Nagi instynkt / Basic Instinct

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https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Basic-Instinct-Blu-ray/289558/#Review

Cytat:The entire film has been regraded and unfortunately I do not find its new appearance too convincing. There are two reasons why. First, most blues and blue nuances are suppressed by different variations of cyan. Some are tolerable, but many more are not. The shift is quite obvious and actually mimics practically identical shifts that are present on StudioCanal's recent restorations of the Rambo films, Universal Soldier, and Cliffhanger. The most problematic areas typically emerge during daylight footage, but the effects of the shift can be easily recognized during darker footage as well. In many areas, the cyan also destabilizes whites and white nuances. Furthermore, the same shift has introduced inconsistencies in the native dynamic range of the visuals. (The same inconsistencies are present on the restorations that I mentioned above, so they are clearly part of a trend). As a result, during daylight footage, and occasionally some darker footage, it appears that the brightness levels are not set properly, causing awkward flatness that has digital roots. The 4K Blu-ray handles most of these inconsistencies quite well, but on the Blu-ray, where the color values are limited, the inconsistencies become impossible to ignore. All in all, the 4K master clearly offers a sizeable upgrade in quality, but it is yet another project that reveals color-grading anomalies that we have come to expect from European labs.

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