4K UHD YEAR IN REVIEW inc. TOP TEN of 2022
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- Опубликовано: 28 дек 2022
- This is the 100th MOVIE COLLECTOR upload and is an extensive look at the 4K UHD disc releases of 2022 including many of those I haven't seen to make it a more complete round-up of the year than it otherwise would have been. I detail many of the 4K discs released in 2022 that I've seen and then give a run down of my ten best picks which are bound to be different to just about everyone else and sure to cause some consternation with some. I have selected these ten best based on the overall package rather than which has the better image and/or sound quality, but image and sound do still have a bearing because if I thought either were not up to scratch, then they wouldn't feature in the ten best.
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Been enjoying your content for close to a year now. I love watching and hearing your insights, recommendations. Wishing you a Happy New Year ahead!
Good to have you here Matthew. And have a happy new year ahead yourself. John.
Thanks John for what you are doing for physical media. Looking forward to new reviews in the new year
Thank you Rhu. John.
Congratulations and thanks for the century of great videos, John. Best wishes for 2023!
Thank you Boss. All the best for the new year to you too. John.
congrats on 100 uploads, you're always very concise and to the point and helpful in the comments and Merry Christmas
Thank you Rhys and a merry Christmas to you too. John.
This channel keeps impressing me every time I click onto one of the videos, keep up the great work going into the new work.
I hope to Mack. I don't know what will be next but I'll decide on something in the coming days. John.
Appreciate the extended runtime of this 100th video, John. 🙏🏻
Wishing you a wonderful New Year.
The same to you. Thank you for commenting on just about all of those 100 videos too. John.
Congratulations on your one hundredth video John! Wonderful video for your top list of 2002. Impressive showcase display in front of your Blu-ray media library. I hope you all the best for 2023!
Thank you Jesus. And I wish you all the best for 2023 too. John.
Happy New Year!
Thanks for all the entertaining vids.
All the best in 2023.
Thank you Saint. I wish you a happy new year too. John.
Thank you for the excellent reviews the past year, I always appreciate your perspective and opinions - have a Happy New Year!!
Thank you Kyle. Have a happy new year yourself. John.
Happy New year and congrats on 100 uploads John :) Thank u for all the great reviews and I'm looking forward to more next year.
Thank you mirvmn2. Have a happy new year and don't drink too much... but do feel free to watch too many movies!
John.
Great video! And congratulations to the 100th upload.
Thank you Dunn. John.
Happy New year john, and thanks for All the great videoes.
You're welcome Benjamin and thank you. Happy new year! John.
Happy new year from Canada 🇨🇦! Love this ‘Best of’ round up. I think people get caught up in life and forget the great movies that came out on 4k this year. Perfect reminder! I hope you and your family are healthy and happy. Thank you so much for the great videos you make!
Happy new year to you too Jeremy and thank you for the nice comments. John.
Found your channel towards the start of the year, your passion for film comes through in every video a real joy to watch you. 👍
My interest in film and the moving image goes back a long way... to the age of about three I think. But it's been a lot of fun and I wouldn't have changed a thing. John.
@@moviecollector5920 Great stuff 👍
Fantastic John. Your content is fantastic for both new and old collectors. Thanks a lot for all your efforts in making this.
I actually knocked that one out comparatively quickly. Last year was a good year for 4K disc releases but this year hasn't matched it by a long way so far. Let's hope it improves otherwise I'm going to find it hard repeating the process. I think most of the really good 4K discs I've seen first appeared on the format last year or even the year before. I think the Changeling is the best overall package so far for 2023.
John.
Great job, John. Looking forward to many more reviews from you in 2023.
Thank you Nerd Fest. Have a happy new year! John.
Congrats on 100 uploads, and great video to top it off
Thank you Jon. John.
Great video as always John. Have a happy new year from us in Australia! Looking forward to seeing more in 2023:)
Thank you Malcolm. Have a happy new year down there too but remember, your clocks are out about 10 or 12 hours so it's not really 'new year' when you start celebrating!!! John.
Cheers, John and Happy New Year! I absolutely love your content and appreciate the amount of effort you put into each episode. 2022 was a wonderful year for the 4K format, and heartedly agree with the majority of your Top 10 selections. I look forward to an even better 2023 slate of films (the Rocky films, The Exorcist, The Abyss, and the 100th anniversary of King Kong, to name a few) and continued improvements in the technology for the best possible home presentations. Keep up the great work, my friend!
Thank you Joe. It's difficult to see how home video could get much better now but little upticks here and there with video projection in particular could improve things a little further. There's never been a better time for home cinema... except perhaps the exciting days when Super 8 was relaunched in the 1980's with previously unimaginable print quality and in 'Scope and stereo sound where applicable. Although, much of the stereo sound on Super 8 doesn't exactly rival what was being offered on Laser Vision and VHS at the time. John.
Looking forward to the new year of content from you!
I found that this was another good video. I do appreciate your input and how you look at the movies.
Thank you. It was another fun video to put together. John.
Love your channel and the reviews! Please keep 'em coming (especially the Super 8 comparisons). Happy New Year and all the best!
Thank you Nummer6. "I am not a number, I am a free man!"
Super 8 is something I grew up with so all the little foibles that come with that tiny gauge have always been part of its charm but when you see a top-notch print and know just how good it can be it is a bit of a revelation. The plan is to put some extracts from good prints on at the BFCC on April 29th and if all goes to plan, some 35mm too and hopefully 4K video projection.
John.
congrats on 100 uploads. I look forward to 100 more.
Thank you Luis. I suspect that 4K of 'The Driver' may be the next video as I plan to watch it this evening. John.
