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Blu-ray makes everything look like a cartoon?

Every now and then I'll see a blu-ray at a store. Sometimes I'm really impressed. Thats when watching animated movies like 'Kung Fu Panda'.

But when I watch real, filmed scenes with actual actors....it looks odd to me. The lighting is often too bright, you can see the makeup on people. Scenes look like they take place on sets. Short version...does NOT look like film.

For example, I was watching U-571 yesterday at BB, and it looked nothing like what I saw in the theater.

Is this bad digital transfers or is the blu-ray technology just basically not appropriate to playing film? I know it was never intended for home use. When the dvd forum created the hd-dvd standard Sony took a Japanese professional recorder and beat on it until they created, wait for it..'blu-ray'!

I like my movies to look like movies. Like film. Not like oversaturated cartoons.

Anyone else notice this?

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Topic - Blu-ray makes everything look like a cartoon? - mbnx01 12:58:24 05/28/09 (27)
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