Safety Not Guaranteed 2012 ★★★

Watched Jun 24, 2012

Digital print of this looked pretty terrible (similar to the MARGIN CALL Blu-ray, just to cite a top-of-my-head example), like a stylistic choice gone awry in post-production or a poor upconvert job. (Shot with Sony's PMW-F3, but not sure what output resolution they captured.) Would also avoid seeing this at the Arbor while it's playing in auditorium #1, where the center channel seems to be mapped to the front right speaker. Not sure if the center speaker was out, and this was their way of compensating, or if they're just swapped. Surrounds seemed to be reversed, too, when a car starts in the left surround and then drives from the right side of the screen to the left. I'll write them an email about it or something; none of the concessionaires looked like they would've done anything useful with the information.

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  • Since I saw this at the Alamo Slaughter during SXSW, I can tell you that the digital "print" should NOT be looking like that.

    Glad to know nothing has changed at the Regal Arbor. I FUCKING HATE THEM SO MUCH.

  • I dunno if I'm prepared to blame the Arbor for the image. We sat in the second row, and I already have a sensitive eye, so who knows. I feel like I'd have to see it again at a Drafthouse to know for sure, but I didn't really like it enough to see it again.

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