Great vid yet again. Got the last night in Soho and the Get Carter 4ks. Great releases. Happy new year to you and keep the updates coming 👍
Thank you John. Some great releases last year and I've just watched another of them, 'The Driver'. A review COMING SOON! John.
Appreciate the reviews and your objectivity. Thank you and Happy New Year!!
Thank you Kevin. I wish you a happy new year too. John.
Congratulations on your 100th upload John Merry Christmas and a happy new year
Thank you Sisco. All the best for 2023 and may it bring you lots of home videos. John.
Grats on your hundredth video!
Thank you Noel. I'm currently working on the one hundred and second which I hope to get done tomorrow. John.
Thanks for your continued learned insight into everything filmic. A very Happy 2023😁👍
The same to you Condo and thank you. John.
Happy 100 John. Here's to the next 100. Some real gems in there. I'm glad 4K seems to be getting better and more popular. I was in HMV today and almost brought Last night in Soho... judging by your review I really should have done so
Not everyone loves Last Night In Soho Darren but I think it's got all the elements to grow and grow until it's known as a cult film. I really must watch it again but I never seem to get much time these days. John.
congrats on 100 uploads!
Merry Christmas Jon!
I’m thankful to have come across you and this channel in 2022!
Thanks JB. I wish you all the best for 2023. John.
Congratulations on 100 videos! And thank you for convincing me to try out and eventually purchase Last Night in Soho! Definitely one of my favorite films of the year and one that I might have never seen without having watched your review. Oh, and I am grateful to you for having given me a heads-up for the Get Carter release; I may be from across the pond but I've always loved the movie. Oh, and we might have to agree to disagree on Jurassic World: Dominion but I would never be mean-spirited in my comments. Anyway, here's to a great 2023!
2022 has been a good year for home movies Henri even if you didn't like Dominion. John Perry (Mondo Chelloveck Movies) went through his take on that one a few days ago and he really enjoyed it too so there are plenty of us out there. Last Night In Soho surely has all the requisite hallmarks of a cult movie so it will be interesting to see if it does enter cult status as the years go on. Have a happy new year and thank you for your support throughout 2022.
John.
My sincere congratulations on one hundred videos, John.
I, for one, am enthused that you've started doing video reviews as the Movie Collector. I'm sure you've brought much joy to many others as well.
I hope you'll be making videos about film and cinema for many years to come. I also hope that you'll get to see Cristopher Nolan's Oppenheimer in genuine 15/70 IMAX next summer (and that you'll review it here on the Movie Collector channel).
- Erik (Roder)
I'll be at the front of the queue at the BFI IMAX for that one Erik. I hope it will be an excuse for the IMAX to put Tenet on sometime before so I can see that masterpiece in genuine IMAX glory too.
Thank you for your help and support over the past year.
John.
@@moviecollector5920 My pleasure.
Erik.
I bought the Indiana Jones steelbooks and the first 20 minutes of Raiders of the Lost Ark in the jungle took my breath away. I'm sure you will enjoy them John, looking forward to more reviews in the new year!
I would have bought Raiders of the Lost Ark but I have the film full length on Super 8 and just love running that print. I know the film too well though so it's one of those that I watch without really taking it in any longer. What a great movie though. John.
Happy New Year John love the videos and the information, Always learn something new with each upload pal looking forward to more in 2023
Thank you Ron. Thank you for commenting so often and have a wonderful new year. Don't drink too much! John (hic!)
@@moviecollector5920 I'll try not pal 😁 👍🏻
Just stumbled across this channel! Fantastic and all great picks!! Definitely subscribed and keep the content coming! 👏🏽
Good to have you here Steve. I hope you like Silent Running because that's next! But you do have 101 other videos besides this round-up of 2022 to catch up on if you fancy putting up with me for about 24 hours of viewing.
John.
Happy new year from Tenerife, Canary Islands. Great videos always from you, really enjoy watching them.
And such a fantastic list of 4K releases. Greetings
No doubt the weather's better where you are Juanjo because it's been about as wet as I can ever remember here in the past few weeks. Good to know you enjoy the videos and thank you for letting me know. This evening I plan to watch that 4K of The Driver so that might be the next video if it looks good and is a good movie. John.
@@moviecollector5920 Thank you very much for your kind response and yes, way better to live here, but I should prefer to feel a much more cold sensation in these months and not this endless summer almost the whole year.
I will enjoy your videos to follow for sure. Stay well and keep safe.
@@Juanjo-oi2or We had a very cold spell until about two weeks ago and then the rain came, I rather like the cold but it was icy and snowy everywhere for a couple of weeks which began to get a little concerning as it doesn't happen often so we're not geared up for it. Had the same thing about 12 years ago so it seems to be the roughly 11 year solar cycle and therefore entirely normal.
John.
Congratulations 🎉 On to the next 100!
Working on number 103 now Foxy. John.
Dude, you’re awesome! subscribed!
Very kind of you Andrew. Good to have you here. You have some catching up to do though as there's 99 other videos to watch! John.
Seems like a lot of youtube blu ray reviewers have done their respective year end top ten 4k titles today and yesterday. I've seen most today and just got around to yours and glad I did, as the "save the best for last" worked out. I enjoyed all the reviewers but this video stood out as the best for its overall quality. I think that's because you have a technical knowledge of film the others don't, with the ability to clearly and entertainingly express it. This video was so enjoyable and informative that I'm sure it's one I'll watch several times in months to come.
Well that's given me a lift Pete. Thank you. I'm just glad that you and a few others seem to have enjoyed it. I did see that many others had done top ten for 2022 videos so I tried to do something a little different. Time will tell if it's worked or not but it seems to be doing okay at the moment. John.
I'm a new adopter to the UHD format, but instantly some of the best films ever made were bought. Alien, Jaws, The Thing, The Fog, Predator.. Some of the best films ever John.
