INDIANA JONES 4 MOVIE COLLECTION

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Paramount has released the four films in the 'Indiana Jones' series to the UHD format and at time of publication this set is the only way to own There's no denying the fun in having more Indy adventures, even lesser ones, and Crystal Skull at least meets this criteria The LA Times announced this morning that they will be holding a screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark to commemorate the film's 30th Anniversary. The free event will be held in downtown Los Angeles and will feature a Q&A with Steven Spielberg after the screening. ...

After leaving his mark in the world of horror with Jawsand elevating B-quality sci-fi to that of awarding-winning drama while pushing visual effects wizardry in Close Encounters, Steven Spielberg forged ahead to breathe new life in yet another movie genre with Raiders of the Lost Ark. Partnering with writer and producer George Lucas, the legendary filmmaker cooked up the perfect recipe for the action-adventure film. The first feature in the Indiana Jones saga is where Spielberg began demonstrating his unique style and distinct spirited tone that eventually grew into its own definition — the Spielbergian. From the opening moments of the Paramount logo seamlessly fading into a wide establishing shot of a South American mountain peak, we become witness to the imaginative creativity of a true virtuoso, a genuine filmmaker in complete control of the camera.Paramount and Lucasfilm have released these films a number of times on home video now, most recently on DVD (in 2003) and Blu-ray ( Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was the first to arrive on the format in 2008, followed by original trilogy in 2012). And now, at long last, all of these films have been re-scanned and remastered in native 4K for release in a new Indiana Jones: 4-Movie Collection on Ultra HD. So I am pretty confident we will see the following Paramount 4K releases in the first half of 2020: Note that the menus here are identical to the previous Blu-ray releases. Which means this 4K disc also includes the following extras: Still, forgiving all that, it's an unsurprisingly very detailed image, which laps up the lines and wrinkles on Indy's face, revelling most in his textured, lived-in feel even if there's little of the same in some of the caricature villains. Environments too - again despite looking less authentic this time around - enjoy some veritable nuance, and brief spurts of atmosphere, with softness relegated to Allen's visage and an otherwise largely crystal clear image that wields a fine layer of textured grain intentionally applied to keep this production in line with its predecessors, as far as could be achieved at least. However, for all of the above, there are traces of digital filtering across all four 4K encodes. It’s certainly not excessive and the majority of viewers probably won’t notice it at all, but tell-tale instances of frozen grain and posterisation will be sure to catch the attention of eagle-eyed home cinema-hedz. But even while these 4K encodes are not quite perfect, they come bloody close and are by far the best these movies have ever looked.

The steel books are simple and nice. A sturdier outer casing and the map you get with the non steel book would have been appreciated. So not 5 stars.

Disney movies now come out on digital release first before any streaming debut. The Disney+ debut then follows around a month after its digital release, much like it did for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. For this four film, five disc UHD release of the Indiana Jones series, Paramount has included all of the legacy extras from the 2012 Blu-ray The story perhaps ill-advisedly goes wild on false stereotypes of age-old India, going for subtle humour but missing the mark (from human sacrifice to chilled monkey brains, it should be rather obviously almost farcically hilarious, yet still it can and does offend), however most people will hopefully be able to move past that in favour of the basic evil villains kidnapping kids theme, particularly with a perhaps surprising amount of demonic possession, voodoo blood-magic, and all-round dark fantasy thrown into the mix this time around. The comedy is still great, and pretty sharp, from subtle touches like the name on the plane Indy escapes in, to the more outlandish stuff like the ludicrously over the top banquet which is just a succession of disgusting dishes served up culminating in... frozen monkey brain! And despite Kate " the trouble with her is the noise" Capshaw being a bit of a screaming diva in terms of character design, she shares some fabulous chemistry with Indy, particularly when he's trapped in a slowly-closing-with-spikes room and she has to face her own I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here moment to save him. One gets the distinct impression that this SteelBook set was a bit rushed. To this reviewer's eyes it's not at all visually appealing, at least to the level of