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DVD : Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Rating: 
- NEEDS REMASTERING. FILM: Wonderful. Transfer: Not so much...
The transfer of this film appears to be the same MPEG transfer as the one used for the DVD version. It DOES NOT appear to be a new 1080p 4k re-mastering of the film. This is not to say that it doesn't look much better in Blu-Ray than it does on DVD. But it is not, evidently, a brand new 1080p 4k transfer made expressly for Blu-Ray release. This can cause some problems, depending on your display system and settings. You may have to select a different input palette or profile on your display, or adjust your settings.
If your system is setup to show Blu-Ray films using the "Cinema" and "Movie" profile of your display, which assumes a low contrast, subdued display of a wide range source that takes full advantage of the display's capabilities, then this film may look washed out, have milky blacks and generally be displeasing. You may have to select a "Standard" profile, with a narrower contrast band, higher gamma and so forth, to bring the film back into the range for which it was originally transferred. Doing so with this film yields remarkable results, it suddenly "snaps to" and produces the sort of effect you were after with a Blu-Ray disc.
As happened in past generations of video standards, VHS to LaserDisc, LaserDisc to DVD, standard definition 480i to "high def" 1080i, and now 480p progressive scan DVD to 1080p Blu-Ray, the studios are cutting corners and, with some titles, re-issuing transfers that were "pretty good" for the prior standard on newer media without re-mastering them for the full potential of the newer media.
Many, if not most, of the Blu-Ray discs I have seen have been remastered at the highest levels with all the capability of Blu-Ray in mind. If you have a 1080p display, and have properly adjusted and configured it, then you are probably in video and film heaven.
Sadly, some major film titles are being "shoved out there" with just their old 1080 MPEG transfers, re-issued on the new Blu-Ray format. This appears to be one of them. If you adjust your display properly, for what's on the disc, you will get very good results. But don't expect it to look great with the settings you would use for a properly made, new 4k transfer for Blu-Ray.
Rating:
- Great Blue-ray redo
I was impressed with the remake of this blu-ray movie. I enjoyed, so much, the original, and the remake is vivid and yet not overdone. Great job, and blu-ray is awesome. Delightful movie
Rating: - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Blu-ray dvd
This is a great movie that your whole family will enjoy watching. It is, of course, the first on-screen pairing of the late, great Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The film looks sharp in Blu-ray's 1080p resolution, even in the sepia tones shot for some of the scenes.
This Blu-ray disc (as does the two-disc collectors edition on standard Dvd) also has several worthwhile extras to add to the viewers' enjoyment, including featurettes on the real Butch and Sundance, as well as the Director's commentary.
All in all, a fun film, well worth getting on Blu-ray.
Rating: - Butch and Sundance ride into the Sunset
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is a true silver screen classic. Robert Redford and the late Paul Newman were an electrifying duo. Butch Cassidy laments his age (Newman was 44 at the time) Redford is the debonair bandit. They pull off spectacular heists on locomotives, romance the schoolteacher Etta Place (Katherine Ross) and enjoy the fruits of their robberies. Butch and Sundance are portrayed as charming thieves. William Goldman's superb,smart script is as much a highlight as the desert vistas.
Since it was the '60s, Butch and Sundance were romanticized,anti-establishment outlaws. When Butch romances Etta, Burt Bacharach's "Raindrops keep fallin' on my head" plays. There is bubbly a cappella singing as the trio pulls off heists in Bolivia. However,there is a certain ambiguity. Butch and Sundance can be viewed as antiheroes,or as charming villains who prefer robbing from others than earning for themselves. They live their lives on the run. They assume there won't be consequences. Etta Place foretells a violent end for them both.
In reality,Butch and Sundance's whereabouts remain a mystery. Did they end in a blaze of glory,as in the movie? Some say that Butch hid out in the Pacific Northwest,in Washington state,and that Sundance died of dysentery in a Bolivian jail. Rumor has it that Etta Place lived out her days as a madam in Dallas/Fort Worth. All three remain unknown.
Paul Newman was a great actor,but also a great humanitarian. He made a "Hole-in-the-Wall" camp (named for the thieves' encampment in this movie) for seriously ill children. His legacy was as a great entertainer and a great man. Paul Newman RIP (1925-2008)
Rating: - A True Classic
When I heard Paul Newman passed away the other day I immediately thought of all the wonderful movies he was a part of, and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid is one of my favorites so I had to watch it again.
So many wonderful scenes and lines that I never get tired of seeing - the jump into the river, Sundance (Redford) asking if he can move when shooting and of course Butch (Newman) trying in his own way to have the train doors open. Newman and Redford were a perfect pair for this and their back and forth throughout the movie is priceless.
Wonderful acting, direction and cinematography and the extras on the DVD are great.