Yep, that's a pretty good list already. The best 4K discs however are a somewhat different list so take a look at my top ten 4K video which I did in about March if you haven't seen it already. One I missed out was the James Bond 'No Time To Die' which would feature in there somewhere if I hadn't have missed it on the shelf. John.
@@moviecollector5920 In your best 4k discs of 2022 you mentioned you don't like Gangster films. That's fair enough (God Father etc). However, as a true film lover John, you must like the best Gangster film ever.. 'The Untouchables' absolutely superb film. Sean Connery is incredible in that. Magic film!
@@cp070476 Yep, a great film that I have never thought of as a gangster film but more of a cops and robbers. Horrible scene with the baseball bat though and that's straight out of the sort of gangster films that I don't like and usually for that very reason. John.
Our of this list I’ve got Jaws and The Thing.
Happy New Year, John!
The same to you James. John.
Happy new year john and thank you for all your content over the year love watching your channel and your expert knowledge .My favourite film is the The Shawshank Redemption i have it on 4k and think the copy is amazing .
I very much like The Shawshank Redemption too John and I think you'll find most movie lovers do. My review of the 4K wasn't particularly popular though which is a bit of a surprise now looking back on it. John.
Thanks for all the videos and have a good Hogmany, John.
Thank you Doug. You have a happy new year too. John.
Happy 100 uploads
Thank you. I don't think I'll be doing another half hour video any time soon but it was fun to put together just this once. John.
I purchased my first tv ever at 31 years old a 4k one I´ve been a fan of films all my life you are a reference for 4k content
thank you so much I love the privilege to enjoy everything that I loved in the best quality posible I´m still processing how big the difference in motion the frame acceleration it really looks like you`re in the cinema
I agree. Most of these 4K discs have achieved the apparent look of film and I never would have thought that was possible with video. If manufacturers of video cameras and video projectors now work out how to put shutters in their products then I think even video projection in cinemas will achieve the impossible and be as natural as film projection and easier on our eyes. I might even go back to regular cinema outings if that happens because at the moment I feel like I need to wear sunglasses with most cinema video projections.
John.
Superb review, I really value your opinion and knowledge regarding the original master versus the 4k disc and what to expect, best wishes for the new year to you and your family.
A happy new year to you and your loved ones too Colum. When it comes to home video most of us have only ever known video in the home and so have got used to the low contrast transfers we've had up to the arrival of 4K. Film has always looked different but now that video equipment can replicate the look of a film we suddenly have to get used to these increased density images and sometimes make the mistake of comparing a dense 4K to a previous VHS, DVD or Blu-ray transferred from a low contrast print. Basically, I think 4K tends to be darker just like a film.
John.
@@moviecollector5920 John, thanks you for the detailed reply, It is ironic that a well mastered 4k appears darker while the 4 k TV manufacturers are concentrating on brightness and specular highlights, the bonus is in the shadow detail capabilities / directors intent which is often misunderstood, your explanations regarding the limitations of the masters is exceptional, thanks again.
Cozy video! Definitely subscribing now! 🎉
Thank you Arnold. Good to have you here. John.
Thank you for an enjoyable year of reviews John. I think you've only cost me oh...about £150 this year 😅 Hope you've enjoyed a most merry Christmas and wish you a happy, healthy new year. Looking forward to whatever you have in store for the future.
Well, I'll have to try harder if you're only short £150 this year! John.
Nice work John. I enjoyed your take on the end of year ranking. * I've never seen Get Carter but I agree Last Night in SOHO was a real fun time.
I should have mentioned that Get Carter starts with a group watching a porn film after a dinner party or something and although it's a bit distant, you can clearly see what is going on. Just something that some need to be careful of. Other than that, what a terrific film that we're unlikely to ever see the like of again. John.
Happy New Year, John. Finally catching up on life after a month of year end hell (I'm an accountant by trade), now back to my real love, cinema & films! Great list, keep up the good work, for my money you are the best film reviewer on RUclips. Your videos are so much more than just reviews, always full of interesting insight and stories. Here's to 2033 and Oppenheimer and Dune 2, my two big ones I'm excited for, will be IMAX for both
I'll see you at the BFI IMAX end of July Neill! John.
Hi John, I picked up the driver today also, a great review of the year look forward to 2023.
Let's hope it's a good 'un Stephen. John.
Wonderful work as always, John. Still haven't seen "Last Night in Soho", but I'll try to get it watched soon. I have to chime in an agree that you need to watch "Blow Out". One of the best DePalma films. Hope you had a Merry Christmas, and have a Happy New Year!
Blow Out is an expensive purchase James but I did finally go into WowHD to get a copy and they'd sold out. Other dealers I've seen are asking even more for it so it's a bit of a difficult one. I'll get it eventually though. John.
Hi John, Merry Christmas, Happy New year and remember, more film grain = more detail. Oh and I too had the Indiana vhs's.
Happy new year Clive. Don't drink too much and make sure you run those Indiana Jones tapes... if you still have 'em!
John.
hi John.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you from Denmark ,see you next year
greetings johnny🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇🎇
Thank you Johnny. I wish you a happy and prosperous 2023. John.
Great been a good year for 4k and enjoyed your channel this year, bit clichéd but my faves were dune, top gun and no time to die. My favourite 4k though to date is Deepwater Horizon superb colors, sound and drama. Onwards and upwards here's to 2023 4K releases🥂
I think Deepwater Horizon was shot 2K video but it's a while since I looked into that one. A great film that looks and sounds great so who cares? I thought about including No Time To Die but it was actually released end of December last year. One of the best looking discs so far in my opinion but after all the work that went into shooting it in genuine IMAX, not a single print was struck. John.
