portrayed as the hero but done nothing for me.

I wished they elaborated on Tony Kebbell's character. He should of been the main guy.

 

[jye4ever]

Maybe your TV isn't properly calibrated jye. *snicker*

And I like the grey/black beasts fighting in a darkened city. I assumed it was an homage to the B&W 1954 classic.

Well now that I just sat down to take these photos i'm watching the movie again and yeah these feel like titans making a mess of a city.

I guess what i'm getting at is that a battle in a city with toppled buildings is more visceral than a battle on a sterile island.

 

[JAWS]

Whoa holy crap that 3d blu ray crap is real?? So I have to buy the 3d version of this movie that comes with a 2d blu ray??

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No. You have to have a 3D blu ray player pay the 3D blu ray but turn off the 3D

meh, no darker than it was theatrical...

just took these and this is with a reflective screen in a room filled with light! My wife wants the sun to rise in our living room.

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So hard to tell from pics.. But your brightness looks way turned up compared to mine.. Very grey and no true blacks..

I would say my brightness is off but everything else looks great and this blu ray has a reputation for a reason.

How does Aliens vs Predator Requiem look on yours?? That one is notorious for being way to dark also.

Maybe your TV isn't properly calibrated jye. *snicker*

And I like the grey/black beasts fighting in a darkened city. I assumed it was an homage to the B&W 1954 classic.

Meh... If you are going to have it in a city then give it some life.. If not then you might as well be on some random Island at night.

1954 had life going on in the city since people were running around.. The City did not have time to evacuate.

Now grant it that's from the 2D bluray that comes in the 3D version.

Movie was always a tad big too dark.

Then when you add a reflective screen and sun it makes it worse.

Movie definately requires a dark room.

Still a better movie than Kong.

I don't think the 2D is any different then the other 2D discs.. Put in you 3D disc and see if that seems brighter...

 

[Khev]

Well now that I just sat down to take these photos i'm watching the movie again and yeah these feel like titans making a mess of a city.

I guess what i'm getting at is that a battle in a city with toppled buildings is more visceral than a battle on a sterile island.

Yeah, funnily enough G14 was on TV (like TNT or something) when we got home from Kong: Skull Island which did not help Kong. I caught the last 20 minutes of the movie, that power breath sequence, damn...

As for the eyes on the Skull Crawlers discussed a while back I believe that Brie Larson shot the big one directly in one of its "real" eyes with the flare gun. Interesting that in this one the girl is blowing away the main bad guy while the character who is lost in the woods, everyone is trying to rescue, is having quiet moments with Kong as he bathes in a pool, etc., is played by a man.

 

[JAWS]

Well now that I just sat down to take these photos i'm watching the movie again and yeah these feel like titans making a mess of a city.

I guess what i'm getting at is that a battle in a city with toppled buildings is more visceral than a battle on a sterile island.

But it was made a sterile city when you removed any human element... Might as well been on skull island among the mountains.

 

[Khev]

1954 had life going on in the city since people were running around..

Yeah I definitely would have liked to have seen more of that in G14. I was just commenting that I liked the overall visual aesthetic of the monsters and city landscape itself.

 

[JAWS]

meh, no darker than it was theatrical...

just took these and this is with a reflective screen in a room filled with light! My wife wants the sun to rise in our living room.

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Jye.... Compare those photos with the Documentary shots from the same scenes..


If my Blu ray looed like the Special features I would be much happier / impressed with the fight scene.

 

[JAWS]

Now these look a way more blue, a lot less quality, and a bit darker because I used a phone.. But here is comparison of movie and the Special features.

From the movie itself




Special feature

 

[JAWS]

Here are two more comparison shots... Watching that part in the special features you could actually see the MUTO spine sticking out of the headless body.... So much detail lost.

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[JAWS]

After making the comparison I tried improving the brightness and other settings..

it lightened up the pic... But I lost black level quality and it looked like a grey mess.


The Special features were much better looking.... If the film looked like that I would enjoy it much more

 

[JAWS]

Yeah I definitely would have liked to have seen more of that in G14. I was just commenting that I liked the overall visual aesthetic of the monsters and city landscape itself.

It's why I like the Bridge and the airport scenes the best...

 

[jye4ever]

Oh make no mistake about it JAWS, the special feature footage is a whole lot brighter!





This is from the actual movie:

 

[JAWS]

Oh make no mistake about it JAWS, the special feature footage is a whole lot brighter!

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This is from the actual movie:

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So I read on another forum that the TV type seems to effect this film also... What type of TV do you have Jye??? What are the brightness settings..
That last pic you took would satisfy me...

Seriously I watch the Special features and I get excited by the action.. I watch the film and I get anxious because I feel like I am missing so much.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Nerds.

 

[a-dev]

The only potentially redeeming parts of Godzilla 2014 were ruined for me. Covering the action in darkness must be an offshoot of the ''1000 camera cuts and extreme closeups'' school of action film-making.