Enter our Wish List Birthday Giveaway . Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering. The picture exhibits vivid, eye-popping colors, though the overall image is wanting in clarity. Fleshtones are slightly orange in hue, but blacks are deep and solid.
Interior scenes appear slightly plugged-up, but fine background definition is apparent.
Contrast and shadow delineation are generally nicely rendered, and the picture is often impressively solid in a darkroom scene. There are no distracting artifacts. The soundtrack is too loud overall on the discrete 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack. While quite loud and forward sounding relative to the other elements, dialogue sounds natural though closely miked or ADR processed. Overall, SPL is rather extreme and pushes toward distortion and irritation at times.