Great video as always John, some great movies come out this year and yes the biggest problem is being able to afford them all, especially when a lot are not even released in Australia and we have to buy them from the UK or US, The latest movie i have ordered from Germany is the The Frighteners looking forward to seeing that for the first time, Hope you have a very Happy New Year
Australia just isn't a big enough market but there's surely got to be a business for someone to get setup importing titles to sell them direct within Oz. Maybe there are already people hiding away over there that need to be promoted a little.
I haven't seen The Frighteners since it was in the cinema. I remembered enjoying it so you should have fun with the new 4K release.
John.
Happy New Year, my UK friend. Agreed, a great year for 4K releases. Some of the finest examples, especially catalog tiles, of mastering and presentation have come during this year.
Godfather trilogy, Addams Family (really amazing looking), Casablanca, Edge of Tomorrow, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Robocop, were among my favorites.
New releases;
Too Gun, Maverick, No Time to Die, Elvis, Nope, Tar, Ambulance and The Northman.
Happy New Year, sir. Thank you for your great service.
Cheers!
I was going to mention No Time To Die David but it actually came out late in December 2021. I didn't see Elvis because I made the mistake of running the opening ten minute preview and that put me off. I still want to get the John Carpenter 1977 film with Kurt Russell on Blu-ray. One day. John.
@@moviecollector5920
Elvis, at least in my humble theater was mesmerizing. No Time to Die, which I like more than most, really is a great coda to OHMSS. So many themes come full circle. As a major fan of that film, I really appreciated the nods to that underrated film. The soundtrack helped underscore beautifully. The IMAX shots of Bond’s arrival in Matera, Italy were sublime. BTW, got to meet Thunderball villain Luciana Paluzzi a month ago. Amazing lady. Spent an hour discussing that amazing film. What a wonderful lady. Cheers, from the States!
@@davidbrown1532 Cinema Retro did a feature on Luciana Paluzzi and I think it was over a couple of issues. I bet she's still a bit of a babe!
I'm another fan of No Time To Die and I also think On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the best of the early Bond's that may only have been surpassed with Live & Let Die or even The Spy Who Loved Me.
New favourite channel 👍
Good to have you here. John.
Thank you for your insight. I hope to see more content from you in 2023.
Thank you David. John.
Mr movie collector id like to thank you for all of your great content. I look forward to your videos and I am a massive move fan, from one to another, all the best and please keep providing great insight and opinions.
Mike southampton. 🎬📀🍿
Thank you Mike. I like the look of your local Southampton HMV by the way. I expect you're a regular in there. A happy new year to you.
John.
Great video! I agree with many of the titles you selected. I also adore Last night in Soho. Just a treat of a film. I strongly recommend the UK 4k of Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta. Sadly not shot on film, but the cinematography is first rate nevertheless. The film is first rate. Thanks again!
I haven't come across Benedetta at all Bob so I'll keep my eyes open now. John.
Excellent viewing ..well done
Thank you Colin.
Excellent video! I'm still preparing my top 10 4K of 2022 video.
I'm just working on a review of The Driver which came out last month. I don't think I'd have put it in a top ten but what a great movie! Good luck with putting yours together. I need to get a copy of the Silent Running 4K next. John.
I just thought, please let me know on here when you have yours up so I can have a look and perhaps give people a pointer to it so others might find their way to your channel. John.
@@moviecollector5920 John! I did it I did it! I finally got my top ten 4K UHD of 2022 video uploaded!
@@MyFireVideos Funnily enough, it had just been recommended in my RUclips feed. I rather need to get this onto my Smart TV though as I'm not so keen on watching RUclips on a computer. Stand by! John.
@@moviecollector5920 Yay! Thank you!
I don't know if you're familiar with this type of surround sound, but during the commentary of Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola discusses something called Sensesurround (or Sensurround). It was developed by Universal Studios and what it added to the film was the ability to feel the film, sort of what they do in DBOX theaters. You feel the explosions and loud noises in your seat. The seats themselves don't move but there were speakers under the seats. He was offered this for Apocalypse Now but turned it down since they would take a percentage of the profits for the use of the technology.
Francis Ford Coppola said that they made their own version for Apocalypse during its original theatrical run. I'm not sure how many theaters ran with it but it sounded like an experience.
Earthquake and Battlestar Galactica are the two films I always think of when I think of Sensurround. It was a deep bass addition and the soundtrack on the film had air pockets in it somehow (if I recall correctly) that boosted the bass to make a cinema shake. Few cinemas went for the system and I never saw a film in Sensurround but I expect modern subwoofers are producing similar or better results today. Maybe others who know more than I will chime in here. There was an article all about Sensurround in Cinema Retro magazine a few years ago.
John.
Been a great year for 4k releases, I thought JP Dominion 4k was fantastic picture and sound . I also thought Moonfall Atmos sound track was fantastic. Happy New Year John !
Damn, you've just reminded me that I meant to purchase Moonfall just so I could review it and make sure I made a few jibed in Keith's (Euphoria Pictures) direction as he thought it was simply too ridiculous. As for Dominion Matt, I thought it was great when I first watched it and I still do in spite of what so many people have told me since. I think it's a shame that such a tremendous amount of work was put into it but it was not received as well as the makers would have expected or hoped for. John.
Another fantastic video. Get Carter was an amazing release with brilliant packaging and in my top 5 for sure. Great gangster film. Top Gun was my surprise of the year. Great fun with a great transfer. What is there not to like? My favorite was the deluxe Godfather box.
That's a good summary. I hope I'll be able to join you in your like of the Godfather films soon Alex. Give me time though. John.
