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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant film - not great Blu Ray though, 20 May 2008
Ok, first up I love the film. It's one of my all time faves. It travels along nicely with classic "end of chapter" cliffhanger lines such as "If it bleeds we can kill it" and "something's out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man". The action and the pacing of the film are excellent, and despite what the plot is, it's done so well that it's almost believable.
The reason I'm only giving it four stars is because the blu-ray transfer isn't really all that great. It is slightly better than the DVD, but as stated by another reviewer the source material was already a little grainy and the High Def transfer seems only to highlight this further. There are also no extras unlike the DVD, so you really aren't getting value for money. As Blu-Ray's go, it's not one of the better ones, but I love the film so much I can just about forgive it for that.
In short, if you've already got the DVD (probably available for about £3) then you're not likely to feel that you're getting your money's worth here.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
This is so much better than people are saying.., 22 May 2009
Ok, so despite the dodgy reviews I thought what the hell, it's 8 quid and it has DTS HD Master lossless audio, so I'll get it. And I was really pleasantly surprised. For starters, let's talk about the DVD. The DVD of predator, (special edition) is areally pretty shocking print, it's dark, washed out with lots of noise, flecks, cigarette burns, and a half bit-rate DTS track which is either too quiet or too loud. People saying that this blu-ray is no better than the DVD are either quite literally insane, or perhaps watching it on a poor tv, or via a poor BD player. Yes, the picture is not 'jaw dropping', but what do people expect? It's just a high definition format, it's not a format that can completely digitally recreate a 20 year old film to the same standards as something that came out last year! Predator on blu-Ray is unqeustionably the finest that I have ever seen this awesome film look, and I have had this on every format since it was released. The picture is really sharp detailed and clear, the opening chopper sequence has little to any noise on the print, and the jungle looks glorious. (just check out the scene where they climb up to the helicopter). Colours are really striking and vibrant (so much so that the skinless General Hopper and his unit look even more horrific). But also, when it comes to BR, don't forget the sound, and the Predator DTS track is absolutely awesome. From the opening floor shaking rumble of the spaceship, to the clear vocals as the mission is laid out, to the explosions and gunfire of the attack on the compound, the sound is dynamic, immersive and beautifully balanced throughout. The only downside to the release, is the complete lack of extras, but then if you're a fan there's every chance you will already have the special edition DVD. So basically if you want predator looking and sounding the best you have EVER seen it, then don't hesitiate to get this Blu-Ray!
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Arnold's best performance - superior action movie., 13 May 2008
Predator is a fine story and reasonably well made and filmed. Arnold acts very well in this and far better than some of his colleagues. The alien is beautifully realized and, catchphrase lapses aside ("Knock knock", "Stick around" etc) it's really rather plausible.
The Blu-Ray transfer is, I think, very good. The problem is the source material. The film stock and camera work have added a huge amount of grain and 'noise' into the images. I thought, during the opening scenes, that the transfer was very poor but then other scenes appeared that clearly showed a spot on HD image. For example, in the opening scenes the characters are in a tent. The tent scenes look bad but then the action cuts to a map and the map is perfect. It's the original film at fault and not the transfer folks. Some parts of the jungle scenes look great, the attack on the compound for example, whereas others look sub DVD. I think it was a low budget production working in extreme conditions and the quality of the filming suffered as a result. It IS better than DVD though.
What's not better than DVD is the extras. There are none. There are some trailers but those aren't extras they're studio adverts. My DVD copy has a whole extra disc of documentaries and other stuff so why is the much more expensive Blu-Ray version bereft?
In short, worth buying but not massively better than DVD.
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