by Spandau Belly on Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:10 pm
So I finally picked up The Dark Knight on Blu-Ray and honestly, it's kinda got me turning slightly against the format again. I only got a bluray because they threw it in with this new television I bought but then I bought some movies for it and liked how they looked and was kinda embracing it, but fuck, from now on I'm only going to buy movies where I value the realism and not movies that I see for a romanticized universe. I got Apocalypto and that one plays great, but with The Dark Knight I just couldn't get over what shit everybody looks like. I was watching this movie and just kept thinking about how fucking ugly Maggie Gyllenhall was.
It's kinda like shakeycam, the way these shakeycam action movies like Bourne are easier to follow on the small screen (at least for me). When I'm in the cinema I'm always kinda overwhelmed no matter how far back I sit and I always notice more on home video, but with blu-ray they keep so much of the detail in tact and I'm just there counting the wrinkles on Aaron Eckhart's face and the blackheads and pimples around Maggie Gyllenhall's nose and these glamorous actors suddenly look like I do in the morning. I never found Gyllenhall remotely attractive, but she was actually grossing me out this time.
Anyway, it was still an enjoyable movie and all, but fuck, these actor people aren't as good-looking as we all thought. It makes me affraid to watch any movie on bluray that stars a chick I thought was really hot. The idea that Kate Winslet's Titanic clevage could get ruined for me is too much to bare.
I'll also add that I got this movie at Future Shop and they sometimes develope their own steel cases for big movies and so this one came in a cool steel case. So if my place ever goes up in flames I know that my copies of The Dark Knight, Planet Terror, Collateral, and Oldboy will survive which is actually probably a good small legacy to leave behind. I mean, I've thought about my mum having to sort out my shit if I were to die and coming over and getting to that bookcase I have devoted to pornography and it's kinda embarassing. And to think, I'm going to have to pack all that shit up and move it in a few months when I relocate for professional reasons.
Oh, and I also ordered season 1 of Mad Men because I heard it's a good show and I want to check it out.