Great job sir..... looking forward to more videos in 2023👍
So am I Roy. I just wish it wasn't me having to make them! John.
@@moviecollector5920 if ya don't enjoy making them John, Then maybe reduce them down to 1vid per month??
@@RoyMurphy1 Funny you should say that Roy because that was my original intention. The channel tends to drop off the radar if I don't put enough out there though. Most of the time it's fine but sometimes a lot of work goes in and it turns out to be a film that doesn't have wide appeal. I'd like to be more selective but there just aren't the titles being released yet. John.
Thank you John.
First again!
@@moviecollector5920 👊🏻
Awesome video, John! Thank you for the content this year and continued efforts for your obvious passion for film.
Here is my list:
Best 4K disk overall: Maverick: Top Gun
Best restoration: Star Trek: Directors cut
Best old film: Godfather part 2
Honourable mention: Pulp Fiction & Dune (Dune needed IMAX scenes)
Best sound: Maverick
Best packaging: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Mixed feelings: Heat
Disappointing Disc: Almost Famous
Worst disc: All of Marvel discs - no IMAX = no sale
Most anticipated: Titanic 4K
Most wanted: The Abyss
Most hope: True Lies
Future best disc: Avatar: The Way of Water
You never know: The Terminator
Still need to get: loads…
We all need wealthy benefactors Clark and then we'll be able to purchase every single release we fancy. That would be a lot of discs though.
I didn't much care for Robin Hood Prince of Thieves but I have to admit that I did rather fancy that 4K special edition. I expect I'll really like the film now I'm a couple of years older... and even better looking!
John.
Hi John not seen Last Night in Soho so bought it and watched it with my wife. What a great film "put the plug in the sink in the summer" makes sense at the end of the film. Keep the vid's coming
Quite a few of us took a look at Last Night In Soho and really liked it. I think it has enough hallmarks to become one of those cult films that will gain a fan base as the years go on. I hope so anyway because it was lost in cinemas during the pandemic. John.
Wow,really enjoyed seeing those laser Disc .During the week before Xmas I cleaned out my storage room. I had put away my collection of Laser Dise around 1998. To my surprise the LaserDise were in very good condition. To make a long story short ,they are back in my movie collection shelves with the DVD, BluRay and 4k Disc.
The packaging alone makes LaserDisc something special for us movie enthusiasts. I have them on display on a rack in that same room I'm in but they don't all fit and quite a few are standing up on the floor. I never tire of looking at the sleeves but that's not something I tend to do with 4K, Blu-ray, DVD or VHS. John.
Happy new year John. Great selection for top releases.
There are a few I haven’t seen and probably won’t either, just due to cost and having to be picky on the films we buy.
I loved Heat, and while dark I didn’t find it as bad as some people and was happy with the image.
Dune was a little troubling on UHD compared to how I remembered it at the cinema, however I still found it watchable and it didn’t take anything away from the experience.
Robocop was a good release and as it’s a film I love from my childhood I’m more than happy with its transfer.
I’ve recently got around to watching The Batman on UHD and loved every second. I’d already seen the film but I found the transfer to be exceptional, especially on OLED.
We’ve recently just picked up Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, Tenet & Interstellar up along with the 5 film set of Daniel Craig’s James Bond films. These take us up to 115 UHD films.
2023 promises some big releases from James Cameron (if the rumours are to be believed) and hopefully some other great films to see in cinemas.
Regards
Martin
The reason I mentioned The Abyss at the end of this video is because I saw a report that the 4K has been approved by James Cameron and so it's ready to go and will appear around the same time as the latest Avatar film. Just don't spend too much on all these 4K temptations. I have to be careful myself and probably spend more than I should but I'm always looking for something that may make for an interesting RUclips video. I don't know how many 4K discs I now have but I don't think it's 200 yet so I've been pretty good considering we've had all the equipment for five years.
John.
Great video
Thank you Lee. John.
Nice list. Always good to hear your perspective.
The Director’s cut of Star Trek The Motion Picture really is a whole different beast from the theatrical cut. It bears separate consideration from the earlier 4K release.
Many people told me similar things nacthenud but I just couldn't bring myself to buy another version of the same film. John.
@@moviecollector5920 The new 4k effects are marvelous. That and the new sound mix really add to the intended “wonderous” spectacle of the film.
@@JS_2099 If I see a copy singing like a bird one day (cheap, cheap) then I'll snap it up.
Excellent!
Thank you. John.
Hey John, I hope you and the seamstress are having a wonderful holidays. Loving this nice surprise. Thanks for the shout out to Warners and their efforts on DVD. We watched "The Thin Man" last night and loved it. Special mention to Warner Archives who keep delivering wonderful BluRays of classic movies. I am always amazed when people complain about grain and the lack of Dolby Atmos on discs. You summed my perspective perfectly. I want my discs to accurately represent what the director was trying to achieve. The Criterion "In the Mood For Love" is by far the best looking 4K I've seen in the past 12 months. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this great movie. Controversial, as the director changed the appearance of the film on the new 4K disc. On your recommendation, WOTW/WWC arrives next week. All the best for 2023 Rob
The seamstress is sat here with me right now Rob and you gave her a good chuckle. I hope you've got yours whipped into shape by now and the cinema is coming on a bundle... rather than having a bundle of other things stored in there! We've had a relaxing time over Christmas and hope you have in your new home too. Also hope you have a very healthy and prosperous new year and that you enjoy the War of the Worlds/When Worlds Collide double feature release. What a great time we had with those two.
John.
I bought the Get Carter BFI 4k disc based on your review. I'm glad I did as it turned out to be a film I really enjoyed. Well worth the price for a great quality transfer!
