BOB MARLEY ONE LOVE 4K UHD BLU-RAY REVIEW
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- 4K UHD Blu-ray review to the biopic on the life of Bob Marley. Image aspect ratio is approximately 2.40:1 and sound is Dolby Atmos. There is only the 4K disc in this pack which in addition to the movie itself holds about an hour of extra features in lower quality high definition. It is a dual layer, 66Gb disc but I spotted no evidence of compression which is not surprising as the 55 to 60Gb left for the main feature should be more than adequate for a running time of under two hours.
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Since you have this CZcams channel, it's a great thing that you spent £25 for this disc - you reviewed it brilliantly for the benefit of others.
Thank you Erik. It appears it's not a very popular title after all but we both enjoyed it immensely. John.
John, you have a knack of making a film ‘of no interest’ interesting…! I’m not really into music biopics, but I did enjoy ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ in 4K…
Oh yes, that was a good one. Some of the course of events had been juggled around to make it seem more interesting or dramatic but other than that it captured the spirit of Queen. I saw them live three or four times because my brother was a big Queen fan.
John.
Hi John! Great to hear this 4k was worth the purchase i know my daughter and boyfriend went to cinemas to see it and assured me lots of young people love bob marley's music hahah so will watch this asap. The sound alone seems enticing to add this to my collection thanks so much hope all is well over there Cheers D!!
Morning Dave. If young people like Bob Marley then that explains why this was made and the huge budget allowed for it. I was assuming it had enticed a load of older people back into cinemas. It doesn't seem to be a very popular film on the home video market though which is a shame if I'm correct. John.
Fascinating as usual John and interesting, to put things into perspective the ~£300 for a Super 8 copy of Alien in ~ 1991, (taking into account inflation and purchasing power today by comparison) would be the equivalent of ~ £872! Proving your very point that when it comes to technology, everything actually falls in 'real price' terms to its 'marginal cost of production' yet it makes us wonder why everything feels like it is going up and up forever! Jeff Booth is someone that explains the fundamentals of this concept and why it just seems that other costs today seem much more expensive when it comes to most essential things that we need today. Top marks!
Good morning Mike. I wonder how much a two hour feature costs on Super 8 today. I expect it would be around £1000 so I'll have to look into that. By contrast, I got my 35mm print for £122 delivered. That's the so-called 'Director's Cut' though and it seems many enthusiasts were able to get a print once the theatrical run was over so clearly someone diverted the prints from the usual bandsaw and crusher demise of 35mm general release prints and get them into the hands of film collectors.
John.
Thanks for the review.
Glad you enjoyed the film, especially the sound, as well.
Thank you Saint. This one was a nice surprise. Impulse buys don't always work out so well. John.
Picked it up at Fopp in Manchester on Wednesday last week and put it back on the shelf and took home Aliens 4k and Ironclaw instead, will have to go back now ! Wonderful review, thank you.
I was surprised how good this movie was. I'm also surprised by how unpopular the 4K disc release appears to be. So I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did if you do get back to FOPP and get a copy. Aliens is pretty good though so I'm sure you'll enjoy that one.
John.
Well done as always, thank you.
Thanks Pete. A surprisingly good film. John.
A very interesting choice of a movie. Great review, as always!
Such a good comment you made it twice Dmitri. Thank you.
Very interesting. Thanks, John!
Not a particularly successful 4K in terms of sales Jim but a surprisingly good film. With a budget of more than $90m I suppose it bloody well should be!
Thanks John
Thank you Craig. John.
Great review John of my favourite artist of all time ❤👍
I'd never fully appreciated Bob Marley but this film has educated me. Great music and combined with the great sound reproduction on this home video release combined to turn me into a Bob Marley fan.
John.
If you enjoy Reggae music, I’d like to recommend a 1981 British film, “Babylon”. It’s got quite an interesting history of being banned, traded by bootlegs, becoming a cult film, then recently restored and released in the US. Of particular note, for you, is the spectacular cinematography-it has no right looking as good as it does given the budget (the DP went on to win Oscars), and the time capsule shots of life in London during the Thatcher era. The UK blu-ray has some questionable subtitles, but the US Blu-ray (with better subs) is region locked. Highly recommended for so many reasons, the soundtrack chief among them.
The mid-1980's were a great time for Britain, no doubt about that but 1981? We were still in the worst of times then after the complete debacle of the 1970's. I've never seen Babylon from 1981 but that surely could not exactly have been the best time to make a documentary in this country. I was never much into reggae but there was no denying some of the great hits from Mr. Marley. John.
@@moviecollector5920 It’s not a documentary per se, it’s a film depicting the culture and rampant racism of the era, not a rosy view of that period I assure you. It shares the same screenwriter as Quadrophenia, and is an extremely compelling film in its own right regardless of music or subject matter. Unfortunately in 2020 Babylon became particularly poignant in America; a sign that things hadn’t changed much in 40 years. A glance at the 90 second 2019 US release trailer may convince you… or it may not :)
Thanks for the review. I’m a Marley fan. I listen to him and the Wailers on vinyl.
I'd like to have the Exodus album Gary but only as a vinyl record. CD's were never as appealing to me so it's nice to see records back in the top spot again.
John.
@@moviecollector5920 I went the cd route when it first came out, but thankfully never got rid of my record collection.
salut bonne revue du 4 k BOB MARLEY et belle vidèo comme toujour
C'est un bon film Alain. Je ne suis pas sûr qu'il soit très populaire cependant. John.
Great and interesting review John :) I might check out this film since I like Bob Marley. Something I'm looking forward to is Prince's Purple Rain 4K UHD Blu-ray, which is being released this month. Unfortunately, it has no new extras like deleted scenes, but it should still be a good release.
