Live and Let Die: R1 SE vs R1 UE
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Live and Let Die: R1 SE vs R1 UE
Live and Let Die
Top: R1 SE
Bottom: R1 UE
SOMEONE GOT CARRIED AWAY WITH THE CONTRAST HERE!
This transfer, for me, is extremely disappointing. I've seen LALD many times before and always thought the grain was part of the whole look of the film. It looked like a natural film grain and not noise from a bad transfer. When I heard the new transfer eliminated the grain I was worried. But then I thought maybe the original was wrong and had transfer noise and not film grain. Maybe Lowry could bring out the true appearance? I was wrong, the movie is way too soft. Even worse is that there are huge white out areas. The opening gun barrel is terrible for this. I find it hard to rate this UE over the SE. It is a lot cleaner but the loss of the original look of the film and the extreme contrast boosting can't be forgotten.
Recommended:
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I think it's important to note that durning the end credits, the background is black with a flaming skull (just like, if not exact the opening of the titles where "Live and Let Die" appear) However the end titles version looks good, black and red, and does not suffer from the same insane ammount of red all over the image.... at least be consistent.
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