What are you watching?

I really enjoyed Barry Lyndon of Blu-Ray. The DVD I had was 3 by 4 and the blu ray was widescreen. I thought this was a wonderful picture.

Last night I saw "BIG" the first time in 20 years. I remembered it fondly, but this was not as good as I thought.85186_large.jpg
 
Big Stanley Kubrick's fan here; got all his flicks. ...I mean 'all of them', except his film essays from his school years.

* As for 'Barry Lyndon's "true" aspect ratio it's complicated: http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/barry-lyndon-aspect-ratio/

By the way, the DVD is @ 1.66.1 and the Blu is @ 1.78:1 screen aspect ratio.
...The film was shot in the 1.77:1 aspect ratio but was projected (cinema theaters) in the ... :)

Kubrick, Cameron (James), Spielberg, Lucas, Bay (Michael), Scott (Ridley), Scorsese, Malick (Terrence), Hitchcock, Gilliam (Terry), Friedkin (William), Kurosawa (Akira), Fellini (Federico), Leone (Sergio), Michelangelo (Antonioni), Tornatore (Giuseppe), Bush (George ;)), etc.; they are all in one aspect ratio or another when it comes to lenses and cameras.
And it varies too from one format to another; theatrical, VHS, Laser Disc, DVD, Blu-ray.

The thing is that all these master "cineastes" don't have full control over all business distribution and art development.

If you want the real stuff simply get the original film pellicule (negatives) where it all started in the first place.
It's the same thing with audio (music); original reel-to-reel tapes. ...Mono, or stereo.
And good luck!
 
Last night ::



* A masterpiece? ...A fiasco? ...Something between? ...Hmmm, for me, and me only; a diversion from reality.
I think it is sad, and this is part of the world many of the Earth's inhabitants live in. ...Then that diversion from reality becomes too real.
...Fortunately or unfortunately? ...Like I said; sadly.

Can I rate this flick? ...Of course I can: 0.5 out of 5 (me rating).
Other people can rate it whatever they thought and felt about it, ...and we can even talk about it.

A science-fiction, really? ...No, a real vision into today's and tomorrow's someone's real life of the future today.
...One vision, from one visionary, of many many people living that vision, that reality. ...I think. ...Sad because there are much more real important things in real life, and if we don't fix what needs to be fixed, then we're on a path to a rude awakening, or a very long sleep into total oblivion.

It is sad, and abstraction is just too real. ...Then in that sense the message was massaged into my brain, and my rating could have been so much different, and better.
Don't accord any importance to a rating; see it for yourself and look at her, if you can...because you won't see clearly what's in your virtual world, and even less what she really looks like, in real life, ...her.
 
bob thanks for the review. This is a movie I was looking forward to seeing and I soon will I'm sure. You make it sound like it's an enigma we should be an interesting time to watch. I've been very busy with the new computer in the remodeling of my house, I've seen things butI haven't had time to post. I want to start posting about a couple comments made earlier. One of the movies I've seen recently was North by Northwest. It's still a great movie and a lot of fun to watch.
 
Barry, it wasn't a review per se, but an essay from an impression impregnated in me by that flick.

That's right; my rating of this flick is one of the lowest, ever. But! I still highly recommend seeing it.
Because my rating has more to do with the real fiction than the director, the acting, and the overall 'fruit' (stance of the moment, what transcended from it inside me).

The world we are transported in is a very boring and superficial world. The city is lifeless with all robots not even living.
How could they, they're only robots!

Spike (Jonze) took his idea and created an extremely boring city; and as a sci-fi it is more a true real human drama that we live right now than anything else that could happen in the future.
And that, is the chef-d'oeuvre, because the twist is so evident that it almost escapes us. ...Almost.
 
First, I know I am a bit behind.

I write this carefully because I do not want anyone here to think I am being fussy, or object to our great listers opinions and preferences. Sometimes on these sites people do say rude things but sometimes things can be misinterpreted when you don’t know the writer.

I do NOT like a video or audio room cluttered with equipment. I think the lights and stuff distract from the viewing. I also find it intimidating for family and friends you get overwhelmed with the huge amount of chrome and blinking lights!

I try to hide my equipment. My amps are in the garage and almost everything that can be hidden in a cabinet is. This was the room get very dark and I don’t feel claustrophobic and there is room for everyone. My dealers and even a manufacturer have told me that most people show off their stuff and I hide it.

So here is the view of my front. To make it seem more like a movie theater I have people come in and talk on their cell phones!BARRY-THEATER-FRONT-REVELS.jpg
 
Barry, if you are a bit behind then I'm way behind.

When I watch a flick that's what I watch; the flick. When I listen to music ...

* Perhaps I will share some pics...or maybe not. ...Maybe not because you cannot see the movie that I'm watching or hear the music that I'm listening to from my own eyes and ears. ...Or maybe yes because it don't matter and it's fun anyway. ...Like when Paul shared some youtube videos of the tunes he listened to in his room; that, is real cool. And it invites others to share, me included.

I never put my audio/video gear in my sig, and I only posted very few pics of some of my past rigs. I don't feel anything in showing and revealing, but I feel the entire world in sharing the emotional freedom from listening to the music I love and also from watching some flicks at home. ...And some days more than others. Yesterday is gone, and to some it can remain for another day, and to others an eternity.

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* Last I revisited this flick ::



Sweetness all over again. :cool:
 
Last night (revisited) ::

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* Documentary on real events. ...More questions than answers; only K2, the mountain, has all the answers, and no human being know exactly what happened! ...Out of 22 climbers, half (11) met their final destiny, death, and one by one (not all together)!

But through some of the testimonies you can guess the obvious. ...And it wasn't a nice picnic up and down the mountain.

More emotional than real life, and more real life than man's ultimate ambition.

I could write a book (others could write an encyclopedia) about human nature and all that summit jazz, but I won't and nobody else can. ...Because nobody was present at all the eleven deaths! ...Only the mountain; so ask K2 to tell you all about it.
But it still speaks volume; in mountain (language) term.

...On DVD (I know; this was exceptional).
 
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