Product: Point Break [VHS] (1991)
Rating: 5.0
Blu-review Point Break - good times
A classic macho action-fest with a heart of gold.I got the blu-ray and I enjoyed this movie on an emotional level I never have before, since I never saw it in the theaters, only on DVD. This is so much more alive. There's something about movies that were shot on film, with loving attention to cinematography. This dumb action movie is actually one of them. Really fun to watch. It's actually not that dumb. Well, lots of it is dumb, but in a very entertaining way. Anyway, back to the blu ray - It's a well-done transfer that seems true to the film. Clean too. No dirt or crud. No enhancement either, that I can tell. There's some grainy footage but it's mostly low-light out on the water, low ISO film, I believe, so the grain is part of the film, seemingly. Parts of the movie are absolutely creamy. Sometimes it's almost spooky.as a side note, I have read Video professionals talk about this - most TV's are set too cool and bright out of the box, with gamma and contrast jacked up. Try adjusting your set, setting your TV to a warmer picture will look too warm for a few seconds but pretty soon you will forget that, and it will really look better playing good films. My TV has a "movie mode" and I never used it because it wasn't bright and contrasty enough and seemed too warm, reddish, but now I'm hooked on it. Looks really good, skin tones are true and lots of world detail comes through, and blacks are very deep and rich.