Only £30 for all that came in that Get Carter package seemed like a bit of a bargain to me Philip. A great release and like great BFI screenings at the NFT I used to attend if you play the Michael Caine introduction ahead of the film. John.
Play 'Get Carter' and during the scene with the guy drinking at 7m 41s pause the film ... now count the fingers !!
[edit, sorry 7m 41s on the 4K]
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RIP Mike Hodges (29 July 1932 - 17 Dec 2022)
@@twcc406 A good excuse to give the film another look so thanks for that! John.
Bullet Train had a really good 4k, very bright and colorful movie and a great sound mix. The reason people hate Dominion is that it's supposed to be a dinosaur movie but it spends the majority of the movie dealing with locusts. It's a bait and switch.
The locusts were good too but I didn't feel they were overpowering. The dinosaurs were fabulous, particularly that enormous thing at the end that they actually built. The workmanship involved in making that film really is top notch. John.
Thanks for a super Top 10 and year end video, John. Question though: what is your movie shelf ordering system. I chuckled when I saw Predator next to A Single Man. Do you normally sort chronologically, by genre, studio?
Thanks
I did actually mention this at the start of the video because I just put them on the shelf in the order we watch them. It makes things a lot easier as I can look back and know roughly when we last watched a disc. I think they currently go back about ten years but because we moved just over a year ago I changed things around a little and certainly got the LaserDiscs all mixed up so I gave up on them and just put them out on the rack. John.
Great video, John! Really enjoyed this one!
I’m just now looking at plane tickets to Melbourne for July to go see “Oppenheimer” in 1570 imax. Can’t wait to see genuine 1570 projected. I presume normal 5 perf 70mm prints will be made for it too, which means I’ll be able to go film a video on the threading at the orpheum.
Regards,
Clark
Well if you're getting on a plane you might as well go the whole hog and meet us all in London. Get your passport ready and we'll see you at the BFI IMAX! Then again, that may be a little too expensive. There will be 35mm, 70mm and genuine IMAX prints of Oppenheimer and I'm hoping for something wonderful again from Mr. Nolan. I'm also hoping that the BFI IMAX will put on Tenet and maybe a few others of his genuine IMAX films before the new release arrives. I might have to move back to central London for a while if that happens though because I surely won't be able to stay away.
John.
@@moviecollector5920 If plane tickets to London didn't cost so much, I most certainly would be seeing at the BFI! a train ticket from Syd to Melbourne is only 80 AUD for a 12 hour trip. I might try attend all the future melbourne imax screenings if I can arrive there, watch the film, then ride back home. That way I might be able to get a imax threading video from the projection booth, that would be something else!
@@ClarkTeddles IMAX is an engineering marvel. I've never actually seen one running but I hope to finally change that with Oppenheimer next year. The train sounds like a pretty good option but maybe an overnight in a hotel would make it an even better trip. Maybe a couple of nights would be fun as you'd be able to explore Melbourne a little and perhaps have more time to do things at the IMAX if the management agrees to it.
John.
Love playing event horizon laserdisc via a Sony PVMonitor while retro gaming, and then watching the 4k release on projector right after! Cheers
There's still something a little bit special about those LP sized LaserDiscs Milo. They may not look as good on modern equipment but they're still lovely film collector souvenirs to have. Event Horizon was a beauty of an LD release. John.
Great video. I think Dune might be one of the next 4K's of the year, especially on my screen set up. Ambulance and Nope are two STRONG transfers too
Dune is extremely popular and although it didn't look particularly outstanding on my systems, I'm able to accept the evidence from others that it does on theirs. Might be worth doing your own review as people do love science fiction and particularly hugely popular science fiction like this one. John.
Hi John, I couldn't get away with Jurassic World Dominion when I first saw it then I watched the extended edition and I enjoyed it much much more, I agree with your review on the film that the dinosaur effects are probably the most realistic that's ever been done so far.
I was surprised to be told by some that they think the effects in Dominion are poor James. It's funny how we can all have different opinions but just as well we do. John.
awesome collection mate, i love seeing that, i love physical media John, i am so scared of it going away i hope it doesnt. Nothing better then a movie with a fantastic packaging with all the fixings and art work, thts why blue rays kinds peeve me off , dvd were amazing at the all in one package,
I don't think home movie discs will be disappearing anytime soon but what we may find is that major studios throw in the towel whereupon their products will be licensed to independent companies to issue them on disc. The most important thing we all have to do is to support any physical shops that still sell them and that should help to ensure the market survives for many years to come. I should say the same for cinema but after the big downgrade in 2011 it's hard to recommend going to see sub-standard quality. This is why film is making a bit of a comeback and some cinemas are putting prints of classic films in to screen to try to generate a bit of box office to help stem the tide of the inevitable.
John.
Very nice video to close out the year John. I was curious, if you watch a laserdisk do you ever use the projector? I know you would have to use some wizardry when it comes to producing the 480p (576p in UK?). I remember having the 1992 releases of the Star Wars THX Trilogy boxed set, and I thought it looked and sounded amazing. On a modern 4k tv or projector, I'm sure it wouldn't be so great. I loved your review of JP:Dominion. It was very British lol. "What a load of rubbish, but I liked it anyway". Sometimes you just have to check your brain at the door, and enjoy some film making. Happy New Year!
LaserDisc doesn't work so well with current equipment Frank but CRT sets were fabulous and LD's looked brilliant at times. I do still project them occasionally though albeit with somewhat reduced screen size compared to anything that gets hooked up via HDMI. John.
I own all these on 4k except for Lost City. It's hard putting an year end list since many people will get triggered. lol Happy new year John!
So far no one has on this video Andrei. It is a little odd that anyone would get upset about not agreeing about a particular film these days but I suppose it's a reflection of the modern world. John.