- NEEDS REMASTERING. FILM: Wonderful. Transfer: Not so much...The transfer of this film appears to be the same MPEG transfer as the one used for the DVD version. It DOES NOT appear to be a new 1080p 4k re-mastering of the film. This is not to say that it doesn't look much better in Blu-Ray than it does on DVD. But it is not, evidently, a brand new 1080p 4k transfer made expressly for Blu-Ray release. This can cause some problems, depending on your display system and settings. You may have to select a different input palette or profile on your display, or adjust your settings.
If your system is setup to show Blu-Ray films using the "Cinema" and "Movie" profile of your display, which assumes a low contrast, subdued display of a wide range source that takes full advantage of the display's capabilities, then this film may look washed out, have milky blacks and generally be displeasing. You may have to select a "Standard" profile, with a narrower contrast band, higher gamma and so forth, to bring the film back into the range for which it was originally transferred. Doing so with this film yields remarkable results, it suddenly "snaps to" and produces the sort of effect you were after with a Blu-Ray disc.
As happened in past generations of video standards, VHS to LaserDisc, LaserDisc to DVD, standard definition 480i to "high def" 1080i, and now 480p progressive scan DVD to 1080p Blu-Ray, the studios are cutting corners and, with some titles, re-issuing transfers that were "pretty good" for the prior standard on newer media without re-mastering them for the full potential of the newer media.
Many, if not most, of the Blu-Ray discs I have seen have been remastered at the highest levels with all the capability of Blu-Ray in mind. If you have a 1080p display, and have properly adjusted and configured it, then you are probably in video and film heaven.
Sadly, some major film titles are being "shoved out there" with just their old 1080 MPEG transfers, re-issued on the new Blu-Ray format. This appears to be one of them. If you adjust your display properly, for what's on the disc, you will get very good results. But don't expect it to look great with the settings you would use for a properly made, new 4k transfer for Blu-Ray.
Rating:
- Great Blue-ray redoI was impressed with the remake of this blu-ray movie. I enjoyed, so much, the original, and the remake is vivid and yet not overdone. Great job, and blu-ray is awesome. Delightful movie
Rating:
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Blu-ray dvdThis is a great movie that your whole family will enjoy watching. It is, of course, the first on-screen pairing of the late, great Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The film looks sharp in Blu-ray's 1080p resolution, even in the sepia tones shot for some of the scenes.
This Blu-ray disc (as does the two-disc collectors edition on standard Dvd) also has several worthwhile extras to add to the viewers' enjoyment, including featurettes on the real Butch and Sundance, as well as the Director's commentary.
All in all, a fun film, well worth getting on Blu-ray.
Rating:
- Butch and Sundance ride into the Sunset"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is a true silver screen classic. Robert Redford and the late Paul Newman were an electrifying duo. Butch Cassidy laments his age (Newman was 44 at the time) Redford is the debonair bandit. They pull off spectacular heists on locomotives, romance the schoolteacher Etta Place (Katherine Ross) and enjoy the fruits of their robberies. Butch and Sundance are portrayed as charming thieves. William Goldman's superb,smart script is as much a highlight as the desert vistas.
Since it was the '60s, Butch and Sundance were romanticized,anti-establishment outlaws. When Butch romances Etta, Burt Bacharach's "Raindrops keep fallin' on my head" plays. There is bubbly a cappella singing as the trio pulls off heists in Bolivia. However,there is a certain ambiguity. Butch and Sundance can be viewed as antiheroes,or as charming villains who prefer robbing from others than earning for themselves. They live their lives on the run. They assume there won't be consequences. Etta Place foretells a violent end for them both.
In reality,Butch and Sundance's whereabouts remain a mystery. Did they end in a blaze of glory,as in the movie? Some say that Butch hid out in the Pacific Northwest,in Washington state,and that Sundance died of dysentery in a Bolivian jail. Rumor has it that Etta Place lived out her days as a madam in Dallas/Fort Worth. All three remain unknown.
Paul Newman was a great actor,but also a great humanitarian. He made a "Hole-in-the-Wall" camp (named for the thieves' encampment in this movie) for seriously ill children. His legacy was as a great entertainer and a great man. Paul Newman RIP (1925-2008)
Rating:
- A True ClassicWhen I heard Paul Newman passed away the other day I immediately thought of all the wonderful movies he was a part of, and Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid is one of my favorites so I had to watch it again.
So many wonderful scenes and lines that I never get tired of seeing - the jump into the river, Sundance (Redford) asking if he can move when shooting and of course Butch (Newman) trying in his own way to have the train doors open. Newman and Redford were a perfect pair for this and their back and forth throughout the movie is priceless.
Wonderful acting, direction and cinematography and the extras on the DVD are great.
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