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Inglourious Basterds [Blu-ray]
(Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
Review by Gary Tooze
Production: Theatrical: A Band Apart Video: Universal Home Video
Disc: Region: FREE! (as verified by the Momitsu region FREE Blu-ray player) Runtime: 2:32:59.628 Disc Size: 47,788,081,988 bytes Feature Size: 37,429,143,552 bytes Video Bitrate: 25.69Mbps Chapters: 28 Case: Standard Blu-ray case Release date: December 15th, 2009
Video: Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio English 3516 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3516 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) DUBs: DTS Audio French 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit DTS Audio Spanish 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: English (SDH), English, French, Spanish, none (burned-in English for non-English dialogue)
Extras:
• 3 Extended & Alternate Scenes -
Lunch with Goebbels, La Louisiane Card Game,
Nation’s Pride Begins (11:26 in HD) • Kill'in Nazi's Trivia Challenge • Inglourious Basterds Poster Gallery • Domestic and International Trailers • My Scenes
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DBOX
Bitrate:
Description: Brad Pitt takes no prisoners in Quentin Tarantino’s high-octane WWII revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds. As war rages in Europe, a Nazi-scalping squad of American soldiers, known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” is on a daring mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Bursting with “action, hair-trigger suspense and a machine-gun spray of killer dialogue” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), Inglourious Basterds is “another Tarantino masterpiece” (Jake Hamilton, CBS-TV)!
The Film:
With Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino has made his best
movie since Pulp Fiction. He has also made what could arguably be
considered the most audacious World War II movie of all-time. If you
think there are rules for this sort of motion picture, guess again. And
it's not just that Tarantino is using the spaghetti western as his
template; it's that the sheer unpredictability of where all this is
going makes it compelling from beginning to end. Even the film's
occasional artistic flourishes (such as chapter titles and out-of-period
music pieces) work within the context of what Tarantino is trying to
accomplish. This is clearly an attempt by the director to expand his
range and step outside of the comfort zone in which he has worked for
the majority of his career.
No matter what one might think of the movie - the image quality 'rocks!'. This is one of the sweetest looking films on Blu-ray - of this entire year. Aside from skin tones appearing somewhat reddish at times - I really can't find a demonstrative flaw with this video transfer. Colors are far brighter and truer than SD could relate utilizing a softened pastel for blues and darker officer uniforms. Contrast exhibits healthy, rich black levels. This Blu-ray has a very pristine quality but grain not particularly apparent. There is some depth but the smoothness doesn't 'wax' the figures and while I suspect some digital manipulation it is not of any significance to have disturbed my viewing experience. This Blu-ray probably looks very close to the theatrical intent and will advances handily beyond the simultaneously releases DVD editions.
CLICK EACH BLU-RAY CAPTURE TO SEE ALL IMAGES IN FULL 1920X1080 RESOLUTION
Audio :The DTS-HD Master 5.1 at 3516 kbps is as defining as the video . When ever called upon with Tarantino's frequent use of rousing musical scores the audio responds with a crispness with abundant range and depth. Inglourious Basterds' music scrambles all over the place from Lalo Schifrin and Dimitri Tiomkin to Ennio Morricone and some Billy Preston. There is even a bit of David Bowie to keep you shifting. This track sounds perfect to my ears. I am a bit bothered by the burned-in bright yellow subtitles for the non-English dialogue. The is extensive with many parts in German and French requiring translation but the optional subtitles are in a white font with black border - appearing only under or near the character delivering the dialogue - typical of Universal - are superior in their display. My Momitsu has identified it as being a region FREE disc playable on Blu-ray machines worldwide.
Extras :Unfortunately the supplements don't include a Tarantino commentary and despite the longish list - there really isn't too much here handling the production and story aspects of the film in question. We get 3 extended and alternate scenes - Lunch with Goebbels, La Louisiane Card Game, Nation’s Pride Begins running less than 12-minutes in HD. Probably the best extra is the Nation’s Pride 6-minute faux-film within the film Inglourious Basterds. Amusingly still in character The Making of Nation’s Pride continues with the charade from another 4-minutes. The Roundtable Discussion with Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt and film historian/critic Elvis Mitchell for about 1/2 hour in HD covers some of the details fans may wish to know about what is crawling around the director/writer's fertile imagination. Veteran actor Rod Taylor gets in some camera time with a short conversation and even shorter take on on Victoria Bitters, the Australian beer. Quentin Tarantino’s Camera Angel is as unimportant as the Hi Sallys – Gag Reel where cast and the director wave hello at the end of scenes to, frequent Tarantino collaborating, editor Sally Menke. Elvis Mitchell returns with a Film Poster Gallery Tour. There is an untested Kill'in Nazi's Trivia Challenge, some trailers and Blu-ray specific 'My Scenes', 'DBOX Motion Controls' and, presently, un-launched BD-Live functionality. Included is a second disc is the Digital Copy of Inglourious Basterds.
BOTTOM LINE: Gary Tooze December 3rd, 2009
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