Revolver (Blu-ray Review)

December 1st, 2008 Blu-ray-au Posted in Blu-ray Movie Reviews | Comments Off

Revolver (Blu-ray Review)

“Your mind will not accept a game this big”

I am going to admit, I didn?t ?get? Revolver, but that is not so say I wasn?t compelled by it. Let?s face it, I sat through this entire movie not quite sure what I was seeing, or what point was being made. This movie is too heavily stylized for my taste, but seemingly stylized just for style’s sake, and nothing more. One thing is clear, If it takes you two featurettes to explain what you are doing, your point is too convoluted for most viewers. While compelling, this movie rambles on like a …

Video

Revolver shoots its way onto the Bluray format in a 1080p/AVC encode framed at a 2:35:1 aspect ratio that is unremarkable, too stylized, and a little mediocre when compared to the best images I have seen on the format. The source appears very strong, as there are no film related blemishes to be seen. Detail and clarity is pretty good in the foreground, but out of focus in the background most of the time. Colors vacillate between nicely saturated and strong, to weak and lacking in pop. Some sc…

Audio

Revolvers lossless 5.1 English Dolby TrueHD track, encoded at 24/48khz does an excellent job of supporting the visuals of this film, and conveying the mood of it as well. It can be aggressive at some points, and fairly subdued dimensionally at others. Ambience is strongly supported in some scenes via aggressive use of the surrounds. Listen to each time the characters are in the pool hall, or the gambling casino. You will here the sound of pool balls bouncing around placed in each of the main …

Supplements

Revolver features all of the extras from the DVD previously released earlier this year. You don?t get the photo gallery, and all of the extra are limited to standard definition non anamorphic widescreen.


Audio Commentary features Guy Ritchie and editor James Herbert and is filled with too much overly deep analysis designed to give a greater understanding of the complexity of the film. Not sure of their success though, as I found it rather convoluted and just plain weird. …

Final Words

I am going to be honest and frank. I cannot recommend this movie, not even to my dog Darnell. However if you are actually intrigued to watch it based on my not so positive review, rent it, that way you don?t have to clutter up your collection with convoluted drivel trying to pass itself off as serious filmmaking. It spends too much time trying to be a mind screw that it just ends up a diffusive, empty, and rather pedestrian effort at recreating a mobster/gangster flick. It has no heart, so I……

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