Skyfall (Blu-ray) Official AVSForum Review - Page 3

Originally Posted by Closet Geek 

Not that anyone asked but I'm happy to report that I was finally able to settle in and watch Skyfall yesterday afternoon (Yea snow day!). First off, this movie was even more enjoyable than my theatrical experience because when I went to see it at the theater I was extremely tired and an early evening showtime ended up being a midnight showtime, which compounded things. Anyway, I thought highly of the movie then and even more so now and truly feel a disservice has been done by the academy by not giving Skyfall a nod. Additionally, as good as I felt this movie was, I was surprised by the $1B earnings but after viewing it again more clear headed the billion dollar mark is absolutely justified.

While there might be some CGI going on here and there, I personally don't regard this as a CGI enhance movie like, say Star Trek (2009). I mention this because with "CGI" enhanced movies, you expect things to look good for the most part (of course there are exceptions). With that being said, as a "live" movie, Skyfall's PQ is astounding! Someone really put some love into this one, that's for sure. I felt the SQ was excellent as well particularly with the helicopter scene.

This is easily a top reference/demo disc as far as my collection is concerned and I'm thrilled to have this addition to my collection.

Originally Posted by Cravit8 

Brand new Skyfall Blu-ray disc not working on Playstation 3 (superslim)


Disc works in other devices.
PS3 plays all other bluray (that I tried) and disc games perfectly.

Am I the only one here?

yeah yeah, I know this isn't a troubleshooting thread, just griping because I wanted to watch this bad boy on my 9.1 setup!

Originally Posted by gwsat 

Watched my Skyfall BD last and was so impressed by the film, I raised my assessment of 8 Stars out of 10, which I gave after I saw it in the theater, to 9 Stars out of 10. I thought the struggle between an aging and injured Bond and a brilliant psychopath who had worked for M at MI6 for many years was deliciously creepy, as well as very exciting. My only regret was that we didn't get to see more of the lovely Bérénice Marlohe.

I think Ralph's assessments of both the video and audio quality were spot on. The film was beautiful from beginning to end and the aerial night shots of various big cities around the were simply breathtaking. I was equally impressed with the audio, particularly the LFE. The first big explosion Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show) nearly made me levitate. The long series of explosion filled scenes near the end of the film Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show) had my whole room shaking.

Skyfall is a brilliant film, filled with excitement and populated with an A list cast. This BD could not have done a better job with it. Both the film and this BD are simply wonderful.

Originally Posted by CMonMan 

Just watched all 22 movies from the Bond 50 blu ray set, all since Valentine's Day and JUST finished watching Skyfall to top it off. 50 some odd hours of Bond in less then a month! I am in my mid twenties and honestly have only seen a handful of the Bond films.. mostly the popular ones occasionally played on tv. So here is my take-

Other then a few films, and taking age into consideration, most of the films looked excellent. My personal favorite was Die Another Day. Not sure why Quantum of Solace had a different menu then the first 21 films and that sort of bugged me. I wish Skyfall would have also used the same menu and that the disc would have matched the Bond 50 set... They leave a space for the disc, but then give it different artwork? Grr. Anyway, this is about Skyfall-

I agree with almost all of the review. I thought it looked amazing. I don't think there are many films that compare to it visually. The story was also great. I liked how they tied a lot of past films into it and made numerous (mostly subtle) references to past films. After having just watched all the previous Bond films over the last month, my heart sank at the end of the opening train scene.. not many films do that for me. The film still had the fast cars, the gadgets, the boats, the gun fights, the explosions, and the women- but it also revealed more about the characters and I LOVED that. As far as the bass discussion- I agree with both sides. Yes, there were a lot of explosions and scenes where the bass made an impact, but compared to other recent Bond titles, I certainly had to turn my volume up (often to the point that the dialogue became too loud) to really get the most of it. In the two movies before this (Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace), I was able to leave my volume at a set level where the main dialogue was just right and the explosions gave a nice loud, full bass sound that really gave an impact.... but to achieve that same full impact on Skyfall, it seemed I had to turn the volume up to a point that the rest of the film seemed too loud. It wasn't terrible, but I shouldn't need to adjust volume during a film, and I CAN understand what a couple previous posters were saying. Film itself was excellent, story was exciting, and really makes me excited for what is to come.

Also, excited that they managed to add/replace many of the characters with younger actors.. leaving a lot of future potential while not taking too much away from the series. My only concern is that Bond is showing his age...

That's my 2 cents.