Films are like card or coin or butterfly or stamp collections; each snapshot contains a memory in time of its origin and meaning. And for each collector the meaning is his/her own.
The appraised value, the one that is true, varies with time. It is inconstant. If I say that one coin is worth that much it is only in the context of my own perspective. For someone else it could be devastatingly different. And therefore in no time should the value be an absolute. It's like a Picasso you bought from a museum. The auction will determine what people are ready to pay, what value they put from each bidding up to the final outcome...when the painting is ultimately purchased, and till next time it is sold by its new owner to its new buyer.
Paintings are in 2D, not in 3D. But some books I have @ home are in 3D...the graphic designs.
Last night I watched a 3D Blu-ray flick:
"In this "Harry Potter" spin-off set in 1926 New York, an author studying fantastic beasts gets involved in a conflict between wizards and No-Majs (i.e. those unable to use magic) when some of the creatures in his care are accidentally released."
Some scenes are superbly recreated, like 1926 New York. The opening scene with the boat passing by from left to right is awesome.
It is very brief moments like that that added all together and which form our memories of films...music. ...Which can tilt one way or another our mental state. ...Which can tick us in one direction or above/below.
The 3D effects are cool, the film overall feel is smooth, and with some enchantress scenes, lovely magical. The actors/actresses count for the bulk of that magic. The more charismatic and good solid delivery the more we enter their magical spell.
The actor
Dan Fogler is a masterpiece to watch and interact with.
The actress
Alison Sudol is ravishing to look @ and very relaxing and comforting.
Our two main characters,
Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston are fine.
The music score by
James Newton Howard is professionally 'composed'.
I don't know how to say this...I try. When I was collecting marbles as a kid I admired their design and flawless roundness. It was a passion of beauty; you can see through them, in them were shapes of colors and forms...like clouds in the midnight lighted satin sky...would change by rotation...like magic. ...Moonlight. I'm not talking about the small marbles here, those I used to earn the big ones, and those big ones are the ones I'm referring to.
'Fantastic Beasts...' in 3D is like a nice big marble pleasant to look @ and full of beautiful imagery and imagination. It's a collection of big marbles with their own uniqueness, from scene to scene, actor's impressions to the next and interacting when put all together next to each other. The way we organize our collections (memories, snapshots) is the way we construct our appraised values.
I'm not describing the film @ all, just what I feel, on my own personal level, and sharing it with anyone who's reading. That's the best and fairest appraisal I can give, just like what we feel when listening to music.
Overall (film, acting, 3D immersion, music, collection...):
80
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Last word: 3D
I've also read that in 4K/HDR it is excellent. If Warner Bros would have included the 3D version in their 4K package I would have chosen the complete/no bias/no non-sense expedition.
By the way, listen to this: WB put a Dolby Atmos audio soundtrack with both the 2D/4K Blu-ray version and the regular 2D/1080p BR one, but NOT with the 3D BR version. Ha!
I won't say no more, only that perhaps someone was sleeping when they did the audio transferring and omission. Or that they didn't have enough space? No way, because other 3D BR films are much longer, contain a Dolby Atmos audio soundtrack and the picture is pristine...in 3D. This is gross negligence, a travesty to the notoriety of cinema on Blu-ray in the year 2017.
It's atmos despicable? I would almost say so. We'll all live, but for how long?
A review? Not really. An opinion? In part certainly. An expression of a true feeling and memorized experience? That, definitely, and 3-dimensional..
Isn't it similar when we listen to say...Led Zeppelin...or The Doors...or Tangerine Dream...or Pink Floyd...or Yes? ...In analog tube stereo or in digital solid state multichannel (Auro-Matic 3D).
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