That Indy boxset is GORGEOUS.
I have two of the films on Super 8 Jeff so that was why I didn't invest in the 4K set. Damn it! John.
Nice one John. Another great video. Trouble is I now have new things on my wish list 😉
Control yourself and don't spend too much. Then again...
@@moviecollector5920 I am fairly controlled, but there's so much stuff coming out now. It's a bonanza I don't think any of us expected at this stage. I don't know how long it'll last either.
@@jedlomax100 That's a good point Stu. We should probably get them while we can because we never know what could happen in the future. Will there be a follow up to 4K discs? I can't see it at the moment because Blu-ray with HDR would have been plenty good enough for our tiny home screens. John.
@@moviecollector5920 8K seems to have very little interest either in streaming or disc. At sizes below 85 inches I think it's identical to 4K. But I feel the film companies would much prefer us to be streaming everything. So getting a few of my favourites on physical media is key for me. I have to hope they carry on making players for the next couple of decades.
@@jedlomax100 If you think about it Stu, with around half of all cinema screens in the UK projecting 2K video until recently (might still be almost half today) I think that confirms that there is little perceptible difference between 4K and Blu-ray on our tiny home screens. 8K seems like another marketing ploy to get us to stick our existing equipment in landfill and purchase the same thing all over again. HDR is what has made the big difference and if it had have been applied to Blu-ray then we wouldn't have needed 4K for the home... unless you have a 40 foot wide screen perhaps. John.
Hi John, good video. Just wondered, where do you get your blu ray shelves from please?
Argos. They were £18 each but the last time I purchased a few they'd shot up to £28. I put one on top of the other but the top one is upside down. John.
Just got a 4 k Blu-ray player and 4 k oled c2 48 inch TV, so IV fell down the rabbit hole of uhd discs , from VHS tapes dvd Blu-ray now 4 k , 👍
There will be no helping you now Stuart! Take a look at my ten best 4K video that I uploaded in about March of this year to get an idea of what to purchase first to get the best out of your new toys. And then start saving for a video projector!!! John.
@@moviecollector5920 I'm married and divorce is so expensive lol 😂
@@stuartgeorge2324 The secret there is to make wifey feel like you're buying the discs just for her. In other words, shell out on the odd bit of girlie tosh every now and then and you'll be alright!
Hi John! Happy New Year and thanks for this work! I'm giggling a bit with you here at the close of your video and before I comment I will reciprocate like your other subscriber.Since it's Christmas time and you GIVE us these videos with consistant intellect, knowledge and humor I would reccommend like He did Blowout by De Palma to aquire and review for you AND us hahah! (it's all i can give back from this far away lolol) It's one of my favs and cannot get because Barnes and Noble won't ship to Canada still lol. So just gonna say for this year all the best and thanks so much for these fine works and will say you've led me to some great pick ups and helped me avoid some as well. Also of note from this yr I want to thank you for introducing me and others to Trevor from Double Bill Movies who I've been following and learning from I'd think his channel could grow with the knowledge and experience he has and love of movies. So out on a limb here but wanted to get that in as well being that here is probably the only forum to say that. Hoping it's not to tacky to add but damn its done already lol Cheers for now D in BC!!
Good to hear from you again Dave and thank you for commenting on so many videos this year. I think this channel has done okay because so many movie enthusiasts comment on here and you're one of them. Trevor's great and he's actually looking at getting some new equipment in the near future which should give him the possibility of more complicated videos which should help his reach to grow.
Blow Out is near the top of my list but has been for a while. I went onto WowHD to finally get it about six weeks ago but they'd sold out. I must have another look but every other dealer I've seen has it for considerably more money so it might have to wait a while yet.
John.
Great video again John. I've got my fingers crossed that Arrow get Runaway Train out on UHD this year... "Please Arrow!"
I meant to get the Blu-ray of that one but totally forgot. John.
Excellent top 10 as requested John. I just watched a christmas story and it was good set in the 60's I believe. I also watched the sequal which was also good. I recently ordered the 35mm print of the trailer for the 2010 The Wolfman, I dont have a projector to run it on but wanted to invest in it for the sake of it😂. Only cost £9.75 including postage.
You've done it now and a 35mm projector is surely going to follow. It's like a disease this film collecting lark because once you start it never stops... until you need a bigger house and can't find one! John.
There were really some great releases on 4K and Blu-ray this year. Thanks for the great video highlighting many of them! I have the Top Gun: Maverick 4K steelbook which I really loved, and which I got for Christmas and watched for the third time finally on disc. It was such a great release! I plan to wait for Dune once the new one is out on disc as I hope to pick up a complete Dune set if they do well with Part 2. I loved the first one, for sure. I quite enjoyed a number of those others that you mentioned, as well. We Iaughed a lot with The Lost City, so I was glad to hear you mention it, and I actually had fun with the last Jurassic film, as well (it doesn't touch Jurassic Park, or even Jurassic World, for me, but I liked it as well as the other sequels and enjoyed seeing the casts of both trilogies interacting). I got the No Way Home 4K steel on reprint, though I haven't gone back to watch that one yet. Several of my favorite classic films had 4K releases this past year, including two all-time favorites, Singin' in the Rain (which I got for mom for her birthday) and Casablanca. Both looked and sounded fantastic. A few other favorites that I watched the new releases of last year included Kino's editions of The Great Escape and Eastern Promises; the 4K steelbooks of Fright Night, The Untouchables, and The Hurt Locker; 1776; and Drive (the 1997 one from 88 Films). I also picked up some other favorite films on 4K that I haven't watched the new discs of yet but that I am really looking forward to checking out, including True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Return of the Living Dead, Hard Target, and Cloak & Dagger. It really was a terrific year for film fans!
