Vertical Limit - BLU-RAY Version (2000)

A customer from Southampton , 01/12/2007

The sort of film that would be better in Imax because what I saw was an upscaled version of the origonal. The movie was not filmed in HD so it has to go the interlace conversion so you only see it in 1080i or 720p. 35mm does not support HD in Panavision Fuji laboratories. This is an excellent movie on its own but I wish the companies whom release these titles would be honest with us. This movie contains some of the most authentic cliffhangng shots seen until MI:1 and MI:2. The best part of the film comes near the end but I am not going to spoil it for you. Again great perfomances by Robin Tunney and Scott Glen. I don't really like Bill Paxton but I certainly love hating him here. The 3 stars are the basic fact is that it doesn't fathom in 1080P HD and is not filmed for it. As far as I know the only film at this time which used multi ccd and full frame capture was The Matrix trilogy.

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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stuwybaby from Royston , 13/06/2008

I think the last time I watched this film was on vhs tape, so when the release of this bluray version was announced I thought this would be a superb film to see in all its high definition glory. So after watching this excellent film, I was disappointed by the quality of the picture. Yes its certainly better than vhs, but seems to be more like an upscaled dvd. There have been comments made about older films using older technology not being able to be represented in high definition as good a quality as new or more recently made films. Companies should inform us more when claiming a film is high definition when picture quality varies tremendlessly with different films. A bluray 50gb will have a better quality picture and sound than a bluray 25gb and this should be displayed on the covers so we can make more of an informed choice or if in doubt, rent first.

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Cornwall , 08/09/2007

Lots of dangling over precipices, good mountain scenes and good picture quality. The story isn't bad either.

  1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

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Archibald from Southampton, England , 28/07/2008

This is a good film with enjoyable characters. As for Blu-Ray only a couple of scenes looked different from the standard DVD.

  1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

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stuwybaby from Royston , 13/06/2008

I think the last time I watched this film was on vhs tape, so when the release of this bluray version was announced I thought this would be a superb film to see in all its high definition glory. So after watching this excellent film, I was disappointed by the quality of the picture. Yes its certainly better than vhs, but seems to be more like an upscaled dvd. There have been comments made about older films using older technology not being able to be represented in high definition as good a quality as new or more recently made films. Companies should inform us more when claiming a film is high definition when picture quality varies tremendlessly with different films. A bluray 50gb will have a better quality picture and sound than a bluray 25gb and this should be displayed on the covers so we can make more of an informed choice or if in doubt, rent first.

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

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A customer from Southampton , 01/12/2007

The sort of film that would be better in Imax because what I saw was an upscaled version of the origonal. The movie was not filmed in HD so it has to go the interlace conversion so you only see it in 1080i or 720p. 35mm does not support HD in Panavision Fuji laboratories. This is an excellent movie on its own but I wish the companies whom release these titles would be honest with us. This movie contains some of the most authentic cliffhangng shots seen until MI:1 and MI:2. The best part of the film comes near the end but I am not going to spoil it for you. Again great perfomances by Robin Tunney and Scott Glen. I don't really like Bill Paxton but I certainly love hating him here. The 3 stars are the basic fact is that it doesn't fathom in 1080P HD and is not filmed for it. As far as I know the only film at this time which used multi ccd and full frame capture was The Matrix trilogy.

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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