Reader Reviews for Eraser:
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Summary: Eraser Bluray Not Worth The Money
Comment: In brief and put simply swapping to the Blu-ray version of THE ERASER was a complete waste of money and it is only because had we not given away our DVD copy to a friend we would have put the BR version back on the market!!!.
Why:?
The Picture and The Sound.
Firstly the picture:
We watch any DVD or Blu-ray(BR)item on a budget priced DLP projector and we do not make any apologies for what we see as our brain comprehends what we are viewing and so the techo's could say rightly "well you won't get a good Blu-ray picture on that thing"! Perhaps they are right but! hear us out.
When one does view a good BR disc (say any of James Bond BR's or SAHARA or VAN HELSING or THE THING or TERMINATOR SALVATION or I-ROBOT or ERAGON for example) the beads of sweat to hair follicles to facial lines do show up even on our projector. Even previous DVDs when compared to the BR version are noticeably clearer, sharper, more colour and better blacks.
In fact we have concluded using a budget price projector as we have is an ideal way of checking out a Blu-ray transfer as it is more evident to our brain if either poor master print was used or good transfer was carried out and as such any DNR or EE may be noticeable quicker to our brain. We don't know but whenever we see a good BR which has a good review on our projector we cannot but agree with the reviewers point of view not really understanding why as we are not techo'. Our brain does it for us we guess.
The Sound:
We state up front first we are not advocates of DD-TueHD sound but have never been disappointed with any DTS codec either on DVD or BR's (yet that is) and feel the movie companies put the soundtrack of many, many, many so-called BR sound transfers into some form of computer program which transfers the sound from DD to either a genuine DD-TrueHD or a fudged DD-TRUE HD to suit their purposes and for this picture (like a few we have heard)the conversion doesn't work for us. So stick with your DVD copy of this movie if you are looking to hear a BR experience.
Summary:
This picture is one of these anomalies as is COLLATERAL DAMAGE another. The original DVD's were in Dolby Digita (DD) 5.1 and like COLLATERAL DAMAGE sounds no different in BR. The assumption is anything in BR should be better and it is time many buyers realised this is not so. Many supposedly transferred sounds into DD-True HD are not succesfull and that is the truth.
That is what our ears (brain again)tells us any way and yet there are many good transfers from DD to DD-TRUE HD out there too! Such as the BLADERUNNER and 300 are good transfers to our ears.
However because of our AVR's sound codex switched to hear DTS-HD Master Audio we like what we hear from any BR disc which has been done in this format. Especially THE GOLDEN COMPASS which also takes sound to yet another level by being encoded in 7.1 channels as well as DTS-HD Master Audio too.
Conclusion
This is our first review ever for any organisation and please note our comments have nothing to do with the story line, the actor's ability or date of the actors likableness it has to with the two major reasons we buy BR's and that is BR is supposed to give us improved PICTURE and SOUND. We suggest and this is proven by a number of reviews out there to not be the truth meaning we are not getting this from the movie companies. Not yet but we should!!!!.
If this picture came out in DTS-HD Master Audio it would be a good beginning but the picture transfer needs to be worked on.
We feel all the movie companies know what is happening, they don't care and they only care for one thing and we all know what that is. THE $.!!!
Even in my country when USA and the UK were experiencing DTS on DVD's our stores were being stocked in mostly DD and rarely saw a DTS DVD and had to go overseas to purchase and sought multi region players to compensate.
Indeed here we cannot readly purchase a multi zoned BT player yet and the main player SONY would not come to the party and multi zone my new SONY player even though they sold them overseas. Strange but is not SONY a MOVIE COMPANY!!!! It is simply not in their sales interest to offer multi zoned BR's it would cost them in BR sales wouldn't it!!
Even with BR in the US and UK you can buy for example TRANSPORTER 3 recorded with soundtrack DTS-HD Master Audio however we see it on our shelves here only recorded in DD-TRUE HD.
The movie companies look for widest diversity they can hence REGIONS and ZONES were introduced and when the US and others wake up to it we are all being deceived for one real reason and as a result there is no real freedom of choice - things need to heat up for the very hungry movie companies.
Having read the review of GLADIATOR SAPHIRE Edition and being guided by the reviewers NOT to buy this item we decided to play a part in forums and offer this review too.
Hope you all like our review
Thank you from down under
zoedog43
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Suspense
Comment: This film has suspense and action played out by John alias Arnold. He is with the witness protection program and he works alone. He does his job well and comes across as a man without alot of words but one who seems to care about those who cross his path in his line of work. He takes on a witness for a corporation that deals with intricate weaponry. This character is played by Vanessa, she comes across as a strong woman who is trying to get information for the fbi. She isnt prepared for the type of assault that comes from the force of criminal activity. Luckily, John is there to help her, he takes her out of harms way after they try to kill her in her house. It doesn't show much in the way of emotions, sadness, love affair, but the story line is good. John's boss is involved in a double cross with the government and the company under surveillance. His boss and others are selling weapons not accounted for to terrorist groups heightening their accesibility to more powerful technology. I liked to watch how John worked in his field of government. Parachuting seems fun but pretty frightening, which was one of the action sequences in the film. The suspense in obtaining secret info seems like an adventurous job yet its not a game, a risk of life or death. The ability to protect someone against extreme danger would be a scary prospect. The film does and it doesn't take life as valuable. What I mean is that when her male friend dies she doesn't seem to grieve. Even the bad guys get plowed by a train. Yet it does take it seriously because it is a job which saves a person's life. An action film that has the strength of an interesting plot. I liked it and think it holds your interest, especially the beginnings of the film, the end does not hold you as captive.
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Summary: Let's Party
Comment: Here's the beginning of Late Schwarzenegger and it's a good show. Eraser hints that it's the late 90's with a bit more grunge and shadows. The quips, satisfying as they are, are used sparingly. There's even a bit less action bombast than earlier outings but when they arrive, they are preposterous eye-popping fun. Alligators! The pain element is tweaked up, countering the cartoon (CGI) stunts. James Caan is a class addition, so is James Coburn. Venessa Williams is the classic kickbutt damsel in distress. Robert Pastorelli adds a touch of buddy chemistry. The Union/Mafia guys, headed up by the uncanny Joe Viterelli, offer an inspired touch as comic relief. Slamming finale, boom crash, as expected. Eraser is a solid Schwarzenegger action film. No more no less.
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Summary: On its own level, a nice action film
Comment: Strong man Arnold Schwarzenegger is in is element as a licensed killing machine whose job it is to be big brother to people enrolled in the witness protection program. The film's first few scenes show our hero at work on some bad guys who have located a family thought to have been erased but hero Arnold is there to save them in the nick of time. Vanessa Williams stumbles into harm's way and becomes Schwarzenegger's ward. The two form an uneasy partnership and manage to stay one jump ahead of the heavies for the remainder of the film. There are plenty of over-the-top action sequences, wild chases and bad guys that make it fun to root against them and explosive CGI effects for the more implausible scenes. The movie is a fun action picture, and as such, is enjoyable and a good way to spend two hours in fantasyland.
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Summary: Gets a two instead of a one because its Arnold
Comment: Was hoping for an 80s style Arnold movie, but this film fell short. I guess my hopes were too high. There will never be anything close to as good as Commando or Predator.
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