Cor, you should have done a video too because you've highlighted many of the great releases there. I should have mentioned The Untouchables because I did want to get that one but I can't afford them all and so I decided to stick with the fabulous LaserDisc release. Could have shown that LD cover though which is another beauty.
John.
@@moviecollector5920 Oh, thank you. I just wanted to share some other favorites from last year, but I certainly don't get all of them, either! I have a few of those you mentioned, but a number of them I have just watched on streaming, or I have a previous version of them on Blu-ray. I would love to see you feature that Laserdisc sometime, as I really do like the look of a lot of the Laserdisc packages, and I enjoy when you show some of them, as well as some of the other types of film releases you have. I do love The Untouchables. I got that steel book for my birthday last summer, and I really dig the design of it. Most important, of course, the film itself looked and sounded wonderful.
@@cinemaniac78 The Untouchables is a fabulous film. The best souvenir I have of it is the original theatrical trailer on Super 8 and in 'Scope (i.e. 2x squeezed anamorphic). But the LaserDisc is pretty special too. I was very tempted by that steelbook but I need a wealthy benefactor to afford 'em all.
Great video John. I heard you mention Silent Running. I will be excited to see this movie come out in 4K. i have seen this movie on TV back in the early 70s. Then I so it on VHS, DVD the Blu Ray. This movie for as low budget as it was and simple it was and the music does date the movie to 70's but for me it is just a movie I have seen so many times I just enjoy the movie so much. Bruce Dern's performance I have always been impressed with. Also the Shaky Cam is something that really bothers me and I have actually turned off a movie because it it.
I think Mission Impossible 3 may be the worst film ever for shaky camera but if there's anything worse than that, I hope I never see it! Silent Running is a classic and if anyone doesn't struggle to hold back the tears at the end I'll be surprised. I have the Super 8 cut down and that was a real rarity. John.
Where do you buy your disks, I have bought several from Amazon, but most of them seems to be used/preopened disks, packaged with some kind of shrink wrap. I have read that really new movies come in a kind of cellophane.
I get almost everything from HMV and their offshoot FOPP. I have had to get one or two elsewhere but HMV/FOPP still have physical shops and it's important to support them so that they stay in business and thrive. There's nothing like browsing shelves and selecting a film that you never knew you wanted to see! John.
I had that Indy boxset on VHS. Bought it during Christmas 1992 from Virgin Megastores. Also had the Back To The Future boxset.
Some of the VHS releases are still nice to keep hold of today and that's one of them. John.
John Thank you for an excellent summation of the years highlights. Surprised at how many of these I actually own much to my bank managers disgust. Recently went from LED to OLED and the difference between the two displays is sometimes quite marked. Loved Ambulance never notice the shaky camera Dune played fine no darker ending HEAT can't understand what the fuss is about. Thought Saturday Night Fever poor. As you are no doubt aware next year is Warner's 100th anniversary they are hinting at releasing a number of 4ks to mark this. Personally I want The Witches of Eastwick colour purple and mars attacks.
I suspect that people are basing the look of Saturday Night Fever on previous video releases where it doesn't look particularly like a film but the 4K does. If you want to see how bad shaky cam can be Mike then take a look at Mission Impossible 3 and I dare you to keep your eyes on the screen and make out what is happening whenever any action starts. If you can get through that then nothing will ever be a problem for you. OLED's are a bit like Technicolor so a little fake but that was why we all loved 3 strip Technicolor too. John.
Anyone whats a good site to get regional 4k disc to buy from different countries?
WowHD.com is the place I look but Blow Out (the one I'd most like to import to the UK) has been unavailable on there for quite a while now.
John.
My favourite 4K’s of the year for PQ and SQ
1: Top Gun Maverick (also my fav film along with Everything Everywhere all at Once but that’s not out on 4k in the Uk yet)
2: Reservoir Dogs
3: Pulp Fiction
4: Matrix Resurrections
5: The Godfather Trilogy
5: Bullet Train
6) Edge of Tomorrow
7) The Batman
8) Last night in soho
The first 5 make my all time list I think. Of course there are many I’ve not seen and I’ve a few from this year still to catch.
Dominion didn’t make my list unfortunately John!😂 but I think we agree on some of the others!
All the best and happy new year!
A good list. Dominion does have one of the best soundtracks Tom, there's no avoiding that. Matrix Resurrections is becoming increasingly intriguing to me because fans of the Matrix series tend to dislike it. I don't class myself as a fan so I suspect I may like it. Bullet Train is one I hadn't considered purchasing but maybe I'll take a fresh look now.
John.
@@moviecollector5920 I agree on the sound for Dominion, it was excellent…as it is with all the Jurassic films. They’re all in DTSX which seems to have just a little more ooomph than Atmos to me.
I’m a huge fan of the original Matrix (the 4K disc is one of the best imo) and I was one of the ones that really liked the new one. I was surprised so many hated it! The disc however is a cracker in terms or PQ and very good sound also.
@@TomGur147 The original film didn't really have very good image quality but that was issued around the beginning of the general decline in cinema image quality. If I remember correctly the main issue was around so low quality computer graphics shots that didn't even match up to the quality of the rest of it but because of the fast moving nature of the film they somehow got away with it with most. The latest Matrix movie was shot on a variety of large video formats up to 8K I think so that should be another reason for me to take a look. If I watch it, like it and put out a review it will drive people nuts!
John.
Wow & very interesting that "Saturday Night Fever" DNR 4k made your 2022 top 4k uhd list 🤔
I didn't see excessive image noise reduction Bob. It was never the best looking 35mm though but this was a good representation even if it wasn't one of the best and didn't make my top ten picks. I just included it in this video because it was a 2022 release I'd actually seen. John.