I've never seen Purple Rain. It will be another niche market 4K disc release so perhaps this is telling us something such as the distributors are making money from the format. Let's hope so.
John.
Just read Triumph is coming out with an Elvis Bonneville this summer for 15,000 euros. I think I need one!
Every home should have at least one Triumph... preferably of the four wheeled variety in my own case Gary.
John.
Well, I must say that for some reason, this is the film that I least expected you to cover, but you did a fine job with it. I haven't seen the film yet. I have a mild problem with biopics: If the subject is a truly unique person, I have trouble watching someone pretend to be that person, unless the potrail is literally perfect, like Jamie Fox in Ray for example. Someone recommended that film, saying that I would forget that it wasn't actually Ray Charles. They were right.
It's only a part of his life Timothy and not some over the top, fictional, emotional rollercoaster like these things usually are. I rather like the Bob Marley and the Wailers music so I thought I'd give it a try and I'm glad I did. John.
@moviecollector5920 I'm glad you liked it. I'm hoping that you will review Twister and The Man From Uncle which are upcoming releases.
@@timothymathetes Twister is a great film so I hope that one gets a release over here. I think I've seen that it will. John.
@moviecollector5920 Twister is one of my favorites. I have an old DVD. I hope to upgrade. The Man From Uncle is also a favorite of mine. It was quite a cinematic experience when I saw it in the theater in 2015. The sound was very good. I don't like the Ministry of Ungentlemenly Warfare, though it's from the same makers. Too woke for me.
@@timothymathetes The Man From Uncle was a television series in the 1960's to cash in on the success of the James Bond films. There were double episodes of 'Uncle' that were re-edited into theatrical films. They were all good fun in their day but that was then. I presume the 2015 version is a remake but I don't think Robert Vaughan and David McCallum would have been the stars by then.
I have the NTSC LaserDisc of Twister. I don't suppose the computer effects work will hold up as well from a 4K video transfer of the negative so expect them to look somewhat sub-standard at times. They held up in The Empire in 1996 though so you never know. That was a huge screen so would have helped cover up deficiencies.
John.
Bit less on the file size, the 4K movie Remux (with 2 audio tracks, 8ch/6ch) is 41.78gb. Video Bitrate is 51.7Mb/s and HDR wise its Dolby Vision and HDR10. Audio: 8ch Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos bitrate is 2937 kb/s. 6ch Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos 768 kb/s.
Thank you Bob. I tried to reply to you twice last night but CZcams was having trouble and kept rejecting comments so I gave up and went to bed. 50Gb seems to be alright for a movie running less than two hours when shot on video. If it had have been shot on film I dare say there would have been much more detail and nuance to compress and things might have been lost. As it is, it looks good to me.
John.
Excellent review of a fantastic movie
I would suggest Confrontation an album released in 1983 ..2 years after he died.. My favourite along with the 1977 live album
I think there is also a 16mm shoot of his 1977 concert at the Rainbow so I might give that a look first Colin. John.
Sounds very interesting John..... thanks for sharing 👍
I had just replied Roy but it's disappeared. CZcams seems to be having a few problems this evening. Glad you liked the review of a movie that's passed most by so far. John.
@@moviecollector5920 I just want to say I hope you are able to make vidoes in the future and stay fit and healthy , with you being in your 50s/60s. As unfair life is, try to think of the positives
for me watching film and collecting Blu rays make me happy. :)
also I have not seen this Bob Marley film, but going to get it soon.
Spent the day at BFI IMAX yesterday to watch the Indiana Jones Trilogy. My first visit since becoming a member last week and since their refurbishment.
Had hoped you’d be there John, but alas if you were I didn’t spot you.
Wow! That must've been fantastic!
@@timothymathetes - Sure was nice to rewatch the original trilogy on a massive screen. Performance was almost sold out except for the front 2 or 3 rows. £22 (members) for three movies was good value too.
@cheekster777 what a sight Raiders of the Lost Ark must have been..
@@timothymathetes - That was easily my favourite movie of the trilogy. Sooooo good and a genuine classic!
I saw Raiders when originally released. I then watched the Marketing Film International cut down release probably a couple of dozen times and then around 1993 the film was released full length for home cinema enthusiasts. I had either the first or second copy that came into the UK. I've run it a lot. It's a film print so even though the BFI IMAX has a huge screen, watching it on video somehow doesn't appeal however good the video may be. If one of the 70mm blow-ups appears then that would be a different matter.
John.
Heard mixed reviews online about this movie so didn’t watch it in cinemas. Will likely check it out at some point though.
It might be a little more fictional than I would know as that's the only reason this could get 'mixed' reviews Cheekster. That or people don't identify a good movie when they see one I suppose.
John.
This is one I don't fancy at all John. But, as always, I've enjoyed the video.
I was surprised to see it was such a major production considering it has to have been a niche market. A surprisingly good and enjoyable film though. John.
Niche market?! Bob Marley “Legend” is one of the best selling albums of all time :)
@@BeefyMon It is amazing that this movie did so well when you consider the main demographic of cinema audiences today and Bob Marley died 43 years ago. That appears to indicate a lot of sixty-somethings finally ventured back to cinemas. That's a very good thing.
John.
@@moviecollector5920 this is also true :)
@@moviecollector5920 it’s fascinating to see the vastly different roles Jamaica has played in UK music culture as compared with US music culture.
A very interesting choice of a movie. Great review, as always!
Quite a success in cinemas given the niche market it must have been designed to appeal to Dmitri. But a huge budget so maybe someone thought they knew something. John.